WS GUIDES: A-Z DATABASES

ActiveHistory provides interactive simulations, decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, high-quality worksheets and detailed lesson plans for the history classroom. All resources have been designed by full-time history teacher Russel Tarr

From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today’s headlines, American History investigates the people, events, and stories of the United States.

Storyblocks / AudioBlocks is your one-stop-shop for high quality stock media with unique video, image, and audio Member Libraries—plus Marketplace content for both footage and photos—all the building blocks for amazing stories are right here.

Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.

Free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices through animated, curriculum-based content. Also provides closed captioning.

Curated database of images with over 3.25 million images from 62 leading collections.

Large collection of copyright-friendly images.

Choose from Primary / Middle School / Senior High once logged in. Search the chosen encyclopedia as well as magazines, Web sites, atlases, timelines and videos.

Published in October 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with the Churchill Archives Centre, the Churchill Archive is a digital library of modern international history.

It includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. This is more than a fantastic collection of primary source material; it is a unique online resource offering new insight into a fascinating period of our past.

Chinese and English for Language A and Econ.

A general reference covering all subject areas. Good for background, for definitions, etc.

In Daily Life through History, students and researchers discover the everyday details about past eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful.

Online library database of dance videos including history, appreciation, choreography, composition, and improvisation in modern dance, ballet, tap, jazz, and more.

Digital Theatre Plus captures the moments before the curtain rises and after the curtain falls, providing valuable insight into the play making process. We share the hidden drama of the weeks, days, and hours before ‘lights up’ on stage. By revealing the world of the rehearsal room, dressing room, backstage and beyond, our documentaries and interviews introduce theatre as a vibrant, exciting art form through a familiar and accessible medium. Also includes numerous live performances.

Scripts, playwrights, context & criticism, and stage craft.

EBSCO is the leading provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries of all kinds. Explore the eBook and journal collection

Education Perfect (or “EP” ) is an online teaching and learning platform designed by teachers for teachers. It was founded in New Zealand in 2007 and is currently used by millions of students, including homeschoolers around the world.

K-12 online educational materials emphasizing creativity and enjoyment of learning : 25,000 pages on our website covering a wide range of topics. Earliest readers can navigate a subset of the web using a picture dictionary

General interest database. Great for Personal Projects!

Global Issues In Context spans continents and cultures to bring essential, balanced information to researchers across many academic disciplines. Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics and more in a single search,

A very useful grammar checker which also includes the option for a plagiarism check.
Use your WAB email to sign up

Gives clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.

Learn how to make anything with Instructables. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions, online classes, and a vibrant maker community.

Provides exclusive, extensive coverage of hundreds of today's hot topics, with unbiased analysis and rich related resources.

Builds a deeper understanding of how historical events have shaped U.S. History by exploring the key players and the battles they fought. Explores key events from multiple perspectives, with events examined through an overarching question. Contains primary source material.

Explores several perspectives n questions related to key events in US History. Includes primary sources.

This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today's most important issues.

IXL is an immersive K-12 learning experience that provides comprehensive, standards-aligned content for math, language arts, science, and social studies.

Arts and Human Sciences database

General interest database perfect for Personal Projects.

Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.

Citation tool for MLA8

Need a good book recommendation or Read-A-Like? This database can help.

Covers today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue .

Overdrive hosts our eBooks and Audiobooks - for students in China without a vpn they will need to access the books through Overdrive.

Collection of online general and subject-specific dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance and the Dictionary of Critical Theory

PreK - 3 database for reading and research. Four databases: Animals, Science, Biographies and Social Studies.

PressReader has the largest selection of newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries in over 60 languages. That's 7,000 trusted publications on a single platform. And readers can instantly translate articles in up to 18 languages.

humanities and social science content for the scholarly community

This resource provides access to nearly 5,000 titles that offer global coverage on a wide range of subjects: arts, business, current events, education, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and more. It features a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

For DP students only. Login with your wab email and the usual library password. If that doesn't work, see the librarian.

Online version of World Events in History and Milestone Documents in History

Contains online version of several books of literary criticism in the library. Looks at specific authors, specific works and general themes. Login for detailed selection.

is the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. Science is the source for cutting-edge research with one of the highest impact factors of all science journals. The bundle includes one complimentary print subscription to Science magazine (51 issues) AND online access to the electronic version of Science: 1997-present, as well as the electronic archive Science Classic: 1880-1996. 

Magazine/Journal articles, videos and more

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

Archives of the international film journal published by the British Film Institute. Check the passwords link for login details. Several years of hard copies available in the library.

Sora is the reading platform (app and website) that schools use to access eBooks and audiobooks from OverDrive.

Starfall: concept was to create an environment "Where Children Have Fun Learning to Read™." Pre-K - Grade 3 English and Language Arts curriculum: songs, books, and mathematics activities, learn reading and mathematics through exploration.

All content in Teen Health & Wellness is created for teens with their unique concerns and perspective in mind. Information throughout is presented using a sensitive, respectful, and age-appropriate approach. Teen-friendly articles makes complex topics understandable. They also give insight into the teen experience—crucial for parents, teachers, librarians, therapists, and others who are a part of teens’ lives and support them.

A series of animated maps showing events of historical interest

presents comprehensive information and unique insights into the military conflicts that have defined our world's identity from Ancient Greece to today.

focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world.

World History In Context reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today’s headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multimedia content put this vast topic into context for students

World History In Context reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today's headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students.

Beginning to 1499

Renaissance to today

covers religion around the globe, from prehistory to the present.