Research Databases

Academic Research In Every Class

Reminder: all research: text, pictures, charts, graphics, interviews, etc. REQUIRE CITATIONS. Databases provide them for copy/paste.

Databases are subscriptions purchased by PXU to help students and teachers find authoritative information for academic research. There is automatic access from any computer on Maryvale's campus.

This list of databases also includes academic videos,  thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, career exploration and test preparation. Several of the tools on the Maryvale Library website are only for Maryvale.

Some require you to set up your own access using your school credentials.

See Also: More tools for research below.

ABC-Clio geography, history and more 
Ancestry Library:   genealogical and historical research, census data, historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500's to the 2000's  
Culturegrams  has information for cultures of every world country, Canadian province and USA states with health, diet, customs, food, recreation and more 
EBSCO Suite* Biography. Literature/Poetry/ShortStory, Science, History, Points of View, Novelist AND in Host: Health, Professional Development, Greenfile (environment), ebooks, newspapers, Teacher Reference Center,  Academic Search Premier, LearningExpress/PrepStep   Teachers: Using Canvas you can create class assignments in PrepStep

EBSCO Open Disertations 

European Views of the Americas 1493-1750         

Encyclopedia Britannica  Three reading levels for research information and more reading enhancements

Encyclopedia Britannica in Spanish

packs.eb.com = free teaching and learning materials for science and social studie

Ferguson's Career Center 

Gale   (USE THE POWERSEARCH for general research)

Student Resource Center 

Environmental Studies

Gale Virtual Library for eBooks Health, History, Art, Literature and more (Maryvale collection)

Science Interactive 

Global Issues: problems in world countries

Peterson's Test Prep:  testing and educational resources center

 

ImageQuest from Britannica Thousands of images with citations

 INFOBASE Videos on every topic, can be snipped

Learning Express and PrepStep: database for all types of practice tests from EBSCO. Register with school information for your own account. 

Life Magazine Archives history through photographs from early 1900's

NEWSBANK    3 modules:
Access World News Research Collection 2033:  Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends through international, national and local sources

Black Life in America The Experience and Impact of African Americans as recorded by the new media. 
Hispanic Life in America The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.   

Newsela articles on topics your teacher might be assigning

Proquest  SIRS a large database of pro/con issues  

SalemPress eBooks literary analysis of titles, authors and genres   

 Teaching Books is a source for information about books you might want to read or for teachers to find information for teaching. Descriptions, author interviews and more.

 Teen Health and Wellness issues including relationships, nutrition, green living, physical and mental health, links to hotlines.  Now including articles from Scientific American attached to pertinent topics.

XELLO  Careers and college majors and scholarships 

State of Arizona Research Databases: use school zipcode to enter   https://azlibrary.gov/dazl/online-reference-resources  You will find that we have most of them already, but there are some that we can really use!

Additional Tools For Research

Quotations

Google Digital Library: books and magazines  (some are free)

Writing Argument: The Nizkor Project

Assignment Calculator

Student guide to choosing good sources

Creating a Research Paper: CITATIONS Remember: the databases write the citations for you and they are correct, but sometimes you might need other sites.  All other citation makers need careful checking for accuracy and missing pieces.

Political Fact Checker
Fake News Checker
Media Bias Checker
Global Conflict Tracker