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General Reference & Research Topics About Books & Authors Business & Finance History Magazine Articles Medicine, Health & Science Newspapers Social Issues Youth-Oriented Study

 

General Reference & Research Topics

ACADEMIC ONEFILE
A comprehensive periodical resource of full-text peer-reviewed content for over 10,000 manually indexed journals and reference works covering all subjects, including the full-text of The New York Times back to 1995 and NPR, CNN & CBC transcripts and podcasts. 

EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE COMPLETE
More than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources.

EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

GENERAL ONEFILE
Business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

POWER SEARCH - Search multiple Gale or Proquest databases at once

Gale SCIENCE IN CONTEXT*
Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

FULL SUITE OF GALE DATABASES

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About Books & Authors

BIOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT
Over 400,000 biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts. Indexes all print volumes of the series. 

BOOKS AND AUTHORS*
Combines over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together. Includes a "What Do I Read Next?" collection.

CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM
An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors.

LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER*
Up-to-date 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.

LITERATURE RESOURCES FROM GALE
Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.


LITFINDER*
Contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

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Business & Finance

BUSINESS AND COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER*
Fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.

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.

RDS BUSINESS SUITE*
The RDS Business Suite is a collection of three highly complementary business information databases - Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase.

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History

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY ONLINE
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.

U.S. HISTORY IN CONTEXT*
Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History.


GALE WORLD HISTORY IN CONTEXT*
Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History.

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Magazine Articles

GENERAL ONEFILE
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

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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Medicine, Health & Science

Gale SCIENCE IN CONTEXT*
Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER*
Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.

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 sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center.

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Newspapers

CAPE COD TIMES - (Newsbank)
November 1998 to present.

NEW YORK TIMES - (Gale)
Index coverage: January 1, 1965 - Current; Full-text coverage: January 1, 1985 - Current

MASSACHUSETTS NEWSSTAND - (ProQuest)

Newspapers included:

THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN - (Newsbank)
6/13/1988 - present; Coverage for Springfield and Western Massachusetts

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Social Issues

GLOBAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT*
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

Gale OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS IN CONTEXT*
Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.

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Youth-Oriented Study

INFOTRAC JUNIOR EDITION K-12
Over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school.

INFOTRAC STUDENT EDITION
Over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students.

KIDS INFOBITS
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5.

STUDENT RESOURCES IN CONTEXT*
Contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events. New features such as "Search Assist" and quick fact boxes.

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