Reference Databases

General Research

• EBSCOHost Research Databases – This link provides access to many EBSCO databases that you can search individually or all at once.
• InfoTrac — This link provides access to many InfoTrac databases. Click on General OneFile for another good starting point.
• eLibrary – Information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Also includes maps, pictures, and transcripts from TV and radio.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library — A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference books.
• Massachusetts History Online — Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.

Academic Research

• Academic Search Elite — Full text for more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles.
• Expanded Academic ASAP — This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.
• ERIC — A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals in education.
• Educators Reference Complete — A selection of more than 450 full-text journals in education.

Encyclopedias

• Grolier Online – Includes the Grolier Encyclopedia and the New book of Knowledge which is appropriate for younger children.
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia – 25,000 encyclopedia entries.

Newspapers

• Proquest: Massachusetts Newsstand — The Boston Globe (1980 to present), the Boston Herald (1991 to present) and several other Massachusetts newspapers.

Health

• Health Source: Consumer Edition – Health information for the layperson.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition– Health information for medical professionals and medical students.
• MEDLINE — Scholarly medical journals.
• Health Reference Center Academic – Health information for both laymen and professionals.

Business Research

• Business Source Premier — Enhanced Interface This lists company profiles, industry profiles, country reports, and market research reports.
• General BusinessFile ASAP – Articles from business journals and other sources.

Literary Research

• Literary Reference Center — Critiques of authors and their works.
• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Critiques of authors and their works.

Biographies

• Biography Resource Center – Short biographies of thousands of famous individuals.

For Elementary, Middle and High School Students

• Kids Search – Easy searching for kids in grades K – 8.
• Kids InfoBits — Easy searching for kids in grades K – 5.
• Middle Search Plus — Articles for middle and junior high school research.
• Infotrac Junior — Articles for middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
• Student Edition — Research articles for High School students.
• EBSCO Animals — In-depth information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Information in Spanish

• ¡Informe!(Revistas en Español)™ — Indexing, full text, and images of popular Hispanic magazines, and full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.