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A

  • Why search here?
    Four separate topical databases make this is good place to begin your research.
  • What's included?
    Reference overview articles and many primary source documents, including images. There are no secondary sources in the ABC-Clio databases.
  • Why search here?
    This is an excellent source for secondary source articles.
  • What's included?
    Over 2000 full-text journals and magazines that are not available on the open internet, 80% of which are peer-reviewed.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for news articles from around the world including many of today’s newspapers.
  • What’s included?
    Current and historical news articles from nearly 200 countries.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for newspaper articles from many cities across the US.
  • What’s included?
    350 years of newspapers and broadsheets.
  • Why search here?
    This is a good place to begin your research and learn about your topic.
  • What’s included?
    Primary source documents and tertiary source information related to the history of the United States.
  • Why search here?
    This is a useful database to find non-text sources.
  • What’s included?
    Photojournalism and audio files from over 100 years of news coverage from the Associated Press. Articles are generally more than 10 years old.
A humanities based magazine with articles that focus on literature, art, and politics. Contact Ms.Otero to request an article.

B

  • Why search here?
    Look here for a wide set of primary sources related to critical people and events in African American history.
  • What's included?
    Over 3,000 primary source documents focused on six different eras/phases of Black Freedom ranging from the 1790s to 2000s.
  • Why search here?
    Begin your research by reading authoritative tertiary sources like the ones found here.
  • What’s included?
    In-depth overview articles, often with links to supporting primary source materials. Also includes a world atlas with statistical information on individual countries plus the ability to compare any two countries.

C

  • How to use this:
    Menlo has a limited number of licenses for this Chinese-language news site that is oriented toward Chinese language learners. If interested, contact Ms. Shi in the middle school, or Mrs. Rettberg in the library.
  • Why search here?
    Find primary source materials from two hundred years leading up to and during Churchill’s life.
  • What’s included?
    Documents on a wide variety of political, religious and social issues.
  • Why search here?
    An archive and cross-searchable library of full-text articles from government research organizations, independent think tanks, university analysis centers, and scholarly journals.
  • What's included?
    Over 500,000 pages aggregated from 300 international publishing institutions; documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics, security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, and more.

D

  • Why search here?
    Find tertiary and primary information about the lives of people from prehistory through modern time.
  • What’s included?
    Reference articles, biographies, and a variety of primary source documents.

E

  • Why search here?
    Find ebooks to support research projects or for recreational reading.
  • What’s included?
    Over 34,000 ebooks that can be read online or downloaded as a PDF (with some limitations).
Founded in 1843 to support the cause of free trade, The Economist publishes a range of articles that cover technology to geopolitics, finance and economics. Contact Ms.Otero to request an article.
  • Why search here?
    Find current information and research materials on environmental issues around the world.
  • What’s included?
    Case studies, reference sources, academic journals and primary source materials.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for information about the culture and lived experiences of a wide range of ethnic groups.
  • What’s included?
    Ebooks, journal articles and documents provide primary, secondary and tertiary research support.

F

A British-based newspaper that focuses on business and economic current affairs, includes US and international coverage.

Get access to premium content and 20 articles to share with individual non-subscribers each month as part of the SSI FT Professional subscription. Staff and students can create their own individual accounts to read the FT outside school premises.

G

  • Why search here?
    This is an excellent database for finding information about issues affecting the world at large.
  • What’s included?
    Tertiary, secondary and primary source materials, statics, and viewpoint essays. Topics include a wide variety of environmental and social issues.

H

  • Why search here?
    Look here for information on a variety of health topics.
  • What’s included?
    Tertiary, secondary and primary source material in the areas of health and wellness.
  • To access this database:
    Enter Menlo School in the off campus access box, then log in with Okta.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for primary and secondary source information on a wide variety of legal topics.
  • What’s included?
    Data, statistics and case law at the federal and California state level.
  • Why search here?
    Find news reporting from major United States newspapers on a variety of historical events.
  • What’s included?
    Archived newspaper articles from past issues of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for hard-to-find newspaper and magazine primary sources.
  • What’s included?
    Written material from the 18th and 19th centuries from a wide variety of American county, state and national publications.
  • Why search here?
    This history database is both a useful research starting point and a good place to find sources to fill research gaps.
  • What’s included?
    This is a very large collection of tertiary, secondary and primary sources. Use the Advanced Search screen to narrow your search to a particular type of source.

I

  • Why search here?
    Look here for images and photographs with citation information provided.
  • What’s included?
    Over two million photographs, artistic works and political cartoons.
  • Why search here?
    View interactive models of scientific structures.
  • What’s included?
    This collection includes 3D models that can be rotated and zoomed in on, across a broad range of scientific topics.
  • Why search here?
    This is a good source of information on a variety of controversial social topics.
  • What’s included?
    Reference articles, biographies, and many primary source documents.

J

  • Why search here?
    This database provides quick access to authoritative secondary source material. Primary sources are now available too—under Refine Results, scroll to Primary source content to select source types.
  • What’s included?
    Look here for a very large collection of peer-reviewed journal articles and images, plus a smaller collection of e-books and technical reports. Use Advanced Search to select articles from a particular topical area. Now has primary source content too.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for access to millions of images across a variety of topical areas, supporting research in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
  • What’s included?
    More than two million images with wide-ranging material such as Native American art from the Smithsonian, treasures from the Louvre, modern architectural plans from Columbia University, and more.

K

  • Why search here?
    This is a large collection of online videos.
  • What’s included?
    Documentaries, the Criterion Collection, many of the Great Courses, Ken Burns movies, etc.

