BEST Subscription databases
provided by cps for high school:
Passwords for off-campus use of CPS Databases HERE
(login to CPS Google required)
(login to CPS Google required)
Encyclopedia Britannica - In addition to millions of encyclopedia articles, this online reference work provides hits to other content types including images, videos, dictionary entries, magazine articles, links to vetted websites, and primary sources.
Britannica ImageQuest - The Bridgeman Art Gallery, Getty Images, the Science Photo Library, Ingram Publishing, the National Geographic Society and other trusted sources provide the best and broadest offering of curriculum-relevant imagery easily downloadable to computer or Google Drive. Citations provided.
Gale in Context: High School - A fully integrated database for high school that provides a wide range of content types including featured articles, reference articles, biographies, images, primary sources, audio and video clips, news articles, magazine articles, academic journal articles, critical essays, and links to external websites. GREAT INTRO TO GALE VIDEOS: FOR STUDENTS // FOR TEACHERS. Watch additional brief Gale tutorial videos HERE.
Free access to the New York Times and the NYT Learning Network are available for all staff and students. Sign up with your CPS Google account by clicking this link and then replying to a confirmation in your CPS email. "NYTimes.com Passes" are supported by most web-enabled devices including Apple, Android, Kindle, and Windows. Be sure to check out the searchable TimesMachine feature, which displays coverage stretching back over 150 years. Consider subscribing to NYT Newsletters to follow your specific interests, columnists, and much more! Your service works on any device signed into your CPS Google account. ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION? Click HERE.
Library Terminology: Glossary of Library Terms This guide contains resources and terms frequently used in the library. Use this guide to find words commonly used in the library.
Subscription database PROVIDED BY JCP Library:
JCP Password JSTOR HERE
JSTOR - JSTOR is a digital library that features academic journal articles. The "J" is for journals. JSTOR’s Secondary Schools Collection includes all Arts & Sciences Collections, the Life Sciences, Ecology & Botany II, Business IV Collections, and four primary source collections. Click to view this GREAT INTRO TO JSTOR VIDEO. Click How to Use JSTOR for Students for additional videos. Many thanks to the Friends of Jones for providing this valuable research to the JCP Community.
Chicago Public Library card/account with personal login and password required.
Apply for a card HERE. Library Card FAQ’s HERE.
Apply for a card HERE. Library Card FAQ’s HERE.
History Research Center - Search all five at once or browse them individually:
African-American History Online American History Online
American Indian History Online Ancient and Medieval History
Modern World History Online
Each includes articles from reference works, primary sources, biographies, timelines, images, and maps, charts and tables.
African-American History Online American History Online
American Indian History Online Ancient and Medieval History
Modern World History Online
Each includes articles from reference works, primary sources, biographies, timelines, images, and maps, charts and tables.
ProQuest Newspapers (Global Newsstream) - Full text articles from hundreds of newspapers and news feeds from around the world that includes current news and archives dating back to the 1980's.
EBSCO Magazines and Journals - Articles from general-interest magazines and scholarly journals. Search two separate databases (MasterFILE Complete and OmniFile Full Text Select) covering more than 3,500 publications.
Gale Reference eBooks - Find reference articles in more than two hundred reference works in a variety of areas: arts, business, education, environment, geography, government, fashion, food, film and television, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, music, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, sociology, social science, and technology.
OPEN INTERNET RESOURCES
Media Organizations/Publishers
The Atlantic theatlantic.com Block Club Chicago **LOCAL** blockclubchicago.org BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) bbc.com Chicago Sun-Times chicago.suntimes.com Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com Ebony ebony.com The Economist economist.com Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com Harper’s Magazine harpers.org Huffington Post huffingtonpost.com New York Times nytimes.com NYTimes TOPICS topics.nytimes.com/ New York Times Magazine nytimes.com/pages/magazine/ The New Yorker newyorker.com/ NPR (National Public Radio) npr.org/ PBS (Public Broadcasting Service pbs.org/ The Root theroot.com/ Salon salon.com/ Slate Magazine slate.com/ Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com/ Washington Post washingtonpost.com/ The Week theweek.com/ TV News: CNN cnn.com MSNBC msnbc.com CBS News cbsnews.com ABC News abcnews.go.com NBC News nbcnews.com FOX foxnews.com Al Jazeera United States and Canada World News Democracy Now democracynow.org/ |
Museums/Libraries/Organizations
Art Institute of Chicago artic.edu Digital Public Library of America http://dp.la Chicago Public Library chipublib.org Google Arts and Culture artsandculture.google.com Intro Video (YouTube) ****** Library of Congress www.loc.gov Ted: Ideas Worth Spreading www.ted.com Smithsonian Online Collections www.si.edu/Collections Smithsonian Channel (Video) smithsonianchannel.com/ Research Organizations/Think Tanks Brookings Institute brookings.edu/ Urban Institute urban.org Pew Research pewresearch.org/ Pro Publica propublica.org/ Project Syndicate project-syndicate.org/ Center for American Progress americanprogress.org/ |
Still not finding what you need??
All state funded college and university libraries in Illinois are required to provide services to the public. Click HERE to get an idea of the number and range of academic journals available at UIC provided by the Illinois system of public universities. Consider a visit to the University Library on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus (hop on the Blue Line to the UIC-Halsted Station) to access these resources.
OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOURCES: REFERENCE MATERIALS, SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, AND POPULAR SOURCES
Scholarly Sources - When doing research, your teachers may require that you use "scholarly" sources and to cite them in your bibliographies (Works Cited Page for MLA Style or Reference List for APA Style). Scholarly sources (known interchangeably as "scholarly journals," "academic journals" or peer-reviewed journals") are written by experts in a particular field and serve to keep others interested in that field up-to-date on the most recent research, findings, and news. These resources will provide the most substantial information for your research and papers.
Reference works - A reference work is a book or periodical (or its electronic equivalent) to which one can refer for information. The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Reference works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end. Be sure to check out the extensive lists of print reference works on the BOOKS page of this website.
Popular sources are those you'd find in newspapers and popular magazines like The Atlantic or The New Yorker. These are good places to start if you are looking for a contemporary, relevant, newsworthy topic or direction for your research.
Reference works - A reference work is a book or periodical (or its electronic equivalent) to which one can refer for information. The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Reference works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end. Be sure to check out the extensive lists of print reference works on the BOOKS page of this website.
Popular sources are those you'd find in newspapers and popular magazines like The Atlantic or The New Yorker. These are good places to start if you are looking for a contemporary, relevant, newsworthy topic or direction for your research.
Distinguishing Periodical types (Scholarly, professional/trade, and popular)
Central Connecticut State University: Scholarly Journals, Trade Journals and Popular Magazines: What are the Differences?