Maine West High School Library Resource Center 
1755 South Wolf Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018  847.827.6176  

Librarians: Mrs. Haan and Mrs. Ryan  
 Databases - Books, Encyclopedias, Magazines, Newspapers, Videos & DVD
LRC Home                 To access from home, get ID and password through Student or Faculty/Staff shared folders.           Maine West

Power Search by Gale~ search Gale Virtual Reference Library, Opposing Viewpoints and Student Resource Center simultaneously

Annals of American History*

Gale Virtual Reference Library 300+ Reference e-books accessed with one search
Biography Resource Center
History Resource Center - US      
Booklist
History Resource Center - World    
BrainPOP* * Health, math, tech, Eng., science and social science animations
History Study Center through eLibrary
Careers   Includes Choices Explorer *
Literature Resource Center
Chicagol & Illinois Newspapers   Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily Herald , etc.
LitFINDER  Authors and their works
Clipart *
Newsbank    List of Sources    Newspapers, magazines, wire services, broadcasts
CQ Researcher Reports on politcal and social issues
Novelist Book reviews through EBSCO
CultureGrams Country and state information
Online Catalog   West, South and East Books, CDs, DVDs, Videos, etc.
EBSCO Magazine articles
Opposing Viewpoints   Pro & con articles on controversial topics
Encarta Encyclopedia   Use START menu on an LRC computer
ProQuest Learning Literature through eLibrary
eLibrary News, books, magazines, & pictures of social & political issues
Reference  Dictionaries, quotations, thesauri, etc.
Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol* Encyclopedia in Spanish
Science Resource Center    
Encyclopedia Britannica *
Student Resource Center  Cultures, Geography, History, Literature, Biographies, Science & Health

ERIC    Use EBSCO's Pro.Library or First Search

Teen Health & Wellness   Current teen health issues and questions answered
First Search * Magazine, scholarly journal and newspaper articles
Twayne's Author Series
 
World Data Analyst* Country info & stats
* Get ID and password through Student or Faculty/Staff S drive, whether accessing from West or home.         * * BrainPop can only be accessed From West.
 
UpdatedMay 09, 2008 Designed and maintained by  G. Haan, Lead Librarian