LBSS LIBRARY

LBSS ONLINE DATABASES

These databases are available for use from home. For a list of passwords, ask your librarian or log onto FCPS 24/7 and click on the LBSS Media tab on the left of the screen.

	ABC-CLIO American Government Connects most-discussed current issues with the foundations of government plus an analysis of different viewpoints.

	ABC-CLIO American History Survey of American history from 1350 to the present linking reference, curriculum, and analysis of current events

	ABC-CLIO World Geography Nearly 200 overviews of countries around the world including location and people, recent political history, and economy

	ABC-CLIO World History: The Modern Era Provides in-depth coverage of the history of all regions of the world from 1500 to the present, aligned to curriculum guidelines

	ABC-CLIO World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras Covers human history in all corners of the globe-from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.

	Books in Print All books currently in print are searchable in this database, which includes a description and reviews if available.

	Bridges Explore career and college choices. Includes components on resume writing, college comparisons, practice testing for PSATs, and an opportunity to interact with a professional in a field of interest.

	CQ Researcher Original and comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news

	CQ Congress Collection Historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy

	CQ Supreme Court Collection Historical analysis of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the US Constitution

	CountryWatch Concise up-to-date information and news on all countries in the world

	EBSCO Auto Repair Reference Cente r The content will include more than 150 easy-to-read, illustrated auto repair manuals on all auto repair procedures for about 21,000 vehicles identified in the AAIA table (a table of numerical ID codes for every car made); more than 56,000 Technical Service Bulletins; wiring diagrams; and labor time estimates.

	EBSCO High School Research Databases Contains an array of sources from reference books, newspapers, primary source documents, and consumer health information designed primarily for high school students

	EBSCO Middle School Research Databases Contains an array of sources from reference books, newspapers, primary source documents, and consumer health information designed primarily for middle school students

	EBSCO Novelist Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, and annotations for over 120,000 fiction titles

	Fairfax County Public Library Search the catalogs of the Fairfax County Public Library system. By logging in with your library account number, you can manage your account, place holds on materials, renew materials, and request materials from other library systems via inter-library loan.

	All Gale Databases including Student Resource Center Gold; Student Resource Center-Junior; Biography Resource Center; Literature Resource Center; Business and Company Resource Center; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Reference Center-Gold; Health and Wellness; InfoTrac OneFile; Junior Edition-K12; Student Edition; Professional Collection; Science Resource Center; Computer Database; LegalTrac; Contemporary Literary Criticism; What Do I Read Next?; Virtual Reference Library; Military & Intelligence; Religion & Philosophy

	Gale LitFinder for Schools Full-text poems with explanations and study guides, full-text short stories with genre access, full-test essays and literary criticisms, plays, and speeches.

	Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

	Gale Web Feet Online Subject guide designed for school and public librarians and their students and patrons. The database is composed of thousands of descriptions of Web sites that have been selected by a team of librarians, educators, subject-area specialists, and editors for their quality, credibility, and usefulness.

	Gallup Brain Answers to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.

	Grolier Encyclopedia Americana Contains over 45,000 articles including Americana Journal organized by nation and by date, a searchable database of major U.S. news outlets, and selected biographies

	Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Access to over 39,000 articles with over 110,000 Internet links plus maps with links, animations, videos, cutaways, panoramas, dynamic maps, and audio

	Grolier New Book of Popular Science An online encyclopedia with information in the areas of science, medicine, and technology

	Grolier Lands and People A multifaceted Internet site designed to serve as a principal resource on countries, cultures, and current events

	Grolier America the Beautiful Contains articles enriched with historical and current illustrations and maps. Each state has eight maps covering economy, topography, geography, parks, major highways, history, and exploration.

	Grove Art Online Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001).

	Grove Music Online Grove Music Online is an integrated music resource on the web, including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

	JSTOR High quality digital interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

	NoodleTools Enables students to search intelligently, organize information, and format a bibliography in MLA style.

	ProQuest CultureGrams Cultural reports for 187 countries and territories each include 25 categories such as land and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, and events and trends.

	ProQuest Platinum Full-text articles from more than 2,000 newspapers, magazines, journals, and reference works

	ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Traditional) Historical newspapers dating to the 1880's reproduced cover-to-cover in full-page digital images

	ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Graphical) User-friendly interface for historical newspapers including timelines and what happened on this day in history

	eLibrary ProQuest database with more than 1,500 full-text sources, including magazines, newspapers, books, tV/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, A/V clips

	SIRS Decades Provides access to thousands of primary source documents organized around the decades.

	SIRS Researcher General reference database containing full-text articles on social issues, health, science, and business. Articles are indexed according to the Library of Congress subject headings. Database features include World Almanac excerpts, maps of the world, and a directory of publications. Special features include Today's News.

	SIRS Government Reporter Historic and government documents, directories, almanacs, landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, national archives documents and country profiles are included across the a variety of topics: health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, business and industry.

	SIRS Renaissance Current perspectives on the arts and humanities which provides information on architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and visual arts. Full-text articles from more than 1,000 domestic and international publications.

	Soundzabound Royalty free music for schools.

	World Book Online Reference Center Online version of the World Book Encyclopedia, atlas, and a Spanish-language version of the encyclopedia plus other reference materials.

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