OPAC (search for non fiction books in our Library Media Center)

Research Databases are for GW students/staff only

To access the GWMS databases from home, you must be logged in with your Ridgewood Public Schools Google account. Logging in with your school account allows you to open the password document and access the databases from MackinVia, using the sign in with Google option.

General Databases

Gale In Context (magas/news/media/reference, Gr 6+)

eLibrary (mags/news/media/reference articles, Gr 7+)

Gale Virtual Reference Library (research and nonfiction ebooks, Gr 6-9)

Infobase Learning (research articles from Facts on File, Gr 7+)

Ebsco Explora (magazine/news/media/reference articles, Gr 8+)

Britannica Online (free web version, encyclopedia articles, 6-12)

Critical Issues Databases

Points of View Reference Center (controversial issues from various perspective. from Ebsco, Gr 7+)

Britannica Pro/Con (Free database)

Biography Databases

Great Lives From History: Ancient World (biographies and events from Ancient Times ebook from Salem Press, Gr 8+)

Gale in Context Biography (Gr 6+)

Citation Generator

Noodle Tools (for help writing citations)