St. David's School Online Subscription Databases 2008-2009
The following databases have been purchased for our school community. Access is available on campus without a password via links in the Library Shortcuts folder on the school network. Direct access from a school computer is also available by going to the URLs listed below. Remote access information follows the descriptions of each resource.
Gale: Biography Resource Center
This database includes biographies of people from all eras and fields, along with full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, images and lings to related websites.
Remote Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sthhs_main?db=BioRC-1
Password: stdavid
>Back to Top
Gale: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
A great source of information on current social issues, this resource features viewpoint articles; topic overviews; full-text magazine, academic journal and newspaper articles; primary source documents; statistics; images; podcasts and links to websites. Great for debate topics!
Remote Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sthhs_main?db=OVRC
Password: stdavid
Gale: Student Resource Center Gold
SRCG provides access to reference material; full-text periodicals and newspapers; primary sources and multi-media content, including video and audio clips and podcasts. Covers all core curriculum areas and may be searched by Lexile reading level.
Remote Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sthhs_main?db=SRC-1
Password: stdavid
Grolier Online
This resource includes access to the following five encyclopedia databases, as well
as to magazine articles, world newspapers, web sites, media, an interactive atlas,
an educators section and other special features. Two search modules, one
Remote Access: http://go-passport.grolier.com
Username: stdavids
Password: home
JSTOR
JSTOR offers high quality archives of over 1,000 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, as well as select monographs of value to academic research. Archives begin with volume 1, issue 1 of journals. Links provide access to teh more recent issues of journals.
Remote Access: http://www.jstor.org/token/fNfD33Ii2mZfewJgW6IN-share/sdsw.org
Username: Each user must setup a unique username/password for access
Oxford Art Online
An Oxford University Press product, this database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for research in the history of the visual arts. Included are 45,000 articles covering all aspects of world art: biographies, art forms, styles and cultures, time periods, and images. Over 5000 images and line drawings are included within the text of articles, with links to over 40,000 art images on museum and gallery websites around the world.
Remote Access: http://www.oxfordartonline.com
Username: stdavids
Password: stdavids
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online
The OED is recognized as the authority on the evolution of the English language, listing words from across English-speaking world. The OED gives the meaning, history and pronunciation of words and traces their usage through 2.5 million quotations. This online verson of the second edition is updated quarterly.
Remote Access: http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
Username: stdavids
Password: stdavids
World Book Online Reference Center
This resource contains not inly the content of World Book Encyclopedia, but thousands more articles by contributors, as well as maps, multi-media content, and atlas, editor-reviewed websites and full-text periodical articles. Enciclopedia estudiantil Hallazgos, a Spanish language encyclopedia, and World Book Kids, a database for lower school students, are included, as is World Book Advanced, which has primary source documents and research aides.
Remote Access: http://www.worldbookonline.com
Username: wbstdavids
Password: stdavids
