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These Subject Guides are a research guide based on your subject or topic of interest. Each core subject has a list of LAUSD databases which would be helpful for research/information in that subject.
Remember, if you are accessing these databases from home, you need to connect through 
database descriptions
For a more detailed description of the databases and their contents, click HERE
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Subject Guides
Social Sciences
- American Government
- American History
- Daily Life through History
- World History (Ancient & Medieval Eras)
- World History (Modern Era)
- American History
- Current Events & Issues
- Military History
- World History
AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ONLINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) IMAGES
COLUMBIA GAZETTEER
CULTURE GRAMS
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
- History Reference Center
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
- History
- Issues & Controversies
- World News Digest
- African American History Online
- American History Online
- American Women's History Online
- Ancient & Medieval History Online
- Issues & Controversies in American History
- Modern World History Online
- U.S. Government Online
- The World Almanac Online
- Biography in Context
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Student Resources in Context
Maps101.com
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- History
- Social Sciences
SALE PRESS HISTORY
WORLD BOOK (Student)
ENGLISH LITERATURE
- Literature - Shakespeare & Mark Twain
AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ONLINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) IMAGES
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Literary Reference Center Plus
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
- Philosophy & Religion
- Arts & Literature
- Issues & Controversies
- Bloom's Literature
- The World Almanac Online
- Biography in Context
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Student Resources in Context
- Literature Resources from Gale
- Literature Resource Center - LRC
- LitFinder for Schools
GRANGER'S WORLD OF POETRY
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- English dictionaries & Thesauri
- Language Reference
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Quotations
WORLD BOOK (Student)
culture & geography
- Current Events & Issues
- Popular Culture
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) IMAGES
COLUMBIA GAZETTEER
CULTURE GRAMS
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
- Earth & Geography
- Society
- World Atlas
- Compare Countries
- Tour of the USA
- Issues & Controversies
- World News Digest
- World Geography and Culture Online
- The World Almanac Online
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Student Resources in Context
MAPS101.COM
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Archaeology
- Society and culture
WORLD BOOK (Student)
Science
AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ONLINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) IMAGES
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Consumer Health Complete
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
- Life Processes
- Science & Mathematics
- Living Things
- Plants
- Issues & Controversies
- Today's Science
- World News Digest
- Health Reference Center
- The World Almanac Online
- Science Online
- Today's Science
- Biography in Context
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Science in Context
- Student Resources in Context
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Medicine and Health
- Science and Technology
SALEM PRESS HEALTH
WORLD BOOK (Student)
Mathematics
AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ONLINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) IMAGES
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
- Science & Mathematics
- Issues & Controversies
- World News Digest
- The World Almanac Online
- Biography in Context
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- Student Resources in Context
WORLD BOOK (Student)
art & music
AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ONLINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) IMAGES
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
- Arts & Literature
- Issues & Controversies
- World News Digest
- The World Almanac Online
- Biography in Context
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Student Resources in Context
OXFORD ART ONLINE
OXFORD MUSIC ONLINE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Art & Architecture
- Media Studies
- Music
- Performing Arts
WORLD BOOK (Student)
careers
CAREER CRUISING
- Student Research Center
- Academic Search Premier
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
- Issues & Controversies
- World News Digest
- The World Almanac Online
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center
- Student Resources in Context
WORLD BOOK (Student)
