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Webster (Online Catalog)
Contains bibliographic information on Maxwell Library's collections.
Dates of coverage: Current
Academic Onefile contains articles from 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text; hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC; and full-text New York Times content to 1995.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title
A general-interest academic database which features full text for over 2,300 scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals as well as abstracts and indexing for many additional titles. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984
Electronic journals published by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title
AgeLine indexes and abstracts over 200 journals, books and reports on issues in aging and social gerontology, including aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1978 to the present, with selected coverage from 1966-1977
With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of this growing body of knowledge. Comprised of nearly 200 titles, researchers will have access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
Dates of coverage: Varies
America: History and Life with Full Text
Bibliographic references, with abstracts, to articles from over 2,000 journals covering American and Canadian history. Also includes citations for book reviews and dissertations.
Dates of coverage: 1964-
Online access to a number of full-text electronic journals from this well-known publisher. Maxwell Library's subscription includes access to the following journals in the Annual Review series: Anthropology; Biochemistry; Cell & Developmental Biology; Entomology; Ecology & Systematics; Genetics; Genomics & Human Genetics; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Nutrition; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Physical Chemistry; Physiology; Political Science; Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology; Psychology; Public Health; Sociology. For all other Annual Review titles, abstracts are available.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title, typically 1996-present
Contains citations to more than 750 international journals in all areas of anthropology and archaeology held by the Anthropology Library at the British Museum (Museum of Mankind).
Dates of coverage: 1957-
A bibliographic database, with abstracts, citing articles from over 375 art periodicals. The full text is included for a select number of journals. One user maximum at a time.
Dates of coverage: 9/84- for indexing; 1/94 for abstracts; 1997- for full text
ARTstor is a collection of over one million digital images in the areas of art, architecture, humanities, and social sciences for use in research and teaching. The collection includes contributions from museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Included with each image is descriptive information such as title, creator, date, size, and current location.
Dates of coverage: Varies
The database includes more than 4,000 political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Banner, The (West Boylston, Mass)
Covers local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: Dec., 2007-Dec., 2010
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 2005-Dec. 14, 2010
Biography Index Past & Present
Biography Index Past & Present includes over a million article and book citations to biographical materials for prominent individuals from all time periods from sources published from 1946 to the present.
Dates of coverage: 1946-
This database includes more than 600,000 multidisciplinary biographies from reference titles, periodicals, and multimedia spanning history and geography. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
Dates of coverage: Current
Biological Sciences Collection
An index to articles from over 6,000 sources (journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, and selected books and patents) in the fields of biology and plant science.
Dates of coverage: 1982-
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition
This database provides access to more than 100 full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences and the health care system. This collection can be searched independently, but also allows users to link to full text from citations within MEDLINE.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1985.
BioOne is a collection of electronic full text journals in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. BioOne journals are published by scholarly societies, museums and other organizations.
Dates of coverage: 2000-
Includes more than 2.5 million national and local industry reports analyzing over 16,000 lines of business. The industry financial and market research content includes industry-wide trends as well as trends for business startups, corporations, s-corps, and sole proprietors.
Dates of coverage: current
This reader's advisory database combines information on more than 140,000 titles and 50,000 authors with thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarians favorites lists. Users can search by author, title, genre, awards, and other criteria.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This database contains citations to over two million book reviews from more than 5000 journals with more than 225,000 full-text reviews.
Dates of coverage: 1983-
Books in Print with Book Reviews
An index to US books in print, along with the full text of reviews from nine sources, including Library Journal, Publishers' Weekly, and Kirkus.
Dates of coverage: Current
The Boston Globe is available via Proquest Newspapers electronic edition of record, including full-text content of local, regional, national and international developments. Find coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
Boston Globe (Digital Microfilm)
Online access to microfilm editions of full-image format.
Dates of coverage: 2008-current
The Boston Herald is available via Proquest Newspapers full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: July, 1991-
The electronic version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, plus related Internet sites.
Dates of coverage: Current
Business and Company Resource Center
This resource includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and business periodicals, including detailed business and industry news..
