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Research Databases: A-Z List

A to Z Maps - Over 4,000 maps including political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps.
Academic Search Elite - Large general-purpose collection from EBSCO. Includes many peer-reviewed titles and covers virtually every subject area.
ABI/Inform - U.S. and international articles on business and management. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Academic OneFile - Large, general-purpose collection from Gale. Includes many peer-reviewed titles and covers virtually every subject area.
Academic Search Premier - Large, general purpose collection from EBSCO. Includes many peer-reviewed titles and covers virtually every subject area.
AHSearch - Arts and Humanities Citation Index. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
AltPressIndex - Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
AltPressIndexArchive - An archive of the AltPressIndex covering 1969-1990. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
ArticleFirst - OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Artstor - A large collection of high-quality digital images. Also provides access to helpful image tools.
BioDigest - Life-science information written in a non-technical style. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Biography Resource Center - Search for people, both current and historic, from all eras and fields of endeavor. BRC is a Gale database.
Biography Resource Center: African Americans - Biographies about notable African Americans from the respected Gale sources available in the Biography Resource Center.
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic - Provides full text for over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study. From EBSCO.
Books & Authors - Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. Explore genre fiction and essential non-fiction titles with an innovative user interface. From Gale.
BusDateline - Regional information vital to businesses. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
BusIndustry - Business and industry facts, figures, and key events. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Business and Company Resource Center - Bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. From Gale.
Business Index ASAP - Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries. From Gale.
Business Source Premier - Full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. From EBSCO.
BusManagement - Practical aspects and approaches to business management. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Career Insider - In-depth information on careers and industries around the globe. Includes resume, coverletter and interview guides.
Chronicle of Higer Education - Academic world's primary source of news and trend analysis. Includes fully searchable full-text, job announcements, reports on developments in information technology, and links to other Internet resources in higher education.
CINAHL - The authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. From EBSCO.
CINAHL with full-text - This database provides full-text access to journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Use in conjunction with CINAHL. From EBSCO.
ClasePeriodica - Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Computer Science Index - Abstracting and indexing of academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources at the highest scholarly and technical levels of computer science. From EBSCO
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select - An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study.
CQ Researcher - Lengthy, original, and comprehensive reports and analysis on current news topics. Great for current events research and opinion papers.
Credo Reference - Full-text encyclopedias and guides to most areas of study. Includes titles like: law and medical dictionaries, art and art image guides, food, music, science, and technology encyclopedias.
Criminal Justice Periodicals index - Provides access to over 200 publications in criminal justice, encompassing corrections administration, criminal and family law, drug rehabilitation, industrial security, law enforcement, and social work. From ProQuest
CWI - Contemporary Women's Issues in health and human rights. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Disclosure - Directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Dissertations - Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
E-Library - Full-text, general subject magazines, newspapers, and reference books as well as transcripts, maps, pictures, web links and audio-visual files. Great for current events.
Ebooks - OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
ECO - An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
EconLit - Journals, books, and working papers on economics. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Educator's Reference Complete - Content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. From Gale.
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - This multidisciplinary database, provides unparalleled and comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. From CSA Illumina.
ERIC - The Educational Resources Information Center is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.
ERIC via EBSCO - ERIC is also accessible via the EBSCO interface.
Ethnic Newswatch - Over 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press; searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages and more than 100,000 articles in Spanish. From ProQuest.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. From Gale.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. From EBSCO.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General Business File ASAP - Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. From Gale.
General OneFile - A large, general-topic database from Gale. A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.
General Reference Center Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. From Gale.
Global Issues in Context - Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. From Gale
GPO - U.S. government publications from the Government Printing Office. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
GreenFILE -Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. From EBSCO.
Health and Wellness Resouce Center - Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. From Gale.
Health Reference Center Academic - Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in Gale's award-winning Health Reference Center.
Health Source: Consumer Edition  - A collection of consumer health information covering many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. From EBSCO.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Sscholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. From EBSCO.
History Resource Center: U.S. - Access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. From Gale.
History Resource Center: World - An array of primary sources, images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history. From Gale.
JSTOR - Contains the backfiles (older issues) of over 50 scholarly journals; the most recent several years (usually 3-5 years) of any particular journal are not available via JSTOR. Includes almost one hundred years worth of articles.
Junior Edition - This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books. From Gale.
Kids InfoBits - A database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface. From Gale.
Lexis/Nexis Academic - Provides access to national and international newspapers, business and industry reports, and legal information including law reviews, federal and state laws, and individual cases.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. From EBSCO.
Literature Resource Center (LRC) - Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines. From Gale.
Literature Resources from Gale - Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
Litfinder - Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. From Gale.
MAS Ultra: School Edition - Contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines, more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 460,000 photos, maps & flags. From EBSCO.
Massachusetts History Online - Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history. From Gale.
MasterFILE Premier - A general topic database that provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. From EBSCO.
Medline - Provides uthoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine.
Middle Search Plus - Provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. From EBSCO.
Military & Government Collection - Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. From EBSCO.
Netlibrary - Provides online access to the full-text of over 3,300 eBooks and nearly 2,000 downloadable audiobooks.
Newspaper Source - Provides cover-to-cover full text for 47 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. From EBSCO.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Great for opinion and argument papers. From Gale.
Overdrive - Provides online access to downlaodable audiobooks. From NOBLE.
PapersFirst - OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Points of View Reference Center - A collection of topic overviews, and analysis presenting both sides of many current and controversial issues. Great for opinion and argument papers. From EBSCO.
Primary Search - Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). From EBSCO.
Proceedings - An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Professional Development Collection - Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals. From EBSCO.
ProQuest Newspapers (Massachusetts Newsstand) - Electronic access to the editions of record for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and more.
PsycFIRST - Psychology and related fields. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Coverins topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. From EBSCO.
Regional Business News - Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. From EBSCO.
Religion and Philosophy Collection - Coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. From EBSCO.
Science Full-Text Select - Focusing on General Science, Applied Science and Technology, and Agriculture. Subjects include the study of food and energy issues, the environment, biological and chemical sciences, and engineering and computing technology.
Science Resource Center - Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures, illustrations, and the latest scientific developments. From Gale.
Student Edition - Designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books. From Gale.
Student Resource Center - Gold - Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. From Gale.
Student Resource Center - Junior - Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. For middle-school level research. From Gale.
Teacher Reference Center - Indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. From EBSCO.
The New York Times - Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1995). From Gale.
The Serials Directory - Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. From EBSCO.
Visual Thesaurus - A writing tool and database for finding words and meanings, related terms, definitions, audio pronunciations, and synonyms and antonyms.
WilsonSelectPlus - Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
WorldCat - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.
Worldscope - Basic financial information on public companies worldwide. This FirstSearch database is for advanced projects only and requires a password. See a BHCC librarian for access.