Blakeslee Library

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

The following links direct you to fee-based online databases which La Salle High School subscribes:

ProquestDirect for articles from hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Proquest (off-campus use) : You must obtain a username and password in the library before using this. Click on "Connect to your ProQuest Database" on the right.

ProQuest Learning: Literature: A database containing biographical information on authors, literary criticism, synopses of selected works, and mutimedia files.

ProQuest Learning: Literature (off-campus use) Before you can use ProQuest Literature from off-campus, you obtain a username and password from the library.

JSTOR: a database of articles from scholarly journals from a variety of subject areas.

JSTOR (off-campus use) Before you can use JSTOR from off-campus, you obtain a username and password from the library.

Britannica Online The web version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Oxford English Dictionary  Before you can use the OED from off-campus, you must obtain a username and password from the library.

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive: provides a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history.

EBSCO History Reference Center

EBSCO Science Reference Center

Country Reports: Reports on economincal, geographical, economic, historical and cultural information on countries around the world.

Oxford Reference Online
: Contains full-text articles from the various Oxford dictionaries and Oxford companions. In this comprehensive source you will find encyclopedias, maps, timelines, quotations, and bilingual dictionaries.

American National Biography: Online version of a 24-volume set that profiles over 17,000 notable American men and women. Includes cross references and links to suggested websites.

Origins (Catholic News Service): The documentation you find in Origins ranges from encyclicals, speeches and other papal messages to pastoral letters by the bishops; from diocesan policy statements to current research to speeches in the news on public policy, liturgy, social justice, the parish, the family, ministries and much more.

Teen Health and Wellness:  A one-stop self-help resource and fully interactive online community center for teen health and wellness.

A to Z Maps Online: the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.