Dates of coverage: 1980-present
With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, this collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Citations with abstracts for over 3,000 scholarly journals as well as other periodicals in management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more. In addition, the full text for nearly 1,300 journals is included. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
Covers local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1992-
The Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
Contains complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: April, 1999-
The text of federal and state tax regulations, as well as the Internal Revenue Code and other tax publications.
Dates of coverage: Current
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
includes reviews from respected publications about children's books, video and audio recordings, and other children-focused media for professionals who work with Pre-K to 12 students.
Dates of coverage: Varies by reviewing source.
Children's Magazine Guide: A Subject Index to Children's Magazines & Web Sites
Provides access to article citations from more than 65 children's magazines, with additional indexing of selected Websites for children. The colorful interface is child-friendly and provides for both beginner and advanced searching capabilities.
Dates of coverage: 2002-t
Clase indexes documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Periodica covers journals specializing in science and technology. The database includes more than 450,000 bibliographic citations from 2700 scholarly journals published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.
Dates of coverage: Clase, 1975 to present; Periodica, 1978 to present
An index, with abstracts, to approximately 40 professional journals in communication.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title. Earliest coverage is 1979, but most from mid-1980's to the present
Communication & Mass Media Collection
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
Incorporates CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in the communication and mass media fields. CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles with full text for nearly 200 journals.
Dates of coverage: 1915-
This database indexes and abstracts more than 6,500 academic journals, professional publications and other reference sources in computer science as well as editor-selected articles from magazine and journal titles in related areas of study. Computer Science Index focuses on subjects such as artificial intelligence, expert systems, computer theory, computer systems and architecture, human-computer interaction, new technologies, social and professional context, and much more.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title; earliest coverage is mid 1960s.
This index provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
Dates of coverage: 1982-current
Contemporary Authors Included in Biography Resource Center
"Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on approximately 100,000 U.S. and international authors." The full text of all articles is available.
Dates of coverage: Current
Contemporary Literary Criticism
"An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study." The full text of all articles is available.
Dates of coverage: Current
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works
Contains more than 2,000 transcripts of actual therapy sessions together with 25,000 pages of major reference works. Materials include diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with full-text of the sessions.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Counseling and Therapy in Video
Contains more than 300 hours of training videos, reenactments, and footage of actual therapy sessions conducted by renowned psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Credo Reference service features full-text, aggregated content from more than 260 reference titles from 55 publishers, with nearly three million entries covering every major subject. Content includes encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, and subject-specific works. Additional key features include customizable, dynamic data tables; tens of thousands of images; audio pronunciation files; over 90,000 atlas images of places and geographic features; and a Concept Map that visualizes your search results.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, an informative summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing." 4 simultaneous users maximum..
Dates of coverage: 1968-
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, covering such subjects as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. You can also access this database at SAGE website.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1976.
An index to articles from over 6,000 sources (journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, and selected books and patents) in the fields of biology and plant science.
Dates of coverage: 1982-
The Culinary Arts Collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines from 1980 to present. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This database includes biographical information from more than 25,000 articles and obituaries from newspapers, magazines, and books and more than 19,500 images.
Dates of coverage: 1940-
Digital Sanborn Maps for Massachusetts
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 for Massachusetts. These historical fire insurance maps provide detailed property and land-use records for Massachusetts towns and cities.
Dates of coverage: 1867-1970
A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Ebooks (OCLC Electronic Books)
This database contains bibliographic records for all electronic books cataloged by OCLC member libraries, including all subjects.
Includes over 100,000 contemporary and historical photographs, maps and flags.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This database from the American Economic Association contains all of the indexing and abstracts available in EconLit from 1969 to present, plus full text for more than 500 journals including many non-English full-text journals in economics & finance.
