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Academic OneFile
Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.
AGRICOLA -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1970 to the present. Materials relating
to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science from over 5,000
sources.
AltPressIndex -
Available via FirstSearch.
Coverage is from 1991 to the present. Citations concerning cultural, economic,
political & social change from nearly 300 alternative periodicals, newspapers,
and magazines.
AltPressIndexArchive - Coverage is from 1969-1990.
The
American Civil War: Letter and Diaries
Firsthand descriptions of historical characters and events, glimpses of daily
life in the army, anecdotes about key events and personages, accounts of sufferings
at home, and a rich battles database.
Art
Image Collections
A variety of excellent art
image collections including Art Resource, Bridgeman Art Library, and Art Image
Links. Provides searchable image collections covering hundreds of areas in the
visual arts.
Art
Index
Available via H.W. Wilson. Coverage is from 1984 to the present. Indexes over
400 leading art publications from around the world.
ATLA
Available thriugh EBSCO. Coverage is from 1949 to the present. American Theological
Library Association literature on religion from 650 journals and other sources.
Beacham's
Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems
of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife service.
Biography
Resource Center
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Coverage varies. This
database combines biographies from nearly 80 Gale Reference Sources with full
text from over 250 periodicals.
Biology
A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research.
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States
Contains more than 2,500 graphs, charts, maps, and photos that cover the most important and interesting facts about every state in the country.
Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
Presents more than 2,500 graphs, charts, maps, and photos that cover the most important and interesting facts about every country on the planet.
Books in Print
More than 4 million records, updated weekly. Records describe in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos from more than 44,000 North American publishers and U.S. distributors and wholesalers.
The
Boston Globe
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Available via Newsbank. Coverage is from 1980 to the
present. Full text articles are available.
Boston
Herald
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Central Massachusetts
Region. Available via Newsbank. Coverage is from 1997 to the present and full
text articles are available.
British
and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Personal writings of women from England, Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales, spanning more than 400 years.
Business Leader Profiles for Students
Covers 350 prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry. Profiles range from 1,250 to 2,500 words in length.
Business Source Premier - (using Business Searching Interface - preferred)
The industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
Business
Source Premier - (using
EBSCOHOST search engine)
The industry’s most used business research database, providing full text
for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed
business publications.
The
Chronicle of Higher Education
Provides news, information, and jobs for college and
university faculty members and administrators.
ClasePeriodica -
Index of Latin American
journals in the sciences and humanities from 1975 to the present.
Top
Contemporary Fashion
A reference book covering individual designers and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Contemporary
Literary Criticism
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Coverage is the current edition.
An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors selected
from the printed edition of Contemporary Literary Criticism.
Contemporary Novelists
Contains biographical/critical essays on the most important living novelists writing in English worldwide.
Contemporary
Poets
Provides biographical and bibliographical infor-tion
on 789 of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets, including
120 new to this edition.
Contemporary Women's Issues -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1995 to the present. Citations from
over 1,500 sources covering women's issues in more than 150 countries.
CQ Researcher
Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
Credo Reference Digital Reference Library
Over 100 searchable and browsable reference books from a collection of the world's leading publishers.
Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
Over 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 710 historical American newspapers focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries. Funded by a grant from the Moggio Foundation.
EBSCO Animals
Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Within some of the full text, image links are available for the Windows client. Images are accessed by double-clicking any image graphic.
EconLit -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1969 to the present. Indexes over
600 journals, books, and working papers on economics.
Educator's Reference Complete
(formerly Professional Collection)
Use this mainly full-text collection of over 1100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college. Every educational specialty can be found here including technology, health and bilingual education, testing, and issues in administration, funding and policy.
Electronic
Journal Service (EJS)
Access to over 250 electronic
journals through the EBSCOhost interface.
Encyclopedia Americana
Contains additional materials, including maps, flags, tables, and links to related sites on the World Wide Web.
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
Available via Britannica. The current edition is available. Includes the complete
encyclopedia, Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Provides a comprehensive, subject specific guide to the history, uses, scientific principles, and technologies of espionage, intelligence, and security.
(UXL) Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Focuses on the physical and geological aspects, structure, and features of 48 of the earth's landforms - what they are, how they look, how they were created, how they change over time, and major geological events associated with them.
