Online Reference Databases
Storrs Library provides remote access to many online
databases, professionally selected and reviewed for
reliability. Some are exclusively available to Storrs
Library cardholders, others are purchased by the
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and others
are provided by membership in CWMARS. A brief
description for each of the databases can be found
below.
To gain access to any of the
online databases listed below click on the
highlighted text in the left-hand box
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NEWSPAPERS |
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Springfield Republican |
Springfield Republican,
Springfield MA (via Newsbank)
(1988 - current) Available
to library cardholders from Western Mass. only |
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Boston Globe |
Boston Globe
full-text coverage from 1980 |
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New York Times Backfile |
New York Times
Backfile
Search the full text of
The New York Times (starting in 1995). |
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Boston Herald |
Boston Herald
full-text coverage from from 1991 |
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BusinessWest |
BusinessWest
(Chicopee) full-text bi-weekly business journal
for western MA from 1992 |
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Berkshire Eagle |
Berkshire Eagle
full-text coverage for Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire
County, and 4 nearby New York communities from
2005. |
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
Telegram & Gazette
(Worcester)
Full-text coverage of
Worcester and Central Massachusetts news
from1989. |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online |
Available only with use of a Boston Public
Library e-card.
All
Massachusetts residents are eligible. Click
here
to register for a BPL e-card and use the number
provided to access this and other electronic
resources on the
Boston Public Library's
website |
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BUSINESS |
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General BusinessFile ASAP |
Analyze company performance and activity,
industry events and trends as well as the latest
in management, economics and politics. Articles
on business and management; directory of
150,000+ companies; investment analysts' reports
on major companies and industries. Use advanced
search for Company profiles, SIC descriptions,
and Investext Select (investment reports &
forecasts). Full-text and citations from 1980 to
the present. |
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D & B Million Dollar Database |
Available only with use of a Boston Public
Library e-card.
All
Massachusetts residents are eligible. Click
here
to register for a BPL e-card and use the number
provided to access this and other electronic
resources on the
Boston Public Library's
website |
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Virtual Reference Library |
Digital editions of print reference sources.
Click SHOW ALL to view titles, select any title
to search individually or search the entire
library from the opening page
Business Leader Profiles
for Students 2v, 2002
Encyclopedia of Small
Business 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
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SCIENCE
AND HEALTH |
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Health Reference Center Academic (Gale InfoTrac) |
Articles on fitness,
pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public
health, occupational health & safety, substance
abuse, HMOs, etc. Plus medical directories,
pamphlets, and a dictionary. Materials in this
database are intended for informational purposes
only. Full-text, abstracts, citations from 1980
to the present,
updated daily. |
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Magill Health Reference |
Magill’s Medical Guide
covers diseases, disorders, treatments,
procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and
issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars
addressing recent developments in medicine and
concise information boxes for all diseases and
disorders. It provides general readers with an
authoritative reference source that helps bridge
the gap between medical encyclopedias for
professionals and popular self-help guides.
Access will require the
use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD NUMBER.
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Salem Health-Cancer |
Salem Health-Cancer includes
information on diseases, conditions,
medications, procedures, specialists, social
issues, personal coping tips, print and online
academic resources, and support resources.
Written by physicians, nurses, and professional
medical writers whose credentials and degrees
are clearly listed in the byline to every essay,
this comprehensive reference publication will be
of interest not only to public library patrons
but also to premedical students and those
building collections for the patient population
Access will require the
use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD NUMBER.
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Salem Health:
Psychology & Mental Health |
This reference database,
companion to the 5-volume print encyclopedia,
covers diagnoses, disorders, treatments, tests,
notable people, and issues, including many
popular concepts. Search here for reliable
information on organizations and support groups,
pharmaceutical lists, important court cases
involving mental health issues, web sites and
much more.
Access will require the
use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD
NUMBER.
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Access Science |
Available only with use of a Boston Public
Library e-card.
All
Massachusetts residents are eligible. Click
here
to register for a BPL
e-card and use the number provided to access
this and other electronic resources on the
Boston Public Library's
website. |
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Science Online |
Diagrams,
experiments,
essays,
definitions
and
biographies
arranged by
topic and containing hyperlinks that create
paths through the content.
Science Online follows the National Science
Education Standards for grades 6-12. |
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Virtual Reference Library |
A
database of the digital editions of print
reference sources. Click SHOW ALL to view
individual titles, select a title to search
individually or search the entire library from
the opening page.
- Biology 4v, 2002
- World of Earth
Science 2v, 2003
- Gale Encyclopedia
of Alternative Medicine 2nd ed., 4v, 2005
- Gale Encyclopedia
of Cancer 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
- Gale Encyclopedia
of Genetic Disorders 2nd ed., 2v, 2005
- Gale Encyclopedia
of Medicine 3rd ed., 5v, 2006
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GENERAL
PERIODICAL DATABASES |
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InfoTrac OneFile |
Use
this comprehensive periodical resource for any
subject. Coverage goes back to 1980- with over
9,200 titles (5,156 full-text). |
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Gale PowerSearch |
A
database for multidisciplinary research which
accesses several or all of the Gale periodical
databases plus electronic encyclopedias and
specialized reference sources in a single
search. |
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Academic OneFile |
Use this 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. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP |
Articles from scholarly, trade and
general-interest publications. Topics include
arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences,
technologies, and other academic disciplines.
Full-text, abstracts, and citations to articles
from 1980 - present. |
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General Reference Center Gold |
Articles from magazines, journals, and reference
books of general interest, including current
events, business, consumer help, and popular
culture. Full-text, abstracts, and citations
from 1980 - present, updated daily. |
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HISTORY AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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Massachusetts History Online |
Contains full-text articles gathered from almost
50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts
history, both past and present, including
people, places, historical events and more. |
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Ancestry Library Edition |
Library access only.