Dates of coverage: 1969-
This resource covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,840 journals, as well as full text for more than 950 journals, and includes full text for more than 81 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs as well as background information on child health and development. Included in this set are 250 journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Educator's Reference Complete includes more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports, most in full-text. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and every educational specialty.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
A set of electronic journals from MCB University Press. Topics include business, training and management, and library science.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Encyclopedia of Animals (via Primary Search)
This extensive database provides thousands of entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals from the Encyclopedia of Animals. Many entries include colorful images.The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Dates of coverage: Current
The Encyclopaedia of Islam describes all aspects of Islamic religion, life, and culture. Various chronological periods such as the early Islamic empire and Ottoman Empire are described extensively as are various geopolitical entities such as Iran, Indonesia, and Central Asia. This resource includes all of the content of the print 2nd edition and incorporates new entries as they are published from the 3rd edition. (Three simultaneous users maximum.)
Dates of coverage: Varies
Environmental Studies & Policy Collection
Providing robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy, this collection, which includes nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
Dates of coverage: Varies
ERIC (from EBSCO)
Abstracts to journal articles as well as "grey literature" (pamphlets, conference proceedings, privately published papers) in the field of education. Via E*Subscribe, the full text of selected ERIC documents may be retrieved. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1966-
European Views of the Americas
A Chronological guide to works printed in Europe relating to the Americas, 1493-1750 including the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples in the subject areas from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1493-1750
Abstracts from articles taken from over 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, with coverage of core titles in every major academic concentration. The full text is available for a selected number of these titles.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title, with coverage for some as early as 1980-
Provides more than 7,000 video titles covering a broad range of subject areas including humanities, social sciences, business, economics, science, mathematics, health, and medicine.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Fine Arts and Music Collection
With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide your students with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context
This resource includes contextual information and opinions on hundred of today's social issues including pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews , periodical articles , statistical tables, charts and graphs, images, podcasts, and more than 700 Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner's Sons® and U*X*L titles.
Dates of coverage: Current
This database contains integrated content about significant science topics from comprehensive reference sets, topic overviews, biographies, periodical articles, images and videos, and detailed experiments.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Gale U.S. History in Context contains information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. history from sources including reference books, journal articles, images, viewpoint essays, primary documents, videos and audio files.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Our collection includes more than 150 different encyclopedias and specialized resources.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title
World History in Context provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in world history over 5,000 years from antiquity to the present and geographically around the world from reference books, journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1992-1997
Articles from more than 900 business, economic, management, trade, and industry publications, with the full text available for some. In addition, this database contains profiles of more than 100,000 public and private companies, as well as industry descriptions based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title, with coverage for some as early as 1980-
Contains periodical and news content as well as indexing from a variety of general and specialized journals - from the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor to refereed academic journals.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
"Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc." The full text of articles is available for selected titles.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title, with coverage for some as early as 1980-
Although staying current on the latest scientific developments can be daunting, this collection aims to provide a researcher with the information to do just that. Composed of over 200 journals from highly specialized academic journals to general science-focused magazine the General Science Collection provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including such topics as particle physics and quantum theory, advanced mathematics, biotechnology, and many more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
A comprehensive geoscience database. Bibliographic records included on the database are from journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Over 60,000 references are added to the GeoRef database annually.
Dates of coverage: 1785-present (North America); 1933-present (World)
Full-text coverage of more than 30 peer-reviewed journals in a broad range of geoscience areas. Content is linked with GeoRef, the major abstracting and indexing database in earth science and geology.
Dates of coverage: varies by journal title, most from 2000 to present; earliest from 1911.
GLBT Life and Issues Collection
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues impact society on many levels from the global and cultural to the individual and personal. This collection of nearly 40 journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Multimedia including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs enhance each portal.
Dates of coverage: Current
A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns offered by EBSCO Publishing Company; allows anyone on the Web to access information on topics such as global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Includes 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world. It is a part of the Oxford Music Online database.
Dates of coverage: 2001-
Health and Wellness Resource Center
This resource includes medical reference materials from 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets, and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Health Reference Center Academic
Articles from a variety of health periodicals, plus excerpts from health-related reference books (selected full text available).
Dates of coverage: Current year + the previous four years
Health Source -Consumer Edition
This database provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health with searchable full text for nearly 150 journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984 .
