Research & Resources

What are Research Databases?

Research databases include magazine, journal, and newspaper articles as well as things like audio recordings and photographs. These resources are verified sources of information and are created by experts, educators, and librarians. Subscriptions to these databases are provided to IUSD students and may be accessed on campus or at home.

A lot of teachers link to the below databases either in Canvas, or Google Classroom. However, if you need more direction getting started with them or help with navigating them, then please ask Ms. Kern or Mrs. Cramer.

Databases available to Portola High School learners

PROQUEST

Academic content, Lexile reading, read aloud options, and for easily saving copies of articles to Google Drive.

PROQUEST | E-LIBRARY

Research; has access to magazines, newspapers, images, and non-fiction books.

PROQUEST | sirs issues researcher

Background information, analysis, pros and cons for current and most debated social issues.

PROQUEST | culture grams

Cultural information organized by world region; includes images, timelines, recipes, and statistics.

BRITANNICA SCHOOL

Articles, images, videos, primary sources, biographies, and other learning resources for all subjects.

ABC CLIO

History and social science articles.

GALE | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Topics and events within Earth systems, global change, pollution, populations, and more.

GALE | SCIENCE

3D models and digital media.

NAT GEO KIDS

Digital National Geographic Kids magazines from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images.

Citing your sources

Keeping track of where you find out what information can be hard! But using NoodleTools makes it much, much easier. Every learner in IUSD has an account already created for them, and there are getting started tutorials available to the right of this page.