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Databases
Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition: http://school.eb.com/
This online encyclopedia offers students three libraries: Encyclopedia Britannica, Compton's By Britannica, and Britannica Elementary. Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
Databases Available through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
GALE: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mlin_w_macduff
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Academic OneFile |
The premier source for comprehensive, peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources covering physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. PDF and HTML full-text articles available. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. |
| Biography Resource Center and Marquis Who’s Who All |
Perfect for biographies in a multitude of subject areas such as, but not limited to, science, multicultural studies, business, politics, government, history, entertainment, sports, the arts, and literature. Find quick information on over 1 million people. |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism Select HS+ |
Offers an extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, using several powerful search options such as biography, list of principal works, and more. |
| Educator’s Reference Complete Teachers, administrators Librarians, ed students |
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator or administrator, and to college or graduate education students. Content is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database. It covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and specialties -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP HS+ | Comprised of more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles — of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed. It offers balanced coverage on a wide-range of topics and academic disciplines. |
| eGale Virtual Reference Library All |
List of e Reference Sources. Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America , 6v, 2001 Biology , 4v, 2002 Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States , 2003 Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World, 2002 Business Leader Profiles for Students, 2v, 1999 Contemporary Fashion,2nd ed., 2002 Contemporary Novelists,7th ed., 2001 Contemporary Poets, 7th ed., 2001 Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security, 3v, 2004 Encyclopedia of Population, 2v, 2003 Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2nd ed.,2v, 2002 Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations,and Footwear through the Ages, 5v, 2004 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2nd ed., 4v, 2005 Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer,2nd ed.,2v, 2006 Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2nd ed., 2v, 2006 Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine,3rd ed.,5v,2006 Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2nd ed., 3v, 2000 Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, 2v, 1999 International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4th ed.,4v, 2001 Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students, 4v, 2004 St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5v, 2000 UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features, 3v, 2004 World of Earth Science, 2v, 2003 |
| General Business File HS+ | Enables precise retrieval of periodicals, newspapers, news wires, company profiles and investment reports in a single search. |
| General OneFile HS+ | For access to periodical and news content from a variety of general and specialized journals – from the New York Times or Christian Science Monitor to academic journals. 6,300 full-text titles and over 400 newspaper services covering worldwide current events. Images and audio: listen to any National Public Radio program, as well as read NPR transcripts for shows from 1990 to present. Podcasts from government agencies. Every article can be translated into 8 languages. |
| General Reference Gold HS+ |
Integrates a vast array of key business and general interest publications - national news magazines, encyclopedias, and trade publications. It has full-text and image resources students and researchers need. |
| Health Reference Center | Provides current, reliable health information, offering access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. |
| InfoTrac Junior Edition MS |
Designed for junior high and middle school students, and features most full-text magazines, newspapers, pod casts and reference books on currents events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
| InfoTrac Student Edition HS |
Periodical and E-Books database with over 1100 titles designed for secondary school students to access a variety of topics. |
Kids InfoBits K-5 |
Kids InfoBits includes curriculum support references from Blackbirch Press, nearly 100 full-text age appropriate magazines and 2 newswires. Kids InfoBits is jam-packed with eye popping graphs, charts, maps and more than 2,500 searchable images. |
Massachusetts History Online All |
Full-text articles gathered from their vast periodical content of almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, Massachusetts History Online provides a targeted resource for information relating to the study of Massachusetts History. |
The New York Times |
Search full-text NYT back to 1995 and updated daily. |
Proquest: Massachusetts Newsstand Full-text coverage of 12 Massachusetts newspapers. http://proquest.umi.com/login
Boston Globe |
Full-text coverage from 1980. |
Berkshire Eagle |
Full-text coverage for Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire County, and 4 nearby New York communities from 2005. |
Boston Herald |
Full-text coverage from from 1991. |
BusinessWest |
Full-text bi-weekly business journal for western MA from 1992. |
North Adams Transcript |
Full-text news, commentary, obituaries, classified and information on the northern Berkshire region from 2005. |
Patriot Ledger |
Full-text coverage from 1991. Quincy, MA |
Plymouth County Business Review |
Full-text business news for Plymouth County & southeastern MA from 1991. |
Sentinel & Enterprise |
Full-text coverage of news for Fitchburg from 2005. |
The Sun (Lowell) |
Full-text coverage of news from Lowell, MA & the Merrimack Valley from 2004. |
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) |
Full-text coverage of Worcester and Central Massachusetts news from 1989. |
Gazette (Haverhill) |
Full-text local news from 12/31/92 to 8/9/07. |
Standard Times |
Full-text local news from 1/4/92 to 8/19/97 for New Bedford. |
EBSCO Literary Reference Center: http://search.ebscohost.com/
Full-text broad spectrum of information on 1000's of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes 27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 140,500 author biographies, 350 literary journals, 54,000 poems, 14,500 short stories, 8400 classic texts, 4000 author interview and more.