Bridges is an excellent source for career ideas. It not only gives you career information, it also contains an assessment that will help you decide which career is best for you.

Academic Search Premier is especially useful for ASR students as it is designed specifically academic institutions. This collection offers information in many areas of academic study such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

The Associated Press (AP) Multimedia Archives contains millions of photographs, graphics, and sounds bites related to history from 1848 to the present.

This database provides selected articles that present all points of view on controversial issues such as the death penalty, gun control, health care, cloning, etc.

This database contains current information on a wide variety of topics including literary criticism, historical events, and biographies. This general reference source can be used for almost any class.

LitFinder contains thousands of full-text poems, short stories, essays (including literary criticism), plays and speeches.

Global Issues in Context offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context is a truly non-U.S. centric resource that ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues — providing information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is a new online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more.

The editors at SKS hand-pick the best newspaper and magazine articles for high school researchers from more 1000 publications each month. This database is a great resource for students who need information about current events and controversial issues.

Organized by decade, this database contains thousands of primary source documents related to 20th century United States History.

This collection contains six databases related to social studies topics: 1)American Government; 2)American History; 3)World History: The Modern Era; 4)Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas; 5) Daily Life Through History; 6) African American Experience.

This database includes Great Lives from History: 20th Century and Great Athletes. Print copies of these sets can be found in the reference section of the RSHS Library. Click on "Registered User Login" and enter the username and password (available from a librarian).

This database provides maps, statistics, background information, the political organization, and social customs of 190 countries. The Kids Edition includes reports on 68 countries tailored to the needs of younger students.

Discovery Education Streaming gives access to a rich collection of more than 50,000 video segments from among 5,000 full-length educational videos from Discovery School and other award-winning producers.

Includes Discovering Collection, Business & Company ASAP, Business & Company Resource Center, and Kids InfoBits.

Online encyclopedias including Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and People, and America the Beautiful.

Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in kindergarten through grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This is funded by MoreNet.

Online map resources for the classroom. Database provided by the social studies department.

Learning Express Library is designed to help people succeed on the tests they must pass to gain citizenship, improve their testing skills or to further their education or career. Over 300 online academic and licensing practice tests including SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, Advanced Placement, civil service, military, real estate, law enforcement, citizenship, TOEFL, ESL and basic skills for elementary, middle and high school skills improvement and much more. Test preparation materials span ages from elementary through adult. This testing resource also provides instant scoring and customized feedback.

NewsBank provides the full text of news features and more from Missouri publications such as the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A selection of other news sources are available.

Engaging author programs and k-12 book resources.

This database provides real-world applications in many curricular areas. Database provided by the social studies department.

The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA and APA bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.

HippoCampus offers multimedia lessons and course materials to help you with your instruction, homework, and assignments. You can browse lessons or complete courses and find help with topics covered in popular textbooks. This is funded by MoreNet.

A variety of reference resources are available from EBSCO including popular and academic periodicals and a variety of research resources. These are funded by MoreNet.

Full text of popular elementary school magazines, including Encyclopedia of Animals and Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia. This is funded by MoreNet.

The world’s largest online family history resource — including historical records such as census records, birth and death certificates, immigration and military records, photos, stories, and family trees. This resource paid for by the social studies department. Home access is not available.

Covers the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. Provided by MORENET.

A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Funded by MoreNet.

A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other source.

Designed for users in elementary or middle schools. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials.

Nonfiction Book Collection, magazine and journals, newspapers, and Science Reference Center.