Passwords

Search our subscription databases from home, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week!  Here is the login information (username and password) you will need to use them.  If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Swick at swick@maryvaleufsd.org

Other login reminders:

  • eschool: username: 900######   password: you selected it

  • Google:  username:  firstnamelastname@maryvalek12.org   Password:  MV######

  • Castle learning: username: mvale-first3letters of first name first6letters of last name Password: last 4 of student number

Gale Databases

Academic OneFile

Password: empirelink

Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

Computer Database

Password: empirelink

Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

Erie 1 BOCES eBooks

Password: empirelink

A collection of reference books and encyclopedias to help with your research. More useful for topics dating prior to 2010.

Fine Arts and Music Collection

Password: empirelink

With hundreds of full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide your students with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

General OneFile

Password: empirelink

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily

General Science Collection

Password: empirelink

A collection of over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments.

Health Reference Center Academic

Password: empirelink

Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Kids InfoBits

Password: empirelink

Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Military and Intelligence Database

Password: empirelink

Both the historian and reporter on the frontline will find useful information in this collection, composed of content from over 400 journals, which covers all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects covered include: socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.

New York State Newspapers

Password: empirelink

Search this database of newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.

Newsstand

Password: empirelink

InfoTrac Newsstand is an innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. Finally, a one-stop source for the day's news and searchable archives. You can customize your online newspaper database features including search options. With InfoTrac Newsstand, you can search a collection of thousands of national, international, state and local newspapers, then select your own screen appearance, search options and results format.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Password: empirelink

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more

Pop Culture Collection

Password: empirelink

It's all around us and influences our lives every day. This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of more than 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

Popular Magazines

Password: empirelink

Popular Magazines includes more than 1,000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac products. All the titles were selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons. This database is 100% full text and includes over 600 titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries".

U.S. History Collection

Password: empirelink

As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.

Vocations and Careers Collection

Password: empirelink

Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

War and Terrorism Collection

Password: empirelink

A definitive periodical collection of hand selected titles for analysts, risk management professionals and students of military science, history, social science.

World History Collection

Password: empirelink

As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.

Teen Health and Wellness

Username: maryvalems   Password:  maryvalems

 Topics include diseases, drugs and alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide and bullying, green living, LGBTQ issues, and more.

More Databases

World Book (no login necessary at school; at home, the username is maryvale and the password is maryvale)

        and

Britannica School

 

Username:  maryvalems  Password:  access


These two sources are the perfect places to start research.

SIRS

Username:  mvale  

 Password:  sirs

SIRS offers articles and images from 1,900+ domestic and international magazines, newspapers, U.S. government documents, and websites-all carefully selected for their educational content reliability, relevance, interest, age-appropriateness, and level of readability. Titles include: Cricket, Current Science, Highlights for Children, National Geographic Kids, Ranger Rick, Read, Scholastic magazines, Time for Kids, Weekly Reader, and Your Big Backyard.

Gale Research in Context

Password: empirelink

Research In Contextcovers the most-studied topics in literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history, as well as the social issues, and includes nearly 300 topic pages and overviews written explicitly for middle school students. ProprietaryGale,UXL, andLucent Books® titles and content from leading sources like National Geographic, Scholastic, NPR, NASA, AP Video News, and others fuel the content. Students can access engaging books, images, biographies, audio, video, magazines, newspapers, creative works, and primary sources

Culturegrams

Username:  maryvale 

 Password:  cgrams

CultureGrams is one of the most trusted and widely used cultural reference and curriculum products in the education, government, and non-profit arenas. Research countries of the world and states in the USA here.

Brainpop

We now use Google SSO to access Brainpop. 

A collection of videos and quizzes to help you learn more about a variety of topics.

Overdrive ebooks

Username & Password: same as school login

 A collection of ebooks you can read on any electronic device

Flocabulary

Sign in to Flocabulary by Google authentication.

A great site for learning about different subjects through hip-hop!

Britannica ImageQuest

Username: maryvale

Password: MUFSD1050**

Britannica ImageQuest brings assignments, and projects to life with over three million images from 62 leading collections…and growing!

EBook Sources

www.tumblebooklibrary.com

Username: maryvaleny     

Password: books

A collection of ebooks for younger readers

www.TumbleBookCloud.com

Username: maryvaleny

Password:  login

Ebooks for upper-elementary and middle school readers

Copyright Free Music Library

Soundzabound

Username: maryvale   

Password: middle

Music that can be used for projects that is copyright free.

Citation and Note-Taking Tool

Easybib

Username: firstname lastname@maryvalek12.org

Password: MVlast 6 digits of student number