Secondary Online Subscriptions
The Day : News to open minds
The Day provides up to the minute news and current events for students. Articles are written in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. Automatic login while at NIST.
Click this link for username and password
Kanopy : video streaming
Kanopy is a video streaming platform with one of the largest and most unique collections in the world featuring over 26,000 movies, documentaries, and indie and foreign films from over hundreds of producers including The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Kino Lorber, and PBS and thousands of independent filmmakers.
Click this link for username and password
Online Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica
Direct access from home and school when linking from this site.
Levels: Elementary, Middle School & High School
World Book Online
Direct access from home and school when linking from this site.
Click this link for username and password
Levels: Elementary, Middle School & High School
Special: Living Green (Environment), Inventions & Discoveries, Spanish Encyclopedia
Online Databases
JSTOR
New users: click this link, and click on “Register” to create your own user ID & password. Write it down somewhere!!
Access from anywhere? Make sure you’re activated for the new school year by clicking here and logging in for the 2012-13 school year.
Project MUSE
No username or password required!
On campus, you can go directly to the site. From home, clicking on the Project MUSE link from this library portal site will show you’re a student at NIST and give you access.
Global NewsBank
Click this link for username and password
For up to date or historical global news from English news sources world wide.
Country Reports
Daily News for everyone
The Day provides up to the minute news and current events for students. Articles are written in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. Automatic login while at NIST.
Click this link for username and password
Reliable content for everyone.
A safe, reliable and comprehensive source of information and media for learning, research and discovery, with Britannica® Kids.
The site, which is accessible 24/7 from all devices – PCs, laptops, tablets and smart phones – features more than 100,000 articles, 60,000 images and videos, an interactive world atlas, a Merriam-Webster dictionary and much more.
Video streaming
Kanopy is a video streaming platform with one of the largest and most unique collections in the world featuring over 26,000 movies, documentaries, and indie and foreign films from over hundreds of producers including The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Kino Lorber, and PBS and thousands of independent filmmakers.
World Book Online
Direct access from home and school when linking from this site.
Levels: Elementary, Middle School & High School
Special: Living Green (Environment), Inventions & Discoveries, Spanish Encyclopedia
Student Research Center
Science, History & Literature Reference Centers, Book Collection Non-Fiction, Points of View Database, Novelist
The Student Research Center in EBSCO is a great way to search all of these databases at once.
Student Research Center
JSTOR provides access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
We help you explore a wide range of scholarly content through a powerful research and teaching platform. We collaborate with the academic community to help libraries connect students and faculty to vital content while lowering costs and increasing shelf space, provide independent researchers with free and low-cost access to scholarship, and help publishers reach new audiences and preserve their content for future generations.
New users: click this link, and click on “Register” to create your own user ID & password. Write it down somewhere!!
Access from anywhere? Make sure you’re activated for the new school year by clicking here and logging in for the 2017-18 school year.
