Destiny is our main Library Catalog. If we do not have the book, but another library does, ask and we can have it sent here.  Click to access the catalog.

SORA is our go-to app for reading books in digital format. Best on your iPad. Download the app in self-service or read in your browser. Use your NetID and password to enter. Click  to go to SORA on the web.

Boundless is another place to read E-Books and listen to Audiobooks. Use your NetID and password to access. Click  to go to Boundless

Flipster is the place to go for magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and many more! If you are accessing the site from off campus, use this log-in information:

Username: buffalogr   Password: BGHS2024! 

Click to access Flipster. Best read on your iPad through the Flipster app.

Click  to access The Daily Herald

Click  to access The Chicago Tribune.  

Please email Kim.Miklusak@d214.org for the password.

Click  to access The Sun-Times.

Please email Kim.Miklusak@d214.org for the password.

We have  to The New York Times in the building. But you need to be connected to the BGHS Wi-Fi network in order to read the articles.

General research database for articles, scholarly journals, websites, etc. Use your NetID and Password to login.

Click to access Gale Power Search.

General research database for articles, scholarly journals, websites, etc. Use your NetID and Password to login.

Click to access Explora

General research database for specifically designed to focus on various issues. Use your NetID and Password to login.

Click to access SIRS Issues Researcher

Researching a topic? Use this to find the different viewpoints associated with that topic. Use your NetID and password to access.

Click to go to Opposing Viewpoints.

This database specifically deals with issues impacting the global. use your NetID and Password to login.

Click to go to access Global Issues.

A general research database for articles, scholarly journals, websites and other resources. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click to access MAS Ultra.

The standard when it comes to encyclopedias. Login using your NetID and password.

Click to access World Book Encyclopedia.

ABC-CLIO is specifically focused on social science, with artciles about American Government, US and World History, and Geography. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click  to access ABC-CLIO

Get the latest reviews on products with Consumer Reports. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click to access Consumer Reports.

Get the latest facts and figures for every country in the world. Login using your NetID and password.

Click  to access Country Reports.

Use this database to research laws and bills. This is database is compiled by Congress. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click  to access CQ Researcher

Need info on famous people? Gale Biography has the info you need. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click to access Gale Biography.

Gale E-Books has resources for many subjects, inlcuding Science, Art, Business, and History. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click to access Gale E-Books

Click  to access Health Source, a database featuring up-to-date artciles about medicine and health-related topics. Use your NetID and password to login.

This Gale database is dedicated to all things science. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click  to access the Gale Science in Context database

Need an atlas? Gale E-Books has a student atlas that you can use. Login using your NetID and Password.

Click to access the Student Atlas

Click  to access Teen Health and Wellness. Use your NetID and Password to login.

From infobase, this database contains links to up-to-date articles on science, info about science research and even science crossword puzzles. Use your NetID and password to login.

Click to access Today's Science

Swank Digital Campus offers the district licensed movies for classroom use. Teachers can also assign movies for students to watch on their own. Teachers: If you need a film that is not in our database, request in through Swank.  Use your NetID and password to login.

Click to access Swank Digital Campus.

A great resource for documentaries. Use your NetID and Password to login.

Click  to access Academic Video Online