Through Illinois Heartland Library System and Gale's Pick-Ten Database Program, the Cissna Park Library has eight of the new online electronic resources available for its patrons. Gale is a global provider of research and learning resources. ---Please CONTACT THE LIBRARY FOR THE PASSWORD.
Gale in Context: Elementary
"Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content."
Gale in Context: World History
"Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources"
"Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources"
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
"Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more."
Gale in Context: Science
"Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more"
Gale in Context: High School
"Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources."
Gale Books and Authors
"Answer the age-old question, 'What do I read next?' Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics"
Gale General OneFile
"One stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
"Access full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia and much more. This comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices for researchers of all levels."