INFOhio Databases http://www.infohio.org
· SIRS Discoverer Deluxe
SIRS Discoverer includes carefully selected, 100% full-text articles and images from more than 1,900 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents, along with 9,000+ educational web links.
· EBSCOhost *Try several of the databases, and don’t forget about your folder you created earlier!
EBSCOhost delivers articles from more than 6,000 magazines and newspapers, most in full text, from children's magazines to professional research.
· NewsBank
NewsBank is a collection of full-text newspapers available online, with more than 15 titles that are Ohio publications- all in one easy-to-search database.
· Schoolrooms Basic
http://schoolrooms.infohio.org/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME
SchoolRooms Basic is a discovery tool for high quality Web sites. More than 22,000 sites have been selected by Ohio educators to support Academic Content Standards. In addition, the SRB portal leads to more than 3 million related sites.
elibrary
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/elib/do/login
This database includes articles from more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and top-quality multimedia (audio/video) files.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints Series-
This database allows you to select from different types of sources, such as: magazines, reference (books), academic journals, statistics, news, multimedia, primary source, websites, etc.
Other types of sources (Primary, encyclopedia, almanacs, etc.)
Follow the Classroom Projects link called Composition Research Project.
Persuasive Speech Source Requirements are as listed here
Need a persuasive topic idea? Look through these!
(Word document version of idea list)
NOTE: Some of these databases (and online encyclopedias) can be accessed directly through the HS Online Resources page at: http://www.genoaschools.com/online/hs_resources.htm. Remember, you will need password information to access all of these from home, and even some from school.