Academic/Scholarly
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| Academic Onefile |
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources includes extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, and full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. |
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| Academic Search Premier |
This multi-disciplinary database provides full-text for more than 4,500 journals, including full-text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. |
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| Boston Public Library Online Database A-Z |
Massachusetts State Residents can access BPL online databases with an eCard and pin #. Register for an eCard and pin # at http://www.bpl.org/general/circulation/ecards.htm |
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| Boston Public Library Online Database by Subject |
Massachusetts State Residents can access BPL online databases with an eCard and pin #. Register for an eCard and pin # at http://www.bpl.org/general/circulation/ecards.htm |
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| Boston Public Library Online Registration |
Massachusetts State Residents can sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard. Any individual who lives, works, attends school, or owns property in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is at least 13 years of age may register for an eCard. Follow the prompts on the registration form and your eCard number will be emailed to you. |
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| Expanded Academic ASAP |
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full-text and images. |
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| JSTOR Early Journal Articles |
US:pre1923. World:pre1870 + contemporary public domain scholarly articles |
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| Student Resources in Context |
4,200 primary sources; 100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables; video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources. Includes primary sources, overviews, videos, interactives and much more. |
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Biography
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| Biography In Context |
A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. |
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Business
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| Business and Company Resource Center |
Provides company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. |
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| Business Searching Interface |
A highly focused user interface created especially for the business searcher. BSI provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. |
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| Business Source Premier |
Provides full-text for 3,650 scholarly business journals, including full-text for 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Provides full-text for more than 300 scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Updated daily. |
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| General Business File ASAP |
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full-text and images available. |
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| RDS Business Suite |
Includes: Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase. It is possible to search individual databases or across two or three databases simultaneously. |
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| Regional Business News |
This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis. |
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| World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present |
Trade has defined relationships between cultures and countries from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century. From the caravans of the ancient world, to the search for trade routes in the Age of Discovery, to the development of the global economy, trade has been a defining factor in world history. The evolution and influence of commercial trade through the ages are examined in nearly 450 articles, over 100 photos and maps, 60 historical documents, and more. |
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Career
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| Job & Career Accelerator |
A comprehensive job search system that guides users through each step of the job search process in a personalized manner, from recommending occupations to fetching up-to-the-minute job postings that are based on career preferences. Includes resume and cover letter builders, an interview course as well as tips and expert advice to help make the job search more effective. Register by using the 14 digit MCC Library barcode and creating a password. |
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Criminal Justice
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| Criminal Justice Periodicals |
ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index™ is a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. The database includes abstract and indexing for 240 titles, with more than 80 available in full-text. |
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| Forensic Science |
Covers the full range of the forensic sciences such as: Forensic accounting, Forensic anthropology, Forensic archaeology, Forensic botany, Forensic entomology, Forensic nursing, Forensic odontology, Forensic palynology, Forensic pathology, Forensic photography, Forensic psychiatry, Forensic psychology, and Forensic toxicology. Print available Brockton Campus REF HV8073.F837 2009 Vol. 1-3 |
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eBooks
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| Infobase eBooks Academic Complete |
Access 56 eBooks. Helpful for composition and literature classes. Content includes maps, journals, and reports. Print versions available at Brockton Campus - search catalog. |
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Education
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| Chronicle of Higher Education |
The complete Chronicle of Higher Education access is available on campus only. |
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| Educator’s Reference Complete |
(1980 - current) A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. |
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| ERIC |
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC. |
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| Professional Development Collection |
Designed for professional educators, this comprehensive database provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. |
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| Teacher Reference Center |
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. |
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Encyclopedias
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| Encyclopedia Britannica Online |
Access to high-quality, comprehensive information. Combines the Encyclopædia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools to provide the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conducting thorough research—all from one database. |
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| Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia |
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. |
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Environment
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| Encyclopedia of Global Warming |
