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ABI INFORM - via First Search (On Campus Only)
Academic One File - via InfoTrac.
Academic Search Complete - via EBSCOHost.
Access Science -  McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
AGRICOLA -
FREE  3.3 million bibliographic records - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
AH Search  (1980-present) via First Search. Arts and Humanities Citation Index (On Campus Only)
AltPressIndex  (1991+) and AltPressIndex/Archive (1969-1990) -  via First Search (On Campus Only)
Article First (1990 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)

B

Basic BIOSIS (current five years) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who via InfoTrac Web
Biological Sciences (1982 - current) via CSA Illumina
Biology Digest (1989 - present) via CSA Illumina
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic - via EbscoHost
Book Index with Reviews  (EBSCO Host)
Britannica Online
BusDateline (1985-present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
BusIndustry (1994-present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
BusManagement (1995-present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Business Orgs (current year) via First Search (On Campus Only) 
Business Source Premier via EBSCOHost
[General] Business File ASAP - via InfoTrac Web

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C

CSA Illumina -  [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
CINAHLwith Full Text - via EBSCOHost
ClasePeriodica - (1978+) via First Search (On campus only)
Clinical Pharmacology  - via EBSCOHost
Conference Papers Index - (1982 - current) via CSA Illumina
Contemporary [Artists, Dramatists, Musicians, and Novelists titles] - accessed through the Biography Resource Center via InfoTrac
Contemporary Fashion - via InfoTrac 2nd ed. 2002

Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select via InfoTrac
Contemporary Novelists - 7th ed. 2001 - via InfoTrac
Contemporary Poets - 7th ed. 2001 via InfoTrac

Contemporary Women's Issues {CWI] via First Search (On Campus Only)
 

D

Dictionary of Buddhism -Oxford Reference Online
Dictionary of Philosophy - Oxford Reference Online
Dictionary of Nursing - 4th ed. (2003) from Oxford Reference Online
Dictionary of Psychology  -  2nd ed. (2006) via Oxford Reference Online
Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREE

Disclosure - (1986+) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Dissertations - (1861- ) 1980+ with abstracts; via First Search (On Campus Only)

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E

E-Books - links to free collections
E-Journals -  Full text for available online versions of WSC print journals

EBSCO Animals - via Ebsco Host
EBSCO Host databases -

ECO
(1995+) - via First Search (On Campus Only)
EconLit
(1969 - present ) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Educator's Reference Complete -
via InfoTrac
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
            ERIC via EbscoHost
            ERIC via CSA Illumina
           
FREE  ERIC
Encyclopedia Americana - funded by the Mass Board of Library Commissioners
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (Gale) - 2nd ed. (2005) 4 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Bioethics - 3rd ed. (2004) 5 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Cancer (Gale) - 2nd edition, 2 volumes (2006) via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security - 3 volumes (2004) via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (Gale) - (2006) 2nd ed. 2 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World - 2 vol. 2004 via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale) 3rd ed. 5 volumes, 2006 via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia - (2002) 6 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America - (Gale) 2nd ed. (2000) 3 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Popular Culture - St. James Press (2000) 5 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Population - (2003) 2 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Encyclopedia of Science & Technology - McGraw Hill
Essay and General Literature Index - Wilson Web

Expanded Academic ASAP - via InfoTrac Web

F

Facts.com
Film and Television Literature Index
now with Full Text -via EBSCO Host
Film Literature Index Online FREE   1976 - 2001
First Search - (On Campus Only)
FIS - use Mergent 
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - via EBSCO Host

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G

Gale Virtual Reference Library - via InfoTrac; database of 28+ specialized reference sources
General Business File ASAP - via Infotrac Web
General Reference Center Gold
- via Infotrac Web
Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of - 2nd ed. 2 volumes, 2006 via InfoTrac
Web
GEOBASE
(1980 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
GPO  - via First Search (On Campus Only)
     free Monthly Catalog from the Government Printing Office
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - by Scholastic Publishing
Grove Art Online - is now Oxford Art Online

H

Health Reference Center Academic (1994 - present) via InfoTrac Web
Health Source: Consumer Edition - via EbscoHost
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - via EbscoHost
History Behind the Headlines - world conflicts-  (2001) 6 volumes via InfoTrac Web

I

Industrial Revolution Reference Library - (2003) 4 volumes via InfoTrac Web
InfoTrac General OneFile - news and periodical articles on wide range of topics
Info Trac Student Edition - Includes 4 titles: Student Edition (high school level); Junior Edition (junior high and middle school); Kid's Edition (K12); and Kids InfoBits (K-5)
International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers - 4th ed. (200) 4 volumes through InfoTrac Web

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J

Junior Edition [of InfoTrac  Web] - designed for students in middle school and junior high

K

Kids InfoBits - via InfoTrac Web; meets research needs of students in K-grade 5
Kraus Curriculum Development Library
1983 - present

L

Lexis Nexis -
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) - via EBSCO Host
Literary Reference Center - via EBSCO Host

M

Massachusetts History - via InfoTrac Web; full text of 50 different sites
Massachusetts Newsstand - funded by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners
MasterFILE Premier - (1975+)  via EBSCO Host; full text for general interest publications
Medicine, Encyclopedia of (Gale) -3rd ed. 5 volumes, 2006 via InfoTrac Web

Medline
            Medline via EbscoHost
            Medline via CSA Illumina
           
FREE  Medline via Pub Med/ National Library of Medicine
Mergent Online -
Military & Government Collection - via EBSCO Host
MLA International Bibliography - (1926 - present) via CSA Illumina

N

National Newspapers via ProQuest
Net Library - E-books. Create a free personal account Here's how (PDF)
News Abs (1989 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Newspaper Source - via EbscoHost

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O

Oxford Companion series - use Oxford Reference Online
Oxford English Dictionary 
Oxford Reference Online - Premium Collection

P

PAIS International - (1972 - present) great for global issues
Papers First - (1993+) conference papers via First Search (On Campus Only)
PerAbs - (1987+) via First Search (On Campus Only)
Plant Science - (1994 - present) via CSA Illumina
Pre-CINAHL - via EBSCO; provides current awareness of new journal articles
Primary Search - 60 popular magazines for elementary school research, via EBSCO Host 
Proceedings - (1993+) worldwide conference proceedings via First Search (On Campus Only)
Professional Development Collection - (education) via EbscoHost 
ProQuest Databases - 7 full text databases for  criminal justice, newspapers, sciences and more
PsycINFO (1877 - present) via EBSCO Host
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - via EBSCO Host

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Q

 

R

Regional Business News - via EbscoHost
Religion and Philosophy Collection - via EBSCO Host; 300 full text journals
Renaissance: an encyclopedia- (2004) 4 volumes via InfoTrac Web

S

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture- (2000) 5 volumes via InfoTrac Web
Serials Directory - current pricing for 184,000 U.S. and international titles, by EBSCO
SIRS Researcher - (1988+)  via First Search (On Campus Only)
Social Services Abstracts - (1980- current) via CSA Illumina 
Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present) via
CSA Illumina
Student Edition [of InfoTrac Web]- designed for high school students

T

Teacher Reference Center - via EBSCO Host
Thompson Gale Databases -

TOXLINE - (1999 - present) via CSA Illumina

U

V

W

Who's Who Marquis titles - online entries from 20 titles in the series such as Who's Who in America, the East, American Women - access through the Biography Resource Center via InfoTrac Web
Wilson Select Plus (1994 - present) via First Search (On Campus Only)
World Almanac - via Facts.com
World Cat - OCLC  also see the new 
FREE  WorldCat.org site
Worldscope - via First Search (On Campus Only)

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