Online+Databases

​Below are samples of the databases provided by other schools to review. The College will be purchasing the recommended databases to link to the school web page. Please give us some feedback on their value.


 * ~ [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/bolse2_hdr_left.gif width="270" height="44" align="absMiddle" link="http://school.eb.com/"]] || With over 73,000 articles, //[|**Encyclopædia Britannica**]//**[|//Online School Edition//]** is one of the most complete and accurate information sources in the world. It contains both short and book-length articles on every subject. Your search results can come from four encyclopedias, magazine articles, the Internet Guide, and Videos & Media. All results are ordered by relevance: how closely the content matches your search word(s). ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/1logo.gif width="257" height="76" align="absMiddle" link="http://www.echoeducation.com.au/"]] || The newspaper index [|//**Echo**//]is available on-line via this link and from the Library Folder on the School Network. The Issue Outlines compiled by Echo are also a very useful resource.
 * //Username://** fountaingate, //**Password:**// issues ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/logoEhost.gif width="170" height="50" align="absMiddle" link="http://search.ebscohost.com/"]] || **//[|EbscoHost - The Australian and NZ Reference Centre]//**is an online index of journals and newspapers. A great deal of the content is available in full-text. It does provide full-text of the **//The Age, The Australian//** and **//The Herald-Sun//** is updated weekly. ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/topimage.jpg width="261" height="67"]] || //[|**The Age 'True to Print' Digital Edition**]// delivers an identical replica of //The Age//. It contains every page, article, photo, table, advertisement, cartoon published in the the News, Business and Sport sections. Delivered via a web browser, it can be searched and read in image or text view. //The Age// “True to Print” content is updated monthly. ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/McGraw-Hill%20copy.jpg width="316" height="70" link="http://www.accessscience.com/"]] || //**[|McGraw Hill's AccessScience]**// has on-line articles, research updates, scientific definitions, biographies of scientists, illustrations and graphics, animations and bibliographies, content contributed by 5000 researchers, including 36 Nobel Prize winners, the latest news in science and technology and includes a weekly Questions and Answers update. ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/clickview_banner.gif width="338" height="82"]] || ClickView is a digitised video library available across the School Network. It provides access to approximately 1,000 titles which can be searched by category or keyword. ClickView also enables a movie clip to be exported in a format that can be inserted easily into Powerpoint or Word. ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/head_banner.gif width="261" height="77" align="absMiddle" link="http://www.education.theage.com.au/"]] ||  The Age on-line via //**[|The Age Schools Archive]**//. You can use the Word search or browse the selected issues via this link. ||
 * [[image:http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/library/virtul_logo.gif width="152" height="62" align="absMiddle" link="http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/"]] || **//[|Victoria's Virtual Library]//**enables students to access Gulliver which is a collection of databases that has over 6000 full-text journals, books, newspapers and pictures. All are available at nearly every public library branch throughout Victoria and all of which are now available for Victorian public library members to use at home!
 * //Remember to use your public library card barcode// ** ||

