Home Access to Online Databases
Welcome to Home Access to Online Databases brought to you by the Southeastern Massachusetts Library System and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Databases
Online magazine/periodical and news articles are available to patrons at the library and at home.
Just type in your library barcode number to access the varied databases which are listed below.
Click here to find newspapers and magazines online.
Once you reach the page, enter your library card number in the box and click go.
Library Databases
Biography Resource Center (Infotrac) - Combines more than 50 Gale biographical databases with full-text periodicals. Funded by the MBLC.
Contemporary Authors (Infotrac) — Please use Biography Resource Center.
Contemporary Literary Criticism (Infotrac)— an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors with biographical/critical introductions. Funded by the MBLC.
Educator's Reference Complete (InfoTrac) - Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier 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. (Replaces the Professional Collection.) Funded by the MBLC.
eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Funded by SEMLS.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac) — articles from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science & technology. Funded by the MBLC.
General Business File ASAP (Infotrac) - access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. Funded by the MBLC.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) - 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. Funded by the MBLC.
General Reference Center Gold (Infotrac) — a general interest database of articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images. Funded by theMBLC.
Health Reference Center - Academic (Infotrac) - articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Funded by the MBLC.
Junior Edition (Infotrac) - full-text resources for junior high and middle school. Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Funded by the MBLC.
Kid's InfoBits (Infotrac) - complements primary school curriculum with 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines. Targets the research needs of K-5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree. Funded by the MBLC.
Literary Reference Center (Ebsco) - Full-text broad spectrum of information on 1000's of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes 27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 140,500 author biographies, 350 literary journals, 54,000 poems, 14,500 short stories, 8400 classic texts, 4000 author interview and more. Funded by the MBLC.
Massachusetts History Online (InfoTrac) - Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.
Massachusetts Special Collections Directory - a database of over 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts. Funded by the MBLC.
Newsbank - full-text articles the Cape Cod Times. Funded by SEMLS.
ProQuest- Full-text articles from the Boston Globe (1980 to present), the Boston Herald (1991 to present, the New York Times (1980 to present), the Patriot Ledger (1991 to present), the Providence Journal (1983 to present) and Wall Street Journal (1984 to present,) as well as a variety of other Massachusetts newspapers. School libraries must access the New York Times and Wall Street Journal through eLibrary. Funded by the MBLC. The NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Providence Journal are funded by SEMLS.
Student Edition (Infotrac) – coverage of topics most often research in high school. Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Funded by the MBLC.
Massachusetts Special Collections Directory - a database of over 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts. Funded by the MBLC.
For Kids
eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Funded by SEMLS.
Junior Edition (Infotrac) - full-text resources for junior high and middle school. Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Funded by the MBLC.
Kid's InfoBits (Infotrac) - complements primary school curriculum with 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines. Targets the research needs of K-5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree. Funded by the MBLC.
Student Edition (Infotrac) – coverage of topics most often research in high school. Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Funded by the MBLC.