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A&I (includes abstracts and indexing) FT(includes full text)

Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995. via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

Academic Search Premier A&I FT

The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,500 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. This database is updated on a daily basis. via EBSCOHost

ACLS Humanities E-Book FT

This electronic resource includes over 1700 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching. Areas include: African, American, Asian, Latin American, European (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), Middle Eastern, World/Comparative, Byzantine/Mediterranean and Australasian/Oceanian history, plus history of the Native Peoples of the Americas and of Science and Technology. Plus archaeology, art history, folklore, religion, musicology, and political science.

AGRICOLA A&I

Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science via FirstSearch

America: History and Life A&I

Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. via EBSCOHost

American Chemical Society Journals: Archives | Current FT

"Explore a vast, dynamic world of indispensable, original chemistry. With ACS Journal Archives, you have fast access to 120 years of the most cited chemistry research."

Association of Computing Machinery Digital Library FT

"Founded in 1947, ACM is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. Today, over 80,000 members and the public turn to ACM for the industry's leading Portal to Computing Literature, authoritative publications and pioneering conferences, providing leadership for the 21st century. The Digital Library is an online resource containing all ACM journals, magazines, and conference proceedings from 1954 forward."

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials A&I FT

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. More than 600 journals are indexed annually. The database includes more than 1.3 million bibliographic records for journal articles, more than 200,000 essay citations, and more than 400,000 book review citations. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles from more than fifty journals. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association. via EBSCOHost

Biography Resource Center Complete/Marquis Who's Who FT

This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people. via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

Book Index with Reviews FT

Book Index with Reviews (BIR) is a comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and non-fiction titles for juvenile and adult audiences are included in the database, in all genres. The product contains over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews. via EBSCOHost

Boston Globe FT

Full-text coverage of the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present. via ProQuest, courtesy MBLC

Boston Herald FT

Full-text coverage of the Boston Herald from 1991 to the present. via ProQuest, courtesy MBLC

Britannica Online FT

A premiere encyclopedia and suite of reference sources, including an atlas, historical timelines, country data and a quotation database. In addition, Britannica Online offers access to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus and up-to-the-minute information from the New York Times, BBC News, and SBS World News from Australia.

Business Source Premier FT

Business Searching Interface As the world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 7,600 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis. via EbscoHost

Catholic Periodical Literature Index A&I FT

The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (CPLI) Online is the product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Library Association. The database covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 380,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. via EbscoHost

ClasePeriodica A&I

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities via FirstSearch

Communication & Mass Media Complete FT

Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. via EBSCOHost

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select FT

Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is 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. via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

CQ Researcher FT

Updated weekly, this product explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.

CQ Weekly FT

"The CQ news team - by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters, editors and researchers - covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else. Detailed floor votes dating back to August 1983 are easily retrieved."

CWI A&I

Contemporary Women's Issues (health and human rights) via FirstSearch

Directory of Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Dissertation Abstracts Online A&I

Abstrats of dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe. via FirstSearch

Early American Newspapers, Series 2 FT

Early American Newspapers, Series 2, 1758-1900 "Extensive coverage of the early to mid-19th century -- Series 2 of Early American Newspapers offers several hundred thousand fully searchable issues from more than 250 significant 18th- and 19th-century newspapers from all 50 present states."

EBSCOHost A&I FT

A collection of databases that provide indexing and selected full-text to a wide variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, medicine, and education.

EconLit

Journals, books, and working papers on economics via FirstSearch

Education Research Complete A&I FT

Includes 750 active full text journals, indexes over 1,500 journals and includes full text for more than 80 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers. It spans 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 also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. via EBSCOHost

Educator’s Reference Complete A&I FT

"Use this mainly full-text collection of over 1100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college. Every educational specialty can be found here including technology, health and bilingual education, testing, and issues in administration, funding and policy." via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

eLibrary FT

Full-text content from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, photographs and transcripts from TV and radio. Courtesy NRMLS

Emerald Fulltext FT

A collection of the world's widest range of full-text management journals with selected titles in engineering, applied science and technology as well.

ERIC A&I

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals. via EBSCOHost

Expanded Academic ASAP FT

From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

FirstSearch A&I

A collection of databases, covering humanities, education, social sciences and the sciences.

Gale Virtual Reference Library FT

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. in part courtesy MBLC

General Business File ASAP FT

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. (Includes content from Business and Company ASAP.) via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

General OneFile A&I FT

" A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics." via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

General Reference Center Gold FT

A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

GEOBASE A&I

Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology via FirstSearch

GreenFILE A&I FT

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records. via EBSCOHost

Grolier Online FT

Consists of two online encyclopedias: Grolier Multimedia and The New Book of Knowledge. Courtesy NRMLS

Health Reference Center Academic FT

Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

Health Source: Consumer Edition FT

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source - Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. via EBSCOHost

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition A&I FT

This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated daily. via EBSCOHost

Historical Abstracts A&I

Historical coverage of the world (excluding United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. via EBSCOHost

¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) A&I FT

A reference database that provides indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care. via InfoTrac, courtesy NRMLS

InfoTrac A&I FT

A collection of databases covering general reference, literature, health, business, and more. Courtesy MBLC

JSTOR FT

A searchable digital archive containing back-issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. It contains complete runs of these scholarly journals, many of which date from the 1800s. Note: the most recent 3 to 5 years of archive are frequently embargoed.

