Which Database Should I Use?
Magazines & Newspapers:
The Boston Globe Online: Online access to the Boston Globe. (Username and password required. See Research Tools page for log-in information)
Holden Landmark:Weekly news publication for the Wachusett area. (Username and password required. See Research Tools page for log-in information)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Daily newspaper published in Worcester. (Username and password required to access articles more than 30 days old. See Research Tools page for log-in information.)
ProQuest: The Boston Globe and ProQuest: The New York Times: Online access to archived newspaper articles (BG 1980+, NYT 1985+) (Username and password required. See Research Tools page for log-in information)
E-Books:
ABC-Clio e-Books: More than 500 e-books, comprised mostly of social studies and history reference. Topics include history, geography, sociology, women's studies, and criminal justice.
EBSCO Host e-Book Collection: Search and view full-text e-Books on a variety of topics, including biography, engineering, literary criticism, history, reference, philosophy, and more.
Gale Group e-Books: (blue icon) More than 550 ebooks part of the Virtual Reference Library. eBooks are also accessible via Gale's free "Access My Library" app.
Biography:
Gale Biography In Context: Biographical information on over 520,000 people.
Need more? Try ABC-Clio for famous people in history, or Gale's Literary Reference Center and Literature Resources for author biographies.
Social Studies & History:
ABC-Clio: World and U.S. history, government, geography, issues, and links to Pop Culture & World Geography.
Gale U.S. History in Context: Contextual information on U.S. people, events, and topics.
Gale World History in Context: Contextual information on world people, events, and topics.
Pop Culture Universe: The history of America's favorite people, places, and things from all time periods. (ABC-CLIO)
Salem History Online: Contains Great Lives & Events in History, Great Athletes, Great Musicians & American
Milestone Documents.
JSTOR: Full-text articles from over a thousand scholarly journals, as well as images, letters and primary sources.
Need more? See also: Britannica Annals of American History, Britannica World Data Analyst, e-Books
Literature:
EBSCO Literary Reference Center: EBSCO's massive literary database with plot summaries, reviews, criticism,
biographies, over 99,000 poems, 23,000 short stories, 7,300 author interviews, and 8,200 classic texts in the
ebook collection.
Gale Literature Resource Center: Biographies, criticism, reviews for over 130,000 writers plus "Lit Finder's" service
of over 150,000 full-text poems, stories and plays.
Contemporary Literacy Criticism: Criticism, biography, exploration of contemporary authors (who died after 1959).
JSTOR: Full-text articles from over a thousand scholarly journals, as well as images, letters and primary sources.
Salem Literature: An extensive collection of author and title-specific reference (see More Info below)
Need more? See also: e-Books
Science & Health:
Science Reference Center: Contains science-specific, full-text articles for 23 encyclopedias,182 periodicals,
725 reference books, 3,790 biographies, 61 animations, 519 videos, and 28,000+ images. Mobile app available.
Gale Science in Context: Full-text magazines, journals, experiments, audio/visual.
Gale General Science Collection:
Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center: Journals, videos, pamphlets, reference volumes.
Salem Science: Salem's newest online database provides complete coverage of a variety of scientific topics.
Salem Health: Contains Magill’s Medical Guide, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, Cancer, Psychology and Mental Health.
Need more? See also: e-Books
Current Issues & Viewpoints
CQ Researcher: Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news, researched & written by journalists.
ABC-CLIO's Understanding Controversy and Society: Using historical and current data, this database explores how
society shapes and is shaped by controversy.
Gale Global Issues in Context: Current social, political, economic, environmental, & health issues.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Information & opinion on today's social issues.
SIRS Researcher Full-text articles on social, scientific, economic, political, & global issues.
The Boston Globe Online: Online access to the Boston Globe. (Username and password required. See Research Tools page for log-in information)
Holden Landmark:Weekly news publication for the Wachusett area. (Username and password required. See Research Tools page for log-in information)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Daily newspaper published in Worcester. (Username and password required to access articles more than 30 days old. See Research Tools page for log-in information.)
ProQuest: The Boston Globe and ProQuest: The New York Times: Online access to archived newspaper articles (BG 1980+, NYT 1985+) (Username and password required. See Research Tools page for log-in information)
E-Books:
ABC-Clio e-Books: More than 500 e-books, comprised mostly of social studies and history reference. Topics include history, geography, sociology, women's studies, and criminal justice.
EBSCO Host e-Book Collection: Search and view full-text e-Books on a variety of topics, including biography, engineering, literary criticism, history, reference, philosophy, and more.