Encyclopedia of Population
Provides expanded, up-to-date coverage of demographic topics both in the core field and in neighboring disciplines.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history.
Encyclopedia
of Religion
This second edition includes over 3,300 entries on the world's religions.
Encyclopedia
of Small Business
Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply
to their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the
key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial
planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning,
and human resource issues.
ERIC
Available via EBSCO. Coverage is from 1996 to the present. Full text articles
are available from 1996 to the present. A database of citations and abstracts
from nearly 1,000 educational journals plus full text of educational documents
and papers.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Coverage is from 1980 to the
present. A database of periodicals covering all major academic disciplines including
many articles in full text.
Top
Fashion, Costume, and Culture
Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day.
Film & Televison Literature Index with Full Text
Funded by an LSTA grant.
"A bibliographic and full text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews."
Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Available from EBSCO and updated yearly. This resources provides over 25,000
encyclopedic entries and images covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative
and complementary medical practices, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture,
chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy,
detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda, and osteopathy.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Cancer
Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs,
treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
Provides clear, complete information on genetic
disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies,
in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible
to laypersons.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Medicine
Includes information on more than 1,600 medical
disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes,
symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics.
Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific
culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs,
and languages in addition to providing information on historical background
and settlement patterns.
Gale
Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews,
event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic
profiles, and more.
General
Business File ASAP
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Coverage is from 1980 to the
present. A database of business related periodicals and other resources, many
in full text.
General OneFile
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 sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.
General
Reference Center
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Coverage is frlom 1980 to
the present.General interest database of articles, many in full text, from periodicals
and reference books.
GEOBASE -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Contains over
2000 sources worldwide on geography, geology, and ecology.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar allows you to cross search scholarly literature across many disciplines.
GPO
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1976 to the present. US government
publications.
Grant Advisor
Available via Grant Advisor. Updated Monthly. Contains grant information as
well as a searchable database of funding opportunities. Off campus access
is available with a user name and password. Contact the Reference Desk at 508-767-7273
for this information.
Health
Reference Center Academic
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts
Regional Library Systems. Coverage is from 1980 to the
present. Database of articles including some full text on various topics.
Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
Primary source documents focuses on some of the leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries: immigration and multiculturalism.
In
the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal
Narratives
Personal narratives- the
most comprehensive archive of social memory. Covers many topics including historical
events and people from World War I and II to popular culture, music to medicine,
Hitler to John Wayne, gay rights to September 11th.
Infotrac Junior
Edition
Designed for junior high and middle school students. Access to full-text magazines,
newspapers and reference books.
Infotrac Student
Edition
Designed for high school students. Access to full-text magazines, newspapers
and reference books.
International
Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers
Written for film students and film buffs alike, this set features thorough coverage
of legendary films, actors, actresses, directors, writers, and other production
artists through detailed essays and commentary by experts. Entries include biographies,
filmographies, comprehensive credits, production information, major awards,
and bibliographies.
Issues
& Controversies
Source of current, in-depth and objective information on hotly debated issues
of the day.
Iter Bibliography
An online bibliography of more than 945,000 records for articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, encyclopedia entries and reviews on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. This material has been collected from 7,218 publications, including 1,617 journals.
Top
JSTOR
Available via JSTOR. Coverage is from the first issues to the last 3 to 5 years.
A database of over 100 full text scholarly journal titles including some volumes
dating back to the 19'th century.
Kids
InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database
developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade
5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface. The
curriculum-related, age appropriateOctober 2, 2008 sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events,
the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Knovel
Library
Provides a one-stop source
for finding answers to science, engineering, and math questions. Contains nine
full text handbooks with formulas, tables and graphs.
LexisNexis (Business)
This is a full text database which provides access to business company profiles.
LexisNexis (General)
A full text database which provides access to news, business, legal, and reference information.
LexisNexis (Legal)
This is a full text database which provides access to legal information.
LexisNexis (News)
This is a full text database which provides access to newspapers.
LexisNexis (People)
This is a full text database which provides access to news about people.
LISTA
(Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
This world-class bibliographic
database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification,
cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management
and more.
Literary Reference Center
A full text database that combines information from major reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 700 popular, high school magazines.
