Upper School Research
Welcome to the NBPS Upper School Virtual Library, where all digital Learning Commons resources can be accessed. Our collection is dynamic, updated regularly with the best traditional and digital materials
Off-Campus Passwords
Click here for off-campus access passwords.
Paper Writing Resources
Books
Library Catalog - To sign in use your Microsoft login. Once signed in you can view current checkouts, place holds, and search for books.
Sora - Login with your school email to browse and download digital ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and magazines. Access Sora Help.
Book Central - Supports single sign-on through Microsoft to access over 100,000 ebooks for high school academic research.
Newspapers and Magazines
Newsbank:
Access World News - Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends. Covers English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more.
America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-2000) - Complete editions from hundreds of U.S. newspapers provide primary source content covering eras such as the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, Information Age and more.
ResearchRocket - Explore topics, trends and current events that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more.
National Geographic Magazine 1995-Current - Explore National Geographic magazines which include National Geographic History, National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Kids.
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New York Times - Visit the site above to request a pass for All-Digital access to the New York Times, including archives dating from 1851 to present.
Sun Sentinel - Eagle Access South Florida’s Sun Sentinel by logging in with off-campus username and password listed above.
Images
Image Quest - Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images for student use.
General Reference
Credo Reference - A great starting point for research with over 1,500,000 fact-based articles from over 400 titles, as well as Mind Maps and research support.
Encyclopedia Britannica - A multipurpose encyclopedia for comprehensive background information around thousands of topics.
Gale in Context: Middle School - Contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
Gale in Context: High School - Contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
General Onefile - Over 7,800 full-text periodicals and hundreds of newspapers, updated daily.
Academic Onefile - Peer-reviewed, full-text journals and reference sources, including more than 6,000 full text.
JSTOR - Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources for high school use.
Academic Search Complete - Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources for high school use.
Gale Science in Context - Academic articles, videos, experiments, and more.
Literature/language arts
Gale Literature - Literary criticism covering all time periods and over 150,000 full-text primary literary works.
Gale LitFinder - Literary works, biographies, images and much more for the lit student.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - Pronunciation, meaning, and history of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
Social Science
ABC-CLIO History - American History, World History (Ancient, Medieval & Modern), World at War, World Geography, World Religions, and Modern Genocide.
Culturegrams - Up-to-date reports on more than 200 countries, 50 states, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
Gale Global Issues in Context - International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context - A cross-curricular database that supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts, offering differing views around issues.
Gale In Context: U.S. History - Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
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.
ALUKA: Heritage - A digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa.
ALUKA: Struggles - A digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa.
Additional Resources
Digital Public Library of America - Discover 44,396,968 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.
Smithsonian Research Resources - The Smithsonian has a wealth of information to support researchers and learners. There are online resources and experts who are eager to share knowledge and collaborate.
The Newberry Library - The Newberry collection is a portal to more than six centuries of human history in Western Europe and the Americas, from the Middle Ages to the present.
Google Arts & Culture - Use tools to explore by time and color, zoom to view artworks in amazing detail, tour famous sites and landmarks, and more.
Library of Congress Resources - Access online collections: view maps & photographs; read letters, diaries & newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; listen to sound recordings & watch historic films.