Gale Group e-Books: (blue icon) More than 550 ebooks part of the Virtual Reference Library. eBooks are also accessible via Gale's free "Access My Library" app.
Biography:
Gale Biography In Context: Biographical information on over 520,000 people.
Need more? Try ABC-Clio for famous people in history, or Gale's Literary Reference Center and Literature Resources for author biographies.
Social Studies & History:
ABC-Clio: World and U.S. history, government, geography, issues, and links to Pop Culture & World Geography.
Gale U.S. History in Context: Contextual information on U.S. people, events, and topics.
Gale World History in Context: Contextual information on world people, events, and topics.
Pop Culture Universe: The history of America's favorite people, places, and things from all time periods. (ABC-CLIO)
Salem History Online: Contains Great Lives & Events in History, Great Athletes, Great Musicians & American
Milestone Documents.
JSTOR: Full-text articles from over a thousand scholarly journals, as well as images, letters and primary sources.
Need more? See also: Britannica Annals of American History, Britannica World Data Analyst, e-Books
Literature:
EBSCO Literary Reference Center: EBSCO's massive literary database with plot summaries, reviews, criticism,
biographies, over 99,000 poems, 23,000 short stories, 7,300 author interviews, and 8,200 classic texts in the
ebook collection.
Gale Literature Resource Center: Biographies, criticism, reviews for over 130,000 writers plus "Lit Finder's" service
of over 150,000 full-text poems, stories and plays.
Contemporary Literacy Criticism: Criticism, biography, exploration of contemporary authors (who died after 1959).
JSTOR: Full-text articles from over a thousand scholarly journals, as well as images, letters and primary sources.
Salem Literature: An extensive collection of author and title-specific reference (see More Info below)
Need more? See also: e-Books
Science & Health:
Science Reference Center: Contains science-specific, full-text articles for 23 encyclopedias,182 periodicals,
725 reference books, 3,790 biographies, 61 animations, 519 videos, and 28,000+ images. Mobile app available.
Gale Science in Context: Full-text magazines, journals, experiments, audio/visual.
Gale General Science Collection:
Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center: Journals, videos, pamphlets, reference volumes.
Salem Science: Salem's newest online database provides complete coverage of a variety of scientific topics.
Salem Health: Contains Magill’s Medical Guide, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, Cancer, Psychology and Mental Health.
Need more? See also: e-Books
Current Issues & Viewpoints
CQ Researcher: Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news, researched & written by journalists.
ABC-CLIO's Understanding Controversy and Society: Using historical and current data, this database explores how
society shapes and is shaped by controversy.
Gale Global Issues in Context: Current social, political, economic, environmental, & health issues.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Information & opinion on today's social issues.
SIRS Researcher Full-text articles on social, scientific, economic, political, & global issues.
More Info: Encyclopedias and Multiple Topics
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica: The original-- one of the world's most respected quick-reference resources. The online edition includes a video collection, media collection, timelines, world atlas, Spanish-English dictionary, and more. An Encyclopaedia Britannica app is available through iTunes.
Britannica High School Edition: Designed especially for high school students, Britannica High School Edition contains up-to-date information on a variety of topics. This database provides citation help, multimedia entries (audio, video, and images), language translation, and audio narration. Britannica Annals of American History: Delivers more than 2,000 primary-source documents exploring the history of the United States, including speeches, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia. Britannica World Data Analyst: Offers quick and easy comparisons of the countries of the world, including chronological comparisons, statistics, and economic data. |
All Subjects
Google Books: Search for books as you would articles on the web. If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy. Browse reference pages for every book so you can quickly find all kinds of relevant information: book reviews, web references, maps and more.
Google Scholar: Search for scholarly literature simply. Search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
JSTOR: Full-text articles from over a thousand scholarly journals, as well as images, letters and primary sources.
SIRS Knowledge Source: Full-text articles on social, scientific, economic, political, & global issues
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Database Suites: Multiple Topics
Gale Group: Suite of more than 55 subject-specific databases housing magazine articles, newspaper articles (including the archives of the New York Times), scholarly publications, and virtual reference e-books. Also has a text-to-speech reader and a translator. Gale Group databases are accessible via Gale's free "Access My Library" app.
Salem Press
Salem Health - An extended series of healthcare information for patients, families, caregivers, biology and medical students. Salem History - Salem's diverse library of biography, history and primary source document reference. Salem Literature - An extensive collection of author and title-specific reference along with surveys as well as Masterplots, a classic reference work that analyzes the most important works in all genres—long fiction, short fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction—throughout history and around the world, helping to define and critique the literary canon. Salem Science - Salem's newest online database provides complete coverage of a variety of scientific topics. |
