Online Subscription Resources

  • AccessNewspaperARCHIVE
    Access NewspaperARCHIVE contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is your gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online.
    Access Science

    Technology reference source with definitions, news articles, research updates, biographies, & Internet sites.
  • ABC-Clio American Government
    Authoritative, comprehensive information---court cases, events, policy and people, daily political news, chronologies, images, primary sources, biographies, maps and MORE! (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ABC-Clio American History
    A view of America's, issues, people, and ideas with thousands references including documents, biographies, images, maps, visual timelines, audio clips ,and more. "This Day in History" and "Living History" are featured. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ABC-Clio Ancient World History
    A view of the world's events, issues, people, and ideas from prehistory to 1500 A.D. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ABC-Clio Modern World History
    A view of the world's events, issues, people, and ideas over from 1500-present day with thousands references including documents, biographies, images, maps, visual timelines, audio clips ,and more. "This Day in History" and "Living History" are featured. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ABC-Clio United States at War
    In-depth discussion of the major conflicts in American History, including a general overview, causes and consequences, conflict timelines, and opponent information—complete with associated facts and figures. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ABC-Clio World Geography
    Over 200 country profiles and overviews, including statistics about population, climate, economics, and culture; history, biographies, and primary source documents; maps, flags, and photos. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • AP Images
    User name:  parkerhs  Password:  high One million primary source photos from the 1840s - to as current as a minute ago. Captioned text & graphics including charts, tables, maps, timelines, logos, in both English & Spanish.  Audio sound files from 1920 to 48 hours ago.  All content is copyright licensed for research & educational use.  The most current photos available from any source
  • Badger link
    Links for Wisconsin resident to magazines, newspapers, WISCAT, Wisconsin libraries, video resources, government sites, reference sites, and educational sites. Includes Encyclopedia Britannica  High School Edition and Enciclopedia Universal en Español 
    Consumer Health Complete 
    CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
  • CQ Researcher
    Congressional Quarterly's weekly publication which covers current and controversial topics. Indexed with full-text from 1991-present.  Includes a link to Washington Information Directory (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • CultureGrams Online
    Includes World Edition which contains information on 177 countries and territories; Kids Edition, and States Edition. Also contains a photos over 300 images representing 30 countries, and a Recipe Collection featuring five native recipes from every country in CultureGrams. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • Destiny
    Parker High School Library Media Center's catalog.
  • EBSCO Host Research Databases
    Offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially-designed, subject-specific databases.  Provides indexing and abstracting for over 4,000 magazines, journals, pamphlets and other information with approximately 2,000 titles in full-text.
  • Encyclopedia Britannica - High School Edition
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Spanish Reference Center (Juvenil & Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol)
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    Over 100 Reference titles covering the topics:
  • Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, Social Studies (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • 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.
  • Hoover's OnLine
    Basic company information for over 14,000 companies with in-depth profiles of more than 4,000 of the world's largest, fastest-growing and most influential
    companies.
    Literary Reference Center
    LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.
  • Marshall Cavendish Digital
    Reference titles include: Aquatic World, Diseases & Disorders, Earth & Physical Sciences,  Elements, Exploring LIfe Science, Facts About Drugs, Family Health, Gods, Goddesses, & Mythology, Habitats of the World, How It Works
    NetTrekker
    Educational search engine (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • Noodle Tools
    Interactive site used to create and edit MLA and APA citations online. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
    Novelist
    NoveList® can help you find your next book to read. This database of over 155,000 fiction titles for readers of all ages lets you use your favorite author to link to other books you might enjoy.
  • ProQuest eLibrary Curriculum
    Magazines, Newspapers, Transcripts, Pictures, Maps, and Books. Special History & Literature databases (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ProQuest eLibrary Science
    Over 800 full-text science resources sources. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers
    Full-text and full-image articles from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Chicago Daily Tribune from 1851-2001. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • Proquest SIRS Knowledge Source
    Full text articles, documents , and graphics from SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, and SIRS Net Select. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • Salem Press Health
    Reference titles include:  Magill's Medical Guide Sixth Ed. and  Pyschology and Mental Health
    Salem Press - History
    Reference series include:  Decades, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History, Milestone Documents in American History, Weapons & Warfare. (See Library Media Specialist for password)
  • Salem Press Science
    Reference titles included are: Encylopedia of  Global Resources and Forensic Science
  • Sharpe Reference
    Reference titles, web links, primary sources for U.S. History & Culture, Global History & Culture includes: Colonial America, Gilded Age & Progressive Era, Jazz Age, Postwar America, American Presidential Campaigns & Elections, Social Issues in America, American Social Movements, American Folklife, Latino History & Culture, America in World History, World Trade: From Ancient Times to Present
    Teaching Books
    TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.
  • Teen Health & Wellness
    Comprehensive database that allows teens to research health-related issues. It is a research, report, and self-help resource. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • Turnitin
    Management system for writing assignments which checks student's work for improper citation or potential plagiarism, provides for peer review and provides teachers with a paperless grading tool
  • Washington Information Directory
    Provides an accurate, organized directory to congress, national organizations and government agencies.  (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)
  • Wilson Biographies
    Contains more than 95,000 biographies. Includes all of the articles from Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history.
  • WISCareers
    Wisconsin Careers brings you the state's premiere career exploration and planning website,
    WISCareers, available to you anytime, anywhere.
  • World Book Online
    The World Book Online Reference Center features the content of The World Book Encyclopedia, plus 16 additional databases that allow students, educators, and others to conduct in-depth research on thousands of topics. (For home use: see Library Media Specialist for user name and password)