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Databases

The resources listed below will enable you to delve deeply into an area of interest. Search HINT: Remember to use the ADVANCED SEARCH options as you conduct your search. Target your approach with Boolean operators and quotations around phrases.

Britannica School - High This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia and magazine articles and 90,000 images, videos, and audio clips. Middle School students access an encyclopedia created for grades 5 and up.High School students have access to the Encyclopædia Britannica, written by Nobel laureates, historians, and experts.
News (Gale Onefile) This link opens in a new window
Major U.S. and international newspapers; search for full text articles by title, headline, date, newspaper section, etc. A one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
eLibrary (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
U.S. History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Reference content and full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

For Copyright-Free Images, search the following database. They are even cited for you!

ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window
Three million images from 62 collections, such as The Bridgeman Art Gallery, Getty Images, the Science Photo Library, Ingram Publishing, the National Geographic Society, and other trusted image sources. Curriculum-relevant images and clip art materials (infographics, signs and symbols, graphic concepts, and vector illustrations), all rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use.

Additional Websites

Entertainment, Music, Fashion, and Books

Music

Books

New York Times Best Sellers
- November 1999
- November 2000

Movies and TV

Movies & TV - IMDB

Fashion

Fashion

Additional Information

You will find what you need on every other topic in the Databases (including copyright free images!). However, if you'd like to see some videos (beyond what is available in the databases, you can search YouTube.
YouTube - Be careful when searching on YouTube. Consider the reliability of your source before using it for your research.

Books and eBooks

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
eReference - Articles from encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Search for the 1990s in these eBooks - you will find overviews addressing every possible topic!

The 2000s by Bob Batchelor
Call Number: 973.93 Bat
ISBN: 9780313349126
Publication Date: 2008-11-30
The 1990s by Stuart A. Kallen
Call Number: 973.929 Nin
ISBN: 9780737703122
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
America in The 1990s by George Ochoa
Call Number: 973.929 Och
ISBN: 9780816056453
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
The 1990s by Richard Alan Schwartz
Call Number: 073.929 Sch
ISBN: 9780816056965
Publication Date: 2006-02-01