Databases
are available on and
off-campus.
They may require a username
and
password, or be freely available.
See the Main Library Staff for more
information on
password protected databases.
If you would like to learn more about the databases, do the
Online Databases Scavenger Hunt
(PPT Version)
Answer Form
Remember that some of our databases are searchable through the
Online
Catalog |
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This resource-rich
reference and curriculum solution helps students understand the issues,
perspectives, and history that have shaped our nation. |
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A collection of resources that develops
students' historical understanding, information literacy, and critical
thinking skills. |
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Balancing political, economic, and social
history, this website offers students a dynamic view of the world over the
last five centuries. |
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Access
biographical/critical introductions to major and new authors, find
full-text criticism on major literary works,
and target sources for further
research
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Critical
Asian Studies (formerly the Bulletin
of Concerned Asian Scholars) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that
welcomes unsolicited essays, reviews, translations, interviews, photo
essays, and letters about Asia and the Pacific, particularly those that
challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific
regions, the world, and ourselves
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Maps, government,
history, recipes, flags, symbols and biographies for 177 country cultures
of the world.
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Includes
Literary Reference Center |
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above and then on Literary Reference Center |
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EBSCOhost offers
a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from
leading information providers. Includes a magazine index with full
text articles for over 700 journals.
Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users
with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works
across literary disciplines and time frames. |
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This award-winning electronic
library of printable, curriculum-related handouts for middle school, high
school, and junior college levels offers supplementary materials in core
subject areas—-including U.S. and world history, science, and geography.
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Includes the Encyclopedia Americana, Lands and Peoples,
The New Book of Knowledge, and The New Book of Popular Science.
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Includes
English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, Encyclopedia Nipponica,
the Encyclopedia of Japan, articles published in the weekly magazine
Ekonomisuto, the Toyo bunko series, and other visual and sound databases.
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Japan Info Links |
Japan Source is ASIJ's own collection of
resources on Japan. An annotated subject list provides
connections to Internet sites we have visited and found useful for our K-12
students. |
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Maps101 features include historical map collections,
outline map sets, reference atlases, lesson plans, current events, games and
skill builders for students, plus thousands of user-friendly maps, and other
classroom resources.
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Includes
The New York Times and
The Japan Times
Full Text |
Articles cover politics,
economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from
Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and
South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from
translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers,
magazines, and government documents.
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New York
Public Library Digital Gallery |
NYPL
Digital Gallery is a free service from The New York Public Library offering
hundreds of thousands of digital images of historical materials from The
Library's original, rare and specialized holdings. NYPL provides free and
open access to its Digital Gallery and images may be freely downloaded for
personal, research and study purposes only.
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Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the
acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as
core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources
to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents,
links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
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Oxford Art
Online provides Web access to the entire text of
Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to
Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Art Terms.
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The accepted
authority on the evolution of the English language.
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Oxford
Music Online is an integrated music resource on the web, including the full text of
The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online and The Oxford Companion
to Music.
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This online
reference database brings together 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries
and reference books, plus an Encyclopedia, into a single cross-searchable
web database
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This
database is restricted to use by
AP and J-Sem students and teachers. If you are in one of these classes and
need a login and password, please see Mrs. Hayakawa |
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Science.gov is an interagency initiative of 17 U.S. government science
organizations within 12 Federal agencies. These agencies form the voluntary
Science.gov Alliance. Visitors to the site can search across Alliance agency
resources via one query. Free
Access Site
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TeachingBooks
makes instantly available original, in-studio movies of authors and
illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to
thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and
young adult literature.
Teachers
TeachingBooks has an Educator Area which includes thematic booklists, book
awards and valuable links. To access this area, teachers
should register using their ASIJ email addresses and a password of their
choice.
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Please use the asij off campus access user name and password
to access this site.
Once you have registered in My World & I, you can use your own user name
and password
to log in each time.
See instructions "For Students and Teachers"
to the right.
WorldandISchool.com is an
interdisciplinary
resource that encompasses a broad range of
articles by scholars and experts in their fields. |
Students and
Teachers:
You may each set up your personal access code in order to save
special articles, view your recent search history, and receive our
Headlines in Review analysis of top news events directly at your Inbox
each week.
Click "My World & I" in the Login box on
the upper left hand side, and fill out the form. The next time you log in to
the database you can use your own user name and password.
Teachers Only
should click on Teacher's Corner on the homepage, then on Teacher Register
under the field for the Teacher Access Code, and follow directions.
The code has been sent to you by email by the library staff. If you did
not receive it, please contact the library or check the
libraries page on the Intranet
(under All School).
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