Online Databases

Nashua High School North offers several subscription databases to assist students and staff with research. These may be used at school or at home. At home, users will be asked for a username and password. The Media Center is happy to provide this information to our students and staff. Please stop in for an information sheet.

Choose one these databases and start your research!

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Teen Health & Wellness

Designed for teenagers, information here covers issues relating to health, fitness, alcohol, drugs, mental health, family life, and much more. This is a valuable tool for research or personal guidance relating to physical, mental, and social health topics.

SIRS - School   SIRS - Home

SIRS Researcher (Social Issues Resources) is a database of thousands of articles on hot and controversial topics. Topics (business, environment, family, global issues, health, human relations, institutions, and science) can also be browsed to narrow a search. It also includes maps of the world, World Almanac excerpts, and suggested research topics. From home, access through http://www.sirs.com .

Biography Resource Center

This comprehensive online biographical reference database covers the areas of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts and newsmakers.

CultureGrams

Use CultureGrams to experience the cultures of 200 countries and territories. Includes maps, statistics, photos, recipes, famous people, and fascinating cultural information in 25 categories. A Kids' Edition, State Edition, and Provinces are also available.

World Conflicts

Explores several unresolved world conflicts occurring around the world including Darfur, Iraq, etc.

Nashua Public Library Databases

Access a wide variety of additional databases available from the public library, using the last five digits of your library card barcode number to log in. Databases include Opposing Viewpoints, Literature Resource Center, Daily Life Through History, and Chilton Automotive Repair Manuals.

EBSCO

EBSCO contains a variety of different databases and helpful resources.

Click the EBSCO button above to choose any of the more specific databases listed below.
Student Research Center

Search magazines, newspapers, reference books, biographies, radio & TV news transcripts, state reports, primary source documents, photos, maps and flags, using keywords or topic searching. A graphical interface makes this easy and fun to use. Searches MAS Ultra, Newspaper Source, TOPIC Search, and Health Source all at once.

       Business Source Premier   EBSCOhost graphic

Provides full text articles for over 1,100 scholarly business, management and economics journals covering topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, and sales. Updated daily.
Health Source

Articles from nearly 300 consumer health journals on medicine, fitness, AIDS, cancer, diabetes, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and other medical and health issues. Also includes over 1,000 health-related pamphlets and 135 health reference books. Updated daily.

 Academic Search Premier

A college-level database of over 4,600 full-text scholarly journals providing a wide variety of information in virtually every area of academic study. Full-text information dates as far back as 1985. Includes images and is updated daily.
 Newspaper Source

 Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (United States) and international newspapers. It also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for over 200 regional newspapers. Updated daily.

 TOPIC Search

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political, & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. It contains full text for over 78,000 articles from over 3,000 sources, including over 1,550 periodicals.
MAS Ultra - School Edition

Designed for high school libraries, this database provides full text articles for nearly 600 magazines, 500 pamphlets, 268 reference books, 82,000+ biographies, 90,000+ primary source documents, and  107,000+ images. It is updated daily.

 Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, including 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.

ERIC &Teacher Resources - 2 Databases

  1. Professional Development Collection, designed for educators,    contains 550+ quality education journals

  2. ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) contains more than 2,200 digests & other references in education-related journals.

NoveList Novelist graphic

This readers' advisory database allows users to search over 120,000 fiction titles by subject, author, or title, and suggests similar titles. It can also be browsed by category, genre or theme. Includes articles on authors.