Databases

Databases At Duluth East H.S. Library

If researching at home, use the ELM Database

The table below will help you plan your research.
Encyclopedias Britannica Online Academic Funk & Wagnalls (EBSCO)	Newspapers Proquest Duluth News Tribune/Newsbank(Duluth Public Library) Minneapolis StarTribune/ Newsbank (Duluth Public Library)	College-Level Research Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) EBSCO MegaFILE (EBSCO) MasterFILE Premier EBSCO)
Magazines & Journals Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) EBSCO MegaFILE (EBSCO) MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCO) Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) Gale Student Resources In Context Student Edition (Gale)	Biography Britannica Online Academic Discovering Collection (Gale) EBSCO MegaFILE (EBSCO) MAS Ultra - Student Edition (EBSCO) Gale Student Resources In Context Gale Biography In Context (Duluth Public Library)	Science Science Reference Center (EBSCO) General Science Collection (Gale) Art CAMIO
Health Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO) Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO) Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO) (indexes Alt HealthWatch & Health Source) Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)	Pro/Con Information Points of View (EBSCO)	Digital Media PowerMediaPlus Britannica Online Academic Master FILE Premier (EBSCO) EBSCO MegaFILE (EBSCO) MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCO) Discovering Collection (Gale) Student Resource Center-Gold (Gale)
Ancestry.com NewsPapers Fold3 by Ancestry	Careers MCIS Occupational Outlook	eBooks Net Library

	Britannica Online Academic has an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, current news articles, timelines, links to selected web sites and more.
	EBSCO has 18 databases of scholarly peer-reviewed journals, magazines, reference books, primary source documents, biographies, images and more.
	Gale has General Science Collection, Expanded Academic ASAP, Student Resources In Context, and Student Research Center Gold along with many others for general and scholarly research.
	Net Library eBooks has full text of over 14,000 electronic books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, business, computers, and more.
	ProQuest is a newspaper database that includes over 350 newspapers from the United States and around the world. The Duluth News-Tribune is not included in Proquest. Find it in the Duluth Public Library's databases.
	Points of View has pro/con viewpoint articles, magazine, newspaper and journal articles, research guides, images, video, statistics, links to selected web sites and more.
	The Historic Minneapolis Tribune has full-text and article images from the Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1908) and the Minneapolis Morning Tribune (1909-1922).
	MCIS is a career database.
CAMIO	CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times.
	ELM will organize the information in our databases by subject.

DATABASE	Company	Good For:
Britannica Online Academic Encyclopedia	Britannica	A great place to begin research with information on thousands of topics. Gives recommended websites, photos and videos, current events, timelines, biographies, country information, atlases and more.
Academic Search Premier	EBSCO	Designed specifically for academic institutions. Full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
MasterFILE Premier	EBSCO	MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an image collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. Use for scholarly historical or reference-based research.
EBSCO MegaFILE	EBSCO	EBSCO MegaFILE has coverage for every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 85,800 biographies, 118,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags. EBSCO MegaFILE combines EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier and Regional Business News databases.
MAS Ultra – School Edition	EBSCO	Contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for 85,670 biographies and 105,786 primary source documents. Contains more than 360 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts), and a large image collection of over 500,000 photos, maps & flags.
Points of View	EBSCO	The Points of View Reference Center will give both sides of current controversial subjects. Contains information from magazines and journals, newspapers, reference books, and primary source congressional testimony. Use Points of View as a guide to develop arguments and write position papers.
Student Research Center	EBSCO	Use for general research on a variety of subjects. Has a student-friendly interface for searching by keyword or by topic. Results can be sorted by source type. Searches MAS Ultra – Student Edition, Health Source – Consumer Edition, Middle Search Plus, and Science Reference Center simultaneously. Can limit searches by lexile reading level.
Science Reference Center	EBSCO	Contains science-oriented content for science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, images and videos. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, scientists, technology and wildlife and more.
General Science Collection	GALE	Contains over 200 journals, reference books, and images for information on general science and current developments in scientific research.
Discovering Collection	GALE	Use for historical or reference-based research in the humanities, math and science. Provides reference, biographies, literary criticism, primary sources, plays, poems, plot summaries, science experiments and multimedia, including images, video and audio clips.
Expanded Academic ASAP	GALE	Use for scholarly research. Covers arts and the humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers.
Student Edition	GALE	Includes general interest full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts/transcripts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Searchable by specific periodical.
Student Resources In Context	GALE	Includes reference sources, magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. Has a student-friendly interface.
Proquest Newspapers	Proquest	Proquest is a newspaper database that includes over 350 newspapers from the United States and around the world. The Duluth News-Tribune is not included in Proquest. Find it in the Duluth Public Library's databases.