York High School Library
Databases
Below is a list of databases available to you as a member of the York High School community. Username and passwords for this databases are available at https://goo.gl/KKwwXl or at the main desk in the library.
Science / Health
Social Studies
More Databases:
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering the latest scientific developments. Subjects include biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology.
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites & government databases. Includes 700+ videos from a consumer health video library.
User name and password available at YHS library. Current topics on health and wellness aimed at young adults.
Their open-source library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public.
The database contains 3,000 reference books, covering a BROAD spectrum of subjects: arts, biographies, cultures, food, science, history, science, and religion.
A full-text newspaper resource searchable by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Explore current issues and events with in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. Topic pages feature the latest related news coverage from Reuters® as well as a variety of helpful background information, from the key pro/con arguments to chronologies of related events to primary documents.
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Find a new book
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Learn a language
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For crafters!
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Learn to cook
You'll find thousands of magazines, newspapers, and reference books available through this expansive online resource to all Maine citizens! Our geolocation feature makes it faster and easier for you to access the resources you need anywhere within the State of Maine.
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The leading web archiving servicefor collecting and accessingcultural heritage on the web
Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. It features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites.
Great source for newspaper articles, magazine articles and journal articles, over 2500 titles worldwide.
Books in this database cover a broad range of topics in from history to global warming. Of particular interest may be the following series which contain primary historical sources: Milestone Documents in American History, Milestone Documents in World History, and Great Events.
A comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting topics in U.S. History that contains 584,689 articles.
Over 40 producers and hours of educational videos, feature films, news programs, Ted talks and other video sources screened for high school students and linked to Common Core Standards. Password available in library.