Subject Guide to Online Databases

Alphabetical List of Online Databases

African-American History Online (Facts on File)

• Biographies, many with links to select quotes from the subject
• Events and Topics, such as court cases; legislation; key social, literary and artistic movements; daily life and living conditions; important organizations
• Primary sources, some excerpted and some full text, with brief introductions
• Timelines, including Slavery in America; Civil Rights Movement; and the Harlem Renaissance
• Images and Videos, including more than 1000 historical images with explanatory captions
• Maps and Charts

America's GenealogyBank

• Historical Newspapers (1690 - 1977): Over 86 million articles, obituaries, marriage notices, birth announcements and other items published in over 1,300 historical U S newspapers, digitized in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society and other institutions. New content added monthly.
• Historical Books (1801 - 1900): Digitized versions of the complete text of more than 11,700 books, pamphlets, and printed items including genealogies, biographies, funeral sermons, local histories, cards, and charts. New content added monthly.
• Historical Documents (1789 - 1980): Military records, casualty lists, Revolutionary and Civil War pension requests, widows' claims, orphan petitions, and land grants. Includes the complete American State Papers (1789 - 1838) and all items of genealogical value from the U S Congressional Serial Set (1817 - 1980). New content added monthly.
• America's Obituaries (1977 - current): Includes over 800 newspapers from all 50 states. New content added daily.
• Social Security Death Index (1937 - current): Over 79 million Social Security Death Index (SSDI) records, which have been enhanced with age, city, county and state information. New content added weekly.

American History Online (Facts on File)

Spans over 500 years of political, military, social and cultural history. Includes curriculum-based content. Features biographies of important and representative historical figures; events, themes, organizations, places and cultural developments; over 1700 primary source documents; timelines; overview essays outlining time periods; collection of more than 2500 images; maps, graphs and tables.

American History by Decade:

The Thirties in America
The Forties in America
The Fifties in America
The Sixties in America
The Seventies in America
The Eighties in America
The Nineties in America

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference sets, The Thirties in America, The Forties in America, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, The Seventies in America, The Eighties in America and The Nineties in America.
• Includes historical narrative; biographical entries; and primary source material about the persons, events, institutions, and trends of these decades.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

American Immigration, Encyclopedia of

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• Provides the full content of Salem Press reference set, Encyclopedia of American Immigration .
• Where immigrants have come from and why; how they have adapted to their new homeland; how they have contributed to American culture and society; how government policies toward them have changed; practical issues of legal and social integration; and how American immigration history has fit into worldwide migration patterns.
• Broad issues ranging from accent discrimination to AIDS, world migration patterns, and xenophobia.
• 70 articles on specific ethnic and national immigrant groups outlining the group's immigration history, emphasizing what has made each group unique.
• Events, laws and treaties, organizations and institutions, and Supreme Court rulings on immigration.
• 45 individual persons, most of whom were post-independence-era immigrants who had a significant impact on the United States.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

American Social Movements

Provides the full content of Sharpe reference set, American Social Movements . Includes a variety of wide variety of American Social Movements related to economics, labor, government, politics, current events, global issues. Typical entries include: abolition; women's suffrage; civil rights; the minimum wage; the campaigns for clean air and clean water. Eexamines each social movement's goals, tactics, and impact, as well as its successes and failures. Provides biographical portraits of the key figures. of the nation's social movements and a variety of original documents.

American Women's History Online (Facts on File)

• Biographies of of American women throughout history, from Bella Abzug to Zitkala-Sa
• Events and Topics, such as Affirmative Action, Crime and Violence
• Primary sources, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton's address to the New York Legislature and the report of the Glass Ceiling Commission
• Timelines by era
• Images and video gallery, including items such as Babe Didrikson winning the National Open (1948) and Sandra Day O'Connor answering questions during her Senate confirmation hearing (1981)
• Maps and Charts, including items such as Alcohol Consumption by Gender and Death Rates for Females under 45 by Race.

