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.
InfoTrac Databases:
InfoTrac encompasses a variety of databases. Search several at once, or select specific databases within InfoTrac. Log in below to search for information in the following InfoTrac databases:
- Contemporary Literary Criticism - Authors' biographical information and critical essays about their writings
- General Reference Center Gold - General interest articles from magazines, newspapers (1980 forward)
- Health Reference Center Academic - Articles on fitness, health, diseases (beginning 1980)
- Expanded Academic ASAP - Search scholarly journals/newspapers (1980 forward)
- General BusinessFile ASAP - "Company performance and activity, industry events and trends," management, etc. (1980 forward)
- Biography Resource Center - Biographies and links to biographical information on over 185,000 people
- InfoTrac Kids - Magazines, reference books and newspaper articles for students in grades K-6
- InfoTrac Junior Edition - For middle school students
- InfoTrac Student Edition - For high school students
- Educators Reference Complete - Covers all aspects of teaching from pre-school to college
- Kids InfoBits - Information for students in kindergarten through grade 5
- Gale Virtual Reference Library - Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
In-library connection to Infotrac
Log in to InfoTrac from home (Library Card required for remote log-in)
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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)
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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)
Career Guidance Center:
Facts On File's Ferguson's Career Guidance Center.
Log in from the library
From home.
Grolier Encyclopedias:
Use Grolier's Encyclopedia Americana, the Multimedia Encyclopedia, or Grolier Online Kids.
In-library connection
From home
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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
Issues and Controversies:
Search for current information on the most prominent issues of the day, and read objective analysis and explanations of opposing viewpoints
In-library connection
From Home
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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Marshall Cavendish Digital:
Reference material online for students. Includes:
Ancient and Medieval World
Elements
International Wildlife
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
Log in from the library or from home
Massachusetts Newspapers (Proquest):
Full-text articles from The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and several other local Massachusetts newspapers
In-library connection
Log in from home: Scroll down to select newspapers. (Library Card required for remote log-in)
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)
Salem Health:
Online access to Salem Health's reference books Psychology & Mental Health and Magill's Medical Guide
Log in at the Library or from home with your library card
Salem Science Global Warming:
Online access to Salem Science's Global Warming database.
Log in at the Library or from home with your library card
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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 and remote access)
Value Line:
Access to Value Line's Investment Survey and Small & Mid Cap Reports.
Available to Westborough residents only.
Log in to Value Line
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
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