Be sure to visit your school library's high school library media page or talk with your school library media specialist about databases that your school subscribes to. Often, high school libraries invest in databases to prepare you for your life beyond high school.
The Florida Electronic Library (FEL) is a gateway to: electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias and books, and the Ask a Librarian reference service. This database is available to all Florida students attending public schools.
With a St. Johns County Public Library Card, you have access to a plethora of databases ranging from leisure to academic in nature.
From the top of the homepage (http://www.sjcpls.org), select "E-Library" and "Databases".
Duval County residents with a Jacksonville Public Library card have access to a vast amount of databases too. Residents outside of the county may have the opportunity to obtain a card with a nominal fee. From the homepage, (https://www.jaxpubliclibrary.org), click on "Research and Learning" and "A-Z list of Databases" to view the library's comprehensive list. Like the St. Johns County Public Library System the list will include a variety of content from recreational, general reference, to academic databases. Here is a small sample of the databases from the Jacksonville Public Library:
The Thomas G. Carpenter Library at the University of North Florida subscribes to 340+ databases to serve the faculty, staff, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral communities at the University of North Florida. As a high school student visiting with your high school instructor, you will hold visitor privileges. This means when you physically visit the library, you will obtain a visitor login and password from either your UNF instruction librarian or at the information desk so you can access OneSearch and the UNF database during your visit. If you visit after your field trip, you will need to show a valid driver's license and fill out a visitor form upon entering the UNF Library. Depending on the day/time you visit, you may need to pay for parking. Note: If you visit the UNF library homepage at your home, you will be able to see certain holdings, but you will have to physically visit the building to read full-text materials. During your visit, you can search these databases individually or use Onesearch, which will allow you to search the library's physical collection with 95% of the databases at one time. Onesearch is the search box that can be accessed from the top of the UNF Library homepage:
Here is a screenshot of the list of databases that UNF Library subscribes to. For a comprehensive list, click on "Database List" to the right of the OneSearch box:
Watch the following tutorial to understand the value of searching with UNF Library databases:
