Ancient and Medieval History Online

Includes biographies, events, topics, timelines, images, videos, maps, and charts.

CQ Researcher

Provides in-depth 12,000 word entries on a wide range of social, economic, political and environmental issues.

Encyclopedia Britannica Academic

More than 72,000 articles, 130,000 links, images, video, timelines, etc. Much larger than any of the free web encyclopedias.

Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition

Contains all of the content of Britannica Academic, but also provides articles written at the middle and elementary school levels.

Facts On File

5 interconnected databases provide full-text information from the 1940s to the present about news, controversial and/or current issues, science, and world facts. Includes World News Digest, Issues and Controversies on File, Today’s Science, World Almanac, and World Almanac Encyclopedia. Updated daily.

Infotrac

Full-text magazine and newspaper articles, reference material, pamphlets, and government documents in areas of general interest,.health, business, biography, literature and various professional fields. Updated daily.

Literature Resource Center

(Access at bottom of home page of Infotrac) Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,0000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Marshall Cavendish Reference

Search geography, history and culture online in World and It’s Peoples. Areas include the Middle East , Northern Africa, Mexico, and Central America. (European countries to be released in February 2010.

Massachusetts Newstand

Berkshire Eagle 2005-
Boston Globe 1980-
Boston Herald 1991-
Business West (Chicopee) 1992-
Gazette (Haverhill) 12/31/92-8/9/07
Lowell Sun 2004-
North Adams Transcript 2005-
Patriot Ledge (Quincy) 1991-
Plymouth County Business Review 1991-
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005-
Standard-Times (New Bedford) 1/4/92-8/19/97
Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1989-

Milestone Documents in American History

MilestoneMilestone Documents in American History combines 134 full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.

Newsbank

Springfield Republican/Union News (1988 - present). Updated daily.

Opposing Viewpoints

Pro/con essays on a wide variety of topics. Also contains text of the reference set Information Plus.

Pro and Con Online

Includes searchable index of full-text articles from Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates, and International Debates.

Salem Press Reference

New! Now you may access some of the library’s reference sources online. As of September 2009, titles include:

Historical Encyclopedia of American Business

Great Lives from History: The Ancient World

Great Lives from History: The Middle Ages

Great Events in History: The Middle Ages

Milestone Documents in American History

More titles will be added to this list in the near future.

Science Resource Center

(Access at bottom of home page of Infotrac) Topic overviews, experiements, biographies, pictures and illustrations, as well as the latest scientific developments as covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.

Sharpe Reference Online

Search the following reference sources online:

Encyclopedia of Colonial America

Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age

Encyclopedia of Postwar America

Encyclopedia of American Social Movements

Encyclopedia of Social Issues in America

Forthcoming in December, 2009: Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and New Deal

This database also includes an Image Gallery, Primary Source Archive, and Web Links.

Student Resource Center

Premium selection of original reference material, overviews, critical essays, primary source documents and full-text periodicals and newspapers from 1986 - present. Updated daily.