Online Databases Listed Alphabetically
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Off Campus access, general Information
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ABI Inform - via First Search (On Campus Only)
Academic One File - via InfoTrac.
Academic Search Complete - via EBSCOHost.
Access Science - McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
AGRICOLA - FREE 3.3 million bibliographic records - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
AH Search - (1980-present) via First Search. Arts and Humanities Citation Index (On Campus Only)
AltPress Index - (1991+) and Archive (1969-1990) - via First Search (On Campus Only)
Art Full Text - New! indexing from 1984+ and full text from 1997+
Article First - (1990 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
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Basic BIOSIS - (current five years) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who via InfoTrac Web
Biological Sciences (1982 - current) via CSA Illumina
Biology Digest (1989 - present) via CSA Illumina
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic - via EbscoHost
Book Index with Reviews (EBSCO Host) - scroll down - it's 3rd title from the bottom
Britannica Online
BusDateline - (1985-present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
BusIndustry - (1994-present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
BusManagement - (1995-present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
BusOrgs - (current year) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Business Source Premier via EBSCOHost
[General] Business File ASAP - via InfoTrac Web
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CSA Illumina - [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
Children's Literature Review - link is for Literature Criticism Online; coverage begins mid-2009
CINAHLwith Full Text - via EBSCOHost
ClasePeriodica - (1978+) via First Search (On campus only)
Communication and Mass Media Complete - New! via EBSCO Host
Conference Papers Index - (1982 - current) via CSA Illumina
Contemporary [Artists, Dramatists, Musicians, and Novelists titles] - accessed through the Biography Resource Center via InfoTrac
Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select via InfoTrac
Contemporary Novelists - 7th ed. 2001 - via InfoTrac
Contemporary Poets - 7th ed. 2001 via InfoTrac
Contemporary Women's Issues {CWI] via First Search (On Campus Only)
Credo Reference - New! Start here! Cross search 455 reference titles from 63 publishers
Current Biography - New! from 1940 to present via WilsonWeb
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Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREE
Disclosure - (1986+) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Dissertations - (1861- ) 1980+ with abstracts; via First Search (On Campus Only)
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E-Books - links to free collections
EJS-Journals - Full text for available online versions of WSC print journals
EBSCO Animals - now Encyclopedia of Animals,included in Primary Search
EBSCO Host databases -
ECO - (1995+) - via First Search (On Campus Only)
EconLit - (1969 - present ) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Educator's Reference Complete - via InfoTrac
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
ERIC via EbscoHost
ERIC via CSA Illumina
FREE ERIC
Encyclopedia Americana - funded by the Mass Board of Library Commissioners
Encyclopedia of Science & Technology - McGraw Hill
Essay and General Literature Index - Wilson Web
Expanded Academic ASAP - via InfoTrac Web
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Facts on File - World News from Reuters; Issues & Controversies; Science Online
Film and Television Literature Index now with Full Text - via EBSCO Host
Film Literature Index Online FREE 1976 – 2001
First Search - (On Campus Only)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - via EBSCO Host
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Gale Databases - Gale Cengage Learning powered by InfoTrac
Gale Virtual Reference Library - via InfoTrac; database of 28+ specialized reference sources
General Business File ASAP - via Infotrac Web
General Reference Center Gold - via Infotrac Web
GEOBASE - (1980 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
GPO Catalog - free from the Government Printing Office
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - by Scholastic Publishing
Grove Art Online - is now Oxford Art Online
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Health Reference Center Academic (1994 - present) via InfoTrac Web
Health Source: Consumer Edition - via EbscoHost
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - via EbscoHost
History Behind the Headlines - world conflicts- (2001) 6 volumes via InfoTrac Web
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In the First Person - A free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
InfoTrac General OneFile - news and periodical articles on wide range of topics
Info Trac Student Edition - Includes 4 titles: Student Edition (high school level); Junior Edition (junior high and middle school); Kid's Edition (K12); and Kids InfoBits (K-5)
Issues and Controversies - 800 hot topics important to today's society
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Junior Edition [of InfoTrac Web] - designed for students in middle school and junior high
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Kids InfoBits - via InfoTrac Web; meets research needs of students in K-grade 5
Kraus Curriculum Development Library 1983 - present
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Lexis Nexis -
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) - via EBSCO Host
Literature Resource Center - via Gale (InfoTrac)
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Massachusetts History - via InfoTrac Web; full text of 50 different sites
Massachusetts Newsstand - funded by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners
MasterFILE Premier - (1975+) via EBSCO Host; full text for general interest publications
Medline
Medline via EbscoHost
Medline via CSA Illumina
FREE Medline via Pub Med/ National Library of Medicine
Mergent Online -
Military & Government Collection - via EBSCO Host
MLA International Bibliography - (1926 - present) via CSA Illumina
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National Newspapers via ProQuest
Net Library - E-books. Create a free personal account for off campus access Here's how (PDF)
News Abs - (1989 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Newspaper Source - via EbscoHost
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Oxford Art Online - formerly Grove Art
Oxford Companion series - use Oxford Reference Online
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online - Premium Collection; 200 titles
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PAIS International - (1972 - present) great for global issues
Papers First - (1993+) conference papers via First Search (On Campus Only)
perAbs - (1987+) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Plant Science - (1994 - present) via CSA Illumina
Pop Culture Universe - New! over 400 e-Books,18,000 images covering all aspects of popular culture
Pre-CINAHL - via EBSCO; provides current awareness of new journal articles
Primary Search - 60 popular magazines for elementary school research, via EBSCO Host
Proceedings - (1993+) worldwide conference proceedings via First Search (On Campus Only)
Professional Development Collection - (education) via EbscoHost
ProQuest Databases - 12 full text databases for criminal justice, newspapers, sciences and more
PsycArticles - via EBSCO Host
PsycINFO (1877 - present) via EBSCO Host
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - via EBSCO Host
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Regional Business News - via EbscoHost
Religion and Philosophy Collection - via EBSCO Host
Renaissance: an encyclopedia - (2004) 4 volumes via InfoTrac Web
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Sage Premier - click on "Sage Content available to me" for full text
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture - (2000) 5 volumes via InfoTrac Web
SciFinder (returning users) / First Time Remote Users link: Create a personal account (Registration Info - pdf)
Serials Directory - current directory info for 184,000 U.S. and international titles, by EBSCO
SIRS Researcher - (1988+) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Social Services Abstracts - (1980- current) via CSA Illumina
Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present) via CSA Illumina
Something About the Author - coverage begins mid-2009
Student Edition [of InfoTrac Web]- designed for high school students
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Teacher Reference Center - via EBSCO Host
TOXLINE - (1999 - present) via CSA Illumina
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Who's Who Marquis titles - online entries from 20 titles in the series such as Who's Who in America, the East, American Women - access through the Biography Resource Center via InfoTrac Web
Wilson Select Plus - (1994 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Wilson Databases - H.W. Wilson Company
World Cat - holdings locations for Massachusetts libraries only
WorldCat.org site - FREE - holdings locations by zip code anywhere
Worldscope - via First Search (On Campus Only)
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