Coverage of the science, policy and social issues surrounding global warming and climate change. Includes a broad range of topics, from scientific concepts to social issues to current laws, organizations, people. Print available Brockton Campus REF QC 981.8.G56 D88 2010 Vol. 1-3 |
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| GreenFILE |
Well researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full-text for more than 4,700 records. |
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Films/Images
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| Films on Demand |
Films On Demand provides state-of-the-art streaming video. Easily added into course management systems, online lesson plans, distance learning courseware, or electronic card catalog system. Be sure to select the correct link - on or off campus. |
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| Image Quest |
Organized by subject matter and fully searchable. Each photo or illustration comes with complete metadata, including the source, the copyright holder, caption, and keywords. Images can be downloaded, printed, saved in a "Lightbox" or virtual folder, or e-mailed as jpegs. |
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General
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| Credo Reference |
Credo is an online reference library, providing access to the full-text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. And Credo brings the facts alive with images, sound files, animations, videos and much more. Find speedy, simple answers and authoritative, in-depth articles. Credo Reference contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles covering everything from accounting to zoology, via maps, math, management, martial arts, media studies, medicine, mountains, moons, music, multimedia, mythology. |
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| EBSCO Host (all databases) |
Use this link to search all EBSCO databases. Click on "Academic Search Premier…" to view all databses that will be searched. |
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| eLibrary |
Students find the answers they need from more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and top-quality multimedia (audio/video) files. |
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| Gale Databases(all databases) |
View all Info Trac databases. |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. |
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| General Onefile |
This interface allows you to search all InfoTrac databases at once. |
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| General Reference Center Gold |
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. |
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| Masterfile Premier |
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full-text reference books, full-text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full-text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily. |
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| Military & Government Collection |
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full-text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. |
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| Proquest (all databases) |
Use this link to view all Proquest databases. |
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| Serials Directory |
The Serials Directory provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library Classifications for every entry. |
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Grants
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| Foundation Directory Online |
FDO's mission is to help grantseekers and other nonprofit executives fulfill the missions of their organizations. Providing broad access to information, research, and education through five regional centers. |
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Health
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| Cancer |
835 essays on all aspects of cancer for all nonspecialist interest groups - from those who have been diagnosed to caregivers, family members, students, and readers with a general interest in health. The essays address diseases, conditions, symptoms, cancer-related syndromes, chemotherapy and other drugs and drug classes, cancer centers, genetics, the biology of cancer, medical specialties, tests, procedures, complementary and alternative therapies, lifestyles, healthy and preventive strategies, and the many social and personal issues surrounding cancer, from cancer's impact on minority populations to personal finances, insurance, personal relationships, and emotional coping. Written by physicians, nurses, and professional medical writers whose credentials and degrees are clearly listed in the byline to every essay, this comprehensive reference publication will be of interest not only to public library patrons but also to premedical students and those building collections for the patient population. |
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| Genetics & Inherited Conditions |
459 essays on diseases, biology, techniques, methodologies, genetic engineering, biotechnology, ethics, and social issues.
Print available Brockton Campus REF RB155.5 .G4616 2010 V.1-3 |
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| Health and Wellness Resource Center |
Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos, and hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection reference titles. |
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| Magill's Medical Guide 6th ed. |
Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. Print available Brockton Campus REF RC41 .M34 2011 V.1-6 |
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History
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| American Presidential Campaigns and Elections (1788-2008) |
Reviews and analyzes the process by which aspirants to the American presidency have campaigned for the support of the national electorate and how voters have made their selections from 1789 to the present day. A series of eight essays orients the reader to the unique electoral system of the United States, how it has evolved, and what larger themes illuminate the process. |
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| Booms and Busts: Economic History (1630s-Present) |
360 signed entries and essays introduce readers to major economic incidents in U.S. and world history, underlying concepts and theories, national and international institutions, recurring themes, and notable figures—with in-depth coverage of the financial crisis and global recession of the 21st century. |
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| Conflicts Since World War II |
Presents detailed descriptions and analyses of some 200 major post–World War II conflicts around the globe, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—along with 12 thematic essays, biographical profiles, profiles of major international organizations, and a glossary. Text coverage is supported by nearly 200 maps and 100 photos. |
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| Eighties In America |
Covers events, movements, people, and trends in popular culture, literature, art, sports, science, technology, economics, and politics in both the United States and Canada. The set's 663 articles discuss people, books, films, television series, musical groups, and other important topics representative of that era. Every entry focuses on the topic or person during the 1980's - for this work, defined as January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1989 - in order to explore what made the decade unique. |