Ancestry Library Edition*

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Ancestery Library Edition includes:

• Census records from the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Germany
• Canadian Census (1851-1911)
• Birth, marriage, and death records for the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
• Canadian Genealogy Index (1600s-1900s)
• U.S. military records (back to the 1600s)
• Canadian military collections
• Drouin Collection of French-Canadian and Quebec historical records (1621-1967)
• Immigration, emigration, passport, and naturalization records
• Jewish family history records
• U.S. and Canadian passenger lists (1865-1935)
• Directories and members lists from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
• Court, land, tax, and probate records
• Biographies and histories, including American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) and WPA Slave Narratives
• Collections that bring together diverse materials on communities of people, such as Jewish Family History
• Photos and maps, ranging from postcards and panoramas to family photos and headstones

*Key Differences Between Ancestry.com and Ancestry Library Edition

Auto Repair Reference Center

The Auto Repair Reference Center database contains complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton Information, on most manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. Content includes:

• Approximately 25,000 vehicles, from 1954 to present
• Over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs
• Over 65,000 technical service bulletins & recalls
• Wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing
• Specifications & maintenance schedules
• Labor Time Guide & Estimator
• Quick Tips - a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Berkshire Eagle

• Berkshire Eagle Digital Edition (Available for in library use only): Search and navigate an exact replica of the current edition of the printed newspaper, with a 30-day archive.
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• Berkshire Eagle Website Archive (Available for in library use only): Full Text of articles published 1998 - current. Does not include wire service stories, photographs, advertisements.
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• Berkshire Eagle Obituaries (Available for in library use only): Obituaries February 1, 2008 - current.
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• Berkshire Eagle, Massachusetts Newsstand Edition: Full Text of articles published June 2005 - current. Basic and Advanced Search options offered. Ability to limit by article type (for example, editorial, review, letter, obituary)
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Cancer

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• Provides the full content of Salem Health reference set, Cancer.
• Coverage includes diseases, conditions, medications, procedures, specialists, social issues, personal coping tips, print and online academic resources, and support resources.

Civil War Era & Reconstruction

Provides the full content of Sharpe reference set, Civil War Era & Reconstruction . Provides an in-depth view of the non-military history of the Civil War and Reconstruction, covering the years 1861-1877. General and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals. Includes Primary Documents; Chronologies; Glossary; Maps; Images.

Consumer Reports - New!

The go-to source for evaluation of a wide range of products, produced by Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit organization. CR tests appliances, cars, electronics, baby gear, products for the home and garden.

Culture Grams

A resource for upper elementary, middle school and high school students and others seeking cultural and geographic information, this database includes six components:

• World Edition: Cultural reports for 190 countries and territories, including land and climate, history, language, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, events and trends, statistics, maps and a glossary.
• Kids Edition: Intended for upper elementary students, this component offers 68 country reports, with cultural information, images, historical timeline, fun facts, history, population, maps, flags, "life as a kid."
• States Edition: Covers the 50 U S states and the District of Columbia, with maps, flags, symbols, timelines, history, economy, geography, population.
• Photo Gallery: Over 600 images representing daily life in over 50 countries of the world.
• Recipe Collection: Five native recipes for each of the countries covered in the World Edition.
• Famous People Index: Short biographies of famous individuals from countries covered in the World Edition.

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867 - 1970 (Massachusetts)

Founded in 1867 by D A Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. Sanborn maps can be used to study the history, growth and development of cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Maps include details such as building outlines, construction materials, location, size and shape of structures, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, outbuildings. Factories are labeled with the owner's name and products manufactured. Also depicted are pipelines, railroads, wells, water mains, dumps and heavy machinery. Maps can be manipulated, expanded, printed and downloaded.

Early Republic & Antebellum America (1783 -1861)

Provides the full content of Sharpe reference set, Early Republic & Antebellum America. More than 550 authoritative signed articles, essays, and sidebars. Covers America as a new nation, including the creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, the War of 1812 and burning of Washington, the Indian Wars and Trail of Tears, the California Gold Rush, the rise of abolitionists and the Underground Railroad. Includes Primary Documents; Chronologies; Glossary; Maps; Images.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Environmental Issues

