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Help find a replacement for Questia!

Questia School is being discontinued at the end of the school year, so we would like to find a replacement. Give these databases a try and let the librarian know what you think. Thanks!

Database Trials

ProQuest Ebook Central
EBSCO eBooks - Academic Collection
Academic Search Premier
Academic OneFile

ProQuest® eBook Central
Unlimited, multi-user access to over 150,000 authoritative and scholarly ebooks from world-renowned publishers and university presses, covering the subject fields of business and economics, humanities, science and technology and social sciences. Search within books and download chapters.

Username is your WSA email address; password is the same as that for Questia School. Trial starts on 2/03/2020 and ends on 3/04/2020.

ProQuest has a quick start guide and online support pages to help you get up and running on eBook Central.

Quick Start Guide for WSA users
This two-page guide covers the basics of how to use ProQuest® eBook Central, including how to: search, narrow search results, learn more about an eBook, open a book, create a citation, get a link to a book or chapter, annotate, and download chapters or sections of the book to use offline.

Ebook Central: Patron QuickStart Guide
Online guide for ProQuest® eBook Central, with links to pages with detailed explanations on various aspects of this database. Learn about logging in, opening a book, creating citations, creating links (URLs) to a book or section within a book, and downloading for offline reading. Hosted by ProQuest Support Center.

EBSCO eBooks – Academic Collection
This multidisciplinary collection includes thousands of eBook titles covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses. Coverage in eBook content is 1963 to the present.

Trial starts on 02/03/2020 and ends on 03/04/2020. Off-site access requires a special user ID and password.

EBSCO eBooks User Guide
This guide explains the steps required to download EBSCO eBooks to your PC or compatible eReader.

Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

Trial starts on 02/03/2020 and ends on 03/04/2020. Off-site access requires a special user ID and password.

Academic OneFile
Provides peer reviewed, full text scholarly content from thousands of academic journals and other authoritative sources covering biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology. Access articles from Nature, the Economist, the New York Times, and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Trial starts on 1/31/2020 and ends on 2/17/2020. Same access code as used for off-campus access to WSA’s other Gale databases.

Academic OneFile Resource Guide
This guide from Gale Technical Support covers the basics for learning how to use Academic OneFile quickly: searching content, working with results, and working with documents.

The librarian is always happy to help you!

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Request an appointment

Call - 360-598-5954

Email - Susan Trower

Circulation Information

♦ Books and DVDs can be checked out for 3 weeks.
♦ Reference materials can be checked out for 1 class period or overnight.
♦ Online access: Place holds and renewals online using your student or staff library user name and password>
♦ Contact the librarian to obtain your library user name and password, or to get help with using WSA's library resources.

Library Policies

♦ Overdues: No fines charged for overdue materials.
♦ Lost or damaged materials: Cost for lost or damaged materials is the list price of the item plus a $15.00 handling fee.
♦ Replacement option: Families can replace a missing book with a new copy, in the same format, of the book that's been checked out by their student; a $5.00 fee will be charged to cover the time and materials involved in library processing.

Librarian

Susan Trower

Email Me

Contact:

West Sound Academy
16571 Creative Drive NE
Poulsbo, WA 98370

360-598-5954

Find What You Need

Books
Academic Articles
Primary Sources
Research Guides
Citation & NoodleTools Guides
Online Newspapers/Magazines

Direct link to WSA Library Catalog: (Click 'Log In' to go to your WSA Library account.)

These WSA databases have scholarly research in journal articles and ebooks.


Historical Abstracts With Full Text	History Study Center	JSTOR	Questia School	Science Direct

What's a primary source? What's the difference between a primary, secondary and tertiary source? Where can I find primary sources on my topic online? Find answers to these questions in the Primary Sources Guide. Or search WSA's databases. See links below to databases that feature primary sources.

Primary Sources Guide
Links to primary sources, both online and in print, for researching Washington and Pacific Northwest history, American history, and world history

General Resources for Research in All Subject Areas

History Study Center
Covers global history from ancient times to the present day. Primary sources include historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images and video clips.

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Off-site access requires username and password.
Newspapers.com
Online home of 500+ million pages of historical newspapers from over 12,200 publications from around the United States and more, covering the 1700s through the 2000s.

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Newspapers.com can only be accessed on the WSA campus by way of IP authentication.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
: Information and opinions on hundreds of current social issues. Accompanying primary sources include: Congressional and court testimony, documents, statistics, memoirs and diary entries, speeches, interviews, images, audio and video files, and more.

