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General Resources: Magazines, Journals & Reference Sources from Thomson Gale InfoTrac

Thomson Gale Power Search	From the library	From home
Academic OneFile	From the library	From home
Expanded Academic Index	From the library	From home
General Reference Center Gold	From the library	From home
Educator's Reference Complete	From the library	From home
Virtual Reference Library	From the library	From home

Newspapers

Boston Globe, Boston MA (1980 - current)	From the library	From Home
Boston Herald, Boston MA (1991 - current)	From the library	From home
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester MA (1989 - current)	From the library	From home
Massachusetts Newsstand	From the library	From Home
New York Times (1995 - current)	From the library	From Home
Qikan Library 期刊圖書館 (2005 - current)	All access

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Encyclopedia Americana	From the library	From home
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia	From the library	From home
Biography Resource Center	From the library	From home

Literature and Art

Biography Resource Center	From the library	From home
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	From the library	From home
NoveList Readers' Advisory	From the library	From home
Literary Reference Center	From the library	From home
Grove Art Online	From the library	From home

Health, Science, and Current Events

Health Reference Center Academic	From the library	From home
Issues and Controversies	From the library	From home
Science Online	From the library	From home

History

African-American History Online	In the Library	From home
American History Online	In the Library	From home
American Women's History Online	In the Library	From home
Massachusetts History Online	In the Library	From home

Business

General Business File ASAP

From the library

From home

Kids & Teens

Kids InfoBits	From the library	From home
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition	From the library	From home
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition	From the library	From home
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test)	All access Login instructions

Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

Haston Public Library Catalog	All access
BookList Online Book reviews dating back to 1992	From the library	From home
C/W MARS Union Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog (via C/W MARS)	All access
netLibrary® eBooks	From the library	From home
Overdrive Digital Audiobooks and eBooks	All access

Funding for these online resources is provided by:

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (Gale Thomson databases, ProQuest newspapers)

Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies)

C/W MARS (NoveList, Grove Art, Science Online, Overdrive)

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)

Boston Public Library (Qikan Library)

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