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DC College Subscribed Databases

HK Public Library Databases

Use your HK library card to log into the following databases :

AccessScience,            Apabi eBook ,        Biography Resource Center, eBook Collection at netLibrary,                  Grolier Online,              Naxos Spoken Word Library,                      OmniFile Full Text Mega, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center,      People's Daily Database, Safari Business Books Online,                  Safari Tech Books Online, Science Resource Center,                          SPORTDiscus with Full Text, What Do I Read Next?

http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/english/collections/services_er/services_er_wae/services_er_wae.html

Current Affairs

Global issues
http://www.globalissues.org/

Gale Junior Edition - Infotrac
access through the school library page
http://discovery.edu.hk/cms/index.php/en/curriculum-information/library

Education Databases

ERIC - Education Resources
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
World’s largest digital library of education literature

Educational Website Database
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/connect/
A collection of interactive and educational websites

Historic Databases

Footnote
http://www.footnote.com/
The place for original historical documents online

UK Newspapers from 1800-1900
http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/

CNN Audio and Video  Database
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/

Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Miscellaneous Databases

United Nations Cyberschoolbus
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
Global teaching and Learning

Omniglot - a guide to the languages, alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems of the world
http://www.omniglot.com/

Australian National Library
http://sbdsproto.nla.gov.au/

HK Library Databases
http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/english/collections/services_er/services_er_wae/services_er_wae.html (need to have a library card to log in)

Science Databases

Science news for kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org

Encyclopedia of Life
http://www.eol.org/index
Massive Database of every species of animal
User ID DCLibrary password 38siena

Trailblazer
http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org/

Reading and lIterature Databases

Book Review Finder
http://bit.ly/i2xgx

United World College PYP Database
http://bit.ly/5kd8o

CMIS Database of Fiction with reviews
http://amlib.det.wa.edu.au/

What's next in the series
http://bit.ly/4TTHa
Search for series to find the order they are written in

Literature Map
http://www.literature-map.com/
Find authors close to your your favourites

Awesome Stories
http://www.awesomestories.com/
Awesome Stories on many topics and areas of interest.

Image Databases

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
http://images.google.com/hosted/life

NY Public Library Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/

National Australia Library  Digital Images
http://sbdsproto.nla.gov.au/sbdp-ui/island/picture

Picture Australia
http://www.pictureaustralia.org

NZ Timeframes visual history database of NZ & Sth pacific
http://bit.ly/OZuUz

World Digital Library
http://www.wdl.org/en

British Library Images Online
http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk