These databases are available 24/7. Some databases require a username
and password for remote access. Login information is
available in the Library. Subscription database services
provide access to authoritative and up-to-date reference
resources, journals, media, and more.
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 ABC-CLIO
Social Studies Databases | Remote
Access (username
and password available in library)
ABC-Clio Social Studies
Databases include: American Government, American History,
World History:ancient and medieval eras, and World History:
the modern era. Find images, documents, timelines, essays,
statistics, and glossaries. Explore by topic or search
by keyword. |
 Academic
OneFile 1980
- updated daily.
FInd full-text articles
from leading journals and reference sources. Academic
OneFile is authoritative and comprehensive with extensive
coverage: physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences,
the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Funding for Academic OneFile is provided by
the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System and/or the
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 Biography
in Context
FInd full-text articles from references sources,
periodicals, and multimedia. Search by : name, nationality,
ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as
by keyword.
Funding for Biography
in Context is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional
Library System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 Boston
Globe Find
full-text articles from 1980 - today
Funding for The Boston
Globe is provided
by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System and/or
the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners |
 CQ
Researcher | Remote
Access (username
and password available in library) |
Find in depth reports on topics in social issues, environment, health, education, science and technology. 44 reports/year. CQ Researcher covers topics ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year, including four expanded reports, dating back to October 25, 1991. |
 Congressional
Digest online (username and password available in library) Also
available in print in the library.
Congressional
Digest is an independent journal featuring
controversies before the U.S. Congress. A reliable research
tool and reference source. Each issue covers
a current debate topic, including background information, legislative
summaries, and key arguments. Published ten times per year.
Does
not include access
Supreme Court or International
Debates publications.
Congressional
Digest Index 1921
- 2011 |
 eBooks Gale
VIrtual Reference Library | Remote
Access (password available
in the library)
Access Gale Virtual Reference Library database of encyclopedias
and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
 Global
Issues in Context
Global Issues
in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum
of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are
hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals
that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly
relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military,
economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each
of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles
written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary
source and statistical information. Rich multimedia - including
podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.
Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search
or Advanced Search to explore the database.
Funding for Global Issues in Context is
provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System
and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 GREENR
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) MAY, 2012
The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. Use Browse Issues and Topics, World Map, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database. |
Grolier online encyclopedia | remote access (password available in the library)
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 Health
Reference Center Academic 1980
- Nov. 2011
This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing
and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal
health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health
Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the
material contained in this database is intended for informational
purposes only.
Funding for Health Reference
Center is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts
Regional Library System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners. |
 JSTOR | Remote Access - You must set up a MyJSTOR account. Information is available in the Library.
JSTOR offers high-quality , interdisciplinary content to
support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand
leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences,
and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials
valuable for academic work. Journals are always included
from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and unrelated
titles. Beginning in 2011, current issues for more than 150
journals will be available on JSTOR as part of the Current
Scholarship Program.
Once you have set up your own MyJSTOR account you can access JSTOR from anywhere
and save your searches.
Funding and access for JSTOR is provided
by Newton Free Library. |
 NBC
Learn NBC News offers unique collectiosn of video resources,
primary sources, historic footage, images, mini-documentaries
and text resources.
You must create your own NBC Learn account.
Information is available on the NSHS Library bookmark. |
 New
York Times
Search full-text New York
Times 1985 - current.
Funding for access to The New York
Times
is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library
System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 Opposing
Viewpoints in Context
Opposing Viewpoints is an electronic database
that focuses on controversial social issues. This online
library of current events topics presents the facts about
those issues including statistics, magazine and newspaper
articles, and primary source documents. Each subject also
includes "pro" and "con" arguments
by people knowledgeable about the topic. This database is updated
daily. Documents may be printed or e-mailed.
Funding for Opposing Viewpoints in Context
is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library
System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 PowerSearch
Search 30 Gale databases including Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
History in Context, Science
in Context , The New York Times and ...
* Biography Resource Center and The Complete Marquis Who's Who (includes Contemporary Authors)This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
* Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors.
* Expanded Academic ASAP Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.
* General Business File ASAP Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.
* General Reference Center GOLD Find the latest current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
* Health Reference Center Academic Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
* Professional Collection Full-text periodicals for teachers and school
administrators.
Funding for PowerSearch is provided
by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System and/or
the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 Questia http://www.questiaschool.com.
(username and
password available in library)
Access
Questia's online library of full-text copyright
cleared books. Questia also
includes hundreds of thousands of journal and magazine articles,
and useful research tools including project folders, online
note taking, citation makers, and more.
|
 Science Resources in Context
Find articles from over
200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. Science
Resources in Context covers curriculum-related science topics
and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly
correlated to state and national standards. Includes thousands of
topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations
and the latest scientific developments.
Funding for Science Resources in
Context is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional
Library System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 Sharpe
Online Reference Library eBooks | Remote
Access (username
and password available in library)
U.S. History and Culture. Titles: Colonial
America, Gilded Age
and Progressive Era (1877-1919), Jazz
Age (1919-1929), Postwar
America (1945-present), American Folklife, American
Social Movements,
and Social Issues in America. Also includes Image Gallery, Primary
Source Archive, and Web Links. |
 Student
Resources in Context
Magazine articles, timelines, photos, maps, primary source documents, multimedia.
Student Resources in Context contains
reference works, newspaper and magazines, journals, primary source documents
and multimedia files (photographs, illustrations, audio and video clips).
Funding for Student Resources in Context
is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library
System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 U.S.
History in Context
Search Gale U.S. History in Context for contextual information
on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics
in U.S. History. Authoritative reference content is combined
with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary
source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted
websites.
Funding for U.S.History
in Context is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional
Library System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
 World
History in Context
Search Gale World History in Context for contextual
information on hundreds of the most significant people, events
and topics in world history. Authoritative
reference content is combined with full-text magazines, academic
journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos,
audio files and links to vetted websites.
Funding for World History
in Context is provided by the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional
Library System and/or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. |
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| Access more databases from Newton Free Library
online. Databases
A-Z . Newton public
library card required. |
| CollegeSource,
Lit Finder, Novelist Newton
public library card required. |
| Oxford English Dictionary OED online Newton public library card required. |
Salem Science Newton public library card required.
Titles available from Salem Science: Encyclopedia
of Global Resources, Encyclopedia
of Global Warming, Forensic
Science, The Solar System and Encyclopedia
of Environmental Issues .
Funding
and access for JSTOR is provided by Newton Free Library. |
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| National
Geographic Online Archives 2005
- 2011 Print
index 1888 - 1998 is available in NSHS Library. |
| Social
Explorer Demographic Maps
of U.S.A. 1790 - present. Interactive. |
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