Research Fast with the Digital Library
Why should you use Digital Library databases in your research
(as opposed to swimming around in Google).
Here are three reasons:
- Databases are created by experts and provide reliable, accurate, and trustworthy information known and peer-reviewed authenticated sources.
- Universities and colleges subscribe to these databases and so professors will expect you to use them.
- Each article provide a citation, saving you a lot of work, which you would otherwise be doing using the resources listed on our website here under "How To Cite Your Sources."
Please note:
Teachers and students may access most of the Digital Library remotely using Remote Access.
Students see directions on our student e-mail page for directions on how to activate your own LAUSD e-mail account so you can access the Digital Library outside of school.
For databases and electronic media (including e-books) you can use anywhere anytime without an LAUSD e-mail account please go to Los Angeles Public Library. You need a library card to access these resources, which you can apply for here. And you can also see Ms. Moayeri in order to obtain your LAPL Student Success Card.
Thanks to Ms. L. Roche for the above information.
Digital Library Database Resources By Subject
Compiled by Ms. M. Buterbaugh
Updated by Ms. L. Moayeri
Ancient Civilizations
Art/Images
- American National Biography
- Biography In Context Gale Databases
- Biographies (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Contemporary Biographies (Salem Press History)
- Great Lives From History (Salem Press History)
- Career Cruising
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Facts On File)
Encyclopedias
- Bloom's Literary Reference Online (Facts On File)
- Granger's World Of Poetry
- Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
- Literary Sources (Gale)
- Literary Resource Center (Gale)
- LitFinder (Gale)
- Literature (Oxford Reference)
Geography
- Columbia Gazetter (Encyclopedia Of Geographical Places and Features)
- CultureGrams
- Maps 101
- World Geography and Culture Online (Facts On File)
- Compare Countries (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- World Atlas (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Tour the U.S.A. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Health
- Health Reference Center (Facts On File)
- Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
- Health (Salem Press)
- Family Health (Cavendish Square)
- Diseases and Disorders (Cavendish Square)
- Drugs and Society (Cavendish Square)
- Facts About Drugs (Cavendish Square)
- Medicine and Health (Oxford Reference)
Issues/Controversies/Opinions
- Points of View (EBSCO)
- Issues and Controversies (Facts On File)
- Issues and Controversies in American History (Facts on File)
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale Cengage)
- Open for Debate (Cavendish Square)
Medieval Times
- World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras (ABC-Clio)
- Ancient and Medieval History Online (Facts On File)
- Ancient and Medieval World (Cavendish Square)
- World History (EBSCO)
Music
Newspapers and Magazines
- AP Images (Associated Press)
- Current Events (Maps 101)
- General Reference Center (Gale Cengage)
- Magazines and Newspapers (EBSCO Host)
- World News Digest (Facts On File)
Reference
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale Cengage)
- General Reference Center (Gale Cengage)
- Oxford Reference Online
- Search Center (EBSCO)
- Student Resources In Context (Gale Cengage)
- World Atlas (Facts on File)
Science
- Science Online (Facts on File)
- Science In Context (Gale Cengage)
- Today's Science (Facts on File)
- Elements (Cavendish Square)
- Life Sciences (Cavendish Square)
- Exploring Life Sciences (Cavendish Square)
- Science and Technology (Oxford Reference)
Spanish Language Resources
Teachers' Resources
US History
- African American History (Facts on File)
- American Government (ABC-Clio)
- American History (ABC-Clio)
- American History Online (Facts on File)
- American Indian History (Facts on File)
- History Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Issues and Controversies in American History (Facts on File)
- Salem Press History
- America in the 20th Century (Cavendish Square)
- Civil War (Cavendish Square)
- Colonial America (Cavendish Square)
- Supreme Court Milestones (Cavendish Square)
- World War I (Cavendish Square)
- World War II (Cavendish Square)
Weather
World