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Use the HNHS databases to find reliable information quickly including statistics, news, photos, and biographies. 


Computers in the library have databases!

Powersearch:

Powersearch is the ultimate search.  Students can search for articles in 12 databases at the same time.  Find articles from newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and reference books.  Many articles are full text.

Expanded Academic ASAP:
Find articles for Science projects and other assignments that require scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers. From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

General Reference Center:
Find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images.

Student Resource Center

A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

InfoTrac Onefile:

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.

 
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Find information for health and science classes. Includes full-text articles from medical journals, medical encyclopedia, dictionaries, and health assessment tools.
Biography Resource Center
Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.Find information on authors, national and international political figures including state representatives and senators.
History Resource Center : World
History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. Find information on world and U.S. history.
History Resource Center :U.S.
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. Find information on U.S. history including primary documents.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center:
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Use this database for Religion projects, Science projects and other assignments that require research on social issues such as the death penalty, abortion, stem cell research, biochemical warfare, etc.
Literature Resource Center:
Find background information and critical analysis on authors. Includes the American Writers Series. Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines supplemented by the scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series and Twayne's World, U.S., and English Authors Series.
Informe:
News, magazine and other articles in Spanish. A collection of magazines in Spanish with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects.
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