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Research Databases

If you need help accessing a database, please call
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Databases by Subject:

American History

Art & Music

Biographies

Business & Finance

Consumer Reports

Genealogy


General Resources

Health

Issues & Controversies

Kids

Languages

Literature

 


Maps

Newspapers

Reading Suggestions

Science

World History

World Geography

 

 

American History

Facts on File  (For searching all or any combination of the following Facts on File databases):
    African-American History Online
     American History Online
     American Women's History Online

Gale:
     Gale Biography in Context
     Gale US History in Context
     Gale Virtual Reference Library
     Massachusetts History Online

Sharpe -- US History and Culture:  (Please call the library for password and login information.)
    American Folklife
     American Presidential Campaigns and Elections (1788-2008)
     American Social Movements
     Colonial America (1492-1783)
     Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1919)
     The Great Depression and New Deal (1929-1941)
     Jazz Age (1919-1929)
     Postwar America (1945 - Present)
     Social Issues in America

     
     


Art & Music

Salem History - Musicians & Composers - Biographical profiles of important figures in all genres of music of the 20th century  (Please call the library for password and login information.)


Biographies

Gale Biography in Context
Salem History - Musicians & Composers- Biographical profiles of important figures in all genres of music of the 20th century  (Please call the library for password and login information.)


Business & Finance

The Boston Globe
Gale Business and Company Resource Center 

Gale RDS Business Suite
General Business File ASAP
The New York Times


Genealogy

New England Genealogical Society Databases (In-library use only)


General Resources

Infotrac Power Search:  Search one or any combination of Gale Databases
Academic OneFile
Educator Reference Complete
Expanded Academic ASAP
Gale Infotrac General OneFile
Gale Student Resources in Context
General Reference Center Gold



Health

Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center
Gale - Health Reference Center Academic
Salem Health Databases:
  (Please call the library for password and login information.)
    Magill's Medical Guide
     Psychology and Mental Health
     Genetics and Inherited Conditions



Issues & Controversies


Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context


Kids

Junior Edition - K12
Kids InfoBits

Languages

Mango Languages


Literature

Academic OneFile 
Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select
Literature Resources from Gale (combines Literature Resource Center & LitFinder)
     Literature Resource Center
     LitFinder

Newspapers

Massachusetts Newsstand (Includes Boston Globe, Boston Herald & Worcester Telegram Gazette)
The New York Times


Maps

A to Z Maps 
(Enter library card # for login.  Note:  Patron card numbers beginning with "D" must be capitalized.)


Reading Suggestions

Books & Authors
NoveList



Science

Salem Science:  Encyclopedia of Global Resources  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)
Science in Context
Science Online


World Geography

A to Z Maps
(Enter library card # for login.  Note:  Patron card numbers beginning with "D" must be capitalized.)
Academic OneFile 
The Boston Globe
Gale Infotrac General OneFile
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Global Issues in Context
The New York Times
Salem Science:  Encyclopedia of Global Resources
(Please call the library for password and login information.)
Science in Context
Science Online


World History

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale World History in Context

 

 

 

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Databases A - Z:

A to Z Maps
(Enter library card # for login.  Note:  Patron card numbers beginning with "D" must be capitalized.)

Academic OneFile

American Folklife  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

American History Online

American Presidential Campaigns and Elections (1788-2008)  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

American Social Movements  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

American Women's History Online

African-American History Online

Biography in Context

Books & Authors

The Boston Globe

Business and Company Resource Center 

Colonial America (1492-1783)  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Consumer Reports

Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select 

Educator Reference Complete

Expanded Academic ASAP

Gale Infotrac General OneFile

Gale RDS Business Suite

General Business File ASAP  

General Reference Center Gold

Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1919)  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Global Issues in Context

Grove Art Online

The Great Depression and New Deal (1929-1941)  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Health Reference Center Academic

Jazz Age (1919-1929)  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Junior Edition - K12

Kids InfoBits

Literature Resources from Gale (combines Literature Resource Center & LitFinder)
     Literature Resource Center
     LitFinder

Mango Languages

Massachusetts History Online

Massachusetts Newsstand  (Includes Boston Globe, Boston Herald & Worcester Telegram Gazette)

New England Genealogical Society Databases

The New York Times

NoveList

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Postwar America (1945 - Present)  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Salem Health Databases  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Salem History - Musicians & Composers  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Salem Science:  Encyclopedia of Global Resources 
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

Science in Context

Science Online

Student Resources in Context

Social Issues in America  
(Please call the library for password and login information.)

US History in Context

Virtual Reference Library

World History in Context
     

 

 

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