St. Ursula Academy’s Library
Electronic Resources
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St.
Ursula Library Catalog
Search our catalog for Books, CD-Roms, Reference Materials, WWW Sites, and Audio Books |
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Use the same username
& password that you use at school. The domain is Ursula.
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St. Ursula
Virtual Reference &
Question Desk
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SWON Media
Catalog—for teachers (South |
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E-Books
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Over a
hundred titles. Use them at school or setup your own account at school so
that you can use them from home. Ask us how. Gale Virtual Reference
Library Takes e-Books to the next level of
usability — delivering reference content in a database format.
Available 24/7.
Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free
electronic books (e-Books or e-texts) on the Internet. Our collection of more
than 13.000 e-Books was produced by hundreds of volunteers. Most of the
Project Gutenberg e-Books are older literary works that are in the public
domain in the UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA'S E-BOOK LIBRARY for the MS READER and PALM Devices 1,800
publicly-available e-books including classic British and American fiction,
major authors, children's literature, the Bible, Shakespeare, American
history, African-American documents, and much more |
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Britannica Online
School Edition. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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More than 18,000
articles about famous Americans no longer living. Many articles include
helpful Web links. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home
use, ask for username & password from Library |
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Articles from more than
6,000 magazines and newspapers are indexed, most in full text, from
children's magazines to professional research. INFOhio's
Electronic Resources Core Collection For
home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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JSTOR is a not-for-profit
organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of
important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as
widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve
high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were
originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR
span many disciplines. |
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A dynamic online library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. For
home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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A collection of
full-text newspapers available online. More than 15 titles are INFOhio's Electronic Resources
Core Collection For home
use, ask for username & password from |
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Homework Help! Live tutoring ( a real live chat) is available from 2PM -10 PM SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK in English, math,
science, social studies, and "more". Virtual Reference is
available 24/7, and may require a day for a return answer, but may be
immediate, as well. |
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More than 100 complete
reference titles, fully indexed and cross-searchable, from a wide range of
disciplines. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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More than 100 programs to learn, practice and prepare for tests on a variety of subjects in elementary, middle and high school. INFOhio's
Electronic Resources Core Collection For
home use, ask for username & password from Library |
Science &
Technology
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Science Resource Center
The Science Resource
Center reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in
school classrooms, including: Earth Science; History of Science; Life
Science; Physical Science; Science and Technology; Science as Inquiry; Space
Science; And much more For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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Access to more than 7,100 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms and hundreds of "Research Updates" in all areas of science and technology. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password
from Library
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The Ohio Area Instructional Media Centers database includes
hundreds of digital videos that have been made available at no cost to For home use, ask for username & password
from Library
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Power
Media Plus
The rich media collection features
all media types—3,300 videos; 23,000 core concept clips; 6,000 audio
files, including speeches, audio books, and music; 25,000 educational photos,
clip art images, and illustrations; and 5,000 print resources, as well as a
databank of 15,000 quiz questions and 1,000 pre-made quizzes. You'll also
enjoy a safe space for publishing and locating educational podcasts. |
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Articles from more than
6,000 magazines and newspapers are indexed, most in full text, from
children's magazines to professional research. INFOhio's
Electronic Resources Core Collection For
home use, ask for username & password from Library
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JSTOR is a not-for-profit
organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of
important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as
widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve
high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were
originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR
span many disciplines. For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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More than 18,000
articles about famous Americans no longer living. Many articles include
helpful Web links. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
Art
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Online image collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings,
photographs, textiles, costumes, jewelry and more, from earliest times to the
present. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection for 2003-2004 For
home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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More than 18,000
articles about famous Americans no longer living. Many articles include
helpful Web links. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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More than 10,000 reference entries commentary; Customizable Educator section book collection For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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Power Media Plus
The rich media collection
features all media types—3,300 videos; 23,000 core concept clips; 6,000
audio files, including speeches, audio books, and music; 25,000 educational
photos, clip art images, and illustrations; and 5,000 print resources, as
well as a databank of 15,000 quiz questions and 1,000 pre-made quizzes.
You'll also enjoy a safe space for publishing and locating educational
podcasts. |
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JSTOR is a not-for-profit
organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of
important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as
widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve
high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were
originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR
span many disciplines. For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
Magazine, Journal,
& Newspaper Articles
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Articles from more than
6,000 magazines and newspapers are indexed, most in full text, from
children's magazines to professional research. INFOhio's
Electronic Resources Core Collection For
home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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A collection of
full-text newspapers available online. More than 15 titles are INFOhio's Electronic Resources
Core Collection For
home use, ask for username & password from |
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A dynamic online library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. For home
use, ask for username & password from Library |
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|
JSTOR is a not-for-profit
organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important
scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as
possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution,
scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed,
printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many
disciplines. For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
History, Government,
Geography, & Culture
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More than 10,000 reference entries For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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From the first explorers in the For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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Comprehensive, current, authoritative, accessible,
and aligned to your curriculum, this flagship collection of geography
resources does more than just inform—it helps develop students'
information literacy, critical thinking skills, and understanding of global
issues For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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More than 10,000 reference entries commentary; Customizable Educator section book collection For home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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ABC-CLIO’s World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
The database covers human history in all corners of the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance—with an unmatched collection of online reference entries, primary sources, interactive lessons, study tools, and librarian and teacher support features.
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home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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More than 2,000 primary source documents and 700
pieces of multimedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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Online image collection of paintings, sculptures,
drawings, photographs, textiles, costumes, jewelry and more, from earliest times
to the present. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username &
password from Library |
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A concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 177 cultures of
the world. Offers a perspective on daily
life and culture, including the history, customs, and
societies of the world's people. For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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JSTOR is a not-for-profit
organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important
scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as
possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution,
scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed,
printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many
disciplines. For home use, ask for username & password from
Library |
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Over 4,000 up to date
maps available for immediate download and printing. Try our interactive maps,
check out For
home use, ask for username & password from Library |
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Detailed statistics for more than 200 countries that can be compared in tables and charts. Highest and lowest statistics available. INFOhio's Electronic Resources Core Collection For home use, ask for username & password from
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