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Databases South Carolina's Virtual Library, is a collection of electronic resources administered by the South Carolina State Library. Use the links below to access DISCUS, which includes general encyclopedias, newspapers, periodicals, biographical, business, and health information for all age groups. Please contact a Saluda County Library staff member for the current username and password required to use these databases from your home or office.
More about DISCUS
Some sites require username & password. Please contact library.
Discus Online Databases |  Gale-InfoTrac: Magazine, newspaper, and reference sources on topics for all age groups. Includes Kids InfoBits, General Reference Center, Expanded Academic, Business File ASAP, Custom Newspapers, Biography Resource Center, Health Reference Center, and more.
|  Grolier Online Encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and New Book of Knowledge (for children) provide encyclopedia content for all ages.
|  SIRS Discoverer: Full-text articles (searchable by reading level), current events, and more, covering all topics for younger children. Includes maps of the world, current events, biographies, excerpts from the World Almanac for Kids, Photo Essays, and much more.
|  SIRS Knowledge Source: Full-text articles, news, web links, and more, covering all topics for teens-adults. Additional content includes current news from Reuters, maps of the world, excerpts from the World Almanac, resources from the National Archives, text of major historic documents, and much more.
|  The State: Archive of articles from the Columbia, SC newspaper, 1987+. Updated 1-2 days after the print newspaper. Includes special reports on news topics from other sources. See The State.com for free access to the latest 1-2 days of coverage.
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| | Discus Kids |  New Book of Knowledge: Information about people, places and things, with news, pictures, maps and fun activities, too.
|  Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Information about people, places and things for more advanced students, with news, pictures, maps & more.
|  Grolier Online Kids: Search for information in the encyclopedias, learn about this day in history, read news stories and even watch a short video.
| SIRS Discoverer: Articles on nearly every subject, with current events, pictures, activities, maps & more. |  Kids InfoBits: Articles and information on nearly every subject, with lots of pictures, too.
|  Junior Edition: Articles on nearly every subject for more advanced students.
|  Biography Resource Center: Information about well known people from many places & time periods. (Comprehensive! Young users will get best results with adult assistance.)
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