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• Provides the full content of Salem Press reference set, Environmental Issues .
• Includes 770 articles that range in length from 300 to 3,000 words.
• Assembles information from numerous fields of knowledge relevant to the study of environmental issues, including biology, geology, anthropology, demographics, genetics, and engineering, and explains the interrelationships of these issues in easily understood terms.
• Topics covered include endangered animal species; air pollution; national parks; environmental legislation; oil spills; alternative energy sources; and global climate change.
• Articles on human-made environments, include such topics as sick building syndrome; noise pollution; smog; and urban planning. Articles range from broad concepts such as ecology to specific issues like the conflict between loggers and defenders of the endangered northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
• Specialized articles include biographies, events, books, legislation and international treaties, court cases, and organizations.
• Sample articles: Biopiracy and Bioprospecting; Ecotourism; Electronic Waste; Johannesburg Declaration; Wangari Maathai; Nature Conservancy.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives (formerly Footnote) - new!

Available to Berkshire Athenaeum cardholders only.

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Fold3 History and Genealogy Archives presents many historic documents through a partnership with the National Archives and other institutions:

• Census records from 1860 and 1930
• Documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and U.S. Presidents
• Historical newspapers
• Naturalization documents
• Matthew Brady collection of Civil War photos
• UFO documents from 1947 – 1969
• State Records
• City Directories

Forensic Science

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• Provides the full content of Salem Press reference set, Forensic Science .
• Includes Forensic accounting, Forensic anthropology, Forensic archaeology, Forensic botany, Forensic entomology, Forensic geoscience, Forensic nursing, Forensic odontology, Forensic palynology, Forensic pathology, Forensic photography, Forensic psychiatry, Forensic psychology, Forensic sculpture, and Forensic toxicology
• Covers specific types of investigations, such as arson, child abduction and kidnapping, homicide, and computer crime; investigative techniques, such as autopsies, ballistics, chromatography, crime scene documentation, fingerprint analysis, and polygraph analysis; specialized equipment, such as bomb and nuclear detection devices; types of evidence, such as fire debris, fibers and filaments, glass, and blood residue and stains.
• Over 450 essays ranging in length from 500-3,000 words.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Foundation Directory Online

• The Foundation Directory Online is a searchable database of 80,000 grantmakers and over half a million grants.
• Includes controlled vocabulary indexes; ability to use multiple search terms;option for Free Text searching.
• Updated weekly.
• Most entries link to foundation website and 990-PF, the tax return filed by private foundations with the Internal Revenue Service.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

• An online database of more than 6,200 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

Gale Databases

Extensive collection of databases and periodical indexes, with many full text magazine and journal articles online. Detailed descriptions of each database's contents are on the Gale Database menu page, available by using Log In above. Databases include:

Academic OneFile
Books & Authors
Business & Company Resource Center
Contemporary Literary Criticism: Select
Educator's Reference Complete
Expanded Academic ASAP
Gale Biography in Context
Gale Global Issues in Context
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Gale Science in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context
Gale U S History in Context
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale World History in Context
General Business File ASAP
General OneFile
General Reference Center Gold
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health Reference Center Academic
InfoTrac Junior Edition (for Grades 5 - 12)
InfoTrac Student Edition (for Grades 9 - 12)
Kids InfoBits (for Grades K - 5)
LitFinder
Literature Resources from Gale
Massachusetts History Online
New York Times (1985- )

Global Warming

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• Provides the full content of Salem Press reference set, Encyclopedia of Global Warming .
• Comprehensive coverage of the questions of global warming and climate change, including scientific descriptions and explanations of all factors, from carbon dioxide to sunspots, that might contribute to climate change.
  
• Animals; Arctic & Antarctic; astronomy; chemistry & geochemistry; climatic events & epochs; conferences & meetings; cryology & glaciology; diseases & health effects; economics, industries & products; energy, environmentalism, conservation & ecosystems; ethics, human rights & social justice; fossil fuels, geology & geography; laws, treaties & protocols; meteorology & atmospheric sciences; nations & peoples; oceanography; organizations & agencies; physics & geophysics; plants & vegetation; pollution & waste; popular culture & society; science & technology; transportation; water resources.
  
