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Research Databases - Listed by Subject
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Fine Arts & Music Collection –
Students, artists, teachers, historians, filmmakers, art buffs and music lovers find a rich selection of arts-related information. Find information from Hip Hop to Handel, the feminist film movement to machismo in movies, elementary music education to advanced music theory, art therapy to the new urbanist movement in architecture, ballet to belly dancing. |
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Biography in Context (formerly Biography Resource
Center) – Contains nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography in context that's updated daily.
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| Books, Authors, Literature |
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| Books & Authors - Explore books, authors, genres and topics. Get recommendations on what to read next. |
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| Contemporary Literary
Criticism Select - Find significant published criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers and other creative writers now living or who died after Dec. 31, 1959. |
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| Literature Resource Center - Find information on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. A comprehensive resource with articles, critical essays, reviews and broadcast transcripts and author biographies. |
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| LitFinder - Find full-text literature spanning history and geography, including poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays from more than 80,000 authors representing more than 660 nationalities. Includes author biographies, photos, and illustrations. Search options include Person Search and Works Search. |
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| Literature Resources from Gale - Search both Literature Resource Center and LitFinder databases at the same time to find literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews. |
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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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| Downloadable Audiobooks and eBooks from Overdrive - Browse, checkout and download digital audiobooks, in both WMA and MP3 formats, and eBooks, using Adobe Digital Editions. Browse hundreds of great titles and download them to your computer, transfer them to a portable device, or burn onto a CD. Requirments: one-time download and installation of the free Overdrive Media Console software and Adobe Digital Editions, your OCLN library card and PIN. Provided by the libraries of Old Colony Library Network. |
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Business & Economics |
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Business & Company Resource Center – Provides access to a wide variety of global business information, including company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, business case histories, chronologies, and periodicals. |
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Business Economics & Theory Collection –
From the macro to the micro, find information on virtually any and every business and economics related topic: the gasoline supply, state trends in property taxes, personal savings rate, subprime bailout, Asian business, the federal reserve system, accounting practices, interactive advertising, domestic policy, and more. |
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Communications & Mass Media Collection –
Marketing professionals, journalists, communications students, and others will find current and accurate information on all aspects of the communications field. |
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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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RDS Business Suite – Balanced and highly focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, management practices, and market research information, with tens of thousands of tables with strategic data. |
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Current Issues |
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Environmental Studies & Policy Collection –
Find information on such issues as global warming, climate change, alternative energy, environmental policy, going green, recycling, soil, plants, agronomy, and more, along with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers and corporate interests . |
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Global Issues in Context – Offers international viewpoints, with content continuously updated, on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and current events to understand today's world issues from a global perspective. |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context – Find information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues, with continuously updated content, including articles, topic overviews, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted web sites. |
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Education |
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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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Genealogy |
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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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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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New England Historic Genealogical Society – features nearly 3,000 unique searchable databases providing access to information on more than 135 million names in New England, New York and beyond. NEHGS is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States. Funded by Scituate Town Library. |
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General Research |
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Academic OneFile – The premier source for peer-reviewed,
full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources, with full-text coverage of The New York Times back to 1995.
Subject coverage includes physical sciences, technology, medicine,
social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. |
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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 Reference
Center Gold - A general interest
database with access to 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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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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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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Health & Wellness & Medical |
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Health and Wellness Resource Center – Provides access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials, including nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, and over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc.
The material contained in this database is intended for informational
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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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Nursing & Allied Health Collection –
Meets the needs of researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, nursing students, physician’s assistant students and allied health fields looking for answers related to the specialized care, treatment and management of all sorts of patients. |
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Psychology Collection –
Find information for all fields of psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. |
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History & Social Studies |
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Global Issues in Context – Offers international viewpoints, with content continuously updated, on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and current events to understand today's world issues from a global perspective. |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context – Find information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues, with continuously updated content, including articles, topic overviews, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted web sites. |
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U.S. History in Context - Provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information. Content includes a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis. |
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World History in Context - Find information on over 5,000 years of events, movements and individuals that defined, informed and shaped world history. Content includes a broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning periodicals, reference works and primary documents. |
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Hobbies |
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Culinary Arts Collection -
Find information on recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information, practical instruction and other culinary information from major cooking and nutrition magazines and reference books. |
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Fine Arts & Music Collection –
Students, artists, teachers, historians, filmmakers, art buffs and music lovers find a rich selection of arts-related information. Find information from Hip Hop to Handel, the feminist film movement to machismo in movies, elementary music education to advanced music theory, art therapy to the new urbanist movement in architecture, ballet to belly dancing. |
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Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection –
