Lenape Valley Regional High School
Media Center

Online Databases

Passwords are available to Lenape Valley students and staff in the Media Center.

EBSCOhost will not be available beginning March 1, 2008 due to budget cuts at the state level.
we hope this will be a temporary inconvenience.

Magazines and Newspapers

  • src_logo.gif (2583 bytes) The Student Research Center is designed especially for youth in grades 6-12 - powered by EBSCOhost®.  Away from school use http://search.epnet.com/ and select Student Research Center.

  • elibrary_logo.gif (2010 bytes) eLibrary provides full text access to over 900 magazines, 209 newspapers including the New York Times, selected  reference books, maps, images, video clips, and the text of some news-based television and radio programs. 

  • EBSCOhost provides access to almost 2,000 magazines and journal articles, 180 full-text newspapers, as well as Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, business news,, health and drug information, ERIC, an animal life encyclopedia and a picture collection. 

  • db-histnewsnytpq-k12.gif (1961 bytes)  Proquest Historical Newspapers (NY Times) delivers the complete run of The New York Times from 1851 to 2001 in full-page image.  For access outside of school use http://www.proquest.com/pqdweb.

Books

  • catlogo-small.gif (2958 bytes) JerseyCat is a state-wide  interlibrary loan system that includes the holdings of Lenape Valley's media center as part of the New Jersey Union Catalog.

Reference

  •  worldbook.gif (1990 bytes) World Book Online is the complete World Book Encyclopedia with enhancements. 

  • Facts on File provides information from the following databases: Science On-line, Science Experiments On-line, American Women's History, American Historical Images, Landmark Documents, African American History and Culture, American Indian History and Culture, Ancient History and Culture, World Atlas On-line, Career Guidance On-line and Forms on File On-line.  At home use   http://www.fofweb.com/Subscription.

  • ProquestHist.gif (11627 bytes) History Online is an authoritative and comprehensive online history source that offers a huge range of content, from rare primary sources to key journal articles.  To access History Online from home, use the button on the lower right of the openning page of eLibrary.

  • GaleDiscLogo.jpg (3731 bytes) GaleNet Discovering Collection provides full text information from well-known reference sources in history, science and literature, as well as biographical information on people from all fields and all time periods.

Literary Sources

  • contmpAu.gif (2119 bytes) Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

  • scribner.gif (2112 bytes)Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series.

  • ProquestLit.gif (2435 bytes)  ProQuest Learning: Literature provides primary texts and secondary materials geared to the texts and authors most studied in high schools. At the heart of the service are hundreds of Study Unit Pages dedicated to individual authors, topics or themes. The Study Unit Pages group texts, critical articles, historical context, biographies and web links around each subject.   To access ProQuest Learning: Literature from home, use the button on the lower right of the openning page of eLibrary.

Term Paper Helps.

  • noodlebib_box.gif (3789 bytes) NoodleBib simplifies the process of creating correctly formatted bibliographies in MLA or APA style.

College and Career

  • careerint.jpg (1881 bytes) Institute for Career Research provides information on a number of careers and a test of interests and aptitudes with instant feedback suggesting possible career choices.