• Over 500 essays ranging in length from 400 - 2,000 words.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Great Athletes

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference set, Great Athletes.
• Over 1400 biographical essays, averaging 3- 4 pages, on athletes from around the world.
• Includes Football; Baseball; Olympic Sports; Basketball; Golf & Tennis; Boxing & Soccer; Racing & Individual Sports.

Great Events from History: 19th Century

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference set, Great Events from History: The 19th Century .
• Covers important social and cultural developments in daily life: major literary movements, significant developments in art and music, trends in immigration, and progressive social legislation
• Coverage of Canada, Africa, Latin America, and Asia
• Sample topics included: Tripolitan War; European revolutions of 1848; Boer Wars in South Africa; Boxer Rebellion in China; Beethoven's Eroica symphony; Puccini's opera Tosca; Romanticism; Naturalism; the Waltz; Barnum's Circus; The Brooks Brothers Button-Down Shirts; expeditions to the Pacific Northwest, the Amazon, Australia, and polar regions; McCormick's reaper; the internal combustion engine; gas lighting; the telephone; the light bulb; transatlantic communications; discovery of the first asteroid; Freud's interpretation of dreams.

Great Events from History: Modern Scandals

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference set, Great Events from History: Modern Scandals .
• 400 of the most important and most publicized scandals throughout the world since the beginning of the twentieth century
• Sample articles included: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire; White Sox Players Conspire; Thalidomide & Birth Defects; French Sink Greenpeace Ship; Faked Hitler Diaries; Martha Stewart Convicted; Deadly Pet Food from China; Teapot Dome scandal; Watergate; the death of Princess Diana; Enron; the Tour de France doping scandal; 2007 subprime mortgage industry collapse

Great Lives from History: The Incredibly Wealthy

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference set, Great Lives from History: The Incredibly Wealthy .
• Features 445 essays covering 446 people from all time, worldwide. The subjects of these essays are wealthy people who earned their fortunes in a wide range of endeavors from ancient times into the twenty-first century.
• For purposes of this set, the term "incredibly wealthy" is defined to include men and women who were or are among the wealthiest people during the times in which they lived. Many of these individuals were members of the wealthiest families of their times; profiles of numerous members of the Vanderbilt, Rothschild, and Rockefeller families, for example, are represented here.
• Each article includes Early Life, First Ventures, Mature Wealth, Legacy and authoritative resources for Further Reading.
• Many individuals are household names, famous for high-profile professions in entertainment, politics, and business, while others have received less public attention but made important contributions to civil rights and science or helped pave the way for others in their community in areas such as education and sports.
• Sample articles include: Croesus; Mohammed bin Laden; Aliko Dangote; Elizabeth II; Bill Gates; John D. Rockefeller; Carlos Slim; Oprah Winfrey.

Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference set, Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans .
• 646 essays covering 654 people (including 124 women) from the eighteenth century to the present. Articles include Early Life, Life's Work, Significance, and authoritative resources for Further Reading.
• The subjects of these essays are Jewish Americans who undertook a wide range of endeavors from colonial times into the twenty-first century.
• Many individuals are household names, famous for high-profile professions in entertainment, politics, and business, while others have received less public attention but made important contributions to civil rights and science or helped pave the way for others in their community in areas such as education and sports.
• Sample articles include: Hannah Arendt; Red Auerbach; Harry Houdini; Henry Kissinger; Chaim Potok; Art Spiegelman; Rosalyn Yalow.

Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives

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• Provides the full content of Salem History reference set, Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives .
• 637 biographies, with sidebars, primary source quotes, photos, illustrations and graphs
• Categories of "notorious" include: Assassins; Bad Popes; Biblical Villains; Con Artists, Cheats, and Frauds; Corrupt Politicians; Cult Leaders; Dictators, Tyrants and Bad Rulers; Gangsters; Military Figures; Murderers and Accused Murderers; Nazis; Outlaws and Gunslingers; Pirates; Political Rebels and Revolutionaries; Racists and Hatemongers; Unethical Scientists and Doctors; Serial Killers; Sexual Predators; Terrorists; Thieves and Bank Robbers; Traitors and Spies; War Criminals; White Collar Criminals; "Witches" and Occultists
• Sample articles include: Benedict Arnold; Gilbert Gauthe; Attila; Ma Barker; William Bligh; William H. Bonney; John Wilkes Booth; Marcus Junius Brutus; Joseph McCarthy; Asahara Shoko

Grove Art Online

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Grove Art Online provides access to the text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. It includes 45,000 articles; over 1500 thumbnail art images and line drawings; links to searchable image databases and art images on museum and gallery web sites around the world.