Gardening hobbyist, master gardeners and biotechnologists alike find practical applications as well as scientific theories of horticulture studies. Find information on the biology of various plant species, how to create floral arrangements, easy-to-use landscape design tips, developing landscaping contracts, pruning flowers correctly, urban landscape planning, using computer graphics in landscape design, conducting conservation research, the best time to plant trees, which plants are indigenous to a particular area and more . |
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Home Improvement Collection –
For do-it-yourselfers and professional carpenters alike, find information of subjects such as architectural techniques, building design, decorating, holiday and party planning, home maintenance, interior and exterior painting, roofing, room updates, small project management tips, tool and material selection, zoning requirements and more. |
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Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection –
For the traveler and student alike, find information on the cultural aspects of travel and leisure activities, the economic impact of tourism, state parks, planning a vacation, geographic facts, luxurious resorts, popular tourist attractions, restaurants, and more. Includes travel guides from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing. |
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Jobs & Careers |
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Agriculture Collection -
From animal feeds to zoonotic diseases, find information about pesticides, soil conservation, mammal physiology, agricultural economics, poultry science, health foods and all agricultural related areas. |
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Communications & Mass Media Collection –
Marketing professionals, journalists, communications students, and others will find current and accurate information on all aspects of the communications field. |
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Criminal Justice Collection –
Find information on all aspects of the criminal justice field. Great for researchers studying law or law enforcement, training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in Homeland Security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, going to court or writing sociological reports. |
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Culinary Arts Collection -
Find information on recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information, practical instruction and other culinary information from major cooking and nutrition magazines and reference books. |
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Fine Arts & Music Collection –
Students, artists, teachers, historians, filmmakers, art buffs and music lovers find a rich selection of arts-related information. Find information from Hip Hop to Handel, the feminist film movement to machismo in movies, elementary music education to advanced music theory, art therapy to the new urbanist movement in architecture, ballet to belly dancing. |
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Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection –
Gardening hobbyist, master gardeners and biotechnologists alike find practical applications as well as scientific theories of horticulture studies. Find information on the biology of various plant species, how to create floral arrangements, easy-to-use landscape design tips, developing landscaping contracts, pruning flowers correctly, urban landscape planning, using computer graphics in landscape design, conducting conservation research, the best time to plant trees, which plants are indigenous to a particular area and more . |
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Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection –
For the traveler and student alike, find information on the cultural aspects of travel and leisure activities, the economic impact of tourism, state parks, planning a vacation, geographic facts, luxurious resorts, popular tourist attractions, restaurants, and more. Includes travel guides from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing. |
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Information Science & Library Issues Collection –
Information professionals and other knowledge workers, from the research specialist to the information architect, will find appropriate and useful information in their area of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures and more. |
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Nursing & Allied Health Collection –
Meets the needs of researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, nursing students, physician’s assistant students and allied health fields looking for answers related to the specialized care, treatment and management of all sorts of patients. |
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Psychology Collection –
Find information for all fields of psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. |
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Vocation & Careers Collection –
Find information from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals about finding the right career, enrolling in an appropriate institution of learning or training, searching for a job, advancing your career through continuing education and more. |
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Massachusetts History |
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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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Massachusetts Digital
Collections – Digital
images of local history resources from selected Massachusetts libraries. |
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Newspapers |
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ProQuest – Massachusetts Newsstand - |
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Boston Globe, 1980-
Boston Herald, 7/26/91-5/31/11, Citation
Patriot Ledger, 1/4/95-6/23/11, Citation
Plymouth County Business
Review, 1991-
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester), 1989 - Standard Times (New
Bedford), 1992-97
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Berkshire Eagle, 2005-
BusnessWest (Chicopee),
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North Adams Transcript,
2005-
Sentinel & Enterprise
(Fitchburg), 2005-
The Sun (Lowell), 2004-
Gazette (Haverhill),
1992-97
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Newsbank |
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Cape Cod Times: 11/1/1998 - Present
Patriot Ledger: 7/1/2000 - Present
The Republican (Springfield): 6/13/1998 - Present
Scituate Mariner: 8/4/2005 - Present
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The New York Times: 1980 - Present |
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Popular Magazines
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Popular Magazines Collection -
Topics to interest every reader! Find information on a wide variety of subjects such as the latest celebrity gossip, redecorating your kitchen, the latest sports, science, health and national news, research investment opportunities, plan a vacation, investigate fuel efficient automobiles, exercising and dieting information, upgrade your computer, the latest style information, and more. Includes a full collection of NPR programs, including transcripts and podcasts
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Science
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Agriculture Collection -
From animal feeds to zoonotic diseases, find information about pesticides, soil conservation, mammal physiology, agricultural economics, poultry science, health foods and all agricultural related areas. |
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Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection –
Gardening hobbyist, master gardeners and biotechnologists alike find practical applications as well as scientific theories of horticulture studies. Find information on the biology of various plant species, how to create floral arrangements, easy-to-use landscape design tips, developing landscaping contracts, pruning flowers correctly, urban landscape planning, using computer graphics in landscape design, conducting conservation research, the best time to plant trees, which plants are indigenous to a particular area and more . |
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Nursing & Allied Health Collection –
Meets the needs of researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, nursing students, physician’s assistant students and allied health fields looking for answers related to the specialized care, treatment and management of all sorts of patients. |
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Psychology Collection –
Find information for all fields of psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. |
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Science in Context - Find information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics with authoritative reference content, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted web sites. |
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Students |
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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 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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Student Resources in Context: Grades 6-12 – Using a web-like and engaging interface, middle and high school students can look here for information on all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies and more. Sources include primary sources, overviews, audio and video content, charts, graphs, maps, tables and more. |
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Junior Edition: Grades 5-8 – This database is designed for
students in high and middle school with access to 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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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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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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