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Weston High School Library

Databases

To access MLS-provided databases, students should visit Weston Middle School, Weston Public Library or the Boston Public Library.

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American Indian History This link opens in a new window username: westonhs password: wildcats
Info about more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.
Ancient and Medieval History This link opens in a new window username: westonhs password: wildcats
Focuses on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Islamic Empire from prehistory through the 1500s.

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Culturegrams This link opens in a new window username: weston password: wildcats
Geography, maps, history and cultural information about all countries.

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Gale eBooks password: learn
Global Issues: Gale in Context (not available after 7/1/24) This link opens in a new window password: wildcats
Excellent place to start researching world history papers with current events themes.

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Health and Wellness: Gale (not available after 7/1/24) This link opens in a new window password: wildcats
Reference, magazines, journals, and pamphlets from authoritative medical sources.

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Infobase eBooks This link opens in a new window user: westonhs password: wildcats
5,000 ebooks suited for research in all subjects. Especially good for US History, Government and English.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window sign up for ecard at Boston Public Library website for access
Papers published in academic journals on tightly focused topics. Access is through Boston Public Library. Apply for an ecard below.
JSTOR ecard application This link opens in a new window Apply for your BPL ecard here to access JSTOR.

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Kanopy user: weston password: wildcats. Once you're signed in you can create an individual account to save lists.
Full length videos, documentaries and instructional videos.

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MediaCast This link opens in a new window your Weston network user/password combo
All the videos in our catalog, plus thousands of short videos from NBC Learning

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New York Times website (on campus only) Available on campus only. No password needed.
This is the online version of the New York Times with all of the photos, videos, audio.
New York Times Chinese edition (on campus only)

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Opposing Viewpoints: Gale in Context (not available after 7/1/24) This link opens in a new window pass: wildcats
Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.

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PebbleGo

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Scholastic Go! This link opens in a new window user: westonhigh pass: grolier
Swank K-12 Streaming (Teachers only)
Contact your librarian for sign in and use info

Swank user guide (teachers only)

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Wall Street Journal password