Heritage Quest Online

Includes five genealogical resources of interest to those researching their family history.

• Federal Census: Find ancestors using name indexes for U S Census, 1790 - 1930.
• Genealogy and Local History Collection: Includes over 20,000 family and local history books, with every word searchable.
• Periodical Source Index (a.k.a. PERSI): A comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local hisotry periodicals since 1800. Can be searched using names, locations, keywords, periodical titles.
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files: Records of over 80,000 individuals who served, including rank, unit, period of service, date of birth, residence.
• Freedman's Bank Records: Documents more than 105,000 bank depositors of the Freedman's Savings & Trust Company, the primary bank for America's freed slaves from 1865-1874.

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center

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A full text database providing full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than 740 magazines and books, as well as access to more than 720 videos and over 140 hobby reports, this database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas. Subject areas include:

• arts & crafts
• collecting
• games & electronics
• model building
• home & leisure
• needlework
• outdoors & nature
• scrapbooking & papercraft.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Home Improvement Reference Center

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A full text database focusing on home improvement and home repair. Provides instructions, tips, suggestions. Special features inlcude: Working with contractors; Glossary of Terms; Conversion Charts; Homeowners Journal. Includes sections devoted to:

• outdoor projects
• electrical projects
• remodeling projects
• plumbing projects
• wood projects
• decorating projects
• maintenance

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Learning Express

Learning Express offers online practice tests and tutorials. Take a test, receive immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and a personalized analysis of your results.The following tests are included: Advanced Placement; Business Writing Success; Civil Service; College Entrance Exams; Cosmetology; Elementary School Skills; EMS; Firefighter; GED; Graduate School Entrance Exams; High School Skills Improvement; Job Search and Success Skills; Law Enforcement; Math Skills Improvement; Middle School Skills Improvement; Military; Nursing; Reading Skills Improvement; Real Estate; Resume and Interviewing Success Skills; Skills Improvement with Spanish Instructions (for Native Spanish speakers who want to improve their English writing skills); Teaching; Technical and Career College Skills; TOEFL; U.S. Citizenship; Writing Skills Improvement.

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

Magill's Literary Annual, 1977-2011

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• Provides the full content of Salem Literature set, Magill's Literary Annual.
• For each year, provides authoritative essay-reviews of 200 notable titles significant fiction and nonfiction published in the previous calendar year.
• Nonfiction titles considered include works on current affairs and social issues, ethics and law, history, literary biography, philosophy and religion, psychology, and women's issues.
• Sample entries from the 2011 edition: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine; The Changeling; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's; Nest Nox: An Epitaph for My Brother.
• Works considered include novels, biographies,autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, histories, poetry, and books on current affairs and other topics.
• Searchable by Title of Work; Author of Work; Topic; Biographical Subject.
• Each essay-review analyzes and presents the focus, intent, and relative success of the author of each work, as well as the makeup and point of view of the title under discussion. Eessays are supplemented by a list of additional "Review Sources" for further study in a bibliographic format. Every essay includes a sidebar offering a brief biography of the author or authors.

Massachusetts Commonwealth:
Central Register and Goods & Services Bulletin

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The Central Register (published weekly each Wednesday) contains information about state, county and municipal contracts being put out to bid for the design, construction and reconstruction of public facilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Invitations to bid, lists of contractors picking up specifications on a weekly basis, and final awards of contracts are all published. Proposals and advertisements for the lease, sale or transfer of real property are published; as are lists of certified minority and women contractors and contractors who have been debarred from state work.

The Goods and Services Bulletin (published weekly each Monday) contains solicitations for the procurement of commodities and services (which, generally, are unrelated to construction of public facilities). State purchases of goods and procurements of certain services or consultants are published, while municipal contracts exceeding $100,000 are required to be advertised pursuant to the Uniform Procurement Act (M.G.L. c. 30B). Notices advertising sole source procurements and the availability of surplus property are also published in the Bulletin.

