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Library Databases

Great homework helpers, available 24x7!

What is a database?

How to log in:

• Click on the database name to begin. 

• If you are at home or school, you need to log-in with your Mesa library card number and PIN to use them.

• Write down the name of the database you want to use before you log-in from home or school, because we have a long list of databases to choose from.

	Biography Resource Center Large biography database covering 80 reference books.
	History Resource Center: U.S. Encyclopedia and periodicals and timelines on most studied topics in U.S. history.
	History Resource Center: World Encyclopedia and periodicals and timelines on most studied topics in the world history.
	Kids InfoBits Designed for elementary school students. Includes reference books, magazines, and newspaper articles. Covers all homework subjects and many topics of interest to children.
	InfoTrac Junior Edition Designed for middle and junior high school students. Includes magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, almanacs and dictionaries.
	SIRS Government Reporter Full-text of U.S. government publications useful for elementary through junior college students. Contains Supreme Court cases and U.S. historical documents.
	SIRS Government Reporter Pro and con articles on social, scientific, health, economic, political and global issues.
	MAS Ultra - Student Research Center (High School Research) MAS Ultra Student Research Center (High School Research) contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American History, Archaeology, Astronomy, Bioscience, Careers & Colleges, Civil War Times, Congressional Digest, Discover, Economist, History Today, Nation, National Review, New Republic, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American and Smithsonian. Full text is also available for 85,670 biographies and 105,786 primary source documents. MAS Ultra also contains more than 360 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts), an Image Collection of over 440,000 photos and maps & flags.
	Middle Search Plus - Student Research Center (Middle School Research) Middle Search Plus Student Research Center (Middle School Research) contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia and American Heritage® Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin, the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and an Image Collection of over 440,000 photos, maps and flags.
	Primary Search - Kid Search (Elementary School Research) Primary Search-Kid Search (Elementary School Research) contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection.
	Primary Search - Searchasaurus (Elementary School Research) Primary Search-Searchasaurus (Elementary School Research) is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials.