Skyline High School  Library Homepage     SHS Homepage   Library Databases   General Databases   Facts on File Choose from Issues and Controversies, Issues and Controversies in American History, Science Online, Today's Science, and (starting in Feb. 2009) US Government Online. Global Issues in Context International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events Opposing Viewpoints Find documents from books and periodicals that discuss issues from diverse viewpoints   Proquest Search for magazine and newspaper articles from across the nation and around the world World Book Online  An authoritative option to Wikipedia.  Although not usually acceptable as a cited source for research, this is a good place to start for general information and to check for links to primary documents. Social Studies Databases   Health Databases ABC-CLIO Choose from American History, US Geography, World History: Ancient, or World History: Modern (from about 1500)   Salem Press Health Access articles about health and medicine Culturegrams Information on every country in the world.  Includes maps, history, culture, government, and population data.     Salem Press History  Access primary documents and articles about historical events and/or people