Massachusetts History Online

Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Masschusetts history, both past and present, and include people, places, and historical events.

Massachusetts Newsstand

Massachusetts Newsstand offers access to the following fulltext newspapers:

• Berkshire Eagle 2005 - Current
• Boston Globe 1980 - Current
• BusinessWest (Chicopee) 1992 - Current
• Montachusett Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
• North Adams Transcript 2005 - Current
• Plymouth County Business Review 1991 - Current
• Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005 - Current
• The Banner (West Boylston)
• The Item (Clinton)
• The Record (Shrewsbury)
• The Sun (Lowell) 2004 - Current
• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) 1989 - Current
• Gazette (Haverhill) 12/31/92 - 8/9/97 only
• Standard Times (New Bedford) 1/4/92 - 8/19/97 only

New England Historic Genealogical Society Online Databases

Includes Atlases; Bible Records; Cemetery & Church Records; Census, Tax and Voters Lists; Court Records; Diaries; Heraldry; Land Records; Local Histories; Military Information; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-2004; Newspapers and Periodicals; Records for People of Color; Probate Records; School Records; Social Security Death Index; Town Records; Vital Records. Includes sources for Canada, England, Ireland, New England States, and New York.

New York Times, Historical 1851-2007

Full text news articles; birth and marriage announcements; advertisements; cartoons; editorials; legal notices; letters to the editor; lottery numbers; obituaries; photos; real estate transactions; book, movie and theater reviews.

Newsbank

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• Cape Cod Times (11/1998 - current)
• Springfield Republican (6/1988 - current)

Provided by the MA Board of Library Commissioners and Massachusetts Library System.

NoveList

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• Fiction reader's advisory service: contains lists, reviews, feature articles, and more.
• Search by authors, plot lines, series, reading level, etc.

Philanthropy In/Sight

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Philanthropy In/Sight is an interactive mapping tool combining Foundation Center data on grantmakers and their grants with Google maps. Choosing from a wide range of customization options, users can create maps that reveal patterns of giving and funding relationships and overlay grant data with their choice of over 150 demographic, socio-economic, and other data sets to visual portraits showing where philanthropy has made an impact and where opportunities exist to fill critical needs.

The demographic data in Philanthropy In/Sight comes from a variety of sources, including the American Human Development Project of the Social Science Research Council, the United Nations Development Programme's annual Human Development Report (HDR), the World Bank's Data Catalog, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS), and a number of other government agencies.

Science Online

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Science Online contains thousands of entries covering animal anatomy; anthropology and archaeology; astronomy and space technology; atomic physics; biochemistry; biology; botany; chemistry; computer science; earth science; environmental science; general science; health and medicine; human anatomy and physiology; marine science; physics; weather and climate. It includes diagrams, definitions, biographies, essays and experiments.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center

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Small Engine Repair Reference Center is a full text database providing reference and instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair. SERRC contains the full set of Clymer's small engine repair manuals. Routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, as well as more extensive repairs involving engine transmission disassembly are covered. Provides many photos and detailed illustrations. Engines types include:

• ATVs
• boats
• generators and other small engines
• lawn mowers
• motorcycles
• outdoor power equipment, including chain saws and snowthrowers
• personal water craft
• snowmobiles
• tractors

Paid for by a Gift from the Estate of Eileen M O'Connor.

World Terrorism

Provides the full content of Sharpe reference set, World Terrorism . Typical entries include Oklahoma City Bombing; Pan Am Flight 103; and other terrorist acts. Includes historical background of different eras: from ancient Greece through 1939; during WWII; and modern terrorist compaigns worldwide. Discusses specific types of terrorism; techniques and methods; and the psychology of terrorism. Focused entries on terrorist groups and campaigns, with emphasis on the Middle East (including the 1996 peace process); covers radical Muslim terrorism, terrorism in Latin America, post-Colonial Asia and Africa, and war and civil war since 1945. Entries devoted to terrorism in the industrialized world: the United States, Europe, Israel, Britain, and Latin America as well as responses to terrorism.

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This page updated January 2012.