Massachusetts History Online
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history.
Massachusetts Newspapers
Regional newspapers from around the Commonwealth.
mathworld
A free service provided by Wolfram Research with additional support from the
National Science Foundation. This
is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students,
educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers.
Medline (Web of Knowledge)
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It covers 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines.More than 600,000 new items are indexed each year.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Coverage is from 1938 to the present.
Contains full text information about English-language standardized tests and
also contains test reviews. This is the online version of the printed volumes.
MLA
Available via EBSCO. Coverage is from 1963 to the present. Modern Language Association's
index to international scholarly materials on literature. Citations are from
nearly 4000 journals, plus relevant books and other formats. Includes
MLA
Directory of Periodicals
MLA Directory of Periodicals
Offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography.
Multimedia
Encyclopedia
Containing thousands of
articles, extensive hyperlinking, bibliographies and links to other sources
of information on the Web. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online is updated
monthly.
Naxos
Music Library
An online library of musical
recordings from the catalog of the Naxos Label.
NetLibrary
Available via NetLibrary. Current Subscription. E-books for searching, reading & checkout. Access to main Library books requires registration.
(Historical) New York Times
Offers full-text and full-image articles for the New York Times from 2003 back to its first issue in 1851.
Oxford Art Online
Gateway to art research. Includes access to Grove Art Online, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe. It includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women In World History
Provides 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Available via the Oxford University Press. Second Edition. Contains the entire text of the 24 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford Music Online
Gateway to music research. Includes access to Grove Music Online, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Oxford Companion to Music.
Peace Research Abstracts
Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
The
Philosopher's Index
Available via EBSCO. Coverage is from 1940 to present. Index
provides abstracts of books and journals in philosophy.
Primary Search
Provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research.
Project
MUSE
Available via John Hopkins University Press. Coverage is from 1993 to the present.
A database of over 100 full text scholarly journals mainly within the past five
years.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES™ is a
database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological
Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological
Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from
the print journals with the exception of ads and editorial board lists.
PsycINFO
Available via EBSCO. Coverage is from 1887 to the present. Comprehensive international
coverage of scholarly literature in psychology. Includes articles from more
than 1300 periodicals in over 25 languages.
PubMed
Available via the National Library of Medicine. Coverage is from 1966 to the
present. Comprehensive index to articles in the field of medicine.
Regional Business News
Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
This set has been prepared especially for nonspecialists, focusing on Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art, literature, economics, and science curriculum.
St.
James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from
500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent,
readable, and straightforward reference.
Science
Direct
Coverage is from 1993 to present. (For
full text, set Source to Subscribed journals)
Collection of 174 E-journals with emphasis on science.
Science Online
A complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost many science fields.
SIRSResearcher -
Available via FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1988 to the present. Abstracts are
available from 1994. References include social, scientific, economic, and political
issues worldwide from over 1,200 domestic and international newspapers, periodicals
and government publications.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included.
STN - Offers current and archival information from over 200 scientific, technical, business, and patent databases covering a broad range of scientific fields, including chemistry, engineering, life sciences, pharmaceutics, biotechnology, regulatory compliance, patents, business, and more. Contact a reference librarian or chemistry faculty for access to this database. From the American Chemical Society.
Teacher Reference Center
Indexes more than 260 periodicals and trade journals for educators and librarians. Covers assessment, best practices, continuing education, curriculum development, etc.
Web of Knowledge
(formerly Science Citation Index Expanded-Web of Science)
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It covers 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines. More than 600,000 new items are indexed each year.
Women
and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Includes tens of thousands of primary documents, document projects with introductory
essays that interpret the documents, a definitive bibliography, related web
links, a Dictionary of Social Movements, and an enormous collection of images.
Worcester
Telegram & Gazette
Available through Newsbank. Coverage is from 1989 to the present.
Full text articles.
World Development Indicators (WDI) Online
Provides direct access to more than 800 development indicators, with time series for 209 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2007, where data are available.
World
of Earth Science
A comprehensive guide to the concepts, theories,
discoveries, pioneers, and issues relating to topics in earth science.
WorldCat
Available via FirstSearch. Coverave of materials dating before 1000 BC to present.
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide, comprising
a total of over 50 million records.
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