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides full text for over 255 health periodicals, over 1,065 health pamphlets, and 23 health reference books.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Citations, with abstracts, from the more than 1800 journals covering world history (excludes the US and Canada) with access to the full text of more than 300 journals and over 130 books.
Dates of coverage: 1954-
Historical New York Times (1851-2007)
Provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Dates of coverage: 1851-2006
Even the smallest home improvement project can be daunting: with this collection of nearly 100 home improvement focused titles, hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately put their projects on a more solid foundation. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Reference Collection
With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Information Science & Technology Collection
This collection, comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, provides current and accurate information for this fast-moving field. Information professionals and other knowledge workers from the research specialist to the information architect will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Dates of coverage: Current
Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Dates of coverage: Current
Insurance & Liability Collection
Protection of assets is a concern for all: from the individual property owner to the multinational corporation, all have a vested interest in ensuring the retention of their assets, be it physical or intellectual. This collection, comprised of nearly 40 journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
This database includes references for more than 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries and contains more than 140 full-text journals and more than 300 full-text books and monographs.
Dates of coverage: Full text: 1984-present; coverage for selected publications is earlier.
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
References and abstracts from over 370 international music periodicals from over 20 countries. This database also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. The full text is available for a selected number of these journals.
Dates of coverage: 1874- (for selected journals); 4 simultaneous users maximum.
International Businesses (OneSource Global Business Browser in ReferenceUSA)
Worldwide business and industry information on more than 3 million companies, including strong U.S. coverage. Contents include company profiles, news, business and trade articles, analyst reports, executive profiles, industry intelligence, and financial data. This database is part of ReferenceUSA. To connect, select International Businesses from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA homepage.
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Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: Dec., 2007-
A full-image collection of retrospective issues from scholarly journals of prime importance in their fields. Subject coverage includes mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, Asian studies, economics, history, literature, population studies, and sociology (from the Arts & Sciences I Collection) and botany and ecology (from the Ecology & Botany Collection).
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Dates of coverage: Current
Kraus Curriculum Development Library (kcdlonline)
This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
A full-text database, with coverage of numerous newspapers, business periodicals, legal journals and case laws, and medical journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
This Abstract indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Dates of coverage: mid-1960s to present
Literary Reference Center (via EBSCOHost) or (via graphic user interface)
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.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Includes Children's Literature Review (criticism and commentary on writers and illustrators for children and young adults), Drama Criticism (critical opinion and biographical information on significant dramatists or plays), Poetry Criticism (critical essays and biographical information on major poets from all eras), Short Story Criticism (critical surveys of the most widely studied authors of short fiction), and Contemporary Literary Criticism (criticism on novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.)
Dates of coverage: v.1-
Gale's Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. This database can be searched simultaneously with other Gale literature databases through Literature Resources from Gale.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Literature Resources from Gale
With this tool users can research authors, works, literary movements and genres by searching across several Gale literature databases including Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, and eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library in one search environment to access biographies, scholarly essays, peer-reviewed journals, primary sources and multimedia content.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This Gale resource covering world literature and authors throughout history contains full-text literary works, including poems, short stories, novels, essays, plays and speeches. This database can be searched simultaneously with other Gale literature databases through Literature Resources from Gale.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Marquis Who's Who Biographies (LexisNexis)
This database is integrated in LexisNexis Academic. It contains more than 990,000 thumbnail biographies from 20 Marquis sources such as Who's Who in America, Who Was Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Entertainment, Who's who in the West, Who's who in the South and Southwest, Who's who in American Law, and Who's Who of American Women.
Dates of coverage: Current
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications. It also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title; earliest journal coverage is 1975 .
Massachusetts History Online is a collection of full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Full-text coverage of 12 Massachusetts newspapers via Proquest.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
Massachusetts Special Collections Directory
A database of over 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts.
Dates of coverage: Varies by institution
An index to over 3000 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. For over 1800 of these journal titles, the full text is available. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
This database contains over 2 million reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature and over 1 million direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data dates back to the early 1800s.
