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SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Ancient & Medieval History Online
Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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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.
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Biography Resource Center
Need information about a person? This is the best source for award-winning biographies from respected reference books plus full-text periodical articles from Gale Databases (InfoTrac). (Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) Biography Resource Center Tutorial
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Gale Databases (InfoTrac)
A collection of databases with articles and citations from magazines, journals, newspapers and reference books. Use Gale Databases (InfoTrac) for current events, biographies, health, and business information. (Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners)
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Issues & Controversies
Use Issues & Controversies from Facts on File to find up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. This is a great place to find clear explanations of opposing points of view! (Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System)
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Kids InfoBits
This new Gale InfoTrac database is great for Lower School research and current events. Check out the Kids InfoBits Tutorial.
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Modern World History Online
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
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Massachusetts Newsstand
Full text articles from twelve Massachusetts newspapers, including the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
(Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System)

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Visual Thesaurus
Try this amazing interactive dictionary and thesaurus that creates word maps exploring the meaning and relationship of words. Visual Thesaurus tour.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
The OED is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language. It is a historical dictionary, which traces the evolution of over 600,000 words, both past and present. The OED uses quotations to illustrate how words have been used over the last millennium.
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Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center™ is designed to meet your science research needs, providing full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
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Science Online
Science Online is a complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost every field of science. Categories include: Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, and Experiments and are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are searchable by keyword, topic, and year. In addition, the site includes a Timeline dating from the big bang to the present.
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ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Britannica Online
The complete Encyclopædia Britannica (high school), Compton's by Britannica (middle school) and Britannica Elementary (elementary school) and the Britannica Internet Guide.
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Grolier Online
A complete reference library: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful and Amazing Animals of the World.
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ONLINE MAGAZINES

CQ Researcher
The Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher offers complete reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day with summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
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updated 07/24/2010


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