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Off-site access requires Library ID password.
ProQuest
Full-text articles from trade publications, many western newspapers, and several national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

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Off-site access requires username and password.
World Book Advanced
Multimeda resource on all subject areas with links to primary sources. Each search on a topic brings up three tabs: Article; Images, Video and Audio; and Related Information. Go to the Related Information tab to find links to primary sources for that topic..

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Off-site access requires login ID and password.

Images, Videos, and Audio

Britannica ImageQuest
3.25 million rights-cleared images from 62 leading collections; each photo or illustration comes with the source, the copyright holder, caption, keywords, and complete citation information.

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Off-site access requires user ID and password.
Learn360
Learn360 has streaming video, audio, and other multimedia content. Primary sources include over 2,000 archival films and newsreels and an audio collection of important speeches in history.

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Access to Learn360 requires individual user names and passwords assigned by the librarian.

Literature

Literature Criticism Online
Scholarly, popular and contemporary commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals of the work of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers and scriptwriters, covering 20th Century literature and literature from 1400-1800.

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Off-site access requires Library ID password.
ProQuest Learning: Literature
Primary sources related to poetry, prose, and drama from around the world include interviews and contemporary reviews from over 100 literary magazines and journals. Poets on Screen features videos of poets reading their own work.

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Off-site access requires username and password.

Middle School Research

eLibrary
General reference collection for middle school students. Primary sources include newspapers, historical maps, images, TV and radio transcripts, and audio/video files.

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Off-site access requires username and password.
Middle School in Context
Reference resources for middle school students covering all subject areas. To find primary sources, go to 'Advanced Search' and the 'Content Type' drop-down menu, and select 'Primary Sources'.

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Off-site access requires Library ID password.
SIRS Discoverer
Reference resources for middle school students covering all subject areas. Primary sources include newspapers and newswires, magazines, images, editorial cartoons and other historical documents.

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Off-site access requires username and password.

Special Topics

Ancestry K12
Access to the original and primary documents of the US collection of Ancestry.com, including US Census records, US Indian tribal Census rolls, immigration and travel records, photos, military records, and much more.

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AncestryK12 can only be accessed on the WSA campus by way of IP authentication.
Churchill Archive
Includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, amassed by Winston S. Churchill throughout his life, ranging from his personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders.

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LOGIN for remote access: click on 'Institution Subscriber Login' and enter username and password.
Fold3
US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who have served, covering the Revolutionary War through conflicts in modern times.

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Fold3 can only be accessed on the WSA campus by way of IP authentication.
Global Plants
Database of plant type specimens, reference works, and primary sources (diaries, correspondence, illustrations, photographs) and a resource for research in botany, ecology, and conservation studies.

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Off-site access requires username and password.
JSTOR
JSTOR has millions of primary sources across four collections: Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa (focusing on the complext and varied liberation struggles in the region), and World Heritage Sites: Africa (with visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites).
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
A collection of all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world along with many primary source materials (speeches, traveler's accounts, letters, sermons, and more.) Click the database name under 'Browse' to use the Slavery Quick Finder Tool to search based on these criteria: (1) Position on slavery (pro, anti-, or no position); (2) Jurisdiction (both US and international locations); (3) Document Type; and (4) Topic.

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Access, both on campus and off-site, requires user name and password.

Use these guides for help with creating citations and bibliographies for research papers.


Chicago Manual of Style	MLA Style	NoodleTools

Quick link to NoodleTools:

NoodleTools Login
Login to access tools for note-taking, outlining, and citation

Quick Links

A-Z Databases	MS Databases	US Research

Google Login	Grammarly	NoodleTools

Teen Health and Wellness

Teen Health and Wellness provides solid, reliable, and accurate information on a wide variety of health and life-related topics. Whether you are looking for a class assignment or for your own personal use, the articles and videos in this database will give you straightforward and non-judgmental (and accurate!) answers to your questions.

A few special features:

Personal stories by teens themselves who have experienced a topic that is being covered
Opportunity to share your own story about successfully dealing with or overcoming a challenge. All stories will be published with the author's first name only. Become a published author!
A Hotlines - Get Help Now button on every page that links to lists of hotlines, help lines, and information lines, organized by subject. These national organizations can also refer you to state and local services in your community.