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Catalogs, Databases and Reference Material Links
Library Catalog and on campus access to EBSCO, newspapers, and journals.
Click the "Online Databases" tab
Palo
Alto City Library Find a Book or a Magazine.
You'll need a Palo Alto library card to use many of their online
databases. Check out the Homework Help Section for High School.
Santa
Clara County Library: Los Altos library is the local branch. System
library card and PIN required.
 EBSCOhost : A new reference database replacing ProQuest! EBSCO offers a wide range of national and international periodicals through its MAS Ultra Collection; it contains a wide assortment of material; magazines, reference books, images, maps and other primary source documents.
Also available through EBSCO is ERIC, a health information database and a professional resource collection for educators.
User ID =Gunn
Password=pausd
Using EBSCOhost to search for information
- Student Research Center: an easy graphic interface to search for information from magazines, newspapers, primary source documents. Biographies (digital books collection) are particularly good
- EBSCO Research Databases: Searches various EBSCO databases and combines results. Searches the Student Research, ERIC and professional resources. Searching can be done together or individually. To search individual databases, select choose Databases link above the search box.
- Points of View: Use the database to research controversial issues. A perfect way to gather information for current events and issues, great for debate or persuasive essays.
ABC-CLIO Schools Databases: Award winning, curriculum based resources beyond the textbook
User id: gunnhs Password: gunnhs
 
 
Pop Culture Universe Link
The Oxford
African American Studies Center: Reference resources for African
American studies, African American History 1619-1895, Black Women in
America and the African and African American experience.
username: gunn
password: titans
Basic geographical and cultural information. English and Spanish versions. Lots of images and recipes!
User id:hsstudent password: henrygunn
Global
Issues in Context:
Current and historic analysis of issues of global importance, e.g. genocide, globalization, climate change. Multimedia content.
titans
eReferences
GVRC: Gale Virtual Reference Library
Password on campus: titans
password off campus: titans
Gale Virtual Reference books are searchable versions of print reference books. Some articles include links to websites, and it is easy to link from one article to the next. The collection include:
- Americans at War , 4v, 2005
- Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America , 5v, 2002
- Cold War Reference Library , 6v, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security , 3v, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Russian History , 4v, 2004
- Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction , 5v, 2007
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture , 5v, 2000
- Television in American Society Reference Library , 4v, 2007
*THE GVRC link offers support material for the Cold War course offered at Gunn
World
Book Encyclopedia
Overview articles on a wide variety of topics. A good place to start your research and get ideas for keywords.
pausd
94306
 Salem
History: (on campus):no password needed
GREAT EVENTS from HISTORY, 17th through the 20th Centuries (25 vols)
THE FIFTIES in AMERICA through THE NINETIES in AMERICA (15 vols)
For off campus access: password= gunntitans
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