• Knowledge Commons
    STEM Academy Knowledge Commons
     
    Ms. Kathy Meyers, Assistant, ext. 7209

    Mrs. Anna Jordan, Assistant, ext.7210

    Teachers and Students should visit our Schoology KnowCo Site for direct access to the research databases and other resources. 
     

Databases

  • JSTOR

    More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources.

    ArtStor
    The Artstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 1.6 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. 
     
    Destiny
    Destiny provides students with acess to the entire district-wide collection of print and e-Books. 
     
    EBSCOhost
    Links to EBSCO for searching in multiple databases.
     
    Literary Reference Center™ Plusis a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research.
     
    Gale Learning
    Gale is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.

    Google Scholar
    Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

General Resources

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    Official Website of the Modern Language Association
     
    Official Website of American Psychology Association
     
    Official Website for Chicago or Turabian citation methods. 
     
    Link to Chester County Libraries and State Library Resources
     
    Website for free downloadable texts for iPad, Kindle, etc.
     
    Free downloadable texts. Part of the Google Library Project: to make it easier for people to find relevant books – specifically, books they wouldn't find any other way such as those that are out of print – while carefully respecting authors' and publishers' copyrights. 
  • Note: The links below provide additional resources but are NOT fully endorsed by the STEM Academy Staff. 

    PSU Electronic Classics Site
    These FREE files include original work published in hard copy by the Pennsylvania State University and classical works of literature in English.

    PSU Literary Resources
    From this site you can link to excellent literary sites on the web.

    Renascence Editions
    Renascence Editions is an effort to make available online works printed in English between the years 1477 (when Caxton began printing) and 1799. 

    Audio: LibriVox
    LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. You may also contribute to this collection and record chapters of books in the public domain.

    Audio: Classic Literature & Poetry
    Recited, performed, and made into downloadable MP3 audio files for your enjoyment. These audio performances are made for you to download absolutely free, without copyright infringement.