Library Hours: Mon. - Fri., 7:45 - 3:45
Buffalo & Erie Co. Public Library
Search their online card catalog for books or research their databases.
Contemporary Literary Criticisms
***To login use the password found in your student handbook for "Gale Group Databases". Published criticisms on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights and short story writers who are living or died after 1959. Entries include biographical essays, critical essays and interviews of featured authors.
Culture Grams
Culture Grams is an online learning resource that provides concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on hundreds of countries, as well as the U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Discovering Collection
***To login use the password found in your student handbook for "Gale Group Databases". Offers easy access to reference books covering the areas of history, literature, science, and social studies. Includes primary sources, video and audio clips.
Easybib
Helps you create a "Works Cited" page.
EBSCO
Includes the following databases: GENERAL SCIENCE COLLECTION - provides information on all aspects of the scientific world with full-text for more than 60 popular science publications. MASTERFILE SELECT - Contains full-text for nearly 750 journals relating to a broad range of topics such as: reference, social sciences, business, health, general science, and current events. TOPIC search - Contains 1400+ full-text titles. Explore social, political and economic issues. These free databases are provided by "NovelNY Databases - an electronic database access project that enables libraries across New York State to give their communities online access to the full text of hundreds of journals, newspapers and other references."
Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse
"ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full-text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES)."
GALE GROUP
New power search allows you to search multiple databases at once. *HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER - A source for consumers concerning important current health information. *BUSINESS & COMPANY RESOURCES CENTER - A wide variety of global business information including company profiles, business magazines and newspapers. *INFORME! - Designed to meet the research needs of Spanish-speaking users. *INFOTRAC CUSTOM NEWSPAPERS - Offers over 150 full-texts newspapers including 7 NY state newspapers. *NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX, *TWAYNE'S AUTHOR SERIES - Features the content of over 600 books that comprise three print series - US authors, English authors, and World authors. Devoted to literary critical interpretation and discussion. These free databases are provided by "NovelNY Databases - an electronic database access project that enables libraries across New York State to give their communities online access to the full-text of hundreds of journals, newspapers and other references."
NETTREKKER
A safe, fast and easy search engine with links to over 180,000 educator-selected Web sites. Just like google, nettrekker has an "image" search.
Opposing Viewpoints
***To login use the password found in your student handbook for "Gale Group Databases". A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Features include viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and pod casts, and links to Web sites.
PROQUEST
Provides access to thousands of current periodicals and newspapers, many updated daily and containing full-text articles from 1986 onward. You may search a single database or all six at one time. Databases include: DISCOVERY - a comprehensive file of periodicals for a broad range of subject areas including arts, business, education, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, science, social science and women's interest. EDUCATION PERIODICALS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS - includes NY Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal. REFERENCE - searches full-text collection of reference books including Ethnic Cultures of America, Occupational Outlook Handbook and World Factbook.
SIRS
SIRS Knowledge Source contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, art, political, global, and humanities issues.
Virtual Reference Library
***To login use the password found in your student handbook for "Gale Group Databases". GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY - Our very own eBook collection. A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources that once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
WORLD BOOK ONLINE - contains every article from the 22 volume encyclopedia print set plus 8 research libraries (U.S. History; World History; Social Science; Science & Mathematics; Literature; Political Science & Law; Language; and Philosophy & Religion. Includes state-of-the-art multimedia, links to editor-reviewed Web sites, atlas dictionary, Spanish language encyclopedia, and "Explore NY."
Biography Resource Center: African Americans
free trial
The Library Media Center underwent major renovations in the summer of 2006 to create a state-of-the-art library and research facility. Students now have access to over 6000 books, 35 journals, and 20 databases. The Library Media Center has wireless, high speed Internet access for up to 40 laptops. The library is comprised of three rooms: a quiet room for reading and study, a second room for small group discussion and projects, and a third room for presentations and library research instruction. We at Sacred Heart Academy are very excited to provide our students with such a facility that will prepare them with the knowledge and research skills necessary to perform fluently upon entering college.