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BK Databases

This page lists all of BK's databases from A-Z. If you're researching for a specific class, scan through the guides listed on the left-hand side of this page, and remember you can find database usernames and passwords on Schoology in the "Library" course. Let Ms. Ward know if you have any questions!

Academic Search Premier

Ebsco database for scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research.

Biography (Gale In Context)

Gale database for biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history

Biography Reference Center

Ebsco database featuring over 430,000 biographies.

Bloom

Infobase database for plot summaries, author biographies, performance videos, & character analysis.

Classroom Video on Demand

This fully responsive and mobile-friendly curriculum-focused video subscription provides unlimited access to thousands of videos for ALL departments.

Consumer Health Complete eBook Collection

Comprehensive resources for consumer-oriented health covering all areas of health and wellness.

Country Reports

35,000 pages of information about the countries of the world. Maps, culture, statistics, history and more.

EBSCO Research Databases

Select the Ebsco databases you want to search or search multiple at once.

Education Research Complete

Ebsco database with over 1,300 education journals, books, conference papers and more.

ERIC

Ebsco database with over 1.6 million records dating back to 1966. Education thesaurus. The go to database for education research.

Explora

Ebsco's interface for schools and public libraries, complete with reading level indicators.

Gale eBooks (Gale eBooks)

Gale's connection to unlimited access to top reference eBooks.

Global Issues (Gale In Context)

Gale database for international academic perspectives on global issues

Health Reference Center

Infobase database for body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, procedures, & nutrition information.

An independent, reader-supported nonprofit media organization that covers issues and stories about the Western United States. Find hard copies in the library!

High School (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

History Reference Center

Ebsco database with full text content of historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, video, and other reference materials.

Idaho Statesman Collection

Read The Idaho Statesman from 1999 - current. 2107 - current is in image format.

JSTOR

10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Literary Reference Center

Ebsco database that provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

MAS Complete

Ebsco database with periodicals, biographies, primary sources and reference books covering history, science, careers and more.

New York Times

Access NYT material by visiting nytimes.com/passes. Create NYTimes.com account using your school email address with the approved domain (@bk.org or @my.bk.org). Then, check your email inbox for the confirmation message.

Newsbank

NEWSBANK: Choose from over 10,000 newspapers from around the world. Includes 38 Idaho newspapers from Universities to small towns.

Newspaper Source Plus

Ebsco database with full text coverage of more than 120 major newspapers, videos, and podcasts covering critical news topics.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues.

Power Search

Search all Gale databases at once.

In Spanish, reference books, magazines, health reports, and more than 1 million images.

Salem Reference Shelf

Reference eBooks from business, health, and education markets. Featuring the Financial Literacy Starter Kit, which presents step-by-step chapters for navigating early financial decisions.

Science (Gale In Context)

Gale database with academic articles, videos, experiments, and more

Science Reference Center

Ebsco database with over 200 full-text science periodicals. Images, biorgraphies, and reference books.

Topic Search

Ebsco database with over 90,000 full-text articles from diverse sources.

U.S. History (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring academic articles, videos, primary documents, and more on topics in U.S. history

World History (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in world history

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

World Religion Online

Infobase database to explore religion and spirituality in an objective manner.

Academic Search Premier

Ebsco database for scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research.

JSTOR

10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Power Search

Search all Gale databases at once.

EBSCO Research Databases

Select the Ebsco databases you want to search or search multiple at once.

Topic Search

Ebsco database with over 90,000 full-text articles from diverse sources.

World Book Advanced

Designed for high school and college students, this is powerful reference tool includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases.

CIA World Factbook

Data on 250 countries. Maps, flags, population overviews, economics, military, and more.

Country Reports

35,000 pages of information about the countries of the world. Maps, culture, statistics, history and more.

Global Issues (Gale In Context)

Gale database for international academic perspectives on global issues

Salem Reference Shelf

Reference eBooks from business, health, and education markets. Featuring the Financial Literacy Starter Kit, which presents step-by-step chapters for navigating early financial decisions.

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

Education Research Complete

Ebsco database with over 1,300 education journals, books, conference papers and more.

ERIC

Ebsco database with over 1.6 million records dating back to 1966. Education thesaurus. The go to database for education research.

High School (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Explora

Ebsco's interface for schools and public libraries, complete with reading level indicators.

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

Gale eBooks (Gale eBooks)

Gale's connection to unlimited access to top reference eBooks.

MAS Complete

Ebsco database with periodicals, biographies, primary sources and reference books covering history, science, careers and more.

World Book Advanced

Designed for high school and college students, this is powerful reference tool includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases.

World History (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in world history

U.S. History (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring academic articles, videos, primary documents, and more on topics in U.S. history

Biography (Gale In Context)

Gale database for biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history

Biography Reference Center

Ebsco database featuring over 430,000 biographies.

History Reference Center

Ebsco database with full text content of historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, video, and other reference materials.

Subcollection (Gale eBooks)

A collection of eBooks for the US History Classroom.

