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Online databases contain full-text articles from multiple sources such as:
newspapers, reference materials, magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedias, and genealogical sources. Use the Library computers, or log on from home with your library card.
Gale Databases:
Electronic resources for use by Massachusetts residents, provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Many of the databases provide full-text magazine/journal articles or reference material.
Search several of the databases at once, or select specific databases.
Log in below to search for information in the following Gale databases:
- Academic OneFile - Full-text peer-reviewed content for over 10,000 journals and reference works.
- Biography in Context
- Contemporary Literary Criticism - Authors' biographical information and critical essays about their writings
- Educator's Reference Complete - collection of over 1100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college.
- Expanded Academic ASAP - Search scholarly journals/newspapers for all academic disciplines
- Gale Vitrual Reference Library - Online reference ebooks
- General BusinessFile ASAP - "Company performance and activity, industry events and trends," management, etc. (1980 forward)
- General Reference Center Gold - General interest articles from magazines, newspapers (1980 forward)
- Health Reference Center Academic - Articles on fitness, health, diseases (beginning 1980)
- InfoTrac Junior Edition - For middle school students. Covers current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
- InfoTrac Student Edition - For high school students
- Kids InfoBits - Magazines, reference books and newspaper articles for students in grades K-5
- Massachusetts History Online - Massachusetts people, places, historical events
- Gale Virtual Reference Library - Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- InfoTrac Power Packs - Subject-oriented files including agriculture, business, communications, criminal justice, diversity, environmental issues, fine arts, GLBT, general science, library science, insurance, nursing and allied health, military intelligence, pop culture, psychology, philosophy and religion, sports medicine, travel, careers, war, terrorism.
Log in to Gale Databases
Access World News:
Find current and archived state, national, and international full-text articles on issues, events, business, government, sports and more with over 3,000 newspapers and other news sources including the Westborough News (7/29/05-Current), Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989-Current), and the USA Today (7/1/87-Current).
Log in to Access World News Database
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African American History Online:
Look up historical events, biographies, primary sources, timelines.
Connect to African-American History Online In-library and remote access
American History Online:
Historical events, biographies, primary sources, timelines.
Connect to American History Online (In-library and remote access)
American Women's History Online:
Historical events, biographies, primary sources, timelines.
Connect to American History Online (In-library and remote access)
America's Obituaries and Death Notices:
Easily search a collection of over 22 million recent records from hundreds of U.S. newspapers. Updated daily, it incorporates over 75 million records from the Social Security Death Index (1937-present), organized by state.
Log in to America's Obituaries and Death Notices.
Ancestry Library Edition:
Search for records about your ancestors. Ancestry provides records of immigration to the U.S.; birth, marriage, and death records; census lists, military records, directories, and other genealogical materials.
Connect to Ancestry from the Library (Available on Library computers only)
Ancient and Medieval World:
Resource for students. Log in from the library or from home
Cape Cod Times:
Log in to Cape Cod Times
Encyclopedia Americana by Grolier:
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Grove Art Online:
Information about artists and history of the visual arts. This database provides web access to The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art
In-Library Connection
From home
Heritage Quest Online:
"Digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records..." and more.
In-Library Connection
From home
International Wildlife:
Resource for students. Log in from the library or from home
Issues and Controversies:
Search for current information on the most prominent issues of the day, and read objective analysis and explanations of opposing viewpoints
Connect to Issues and Controversies
Job Resource Center :
Job listings, career information, and more
Connect to Job Resource Center.
LearningExpress Library :
"Offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life."
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Mango Languages:
Learn a new language! "Mango is a self-paced learning system with a focus on simplicity." Listen, speak, and learn online. For English language learners as well as those interested in learning foreign languages.
Connect to Mango from home
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Massachusetts Newspapers (Proquest):
Full-text articles from The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and several other local Massachusetts newspapers
Log in to Proquest's Massachusetts Newspapers.
Morningstar Investment Research Center:
Available to Westborough residents only.
Log in to Morningstar
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS):
Aid to researchers tracking their heritage. Online catalog, educational programming, and databases. (Available only on Library computers)
Connect at the Library
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NoveList and Literary Reference Center (EBSCO databases):
Novelist is a readers' advisory service for fiction readers. It assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles; provides summaries and reviews.
Literary Reference Center provides author information, reviews, and literary criticism.
In-library connection
From home.
Online/Digital Books (eBOOKS), Audiobooks, Videorecordings:
C/W MARS eBooks:
Downloadable books, Audiobooks, Videorecordings
Log on at home with your library card.
Reference USA:
Source of information on businesses and people.Useful to researchers, students, and job seekers, business owners, entrepreneurs
Connect to ReferenceUSA (In-library and remote access)
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Salem Health:
Online access to Salem Health's reference book Psychology & Mental Health.
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Salem Science Global Warming:
Online access to Salem Science's Global Warming database.
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Science Online:
This database includes information on the environment, health and medicine, math, physics, chemistry, technology, and science biographies.
Connect to Science Online (In-library)
Connect from home
Springfield Republican:
Log in to Springfield Republican
Tutor.com:
Get live, one-on-one help online with expert tutors in a variety of subjects, every day from 2-11 pm. Get help with homework problems, studying, writing essays and reports. Tutors will also assist you with resume writing, interviewing skills, proofreading and test preparation. Use Tutor.com at home with your Westborough Library card or at the library. (Must be a resident of Westborough)
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Value Line:
Access to Value Line's Investment Survey and Small & Mid Cap Reports.
Available to Westborough residents only.
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The Westborough News:
Full-text articles from The Westborough News (7/29/2005-current). Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, and other sections.
Available to Westborough residents only.
Log in to The Westborough News
Westborough News and Information Center:
Access to electronic editions of local, national, and international newspapers. Links to the Job Resource Center and to America's Obituaries and Death Notices.
Log in to Westborough News and Information Center.
World and its Peoples:
Reference material online for students. Includes:
World and its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia
World and its Peoples: Middle East, Western Asia, and Northern Africa
World and its Peoples: The Americas
World and its Peoples: Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific
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Last updated 12/1/2011
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