A database is not considered an internet source. Even though we access the databases through the internet, they are actually print collections. They are articles, entries, essays, podcasts, transcripts and images that have been through the same editorial process that the printed page goes through.

The databases that we predominantly use at BHS are those available through the Noble website. Once you go to the site you will see a little box on the right that says "reference databases". If you click on that it will take you to the "Answers To Go" page. This is the list of databases that are provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

Once you choose your database and click on it you will be taken to the MBLC page that looks a little something like this:


Now you need to enter your library card number in the little box that is near the middle of the page and click "go". If you don't have a library card, please leave your resignation at the main office on the way out. If you don't have you library card with you you can use BHS's number which is hanging on the wall of the library over the student computers.

Once you type in your number you will be taken to the database you have chosen and begin the wonderful task of database research!