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A full list of our databases is on the home page of the the MHS library catalog. Log in with your CAC single-sign-on.

CAC community members can click here for a list of databases and login credentials. You must be on your school Google account to access.

Britannica Encyclopedia Online School Edition This link opens in a new window Safe, up-to-date and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle and High School.
Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
Global Issues In Context supports awareness and provides perspective on global issues.
Ancient and Medieval History Online This link opens in a new window Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window
Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps, including biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines.
NewsBank Access World News This link opens in a new window The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at every level—international, national, regional, state and local.

SIRS Issues Researcher SIRS® Knowledge Source® is a searchable collection of resources that includes SIRS®Issues Researcher, SIRS® Government Reporter®, and SIRS® Renaissance®. SIRS products provide relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
JSTOR
First you login under CAC and then set up your own account to use off campus.
Advanced search tips for JStor

Teen Health and Wellness This link opens in a new window The award-winning Teen Health & Wellness provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, and more.

NoodleTools

NoodleTools
CAC has a subscription to NoodleTools for students. We highly recommend that you create citations for your sources as you go along. Do not wait until the end.
How to Create a Citation on NoodleTools
Create Notecards on NoodleTools
To help you paraphrase and summarize your research, use notecards on NoodleTools

MyBib

MyBib
SIgn in to MyBib with your school Google account.

Keep track of your sources from the start to keep from scrambling to recreate your research at the end.
How to access MyBib from your school Google account
Screencast tutorial (1 min)
How to insert in-text citations from MyBib (MLA8)
Screencast tutorial (3:12 min). The example is of a science lab report but applies to all academic writing.
How to use MyBib to create a works cited list
Screencast tutorial (6:40 min) The example here is a grade 9 history paper but it applies to all HS academic writing.

Turnitin Draft Coach

Turnitin Draft Coach
With your CAC account, you have access to Turnitin Draft Coach on Google Docs. This will enable you to run a Similarity (Plagiarism) Report, check your Citations and Grammar before you submit your work to your teacher.

Open Source Academic Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals
Springer Open Source
Collection of peer-reviewed open source journals published by Springer.
Academic Journals
Over 100 open access journals covering art and humanities, engineering, medical science, social sciences, biological sciences, physical sciences and agricultural sciences.
Arxiv from Cornell University
Journals and articles on physics, computer science, mathematics, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.
EconBiz, from the Liepzig Center of Economics EconBiz is a subject portal for economics and business studies. It offers: - A literature search across important German and international databases, including the holdings of ZBW - Access to free and licensed full texts on the internet - A calendar of events for scholarly conferences and summer schools - The reference service Research Guide EconDesk which answers your questions about the search for literature and statistical data. - The section research skills with the online tutorial Guided Walk on how to search, evaluate and cite scholarly publications.
JURN
This is a database of free scholarly journals. The articles are not all peer-reviewed, so be careful and double check the information you find.
National Bureau of Economic Research Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
PLOS One Journal
PLOS (Public Library of Science) publishes a suite of influential journals from all areas of science and medicine that contain rigorously reported, peer-reviewed Open Access research articles.
RefSeek Currently in public beta, RefSeek is a WEB SEARCH ENGINE for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.
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Academic search engine
SSRN - Social Sciences Research Network

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