Miscellaneous

Online Databases (Alphabetical by Title)

Academic OneFile
Millions of full-text articles cover the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1985.  Updated daily.  Coverage: 1980 - current.

Ancient and Medieval History Online
Provides thorough coverage of nine civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, ancient and medieval Asia, and Islamic Empire. Time periods: prehistory through the 1500s.

American History Online
Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, this database explores different facets of American history.  Includes more than 1,000 new videos, with a focus on World War II-era newsreel footage.

Biography in Context
Use this database for over 400,000 biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts.

Books and Authors
Get recommendations for new things to read based on what you already know you like. You can even keep track of your favorite books and authors, share your lists, and write reviews.

Business and Company Resource Center
A comprehensive research tool to meet the business research needs of the casual investor. It offers dynamic, accurate, and up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies.

Cape Cod Times
Covers November 1998 – present.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
A collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study. Coverage: Writers now living or who died after December 31, 1959.

Educator’s Reference Complete
A collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports for any educator—from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level.  This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology and bilingual education.

Expanded Academic ASAP
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers with full text and images. Coverage: 1980-present.

General BusinessFile ASAP
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. Coverage: 1980-present.

General OneFile
Access to more than 3,100 full-text periodicals, 89 newswire services, and five major American newspaper indexes covering a diverse set of topics.

General Reference Center Gold
Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc. Coverage: 1980-present.

Global Issues in Context
Offers current, international news and perspectives on the most talked about, debated and studied issues and events in world hot spots.

Health Reference Center Academic
Articles on Fitness, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Coverage: 1980-present.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Including the respected Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, this database delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. It also provides health and medical video content and physician-authored articles.

Issues and Controversies
Helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with a 16-year backfile. The articles are written by Facts On File’s own expert writers and editors, and each article includes a full range of supporting materials.

Literature ResourceCenter
Includes scholarly journals, literary reviews, reference books, authoritative websites, and more.

Literature Resources from Gale
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.  Searches records included in Literature Resource Center, Contemporary Literary Criticism, literature related e-books from the Gale Virtual Reference Library, as well as many others.

LitFinder
Contains thousands of full-text essays, plays, poems, stories, and speeches with extensive biographic detail and critical analysis. Covers all eras from ancient to contemporary.

Massachusetts Newsstand
Full-text access to the Boston Globe (1980-current), Telegram & Gazette (Worcester), The Berkshire Eagle, Business West (Chicopee), North Adams Transcript, The Patriot Ledger (Quincy), Plymouth County Business Review, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg), The Sun (Lowell), Gazette (Haverhill), and Standard Times (New Bedford). Plus, selected coverage of other regional sources.

New York Times
Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1985. Updated daily. Coverage: 1985 – current.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
A complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

RDS Business Suite
Comprised of three business databases: Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase. It provides information on the practical aspects and approaches of business management.  TableBase is international in scope and covers: company and brand rankings; imports and exports; industry and product forecasts, market share, number of users/outlets; production and consumption statistics; trends and demographics.  Includes coverage of more than 600 core management journals, trade publications, and general business periodicals.

Science in Context
An in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs.

Science Online
Offers a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines.  Includes more than 1,300 science experiments and activities, indexed by grade range, subject category, and time required;  nearly 8,300 printable diagrams, illustrations, and images; more than 500 videos and flash animations; full and partial text from hundreds of authoritative print titles.

Student Resources in Context
Provides access to 79,000 reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades; 15 million periodical and newspaper articles from the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and many others; 4,200 primary sources; 100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables; and video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources.

U.S. History in Context
Provides integrated access to historical (primary) documents, reference articles, full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

Virtual Reference Library
Includes general encyclopedias, plus specialized reference sources covering subjects including Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, Science, and Social Science.

World Geography and Culture Online
Includes descriptions of more than 200 countries, with information on geography, people and culture, weather and climate, history, government, and society; maps and flags; facts and figures; images; and news articles.  Also, includes descriptions of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with political, outline, elevation, and locator maps; city and geographical features maps; flags; facts and figures; government information; biographies; timeline; and images. Provides tools that compare and rank countries or U.S. states by a variety of criteria, as wells as news articles.

World History in Context
More than 10,000 pages of primary source materials, full-text periodicals, and reference works help you explore more than 4,900 years into the past.

World Religions Online
Explores religion and spirituality from the ceremonies of the first practitioners to the elaborate rituals of today.  Topic Centers focus on the world’s major religions and traditional spiritual practices, such as Judaism and Native American religions, quickly guiding users to important topics, spiritual leaders, information on sacred texts, and holy days and festivals. A good starting point for research, these landing pages also feature a timeline and a fact file on each religion, as well as a video gallery, an image gallery, and a calendar of holidays and observances.

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