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America's News

Search current and archived local, state, regional and national full-text articles on issues, events, business, education, government, sports and more with over 1,500 newpapers, newswires, news videos, transcripts and other news sources including the Daily hampshire Gazette (1/3/94-Current), The Republican (6/13/88-Current), Valley Advocate (9/26/96-Current), and USA Today (7/1/87-Current).


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Databases:
Browse millions of published articles from the following subscription-based databases. Access these with your library card barcode.

Find Books and Magazine Articles Online  - A Massachusetts public or campus library card and a computer with Internet access are your gateway to web-based electronic resources that contain thousands of popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, newswires, business directories, investment reports, biographies, health and prescription drug information, literature reviews, and more. Read the latest AND back issues of your favorite magazines and newspapers ranging from Time, Newsweek, Consumer Reports, Science News, Forbes, the Harvard Health Letter, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Ranger Rick, The Boston Globe, The New York Times and Fodor's Travel Guides to name a few. The latest magazines are often online BEFORE they even hit the newsstands!

Academic OneFile - Academic OneFile contains 8,000 academic journals, mainly in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1995.

America's News - Search current and archived local, state, regional and national full-text articles on isues, events, business, education, government, sports and more with over 1,500 newspapers, newswires, news videos, transcripts and other news sources including the Daily Hampshire Gazette (1/3/94-Current), The Republican (6/13/88-Current), Valley Advocate (9/26/96-Current), and USA Today (7/1/87-Current). 

American Women's History Online - Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States.

American History Online - Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience. .

African-American History Online - Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.

Biography Resource Center - Biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts.

Biography Resource Center: African Americans - A subset of Biography Resource Center with in-depth essays on the most frequently researched historic and contemporary African American figures and 30,000 thumbnail biographies covering a wide variety of fields.

 

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select - An extensive collection of critical essays & biographical information on contemporary writers.

Educator’s Reference Complete - 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.

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus - Scholarly content covering arts & humanities, the social sciences and general sciences.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Over 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science.

 

Gale World History in Context -A comprehensive online collection that uses an intuitive, Web-like interface to provide multicultural, global and research-based dynamic content that supports today’s history research requirements.

 

General BusinessFile ASAP - Full-text business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts’ reports on major companies and industries.

 

General OneFile - Gale’s General OneFile is a comprehensive periodical resource that puts more than 39 million database records at researchers’ fingertips. More than 9,200 titles (5,156 full-text) and backfile coverage from 1980 — from mainstream to specialized sources — and an intuitive search interface make this an unequaled source for virtually every popular, business and professional topic.

 

General Reference Center Gold - Full-text magazines, newspapers & reference books containing information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc.

 

Health Reference Center Academic - Full-text resources including consumer health, nursing & allied health.

 

Info Trac Junior Edition (grades 5-12) - Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for junior high and middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

 

Info Trac Student Edition (grades 9-12) - Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9 - 12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Grove Art Online - Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). It offers ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.

Kids InfoBits - Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search.

 

Massachusetts History Online - Combining selections from their vast periodical content, Massachusetts History Online contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, Massachusetts History Online provides a targeted resource for information relating to the study of Massachusetts History.

 

New York Times 1995 - Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1995).

NoveList - NoveList is a comprehensive online readers’ advisory tool. Patrons can search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides and more.

RDS Business Suite- The RDS Business Suite is a collection of three highly complementary business information databases - Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase.

Science Online - Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.

Gale Science In Context – Science in Context delivers integrated content through 150+ comprehensive reference sets.

 

Student Resources in Context - Provides holistic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including:  79,000 reference articles from acclaimed publications, 15 million periodical and newspaper articles, 4,200 primary sources, 100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables, video and audio content from NBC, NPR and other respected sources.

Thomson Gale Powersearch - PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of the Gale’s periodical databases in a single search. This is especially good for subjects that may be covered more than one database, such as diets, careers, etc.

U.S. History in Context U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today.

Massachusetts Newsstand - Residents of Massachusetts can search the full-text (including back issues) of the following twelve Massachusetts newspapers:

Berkshire Eagle 2005-
Boston Globe 1980-
Boston Herald 1991-
Business West (Chicopee) 1992-
Gazette (Haverhill) 12/31/92-8/9/07
Lowell Sun 2004-
North Adams Transcript 2005-
Patriot Ledge (Quincy) 1991-
Plymouth County Business Review 1991-
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005-
Standard-Times (New Bedford) 1/4/92-8/19/97
Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1989-

Learning Express Database You must have a Northampton (Forbes) Library card to use this database. This interactive online database features more than 300 practice tests based on official school and career exams, including ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, and Real Estate Sales Agent & Broker Exams, among others. Includes math & reading practice for 4th grade through high school, school and college admission tests and Advance Placement tests.

 


Weather

     WWLP News 22  Western Massachusetts weather and news.

     WGGB News 40  Western Massachusetts weather and news.

     Weather Underground  Provides weather forecasts for around the world.

     Weather Channel  National and Local weather.

     National Weather Service  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.    


                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Local History

City of Northampton Brief History of Northampton and Florence

 

David Ruggles Center for Information on Early Florence History & Underground Railroad Studies.

 

Leeds Civic Association provides a short history of Leeds and information on events.

 

The Northampton Association of Education & Industry  Website giving the story of the NAEI and its development in the 1840’s.

 

Sojourner Truth Memorial  This website was created as a memorial to Sojourner Truth a former slave who lived in Florence, MA in the mid 1800’s.  This group also built a statue of her on the corners of Pine & Park Street..

 

History of the Northampton Silk Industry  A website designed by Smith College about the Silk Industry in Northampton and Florence.

 

Florence Kindergarten  The Hill Institute website describes the history of the school founded by Samuel T. Hill in 1876, one of the first in the United States.

 

Florence Congregational Church  Located at 130 Pine Street, has its beginnings in Florence from 1857.

      Florence Saving Bank  History of the bank founded in 1873 with the help of Alfred T. Lilly.

Historic Northampton  Museum & Education Center of Northampton History.

 

Forbes Library Local History page has many resources and online exhibits.

 

      Williamsburg Fire Department history of the Williamsburg Fire Department.

      Chesterfield MA historic photos.

 

Reader's Advisory

        ALA Notable Book Adult List


        ALA Notable Books Children's List


        National Book Award Award Wilnners


        American Booksellers Association - Listing of Award winner list includes Pulitzers Prize.


        Book Lust - Nancy Pearl's book lists by category.


       
NoveList - NoveList is a comprehensive online readers’ advisory tool.

 

        Whichbook.net – A British website allowing users to find books based on personal preferences.
       


Adult Literacy

The Adult Literacy Project  The Literacy Project offers free classes to adults in Western Massachusetts in beginning literacy as well as GED preparation.

Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline  Adult Literacy Hotline and Resources.

 


Job Searching

General Job Search Sites

Franklin-Hampshire County Career Center

www.masslive.com/jobs/ 

www.craigslist.com

www.indeed.com

www.net-temps.com

www.monster.com

www.careerbuilder.com

 

Networking

www.linkedin.com


Subject/Research Guides Compiled from Other Libraries

 

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This page last updated November 15, 2011.