Academic OneFile – The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly.

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Ancestry Library Edition – Online genealogical resource that offers a wealth of information in an easy-to-use format, including records of more than 4 billion names in over 4,000 databases.  It includes census data, maps, military, immigration, DAR records, slave stories, and more. Funded by Scituate Town Library.

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Biography Resource Center – Integrates Gale biographies with full-text magazine articles, images and website links. Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text.

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Contemporary Literary Criticism Select - An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study. Searchable by author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name and more.

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Educator’s Reference Complete – A Selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.

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eLibrary: Grades K-12 – Includes more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books and transcripts, plus thousands of pictures, maps, weblinks and audio/video files.

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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, news magazines, and newspapers.

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General Business File 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.

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General OneFile – 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. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

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General Reference Center Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources – newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and science, sports, hobbies, and more.

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Health Reference Center Academic – This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

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HeritageQuest Online – content includes the 1790-1930 U.S. federal censuses; UMI Genealogy and Local History Book collection of more than 22,000 family and local histories; Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a comprehensive subject index of over 2 million genealogy and local history articles; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application files; the Freedman’s Bank Records; and the LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set containing House and Senate documents. Funded by Scituate Town Library.

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Junior Edition: Grades 5-8 – This database is designed for students in high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

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Kids InfoBits: Grades K – 5 – A database developed especially for beginning researcher in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

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Literary Reference Center - Full-text broad spectrum of information on 1000's of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes 27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 140,500 author biographies, 350 literary journals, 54,000 poems, 14,500 short stories, 8400 classic texts, 4000 author interview and more

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Massachusetts Digital Collections – Digital images of local history resources from selected Massachusetts libraries.

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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.

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Massachusetts Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections Directory – A guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk’s office.

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Newsbank

    Cape Cod Times: 2000 - Present

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NoveList Plus - Wondering what to read next? Using Novelist Plus you can search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more! Funded by Scituate Town Library.

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NoveList K-8 Plus - Need help finding that perfect book for your child or student? Designed especially for elementary and middle school students, NoveList K-8 Plus is an online database with fiction and nonfiction titles chosen specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the pleasure reading needs of students. Funded by Scituate Town Library.

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ProQuest – Complete Collection -

Boston Globe, 1980-
Boston Herald, 1991-
Patriot Ledger, 1991-
New York Times, 1980-
Wall Street Journal, 1984-
Providence Journal-Bulletin, 1983-
Plymouth County Business Review, 1991-
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester), 1989-

Berkshire Eagle, 2005-
BusnessWest (Chicopee), 1992-
North Adams Transcript, 2005-
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg), 2005-
The Sun (Lowell), 2004-
Gazette (Haverhill), 1992-97
Standard Times (New Bedford), 1992-97

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Science Reference Center - A comprehensive full-text science reference database covering biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

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Student Edition: Grades 9-12 - This database is designed for high school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

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Virtual Reference Library – An online collection of premier reference eBooks, including encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multi-disciplinary research. The full-text books cover the arts, biography, business, the environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, science and social science.

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