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| European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 |
A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750, this database contains more than 32,000 entries. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples. |
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| Global History: Cultural Encounters |
Explores the impact of cross-cultural exchange—by explorers and traders, armies and emperors, missionaries and pilgrims, scientists, artists, and the media—across the world and throughout history. |
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| Massachusetts History Online |
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history. |
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| Milestone Documents of American Leaders |
A biographical approach to the study of primary source documents from U.S. presidents and other government figures to influential private citizens, this database features important full-text sources written by the people who shaped the nation. Covers more than 120 notable Americans from the Revolutionary era to the present day. Each entry provides a brief overview of the person's life and times as well as in-depth analysis about the key primary source documents that the person produced. The full text of each document is also included, along with vocabulary keys. Print available Brockton Campus REF E173 M62 2009 V.1-4. |
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| Nineties in America |
Presents clear discussions of its topics, arts and literature, business and economics, crime and punishment, disasters, education, environmental issues, film and television, health and medical issues, international relations, journalism, military and war, politics and government, popular culture, popular music, religion and spirituality, science and technology, sexuality, social issues, sports, and transportation. Print available Canton Campus REF E839 .N56 2009 V.1-3 |
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| U.S. History In Context |
Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Provides full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. |
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| World History In Context |
Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. Provides full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. |
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K-12
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| InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition |
With 330 plus titles, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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| InfoTrac Student Edition |
Designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. 1,100 plus titles. |
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| Kids InfoBits |
Developed for Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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| MAS Ultra - School Edition |
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full-text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full-text reference books, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285,912 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full-text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines. |
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| Primary Search |
Primary Search® contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection of over 460,000 photos, maps and flags. |
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Library
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| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |
Indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. |
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Literature
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| Books and Authors |
Offers information on 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists. |
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| Contemporary Literary Criticism Select |
An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study. Updated monthly, database allows users to search by author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more. |
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| Critical Survey of Long Fiction |
Offers 678 profiles of major writers of long fiction throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant novels and novellas. Discusses the novel in overview essays by time period, country, ethnicity, and genre. Print available Brockton Campus REF PN 3451.C75 2010 Vol. 1-3 |
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| Critical Survey of Poetry |
Offers 250 articles of major works of poetry throughout history and the world, including analyses.Discusses the ballad, epic, lyric poetry, Narrative poetry, and Symbolist literature. Print available Brockton Campus REF PN1021 .C7 2011 V.1-14 |
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| Drama for Students Online |
Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, Short Stories for Students. Print versions available in Brockton. Print versions of Drama, Poetry, and Short Story available in Canton. |
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| Literary Reference Center |
A comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works and is an essential resource for public, academic and high school libraries. |
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| Literature Criticism Online |
Literature Criticism Online includes the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. The net result is tens of thousands of hard-to-find essays at your fingertips. |
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| Literature Resource Center |
Provides biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. |
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| LitFinder |
Covers world literature and authors throughout history. Including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Also includes secondary materials such as biographies, and images. |
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| Novel For Students Online |
Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, Short Stories for Students. Print versions available in Brockton. Print versions of Drama, Poetry, and Short Story available in Canton. |
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| Poetry for Students Online |
Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, Short Stories for Students. Print versions available in Brockton. Print versions of Drama, Poetry, and Short Story available in Canton. |
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| Short Stories For Students Online |
Drama for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry for Students, Short Stories for Students. Print versions in Brockton. Print of Drama, Poetry, and Short Story available in Canton. |
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Maps
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| A to Z Maps Online |
The world's largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month. |
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News Sources
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| Banner, The (West Boylston) |
Full Text: 2007 - current. |
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| Berkshire Eagle |
Full Text: 2005 - current. |
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| Boston Globe |
Full Text: 1997 - current. |
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| BusinessWest (Chicopee) |
Full Text: 1992 - current. |
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| Gazette (Haverhill) |