Lexis-Nexis Academic FT

A collection of full-text databases with particular emphasis business, law, medicine, and reference.

Literary Reference Center A&IFT

"Literary Reference Center is a full text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for 27,500 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, 140,500 author biographies (including 20,000 in-depth bios), 350 literary journals, 535,000 book reviews, 54,000 classic and contemporary poems, 14,500 classic and contemporary short stories, 4,000 author interviews, 8,400 classic texts and much more." via EBSCOHost, courtesy MBLC

Literature Resource Center w/ MLA A&IFT

Access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. 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. via InfoTrac

(Lowell) Sun FT

Full-text coverage of news from Lowell, MA & the Merrimack Valley from 2004. via ProQuest, courtesy MBLC

MLA International Bibliography A&I

Literature, language, linguistics, folklore from the Modern Language Assoc of America. via Literature Resource Center

Massachusetts History Online FT

Full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events. via InfoTrac, courtesy MBLC

Massachusetts Newsstand

Full-text coverage of 12 Massachusetts newspapers. via ProQuest, courtesy MBLC

Massachusetts Special Collections Directory

A web-based database of over 600 institutions, including academic, public, and special libraries, town halls, museums, and historical societies. Courtesy MBLC

MasterFILE Premier FT

This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily. via EBSCOHost

MathSciNet A&I

A comprehensive database indexing the world's mathematical literature of the past 61 years.

MEDLINE FT

MEDLINE provides authoritative 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, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. via EBSCOHost

Mental Measurements Yearbook FT

Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook™ (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Single user access ONLY. via EBSCOHost

MergentOnline FT

Financial information, including data on US and international companies, and an archive of domestic and international annual reports.

National Newspapers 27 A&I FT

The ProQuest National Newspapers 27 package offers online access to some of the most respected newspapers from all over the country, each with its own unique geographic perspective. Includes New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Barrons, etc. Coverage starts 1980 for most titles. via ProQuest

The New York Times Historical Archive (1851 - 2003) FT

The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. via ProQuest

Newspaper Source FT

Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily. via EBSCOHost

Philosopher's Index A&I

Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

Poiesis FT

POIESIS is a subscription based reference and publishing service offering searchable access to the full text of hundreds of current, recent, and back issues of a growing number of philosophy journals and series.

Professional Development Collection A&I FT

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. via EBSCOHost

Project MUSE FT

"Project MUSE® is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, user-friendly online access to over 300 humanities, arts and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. MUSE is the sole source of complete, full-text version of titles from many of the world’s leading university presses and scholarly societies."

ProQuest Journal Collections A&I FT

ProQuest Biology ProQuest Biology Journals™ provides access to a wide range of biology topics. The database includes over 285 titles, with more than 250 available in full text.
ProQuest Computing ProQuest Computing is an excellent resource for students and instructors who need information on virtually any computing topic. The database includes over 350 titles, with nearly 300 available in full text.
ProQuest Education ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text.
ProQuest Health Management Combining full-text coverage for more than 550 key journals with over 4,500 Doctoral Dissertations and Theses, ProQuest Health Management provides users with the highest quality content.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 525 titles, with over 470 titles in full-text.
ProQuest Psychology ProQuest Psychology Journals™ provides abstracts and indexing for more than 575 titles, with over 485 titles available in full text.
ProQuest Science With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 490 titles—with more than 380 available in full text.
ProQuest Social Science The database includes over 510 titles, with more than 280 available in full text.

PsycArticles FT

PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The database contains more than 39,000 searchable full text articles from 44 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 52 journals. Coverage spans from 1985 to the present. via EBSCOHost

PsycINFO A&I

Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Coverage back to 1887. via EBSCOHost

PubMed

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

Reference Universe

This database searches the complete indexes of more than 10,000 reference titles. Nearly 2,000 of these titles are online editions. Use Reference Universe to find just the right article(s) to begin your research, build a bibliography and establish a solid research foundation.

Regional Business News FT

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis. via EBSCOHost

SciFinder Scholar A&I FT

"SciFinder Scholar is a research discovery tool that allows college students and faculty to access a wide diversity of research from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, material science, agricultural science, and more!" contact librarian for access.

Scientific American Archive Online FT

The Scientific American Archive Online contains the entire editorial content of Scientific American with all special issues from January 1993 through to the present---updated monthly. The issues are presented as PDFs (Portable Document Format files), which maintains the integrity of the printed page ---including all the graphics. via EBSCOHost

SocINDEX with Full Text A&I FT

SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 242 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers. via EBSCOHost

SPORTDiscus A&I FT

"SPORTDiscus™ with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for more than 440 journals. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature." via EBSCOHost

Transportation Research Information Service A&I FT

"The Transportation Research Information Services database of TRIS Online is created and maintained by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. It abstracts information from books, technical reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles on all modes of transportation. TRIS Online excludes topics such as vehicle standards, patent information, market research, military transportation, and news articles." -Choice Reviews

Wall Street Journal FT

Wall Street Journal is now included in National Newspapers 27. If you want to search the WSJ only, use the "Pulications" tab to limit your search. See a librarian with any questions! via ProQuest

Wiley Interscience FT

Search the full text of over 300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals published by John Wiley & Sons.

WorldCat

A catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. via FirstSearch, courtesy NMRLS

(Worcester) Telegram and Gazette FT

Full-text coverage of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 1989 to the present. via ProQuest, courtesy MBLC

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