Read carefully for passwords and descriptions of the individual databases.
The Discovery Collection is an electronic database containing magazine and newspaper articles as well as reference book articles. It is designed for high school students who are doing research in any of their high school courses.
An icon for the site is located on the desktop on all of the computers in the library and computer lab
A password is required.
Password: deep_log
This database has two components. Use the Student Edition for research on more current events and the Discovery Collection for research in your core subject areas.
An added bonus of this database is the source citations that accompany each article or multimedia item. These citations can be copied and pasted directly into your bibliography.
Password: deep_log
Thomson Gale, the creator of this electronic database, describes its contents as follows:
“This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people—both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor—based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.”
Use this database for research you are doing for any of your classes. The resources used in this database are reliable and authoritative reference books, encyclopedias, and periodicals.
At home or at school, use the password wiseowl.
Use the Power Search button on the left to initiate a search.
Be sure to notice the tabs at the top of the page once you have completed a search. For many of your searches, you may want to click on the Reference tab to find the background information you will need. If you are looking for very current information on a topic, use the Magazine or News tabs. If you need pictures, audio or video clips, use the Multimedia tab.
There is a En espanol tab for students who prefer to search in Spanish.
An icon for this site is located on the desktops of all of the computers in the media center and the computer lab
This site is paid for by the NC General Assembly and maintained by NC Department of Public Instruction; therefore, you can be assured that the resources used on this site are intended to be aligned with the curricula of your courses.
Use the Citation Maker and Citation Machine (High School Zone) to assist you in creating citations for a variety of resources.
NC LIVE is the electronic database best used for more intense research on a topic. Start with the Discovery Collection and NC WiseOwl; if you don’t find the information you need in those two, then go to NC LIVE.
There is an icon on all of the desktops of the computers in the media center and the computer lab for this database.
To access NC LIVE:
* Go to the website www.nclive.org
* Choose Neuse Regional Library as the institution
* Current password is tactnite (9-16-08)
* Password changes about every 3 months
* See Mrs. Cahoon for the current password
This outstanding collection of databases is financed by the NC General Assembly for colleges, universities, public libraries and the public at a cost of over $4.5 million
It is the most sophisticated database to which we have access.
-Full-text articles available from many academic journals
-Important resource for statistics about NC
-Index to state newspapers, including full-text articles
-Citations and abstracts often included
-Very discipline-specific resources are indexed, for example NoveList, North American Women’s Letters and Diaries, etc.
-Complete articles are available from over 10,000 journals, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, and reference books.
-The Advanced Search feature lets users do a Boolean search and/or a refined search to include a specific periodical, date, title, author, etc.
-Very inclusive collection of databases that supports not only university-level research but also the public’s need for information on many topics such as medicine, jobs and businesses, current events, reader’s advisory, geography, NC history, and many, many more topics.
We also have a trial version to WilsonWeb.
Click here to access the site:
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml
To enter, you will need to use the following user name and password:
User: AZS60 Password: SSNC111528
Here you have access to :
*Readers Guide Full Text Select
* Current Biography Illustrated
* Current Issues Reference Shelf Plus
* Book Review Digest Plus
* Current Issues in Health
* Current Issues Environment
* Graphic Novels Core Collection
* Senior High Core Collection
* Cinema Image Gallery*
