Database Deep-dive

Database Deep-dive: News, Local History and Reading Picks

Get ready for a month of discovery with resources you can use anywhere with your library card. Start with Access World News to track local and global issues through credible newspapers, including The Palm Beach Post. It’s ideal for current-events projects and media-literacy activities.

Dig into place-based history with ProQuest Sanborn Maps. Compare historic neighborhood maps to today’s streets and spark hands-on genealogy or localheritage projects.

Plan fall reading across grades with NoveList K-8 Plus. Find read-alikes by theme, genre, or mood to build booklists for classrooms, homeschool, or family reading time. Need magazine and journal articles fast? Gale General OneFile delivers full-text coverage across technology, business, health, science and the arts—perfect for homework help and quick research.

For daily headlines without paywalls, use the Library’s direct links to The Wall Street Journal and the Palm Beach Post archives on the Streaming & Downloading page. Assign students or clubs to compare front pages and editorials across outlets. Find these and more in Online Resources (A–Z or by subject), then check the events calendar and Happenings for related programs systemwide.