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Selected Databases

All Databases - If you'd like to broaden your search, here's a list of every database SHHS has access to. You can search every one with a lightning bolt icon (which is most of them!) using the search bar at the top of the page.

Accessing Articles

You will only be able to access the Gale databases on SHHS grounds. If you'd like to save an article to read later, you have a few options: you can save the article to your Google Drive account using the Drive icon, email it to yourself using the envelope icon, or print it out with the printer icon at the top.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Boston Public Library

You also have access to the Boston Public Library's e-resources as a resident of Massachusetts! Here's a guide to getting an e-card - if you need help with this, or with their resources, see Ms. Pronovost.

Searching the Databases

Broaden or narrow your keyword searches in the Gale databases using Advanced Search: use AND to include two words together ("vice AND president"), OR to find either one word or the other ("constitution OR laws"), and NOT to exclude a word ("president NOT vice").

The In Context databases sort different types of content, including primary sources. You can search for primary sources specifically by choosing Advanced Search and selecting "Primary Sources" under "content type."