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About the Media Center
The Lahser Media Center is home to a wide variety of outstanding resources. Find links to databases and recommended websites, plus tips on writing a research paper, and more.
Hours: 7:00 am until 3:30 pm
Online Databases

Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles

MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
Electric Library Elementary Edition -- Articles from newspapers, magazines, books, plus television and radio transcripts. **
Gale Powersearch -- A portal page to all of the Gale online databases. Here, you can perform a general search that will look in ALL of the Gale databases. *To access from home, see Ms. Scott or check Blackboard for a password list.
General OneFile -- Full-text magazine, newspaper and reference book articles in two sections: General Reference (1980 - 2000) and Kids Edition (1997 - 2000). **
LookSmart's FindArticles -- Indexes over five million articles dating back to 1998 from more than 700 magazines and journals, on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment,
sports and more.
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SIRS Discoverer -- Articlaes from magazines and newspapers on topics of current interest.
WilsonSelect Plus -0- Full text articles from over 1200 magazines. Part of OCLC FirstSearch. **

NEWSPAPERS
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers -- Full text articles from newspapers across the country, Great Britain, and Australia, for the last twelve months. **
Michigan Newspapers -- Articles from back issues of the Detroit News (to 1999), Grand Rapids Press (to 2002), and the Lansing State Journal (to 1999). **
New York Times -- Contains the full text articles from the Times for the most recent ninety days. Part of OCLC FirstSearch. **

**Available from home at the Michigan Electonic Library (MeL). Requires a Michigan Driver's License number.


Ebooks
Lahser students can access many of our reference volumes online, through Gale's ebooks. Click the link below to view the available titles. Or browse the titles by visiting the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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