The Paly Library Online Databases & eReference

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• African American Studies Center Username and Password are the same: paloaltohs. This comprehensive online reference tool includes the just published African American Biography Project.

• ProQuest Platinum. Login: 99-79455 Password: bigchalk ProQuest searches over 2,000 newspapers, magazines, and academic journals for full-text articles covering a wide range of current and historic events. ProQuest includes a variety of newspapers including the New York Times and reference resources such as Ethnic Cultures of America, Occupational Outlook Handbook, and The World Fact Book. No password is needed when using ProQuest from the online catalog at Paly.
• JSTOR If you have never logged in to create your own Paly account please go to JSTOR Paly Login . Follow directions to Register. If you have a Paly account already go to JSTOR. Academic journals and historic archives in all subject areas with an emphasis on History, English, Humanities.
• ABC-CLIO History Social Studies Databases Username: pahsstudent Password student World Geography Trial  American Government, American History, World History, Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society 
• Oxford English Dictionary OED Username paloaltohs Password paloaltohs. OED online is THE resource for understanding the English language. Look up words and find their origins. Discover new words as the language constantly changes.
• eReference Books Password viking eReference books are searchable versions of print reference books. Some articles include links to websites, and it is easy to link from one article to the next. Titles: Encyclopedia of World Biography, American Decades Primary Sources, Encyclopedia of War, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Hummanity, Encyclopedia of European History 1450-1789, Harlem Renaissance, Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Encyclopedia of Recipes and Foods of the World, Encyclopedia of Religion. Go to Show All to see all the books and click on a book to search it or search all the books in the collection. See a librarian for more information. Also check out the eReference collection from the Palo Alto Public Library. You will need your library card to search these books.
• Oxford Language Dictionaries Online OLDO Username paloaltohs Password paloaltohs OLDO is an interactive foreign language dictionary for words and phrases in Spanish, French, German, Italian and eventually Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Polish. Check out verb tables and pronunciation charts and eventually pronunication software will make it possible to hear how words sound.
• Grove Music Username paloaltohs Password paloaltohs. Grove Music is a comprehensive music resource for research with an audio component as well. Download the Scorch plugin from Sibelius to listen to the audio.
• Grove Art Username paloaltohs Password paloaltohs. Grove Art is an expansive resource for every aspect of visual art from prehistory to present day. Perfect for hummanties, art history, and other explorations.
• Country Reports Username: palyhigh Password: viking. Choose a country and get current and historical information. You can compare countries across a variety of factors (great for statistics) and also get links to current events for a selected country. Historical information includes a timeline and narrative. Cultural information includes celebrations and food. Click on Spanish for the Spanish language version.
• World Book Encyclopedia Advanced To use outside of Paly login pausd and password 94306

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