Dates of coverage: Varies
The premier database for articles from medical journals from around the world. This version also contains the full text for 80 biomedical journals. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1966-
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Test in Print
Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within areas such as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Dates of coverage: Volume 9 to the present
Military and Intelligence Database
The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale editors to meet those content needs. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference questions.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Military & Government Collection
This database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content offering information pertaining to all branches of the military and government, including cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1974 .
MLA International Bibliography
References for articles from professional journals in modern languages and literatures. For 299 of these journal titles, full text is available. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1926-
Montachusett Telegram & Gazette (Worchester, Mass.)
Covers local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: Jun., 2008-Sept., 2009
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Summaries of more than 174,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Topics include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice and victims of crime.
Dates of coverage: 1972-
The Naxos Music Library is a comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogs of over 258,000 tracks, including classical music, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music. While listening you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers and artists. (5 simultaneous users maximum).
Dates of coverage: Varies
A collection of over 7,400 electronic books. Users may create an account to "check out" eBooks in netLibrary for their exclusive use.
Dates of coverage: Varies, depending on publication date of book
Contains complete full-text content, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people world wide. Paid advertisements are excluded. This newspaper is also available in InfoTrac and LexisNexis databases.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
"Provides selected full text articles from 143 U.S. and international newspapers." Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
Covers local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: Dec., 2005-
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
All aspects of the Nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
Dates of coverage: Varies
The classic etymological dictionary of the English language.
Dates of coverage: Current
Oxford Music Online includes the full text of The New Oxford Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Oxford Dictionary of Opera and The New Oxford Dictionary of Jazz (second edition). Oxford Music Online is regularly updated. Limited to one user at a time.
Dates of coverage: Current
Provides full-text articles via Proquest Newspapers.
Dates of coverage: 1991-
This current and comprehensive bibliographic database covers scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy.
Dates of coverage: 1940-present
This bibliographic database contains citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science from over 250 primary research journals.
Dates of coverage: 1994-current
Plymouth County Business Review
Covers local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: Mar., 1991-Fall, 2009
This database contains full text for over 400 journals, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals with a worldwide focus.The database also features more than 180 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full-text conference papers.
Dates of coverage: Varies
It's all around us and influences our lives every day. This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Popular Magazines includes 1000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac product line. All the titles were selected based on the actual publication searches performed by library patrons.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This database includes full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990.
Professional Development Collection
A database with selected full-text available from over 150 journals in the field of education. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
A set of approximately 40 electronic journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, predominantly in the humanities.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title
Microfilm editions of the Boston Globe and the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition available online for viewing and printing in their original full-image format, including photos, graphs and tables.
Dates of coverage: 2008-current
Providence Journal - Bulletin (Providence, RI)
Providence Journal is available via Proquest Newspapers Complete full-text content of local and regional news..
Dates of coverage: 1983-
Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection
This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles on topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1945.
This set explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Your library's users will have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
The database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association and 11 from allied organizations. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1985-
Pubget is a search engine for the life sciences, indexing nearly 20 million documents, including those in Medline from the National Library of Medicine and ArXiv.org, an open access archive to over 640,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, and Statistics. Results go directly to the full text PDFs of the articles from open access journals or from journals the library subscribes to.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This free database contains more than 21 million citations for biomedical and genomic literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books. Citations may link to full text through LinkSource.
Dates of coverage: 1966 to the present, with selective coverage from 1809-1965
Abstracts and references for articles from professional psychology journals. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1887-
RDS Business Suite is a collection of the three business information databases Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase. The three databases can be searched simultaneously or separately. Business & Industry focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets throughout the world with content from trade and industry publications, newspapers, business dailies and newsletters. Business & management Practice focuses on practical approaches to management processes and methods, with real-life applications, case studies, and how-to guides from professional and trade journals and general business journals. TableBase is international in scope with tabular information on subjects such as market share, market size, imports, sales, product and brand rankings, and forecasts.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Record, The (Shrewsbury, Mass.)
