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Agriculture: Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.
Business: Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications.
Culinary Arts Collection: Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.
Gardening and Horticulture: Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.
Health and Medicine: Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
Home Improvement: Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
Hospitality and Tourism: Discover well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.
Nursing and Allied Health: Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
Physical Therapy and Sports: Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
PebbleGo: Use PebbleGo Animals and PebbleGo Biographies to help your young students build confidence in their technology, research, and reading skills. The word highlighting and natural voice audio allows readers and pre-readers to easily follow along with the text as they build vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency skills every step of the way.
Peterson's Career Prep: Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Vocation and Careers Collection: Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
Britannica High School Edition: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
Biography: Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
Literature Resource Center: Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
NewsBank: NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
One Literature: Contains 3 million literature citations from thousands of journals, monographs, dissertations, and more than 500,000 primary works – including rare and obscure texts, multiple versions, and non-traditional sources like comics, theatre performances, and author readings. Enhanced by interpretive sources such as book reviews and criticism sourced from wider, interdisciplinary publications in the fields such as humanities and history, it provides diverse, global perspectives with sources from all over the world – Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America - the majority of which are in full-text.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Fine Arts: Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Academic OneFile: Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
Academic OneFile Select: Research academic topics ranging from art and literature to economics and the sciences (smaller version of Academic OneFile).
Britannica High School Edition: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
Culturegrams: Provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you are offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students. Users link to the reports via an engaging, map-based interface that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
General OneFile: Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
News: Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
NewsBank: NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
Power Search (Gale): Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Boston Globe Article Archive: Covering from 1980 - current, this publication's detailed indexing helps users quickly find the news information they need. Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so they have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the paper. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc.
Flipster: Access popular magazines online for free!
News: Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
Newsbank: NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
New York Times Article Archive: Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985).
Popular Magazines: Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Britannica High School Edition: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
Environmental Studies: Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Environmental Studies and Policy: Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.
Health and Medicine: Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
Information Science: Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology.
Proquest Science: Science Database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.
Science Gale Interactive: Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
Science in Context: Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Britannica High School Edition: Generalized information about a variety of subjects.
Communications and Mass Media: Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more.
Criminal Justice: Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more.
Culturegrams: Provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you are offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students. Users link to the reports via an engaging, map-based interface that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
Digital Commonwealth: Explore historical collections from libraries, museums, and archives across Massachusetts
Diversity Studies: Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
Gender Studies: Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
Global Issues in Context: Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
Heritage Quest: is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.
Leadership and Management: Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more.
Military and Intelligence: Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs.
NewsBank: NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
Opposing Viewpoints: Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
Pop Culture Studies: Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Psychology: Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
War and Terrorism: Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.
U.S. History in Context: Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
World History in Context: Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
Peterson's Career Prep: Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice.
Peterson's Test Prep: Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take practice tests, and use test prep eBooks.
Vocations and Careers: Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
Gender Studies: Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
Health and Medicine: Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals.
Heath and Wellness: Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection: Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
Psychology: Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
Rosen Teen Health and Wellness: The award-winning Teen Health & Wellness provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national, and provincial standards, including Common Core Health and Science. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
Britannica Escolar: With two levels—Primaria for elementary and Secundaria for middle school— Escolar offers unique content that is of interest to every student.
Britannica Moderna: For native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish, older students can turn to Britannica Moderna for their research needs.
Culturegrams: Provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available, so you can be sure you are offering only the very best, most current information to staff and students. Users link to the reports via an engaging, map-based interface that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
SIRS Researcher: SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database designed for middle and high school students, university undergraduates, instructors, and librarians. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources. All content is 100% full-text and selected from authoritative magazines, newspapers, photographs, books, statistics, infographics, websites, and more.
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