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Library Contact Information:
Tel: 673-4201, ext. 3236

Kim Palmer, Librarian
Email:
kpalmer@sau40.com

Sue McNally, Library Associate
Email: smcnally@sau40.com

Scott Crocker, Electronic Media Coordinator

Email: scrocker@sau40.com

Tel: 673-4201, ext. 3103

The following resources are online databases, virtual libraries and other reference tools to help
with research and homework.

Name

URL

Description

ABC-CLIO History
Databases
 

http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/unifiedlogin.aspx?ipaddress=true

American History, United States at War, World Geography, Issues, World History-Modern, World History-Ancient. 

ABC-CLIO
History Reference Books Online

http://www.historyreferenceonline.abc-clio.com

History Reference Online contains 404 searchable e-Books.

American Social Movements http://www.sharpe-online.com/
This encyclopedia examines every significant social movement in American history through the early twenty-first century.  Leaders and other key figures are portrayed in biographical sidebars, with a wealth of primary-source materials, 100 historical photos, and statistical tables.

Biography Resource Center

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nhais_hti1

Biography Resource Center includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

Career Cruising

http://www.careercruising.com

 

Career Cruising is an interactive career resource designed for people of all ages. Search careers, explore different career options, or plan future education and training.  Brought to you by Student Services.

Consumer Health Complete Database

http://search.epnet.com/login.asp

Consumer Health Complete provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

Contemporary Authors

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nhais_hti1

Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

eBooks http://ebooks.infobasepublishing.com/default.aspx?InstID=944 Atmosphere, Biosphere, Climate, Deserts, Geosphere, Humans and the Natural Environment, Hydrosphere, Meditation and Hypnosis, Nefertiti, Nutrition and Weight Management, Nutrition for Sports and Exercise, Oceans, Polar Regions, Queen of Sheba, Temperate Forests, the Forebrain, The Labor Movement, The Neurobiology of Addiction, Tropical Forests, Tundra, Wetlands

EBSCO

http://search.epnet.com/login.asp

 

General interest and current events magazines and journals; includes reference books, biographies, and primary source documents.

History Database Center

http://www.fofweb.com/Direct2.asp?itemID=WE00&ID=14736

American History, World History, African American History.

Library Catalog:  Milford High School http://library.milfordschools.net/surpass/websafari.exe?database=MHS ***New Library Catalog***
Library Catalog:  New Hampshire State http://www.nhu-pac.library.state.nh.us/ NH State Library Catalog to search for materials to get through Interlibrary Loan

Literature In Context

http://www.gem.greenwood.com

Product titles available for MHS: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Catcher in the Rye, Death of a Salesman, The Great Gatsby, A Raisin in the Sun, A Separate Peace, A Tale of Two Cities, To Kill A Mockingbird.

Milestone Documents in American and World History

http://history.salempress.com/action/remoteAccessActivation

 

 

Milestone Documents in American History is a primary source resources combining 134 full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.

Newsbank

Online Newspapers

http://infoweb.newsbank.com

Current newspaper articles of the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Concord Monitor, Nashua Telegraph, The Union Leader, and Washington Post.

NoveList

http://search.epnet.com/login.asp

NoveList is a fiction database.  It includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-a-likes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.

Opposing Viewpoints

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nhais_hti1

Essays and articles on social issues; includes articles, topic overviews, statistics, and primary source documents.

Oxford English Dictionary

http://www.oed.com

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

Science Online

http://www.fofweb.com/Direct2.asp?ItemID=WE40&ID=14736

Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, videos and experiments.

SIRS Database

http://sks.sirs.com/

Magazine and newspaper articles pre-selected by subject experts; articles are of national and international importance.  Includes today’s news, World Almanac and maps, and suggested research topics.

Social Issues in America http://www.sharpe-online.com/ An in-depth, and up-to-date reference for anyone researching the historical and contemporary aspects of more than 170 hotly contested issues confronting American society.

Unitedstreaming (Video on Demand)

http://www.unitedstreaming.com

A digital video-on-demand service brought to you by Discovery Education. With Unitedstreaming, you get a K-12 digital video/video clip library.

Wadleigh Memorial Library

http://www.wadleigh.lib.nh.us/

Milford, NH public library web site.

World Book Encyclopedia

http://www.worldbookonline.com/

World Book Advanced; & Spanish-language Encyclopedia

 



 

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