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DISCUS Resources

An A-Z list of DISCUS databases.
South Carolina's Virtual Library. Search by grade level or by
subject. User name and password are required if searching from
home. Contact the library for more information.
African American Archives
View and share exciting, original source documents that reveal a side of
the African American story few have seen before. Made possible by
a unique partnership with The National Archives, The Library of Congress
and other institutions.
America: History & Life
A definitive database of literature
covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from
prehistory to the present.
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Includes 2,009 authors and approximately
100,00 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. Indexed to allow
thorough searching capabilities.
Ancestry Library Edition:
Available inside the Library only
Use to conduct genealogical research.
Britannica Learning Zone

Full-text content including poems, stories, essays, plays
and speeches for all age levels. Geared for
PreK - 2nd grade
students.
Britannica Online
for Kids

Includes
Compton's Encyclopedia and Elementary Encyclopedia articles, pictures,
maps, videos and activities.
Britannica Online
Reference Center

Encyclopedia articles, magazines and
journals, Web sites, multimedia, dictionary and thesaurus entries.
Includes World Data Analyst.
DISCUS Resources

An A-Z list of DISCUS databases.
South Carolina's Virtual Library. Search by grade level or by
subject. User name and password are required if searching from
home. Contact the library for more information.
Enciclopedia Juvenil
(Spanish)

Spanish
elementary encyclopedia for early readers of Spanish.
Explorers and Exploration
Inside the
Library
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Home Access
This
fact-filled reference focuses on explorers, their expeditions
and their
discoveries.
Ferguson's
Career Guidance Center

Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries,
invaluable advice on career skills, more than 55,000 resource entries,
and much more!
Gale InfoTrac
Inside the Library
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Home Access
Multiple databases offering full text magazine & newspaper articles for Health,
Business, Academic and General Research needs.
Gale's Literary Index
A master index to the major
literature products published by Gale. It combines and
cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and
variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source.
Heritage Quest
Inside the
Library
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Home Access
A
unique, ongoing collection of research materials for tracing
family lineage and American culture, beginning with the 13
original colonies.
Hobbies and
Crafts Reference Center
Includes a collection of
core, proprietary articles covering over 140 topics as well
as licensed periodicals, books and video.
Home Improvement
Reference Center
Full text database designed
to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair,
maintenance, and remodeling projects. Step-by-step
instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of
plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating.
Learning Express
Provides a completely interactive
online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series.
Includes immediate scoring, complete answer explanations and an analysis
of your results.
MagillOnLiterature Plus
Premier literary database
combining MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. Includes literary
works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries as well as
biographies and author essays.
Mango Languages
Mango
Languages offers 21 foreign languages and 14 ESL programs
for foreign speakers to learn English. You can learn
real world conversational skills from native speakers in a
few short minutes.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus provides authoritative up to date health
information, access to directories, encyclopedias, medical
dictionary, tutorials and extensive information on
prescription and non-prescription drugs that originates from
the National Institutes of Health and other government
agencies.
NoveList Plus
NoveList is a
fiction and nonfiction database for all age levels. Search or browse for books by
category, genre or theme. NoveList also includes Readers Advisory,
School Resources and Personal Reading Lists.
Optimal Resume
A
career management site offering a variety of tools to help you CREATE,
PRESENT, MANAGE and SHARE your professional credentials.
PubMed
PubMed comprises more
than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life
science journals back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full-text
articles which may be found in other databases such as PubMed Central or
at publisher web sites.
Salem Health
Inside the
Library
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Home Access
Salem Health is an
up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable
for student research as well as use by general readers, including
patients and caregivers.
Salem History
Inside the
Library
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Home Access
Salem History is a
robust online database encompassing the complete content of Salem’s The
Decades, Great Athletes, Great Events from History, and Great Lives from History.
The database offers simultaneous cross search capabilities or individual
title searches.
Salem
Science
Inside the
Library
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Home Access
Salem Science is a
robust online database that includes the complete content of Salem’s
Encyclopedia of Global Warming.
Sharpe Online Reference
*NEW*
Offers access to core references in
U.S. History and Culture and Global History and Culture.
Includes an extensive photograph collection, teachers' resources and
search and navigation tools.
Small Business Reference
Center
Provides up to date information on
relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales
to growing or rescuing a business. The database contains nearly
400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books.
Thomson Gale LegalForms
Provides a wide selection of South Carolina and US legal forms. Includes real estate contracts, wills,
pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord, tenant and many
others.
Toxnet
Toxnet
provides access to information on toxicology, including hazardous
chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases from the United
States National Library of Medicine.
TumbleBooks
A collection of animated,
talking picture books for children. This easy-to-use, interactive
database makes learning fun by including games and comprehensive
questions.
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