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: Dec., 2007-Dec., 2008
ReferenceUSA (International Businesses - OneSource Global Business Browser)
Worldwide business and industry information on more than 3 million companies, including strong U.S. coverage. Contents include company profiles, news, business and trade articles, analyst reports, executive profiles, industry intelligence, and financial data. This database is part of ReferenceUSA. To connect, select International Businesses from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA homepage.
Varies
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Businesses)
Provides detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, with 27 data elements including executives, financial information, and articles. To connect, select U.S. Business from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA home page.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications including coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984.
Religion & Philosophy Collection (Gale)
Why do some people believe in Heaven? Is it fear, hope, upbringing or blind faith? Users of this collection can research different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives. The Religion & Philosophy eCollection is perfect to fill gaps in coverage of this under-served area. Two hundred and fifty subject-appropriate full-text periodicals are included.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)
This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, religious history, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. The database contains more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1956.
Online access to the complete content of the print versions of The Fifties in America, The Seventies in America, The Eighties in America,
The Nineties in America, Historical Encyclopedia of American Business, Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940, Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970, Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000, Milestone Documents in American History.
Dates of coverage: Varies.
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA)
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 2005-
Science Direct College Edition
Provides access to more than a quarter of the world's scientific and medical journal articles online. Topics include physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title, mostly 1995-
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA)
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 2005-
This resource provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses.
Dates of coverage: Current
Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Includes extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field. 4 simultaneous users maximum.
Dates of coverage: 1965-
A comprehensive sociology research database with more than 1,660,000 records. It contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1895.
includes illustrated biographical profiles of more than 12,000 children's authors and artists. It can be searched simultaneously with Literature Criticism Online.
Dates of coverage: v.1-
Includes bibliographic coverage of journals, books, dissertations and conference proceedings in sports, sports medicine, and physical education, with full text for more than 415 journals. (4 simultaneous users maximum)
Dates of coverage: Varies by title: earliest publication date is 1800; earliest full text journal coverage is 1985
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1992-
Bibliographic citations, with abstracts, corresponding to the print Chemical
Abstracts. Databases available are CA (Chemical Abstracts 1967-present), CAOLD (pre-1967 citations, limited coverage), and the Registry (a chemical structure and dictionary database). Registry numbers for chemical substances may be searched in CA and CAOLD. Hours of operation for searching are 5pm to 5am the following day, Monday through Friday; 5pm Friday till 6pm Saturday; 8am Sunday-5am the following Monday.
Dates of coverage: Coverage for CA (Chemical Abstracts) database is 1967-
Student Resources in Context offers access to content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more in Gale reference titles, journals, primary source documents, news articles, images, videos and audio files.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Covers local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 2004-
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals and indexing of 1,300 book chapters. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984 .
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
Covers local and regional news including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1989-
This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts.
Dates of coverage: Last 5 years plus the current year
Ulrichsweb.com contains information about more than 300,000 serials of all types from around the world-academic and scholarly journals, peer-reviewed titles, online publications, newspapers and other resources. Bibliographic records provide details such as ISSN and title, publisher, online availability, language, subject area, abstracting & indexing coverage, searchable tables of contents, and full-text reviews.
Dates of coverage: Current
U.S. Businesses (in ReferenceUSA)
Provides detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, with 27 data elements including executives, financial information, and articles. To connect, select U.S. Business from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA home page.
Dates of coverage: Varies
As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of over 40 journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition (Digital Microfilm)
Online access to microfilm editions of full-image format.
Dates of coverage: 2008-current
Contains full text articles.
Dates of coverage: 1984-
A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events. Researchers will gain valuable insight to conflicts and their cause as well as their impact and how they are perceived on a global scale. References include 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Includes books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries and bibliographies documenting women's activism in public life from colonial times to the present.
Dates of coverage: 1600-2000
As any historian will state, the study of history is as much about the present as the past: to that end, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of over 40 journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.
Dates of coverage: Varies
The database contains more than 57,000,000 bibliographic records for books, web resources and other materials owned by libraries around the world. One user at a time.
Dates of coverage: Before 1000 BC tp present
Last Modified: February 10, 2012
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