Full Text: 12/31/92 to 8/9/97 only. |
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| Item, The (Clinton) |
Full Text: 2007 - current. |
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| Massachusetts Newsstand |
Full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources. |
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| Montachusett Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) |
Full text coverage: Jun 8, 2008 - Sep 28, 2008 |
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| New York Times |
Full-text searching of The New York Times (starting in 1995). |
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| News Sources |
Full Text: 1989 - current. |
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| Newsbank |
Each paper provides coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded. Includes Cape Cod Times, and America’s news magazines. Special feature: Current Events and Special Reports sections with the latest world and national news updated daily. |
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| Newspaper Source |
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full-text for 35 national & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full-text for more than 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are also provided. |
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| North Adams Transcript |
Full Text: 2005 - current. |
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| Plymouth County Business Review |
Full Text: 1991 - current. |
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| ProQuest Newspapers |
ProQuest Newspapers detailed indexing helps researchers quickly find the news information they need. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also subjects, companies, people, products, and geographic areas.Includes Boston Globe,New York Times |
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| Record, The (Shrewsbury) |
Full Text: 2007 - 2008. |
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| Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) |
Full Text: 2005 - current. |
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| Standard Times (New Bedford) |
Full text: 1/4/92 to 8/19/97 only. |
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| Sun, The (Lowell) |
Full Text: 2004 - current. |
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Nursing/Allied Health
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| Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic |
Provides access to 100 full-text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences. |
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| CINAHL |
CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,928 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981. |
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| Health Reference Center: Academic |
Multi-source database provides access to the full-text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. |
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| Health Source: Consumer Edition |
Providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines. |
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| Health Source: Nursing/Academic |
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. |
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| Medical Journals |
Free Access Medical Journals Via UMASS Medical Library. Access to 4836 medical journals. |
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| MEDLINE |
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. |
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| RN database - National Library Alliance |
RN Database is a collection of nursing textbooks chosen by librarians. For off-campus access, nursing students please contact Massasoit Circulation at 508 588 9100 x1941 |
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| STAT!REF - National Library Alliance |
STAT!REF- Electronic delivery of medical textbooks in database format. For off-campus access, nursing students please contact Massasoit Circulation at 508 588 9100 x1941 |
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Psychology
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| Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection |
This database provides nearly 575 full-text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. |
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Science
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| Science In Context |
Delivers integrated content through 150+ comprehensive reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Chemical Elements, Science in Dispute, and Macmillan Science Library. |
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| Science Reference Center |
Science Reference Center - a comprehensive research database designed to meet every student’s science research needs. Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. |
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Social Studies
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| CQ Researcher |
Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. |
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| Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society |
Presents 490 articles showing the math behind our daily lives, explaining to students how and why math works, and allowing readers to better understand how disciplines such as algebra, geometry, calculus, and others affect what we do every day. A general and non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of mathematics; to appreciate the influence of mathematics on societies around the world; to learn the history of applied mathematics; and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific social and topical articles presented in the work. |
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| Global Issues in Context |
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Includes podcasts, video, and interactive graphs. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database. |
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| International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed., 9v, 2008 |
Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences. |
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| Opposing Viewpoints in Context |
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards. |
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| Religion and Philosophy Collection |
Religion & Philosophy Collection provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers nearly 300 full-text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. |
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| Sex & Society |
More than 250 articles on relationships, parenting, social and cultural issues, health, and making smart personal choices. Print available Brockton Campus REF HQ 1075.S464 2010 Vol. 1-3 |
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Test Preparation
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| LearningExpress Library |
Test preparation for a wide range of career-oriented licensing and certification exams in Allied Health, education, civil service, and law enforcement. Contains interactive tutorials to help users improve basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as well as preparation for tests such as the GED, ACT, and SAT. Includes self-paced interactive study, instant scoring, and diagnostic feedback, and can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. Register by using the 14 digit MCC Library barcode and creating a password. |
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