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TEACHINGBOOKS
Teaching Books' mission is to equitably give all readers insights and opportunities that deepen their understanding and joy of the books they are reading.
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE SHELF
The incons below are links to all our reference eBook collections. The first one links to all ebooks, the second links directly to Cameron's Collection, and the last one links directly to the Diversity and Inclusion Collection. All ebooks have unlimited access and no expiration date.
PRIMARY SOURCES
These databases are a great place to find American History primary sources.
Databases
GALE IN CONTEXT
High School in Context is a good starting place for most research projects. Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
Global Issues in Context is a great resource for exploring current issues under debate. It analyzes important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
Science in Context covers science, mathematics, technology and sciences histories and biographies. This database pulls from reference materials and periodicals such as "Science Weekly" and "Science News." It also contains images, videos and experiments.
The Power Search database will search all of the Gale databases at one time. This includes Student Resources in Context, Global Views in Context, Science in Context and all their primary source databases as well.
PROQUEST & SIRS
SIRS will help if you are you researching a controversial topic. SIRS presents both sides of the issue providing you with a broad scope of information to fully understand the topic and make a well rounded argument. Topics include health care reform, animal rights, medical ethics, world conflict, capital punishment, national security, surveillance and many more.
SIRS Discoverer is a general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content such as relevant newspaper and magazine articles, as well as graphs, tables and political cartoons that are all easily accessible through easy-to-follow search and browse options.
ProQuest Central Student accesses thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and other types of content. Some of the most-used databases are in the fields of education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news.
ProQuest Research Companion supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction occurring in today's libraries, classrooms, and online learning environments. (Grades 8+; students need to be 13 or older to create an individual account within the product)
OTHER DATABASES
BRITANNICA SCHOOL
Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.
Britannica Escolar- for Spanish version
The American Physical Society has a range of journals that delve into the physical sciences. Click on the "Publications" tab to see the many journals you can access. No password required but you must be on campus to access.
Culturegrams is an online resource of reports on 209 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories. Reports contain information on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people, as well as audio, video, images, maps, infographics, and classroom exercises.
eLibrary delivers one of the largest general reference collections and researchers will find the answers they need from more than 1,700 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcript titles, plus a collection of over 7 million maps, pictures, weblinks, and audio/video files.
Most of the databases require a username and/or password. Please click the link on the above document in order to access all of our databases from any device.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LIBRARY
CCC Library's Digital Resources give access to premium resources including databases, online tutors, downloadable eBooks, and streaming movies with your library card.
No library card? No problem. Sign up for an ecard here.
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Google scholar searches the web for scholarly articles. While not everything it pulls up will be full, free access. You can then search for the full article in one of the databases!
