Resources

The CVHS Library offers the following online subscription resources for student and faculty research. Please note that CVHS students and faculty may obtain username and password information by visiting our library in person. Click on a resource title below to access that resource.

EbscoHost Research Databases

Current and past magazine and newspaper articles from a wide variety of media sources; biographies; primary source documents; photos; maps; and flags.

CQ Researcher

Pros and cons of current issues, including background, chronology, opposing viewpoints, and bibliographies.

Facts.com

Top news stories and editorials from the past several decades; "Issues and Controversies" section; editorial cartoons; country profiles; links to world media organizations; obituaries; and lists of world government leaders.

Grolier Online

"Encyclopedia Americana", "Lands and Peoples", links to world newspapers, a dictionary, and an atlas.

Please note that this resource may only be accessed from our school's computers.

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases

"World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, World History: The Modern Era, American History, and American Government. Extensive articles on world and national history, with key terms and names cross-referenced. Includes numerous image and video files linked to major subject headings."

NewsBank, Inc.

Full-text articles from the Concord (NH) Monitor and the New Hampshire Union Leader, as well special features compiled from other sources, including the Associated Press.

Biography Resource Center

Biographies of American and international figures; Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; and Contemporary Authors.

UnitedStreaming

An indexed archive of video and still photo resources from documentary film producers, including the Discovery Channel, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Schlesinger Media.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Comprehensive and authoritative general reference encyclopedia.

The Internet Archive

Videos, audio files, and images that are now in the public domain, available for downloading or streaming, including rare books from other libraries’ collections.

InfoPeople

If the preceding resources did not help you, this quick reference chart will guide you to the online search engine that best meets your needs.

KnightCite

To create bibliographic citations for any research resources, use the KnightCite citation generator offered by Calvin College's Hekman Library. Check the work of citation generators by consulting our library's resources, such as The Chicago Manual of Style and publications of the Modern Language Association.

Need to create a bibliography for your research?

To create bibliographic citations for the preceding online subscription resources or any print or electronic resources, click here to use the KnightCite citation generator offered by Calvin College's Hekman Library. Please note that students may use this citation generator or other online citation generators as guides when creating research bibliographies; however, students are advised to check with their teachers for specific bibliography requirements. We also advise students to check the results of citation generators by consulting resources available in our school library, such as "The Chicago Manual of Style", publications of the Modern Language Association (MLA), or our own "Sample Citations" guides.