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Covers congressional issues, both national and international. Each 12,000 word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Each summary offers in-depth, unbiased coverage of a pressing political or social issue. Features within each topic include background, chronology, current situation, pro-con statements, maps, photos, tables, charts, and bibliography.

User ID: wcphs Password: wcphs

Facts on File

Offers 3 databases: Bloom’s Literary Reference, Career Guidance Center, and Science Online databases.

Bloom’s includes essays, analyses, criticism, and essays on great authors and their works throughout history.

Ferguson’s is a comprehensive database on workplace skills, schools, career resources, and 3,500 jobs and industries.

Science Online includes full-text articles, 1,300 experiments, 8,300 printable diagrams and illustrations, and over

500 videos.

Username: conroe Password: conroe

Thomson Gale

Contains 11 databases, 8 of which may be searched simultaneously. Included are full-text sources from hundreds of magazines, newspapers and academic journals dating back to 1980, as well as primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.

Informe is a Spanish database of full-text Hispanic magazines.

Opposing Viewpoints offers balanced coverage of pro-con topics.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks) contains comprehensive, word-searchable Gale eBooks owned by College Park Library. These eBooks can also be accessed via the CPHS Library online catalog.

*Literature Resource Center, a premier literary database featuring Gale literary criticism, Scribner Writers Series, Twayne’s World, and U.S. and English Author Series.

You can also download the Thomson Gale app at www.gale.com/apps.

Select Campus: TW College Park H.S.

Password: woodlandcp

Evaluating the Internet

Educational subscription databases strive to be reliable sources.

But how can you evaluate an Internet website?

Responsibility:

Who is responsible? Can you contact them? Beware of anonymous sites.

Authority:

Is the sponsoring organization or individual a reputable authority on the topic? What are the author’s/authors’ credentials?

Objectivity:

Does the organization or individual have a bias concerning the topic?

Is the site a forum for opinions of a group or individual? Is the information factual or rumor? (Find the answer at a fact checking site like snopes.com)

Currency:

When was the site last updated? Is currency an issue for your topic?

Documentation:

Where did the author get his information? Is there a bibliography or list of resources?

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