M

  • Why search here?
    Look here for animated maps illustrating historical periods.
  • What’s included?
    Nearly two hundred maps provide visual explanations of historical events from the Age of Discovery through World War II.
  • Why search here?
    This very large database is a good place to begin a research project.
  • What’s included?
    Tertiary and secondary source articles, images, historical documents, and popular magazines.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for medical info on medicine, nursing, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more, plus analysis.
  • What’s included?
    Abstracts and full text from a variety of biomedical journals.

N

  • Why search here?
    Look for information about the natural world written in language easily understood by younger children.
  • What’s included?
    Individual issues dating back to 2009, plus pages dedicated to a variety of topical issues and areas of the world.
  • Why search here?
    This is a respected peer-reviewed science journal.
  • What’s included?
    Current and past issues of the journal can be read online or downloaded as a PDF.
  • Why search here?
    This provides access to the current issues of the New York Times.
  • How to access:
    Click the database title, then follow the instructions to set up a subscription to the NYT. Initial setup must be done online, but once you have an account, offsite access is available.
A multi-platform publication known worldwide for its in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, fiction, poetry, and humor. Contact Ms.Otero to request an article.
  • Why search here?
    Find current and past newspaper articles from around the United States.
  • What’s included?
    The most recent 20 years of newspaper coverage from 800 newspapers, plus radio and television transcripts.
NoodleTools
  • Why use this:
    Noodletools is an online bibliography composer for MLA (English classes) and Chicago (History classes) formats.
  • How to access:
    Go to your Menlo email, click the 9-box “waffle,” scroll to the bottom of the list, and click the NoodeTools icon.
  • Why search here?
    Can’t decide what to read next? Not sure which book is next in a series? Look here for answers to your fiction reading questions.
  • What’s included?
    This is a large database of fiction titles that can be sorted by genre, publication date, awards won etc. Not all of these books are in the Menlo School Library collection.

O

  • Why search here?
    Look here for information about artists and artistic movements.
  • What’s included?
    Reference articles plus links to art libraries and artistic works from around the world.
  • Why search here?
    This is the place to look for definition and derivation of 600,000 English language words.
  • What’s included?
    The entire contents of the most recent edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for reference information of all types.
  • What’s included?
    Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources.
  • Why search here?
    Find long-form reference articles on a wide variety of topics.
  • What’s included?
    Signed, peer-reviewed, topic-specific articles from 25 individual encyclopedias.

P

  • Why search here?
    Articles on a wide variety of controversial topics can be found in this database.
  • What’s included?
    Tertiary, secondary and primary sources, opinion essays, newspaper articles, transcripts of radio and television programs.
New
  • Why search here?
    Provides rare, hard-to-access primary sources with insights on unorthodox (by contemporary standards) fringe groups from both the right and left of the political spectrum.
  • What's included?
    Over 600,000 pages of content, including campaigning materials, propaganda, government records, oral histories, and various ephemera that allow researchers to explore extremism and radicalism.
  • Why search here?
    This is a good source for articles written for teachers about the education profession.
  • What’s included?
    Over 500 education journals, most of which are peer-reviewed.
New
  • Why search here?
    This is an excellent source for secondary source articles related to psychology.
  • What's included?
    Hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.

R

  • Why search here?
    Look here for statistical information on a variety of topics.
  • What’s included?
    This is a collection of state – level data from 300 RAND databases. Information is updated frequently.
New
  • Why search here?
    Chronicles the plight of refugees and displaced persons across Europe, North Africa, and Asia from 1935-1950. These primary sources recount the causes, effects and responses to refugee crises before, during and shortly after World War II.
  • What's included?
    Over 590,000 pages of pamphlets, ephemera, government documents, relief organization publications, and refugee reports.
  • Why search here?
    This is a good source for religion and philosophy research topics.
  • What’s included?
    Information on world religions, religious history, philosophy of language, morality and ethics.

S

  • Why search here?
    Look here for broad coverage of a large number of scientific topics.
  • What’s included?
    Reference articles, peer-reviewed journals, books and magazine articles.
  • Why search here?
    Use this database to find published scientific research.
  • What’s included?
    Full text of large number of review articles and original research.
Access to full-color PDF copies of Scientific American, beginning in 2012. For archived copies of issues prior to 2012, contact the library.

T

Comprehensive search of the ERIC and Professional Development databases.
  • Why search here?
    This is a useful database for finding information about books being read in class or for entertainment.
  • What’s included?
    Author biographies, interviews, videos and booklists.

W

  • Why search here?
    Get digital access to the current issue of the Wall Street Journal.
  • How to access:
    Click the database link, then follow the instructions on the page to get access.
  • Why search here?
    This reference encyclopedia is a good starting point for research projects.
  • What’s included?
    This large reference encyclopedia is available in several reading levels, and also includes a Spanish language version.
  • Why search here?
    Look here for information about people and events in early historical periods.
  • What’s included?
    Reference articles and primary sources from the earliest times to the beginning of the Renaissance.
  • Why search here?
    This database is a good place to begin history research projects.
  • What’s included?
    Reference articles and primary source documents from the Renaissance to the present day.

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New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
New
  • Why search here?
    Provides rare, hard-to-access primary sources with insights on unorthodox (by contemporary standards) fringe groups from both the right and left of the political spectrum.
  • What's included?
    Over 600,000 pages of content, including campaigning materials, propaganda, government records, oral histories, and various ephemera that allow researchers to explore extremism and radicalism.
New
  • Why search here?
    This is an excellent source for secondary source articles related to psychology.
  • What's included?
    Hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.
New
  • Why search here?
    Chronicles the plight of refugees and displaced persons across Europe, North Africa, and Asia from 1935-1950. These primary sources recount the causes, effects and responses to refugee crises before, during and shortly after World War II.
  • What's included?
    Over 590,000 pages of pamphlets, ephemera, government documents, relief organization publications, and refugee reports.
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