Databases & Research
Please note: When accessing the databases from home, you must enter 12345678 and your student ID number. Your PIN is the last 4 numbers of your student ID.
Additional databases are available through Douglas County Libraries.
Culture Grams: Concise, reliable, and up-to-date reports on more than 200 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
Other sources for researching countries:
- OpenFactBook: Comprehensive data on 254 countries and territories.
- Worldometer: Run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers to make world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time-relevant format to a wide audience around the world.
History Facts on File: Choose to search American World History, Modern World History, and Ancient and Medieval History online with this powerful tool.
Gale in Context: Biography: Delivers outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography.
Gale in Context: Global Issues: Issues and countries form the core of this dynamic product, which uses a wealth of resources to explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts, and events.
Gale in Context: Middle School: Provides engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 12 in language arts, social studies, and science. (Use Google Single Sign In)
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints: Supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts; presents all sides of important issues, and empowers learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills.
Teen Health & Wellness (Username & Password: sierrams6651): Provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular and self-help support. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, bullying, and more.
World Almanac for Kids: Includes exclusive online-only material as well as content from award-winning Chelsea House and Facts On File sets and series. Each topic area provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, and students can explore age-appropriate subjects.
World Book Online (Username & Password: dcsd): Provides timely, reliable, and readable articles, as well as hundreds of maps, videos, and other media for an immersive learning experience.
Additional Resources
BrainPop: A resource for upper elementary and middle schoolers. Includes resources for several different subjects: STEM, Social Studies, English, Health, Arts & Music. Use CLEVER to access.
The Denver Post: Access today's newspaper for local, national, and world news.
Colorado Encyclopedia: An online resource for all things Colorado. The site includes articles on Colorado's diverse people and places--past and present.
Library of Congress: The nation's oldest federal cultural institution, serving as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world.
ProCon.org: Provides resources for critical thinking and to educate without bias. Controversial and important issues are researched and presented in a balanced, comprehensive, straightforward, transparent, and primarily pro-con format.