[|TOP] Remember that the library holds copies of the **//Age//** ,the **//Herald Sun//** and the **//Australian//** for 12 months. We also have the **//Age on CD ROM//** available in the Library Folder on the School Network. || [|TOP]
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 * **Resources** || **Description** ||
 * **//Echo//** || The newspaper index [|Echo]is available on-line via this link and from the Library Folder on the School Network. The Issue Outlines compiled by Echo are also a very useful resource. ( ||
 * **//Print Newspapers - The Age, Herald-Sun, The Australian//** || The Library holds a copy of the three daily newspapers **//Age//**, **//Herald Sun//**, and **//Australian//** in print form for a period of 12 months. These can be requested by completing a request slip for the specific newspaper(s) you require at the Enquiry Desk. ||
 * **//The Age 'True to Print' Digital Edition//** || //[|**The Age 'True to Print' Digital Edition**]// delivers an identical replica of //The Age//. It contains every page, article, photo, table, advertisement, cartoon published in the the News, Business and Sport sections. Delivered via a web browser, it can be searched and read in image or text view. //The Age// “True to Print” content is updated monthly. ||
 * <span style="color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**// Age on CD-ROM //** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The previous years' **//Age on CD ROM,//** ||
 * <span style="color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**// The Age On-line //** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//[|The Age Education Web-site]//**is another excellent resource. Melbourne High School students and staff can access the full-text of the last 3 months of The Age on-line via //**[|The Age Schools Archive]**//. You can use the Word search or browse the selected issues via this link.(Select Melbourne High, Password: owv109)
 * //[|The Age Issues]//**site is also excellent and enables access to full-text, images and mulitimedia on the selected issues. ||
 * **//EbscoHost - Australian and NZ Reference Centre//** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//[|EbscoHost - The Australian and NZ Reference Centre]//**is an online index of journals and newspapers. A great deal of the content is available in full-text. It does provide full-text of the **//The Age, The Australian//** and **//The Herald-Sun//** is updated weekly. (User ID: s4154113, Password: student) ||
 * **//Guidelines//** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Guidelines//** in an index to journals and is integrated into the Library catalogue, therefore a catalogue search also searches **//Guidelines//** . Melbourne High School can usually provide access to the required journal via our very extensive collection. If not, the school belongs to a periodical network and can usually access the required article via this means, within 24 hours. ||
 * <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Victoria's Virtual Library//**
 * Remember to use your public library card barcode** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//[|Victoria's Virtual Library]//**enables students to access Gulliver which is a collection of databases that has over 6000 full-text journals, books, newspapers and pictures. All are available at nearly every public library branch throughout Victoria and all of which are now available for Victorian public library members to use at home! ||
 * **//Newspapers Online//** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//[|Links to the major newspaper sites]//**- The Age, The Australian and the Herald-Sun. The Australian and Herald-Sun do not provide any free access to their full-text archive. The Age provides access to the last 3 months in full-text to Melbourne High School students and staff via //**[|The Age Schools Archive]**//. ||
 * **//Magazines Online//** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//[|A number of journals]//**provide some free full-text material. Click on this link to view some of these sites. In general, journals are more likely to provide some of their older content free of charge - but there are a few electronic journals which are available. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**NEWSPAPERS ONLINE:**
 * **AGE** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Melbourne //Age//] ||
 * **HERALD SUN** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Melbourne Herald Sun] ||
 * **AUSTRALIAN** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Australian] ||
 * **AUSTRALIAN NEWS NETWORK** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Has all the newspapers associated with this media group]including //the Hobart Mercury//, //Adelaide advertiser// , the //Australian// and the //Herald Sun// . ||
 * **AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|AAP Online Service] ||
 * **Australian Financial Review** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The web site of the [|Austalian Financial Review] ||
 * **Australian Newspaper links** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|For more newspaper links]there is an extensive list attached to the Library Home Page ||
 * **World Newspapers** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Choose from a [|wide range of newspapers]from around the world ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**MAGAZINES ONLINE:** ||
 * **Choice** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|//Choice// magazine]web site ||
 * **Ecos** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Conservation magazine]providing information and articles on each issue. ||
 * **Helix** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|CSIRO science magazine.]Great articles and science issues ||
 * **National Geographic** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Provides highlights]of recent issues ||
 * **New Scientist** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Information on past, current, and future issues]of this UK based magazine ||
 * **NewsLink** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|A site that provides links to numerous media sources]/ magazines/newspapers ||
 * **American Journalism Review** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">News and columns from [|American Journalism Review]magazine and other new features ||
 * **NewsWeek** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|General news]and articles from this online version of News Week ||
 * **NOVA - Science in the news** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Educational Science]articles and features ||
 * **Science Magazine Online** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Can keep up with the [|latest research]with this online magazine ||
 * **Scientific American** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lots of articles from the [|Scientific American Journal] ||
 * **Time** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Time Magazine]on line ||