World Book Timelines

Interactive timelines about people, history, arts, literature and more. Students can create their own timelines here!!

Digital Public Library of America

Search, browse, or explore millions of items in digital form representing a wealth of culture, history, and events in American history. Find photos, video, and digitized images of artifacts to support research needs.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.

Includes interviews, objects, newspapers, books, and many other types of material. You can also limit results based on events, cities, camps, and ghettos.

Includes posters, personal documentation, official documentation, lists, letters, memoirs, testimonies, diaries, and legal documentation. Advanced search allows you to limit results to English-language documents.

Health Reference Center

Infobase database for body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, procedures, & nutrition information.

Science (Gale In Context)

Gale database with academic articles, videos, experiments, and more

Science Reference Center

Ebsco database with over 200 full-text science periodicals. Images, biorgraphies, and reference books.

Alt HealthWatch

Focuses on many perspectives of complementary, holisitic & integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Medline

Content from biomedical and health journals.

Classroom Video on Demand

This fully responsive and mobile-friendly curriculum-focused video subscription provides unlimited access to thousands of videos for ALL departments.

High School (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Bloom

Infobase database for plot summaries, author biographies, performance videos, & character analysis.

Literary Reference Center

Ebsco database that provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Subcollection (Gale eBooks)

A collection of eBooks for the Language Arts classroom.

Nonfiction articles and reference texts with images, comprehension tests, and lexile measures.

Transcriptions of literary works of British women authors, includes anthologies, poetry, dramas, and broadsides.

Academic Search Premier

Ebsco database for scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research.

Gale eBooks (Gale eBooks)

Gale's connection to unlimited access to top reference eBooks.

MAS Complete

Ebsco database with periodicals, biographies, primary sources and reference books covering history, science, careers and more.

Science (Gale In Context)

Gale database with academic articles, videos, experiments, and more

Science Reference Center

Ebsco database with over 200 full-text science periodicals. Images, biorgraphies, and reference books.

High School (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

AllSides

Look at current news from all sides of the issue. Shows media bias in an organized manner.

An independent, reader-supported nonprofit media organization that covers issues and stories about the Western United States. Find hard copies in the library!

High School (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Idaho Statesman Collection

Read The Idaho Statesman from 1999 - current. 2107 - current is in image format.

Newsbank

NEWSBANK: Choose from over 10,000 newspapers from around the world. Includes 38 Idaho newspapers from Universities to small towns.

Newspaper Source Plus

Ebsco database with full text coverage of more than 120 major newspapers, videos, and podcasts covering critical news topics.

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

New York Times

Access NYT material by visiting nytimes.com/passes. Create NYTimes.com account using your school email address with the approved domain (@bk.org or @my.bk.org). Then, check your email inbox for the confirmation message.

Academic Search Premier

Ebsco database for scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research.

Science Reference Center

Ebsco database with over 200 full-text science periodicals. Images, biorgraphies, and reference books.

Science (Gale In Context)

Gale database with academic articles, videos, experiments, and more

Subcollection (Gale eBooks)

A collection of eBooks for the Science classroom.

World Book Advanced

Designed for high school and college students, this is powerful reference tool includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues.

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

High School (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Global Issues (Gale In Context)

Gale database for international academic perspectives on global issues

Academic Search Premier

Ebsco database for scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research.

JSTOR

10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Newsbank

NEWSBANK: Choose from over 10,000 newspapers from around the world. Includes 38 Idaho newspapers from Universities to small towns.

Theology eBooks

Theology reference books both focusing on Catholicism and religions around the world

World Religion Online

Infobase database to explore religion and spirituality in an objective manner.

World History (Gale In Context)

Gale database featuring academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in world history

American Catholic History Classroom offers free primary-source site with archives from the Catholic University of America

Featuring quick stats and a data archive, this hub focuses on recent findings and new religion research

Research guide compiling collections of digitized Catholic materials from the libraries of Catholic Research Resources Alliance libraries

A global initiative from the College of the Holy Cross to explore Catholic life around the world and publisher of the Journal of Global Catholicism

A resource created by the University of Notre Dame that draws connections between international human rights and Catholic teachings

Current and historical information about the bishops and the dioceses of the Catholic Church

Online bibliography and library published by Boston College's Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies

An institute repository hosting scholarly articles surrounding religion

Site outlining the resources available at the Vatican Apostolic Library, including digital collections

FORMED brings beautiful and faithful Catholic content to parishes, families, and individuals. To create an account, click the "Sign Up" tab, and search for "Bishop Kelly High School." Then, enter your name, and your BK email.

Country Reports

35,000 pages of information about the countries of the world. Maps, culture, statistics, history and more.

Global Issues (Gale In Context)

Gale database for international academic perspectives on global issues

World News Digest

Infobase database with facts and stats from around the World

CIA World Factbook

Data on 250 countries. Maps, flags, population overviews, economics, military, and more.

Pronunciator

Instruction in 87 different languages.

In Spanish, reference books, magazines, health reports, and more than 1 million images.

Information about Basque topics published after 1994. 18,000 records including culture, art, literature, language, relition and more.