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Databases: 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.
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
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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.
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. Science Online - Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments. 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. - Residents of Massachusetts can search the full-text (including back issues) of the following twelve Massachusetts newspapers: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. Subject/Research Guides Compiled from Other Libraries
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