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Electronic databases

The Research Databases we subscribe to are available from your home computer.  Below, you will find links and passwords to these sites that will allow you access for research.  

EBSCO
Newspaper, magazine articles; majority full text. Includes

  • NoveList (recommendations on books you might like to read)

  • Literary Reference Center, (assist high school English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature)

  • Student Research Center (search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.)

  • Full text Magazine & Journal Articles (variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers; databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases)

Username: Provcath
Password: Library

Electric Library
Newspaper articles, pictures, books, encyclopedia articles, radio transcripts and more; all full text.

User Name:  
68-13313 
Password:  
Celtics

First Search
Articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, on all subjects. Includes

  • ERIC (database for research on education)

  • MEDLINE (medical/health research database.)

Authorization: 100-110-057
Password: Bryanmurey

Gale Student Resource Center
Find information on all subjects and topics. Books, magazines, newspapers, biographies, timelines, multimedia and much more. 
Includes:

  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (A good place to find facts and opinions on both sides of an issue or problem. Viewpoint essays, Statistics, Websites, Books, Magazine and Newspaper articles and much more.)

  • Student Resource Center (a premium selection of reference material, more than 680 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.)

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.)

Password: new_log

World Book Online Reference Center:
Expansive reference database that includes the World Book Dictionary, the World Book Atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to state and provincial curriculum standards, and much more.
Username: celtics
Password: pchs

World News Digest (1940-Present)
Current events, issues, statistics, people, world-wide facts and more.
ID: provcatholic
Password: facts

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