With more than four
billion names in over 4,000 databases,
Ancestry Library Edition
is a comprehensive online source of information
for conducting genealogical research. Census
records; birth, marriage, and death records;
immigration records; vital and church records;
military records; and court, land, and probate
records are included. Popular databases include
the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930,
Social Security Death Index, Civil War records,
U.S. Public Records Index, American
Genealogical-Biographical Index, and Federal
Slave Narratives. |
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HeritageQuest Online |
HeritageQuest Online
is designed to help
amateur and professional genealogists, local
historians, and public library patrons search
and use data from the U.S. Federal Censuses from
1790 to 1930, more than 22,000 full-text family
and local histories, and PERSI, a subject index
of 6,300 local history and genealogy
periodicals. The database also includes
Revolutionary War pension and
bounty-land-warrant application files, as well
as the Freedman’s Bank Records, an important
resource for African-American genealogical
research. Additionally, there are more than 250
primary-source documents such as tax lists, city
directories, and probate records.
Remote access is
available but will require the use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD NUMBER.
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American History Online |
A database of
curriculum-based content culled from many
acclaimed Facts On
File print titles.
Includes
biographies, events and
topics, primary sources, maps and charts. |
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American Women’s History Online |
An online reference
database on the history of women in America
containing
biographies, historical and topical subject
entries, primary source documents, images, maps
and charts. |
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African-American History Online |
An acclaimed online
reference resource, exploring African American
history through time. It includes timelines,
primary sources, biographical information images
and
video. |
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Issues and Controversies |
An online reference database
that analyzes and explains hundreds of
controversial topics.
a. Frequent updating
b. Interviews with
experts
c. Statistical
overviews
d. Newspaper
editorials
e. Primary documents
Access will require
the use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD
NUMBER.
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Issues and Controversies in American History |
A
curriculum-based reference database that
provides balanced articles exploring the
background, outcomes and contemporary points of
view of major topics in American history.
a. Survey articles
b. Primary sources
c. Biographies
d. Images
e. Statistical tables
Access will require
the use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD
NUMBER.
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Educator's Reference Complete |
Use
this mainly full-text collection of over 1100
periodicals and 200 reports for educational
research from preschool to college. Every
educational specialty can be found here
including technology, health and bilingual
education, testing, and issues in
administration, funding and policy. |
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Salem History-The Decades |
Use this fully
illustrated online companion to the print
reference The
Fifties in America,
The Sixties in America,
The Seventies in
America,
The Eighties in America
and The Nineties in
America. The
database covers events, movements, people, and
trends in popular culture, literature, art,
sports, science, technology, economics, and
politics in both the United States and Canada.
Access will require the
use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD NUMBER.
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Salem History-Great Events from History |
Salem Press' monumental
Great Events from
History series
spans human history from ancient times to the
present, worldwide. Essays range in length from
approximately 3-5 pages and adhere to a uniform
format.
Search
the entire set from ancient times to the late
20th century or use the
Advanced Search
option to select a
historical period of interest from the list of
titles.
Access
will require the use of a
STORRS LIBRARY CARD NUMBER.
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Virtual Reference Library |
A
database of the digital editions of print
reference sources. Click SHOW ALL to view
titles, select a title to search individually or
search the entire library from the opening page.
- Encyclopedia of
Espionage, Intelligence, and Security 3v,
2004
- Fashion, Costume,
and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body
Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
5v, 2004
- Gale Encyclopedia
of U.S. Economic History 2v, 1999
- Renaissance: An
Encyclopedia for Students 4v, 2004
- St. James
Encyclopedia of Popular Culture 5v, 2000
- Gale Encyclopedia
of Multicultural America 2nd ed., 3v, 2000
- Encyclopedia of
Population 2v, 2003
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LITERATURE, BIOGRAPHY AND THE ARTS |
NoveList |
An electronic readers'
advisory resource which assists fiction readers
in finding new authors and titles. |
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Select |
An
extensive collection of critical essays on
contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry
contains a biographical/critical introduction, a
list of principal works, critical essays, and
sources for further study. Allows users to
search by author name, title of work,
nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic
name, and more. |
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Virtual Reference Library |
A
database of the digital editions of print
reference sources. Click SHOW ALL to view
titles, select a title to search individually or
search the entire library from the opening page.
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Contemporary Novelists
7th ed., 2001
Contemporary Poets 7th
ed., 2001
- Contemporary
Fashion 2nd ed., 2002
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International
Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th ed.,
4v, 2001
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Biography Resource Center + Marquis Who's Who® |
Thousands of online
full-text biographies from Gale reference books.
Includes
Encyclopedia of World Biography,
Who's Who Among
African-Americans, Maclean's, Contemporary
Authors, and many
more important biographical reference sources.
Search by name, occupation, ethnicity, and more.
Includes portraits
where available, and links to thumbnail bios and
online periodical articles from other InfoTrac
databases where appropriate. |
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GroveArt Online
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Grove Art Online provides web access to the
entire text of The
Dictionary of Art,
ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and
The Oxford Companion to
Western Art, ed.
Hugh Brigstocke (2001). It offers ongoing
additions of new and updated articles, over
2,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings
displayed in the text of articles, extensive
image links, and sophisticated search and
navigation tools. |
| KIDS
AND TEENS |
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Kids InfoBits |
Kids InfoBits meets the
research needs of students in
Kindergarten
through Grade 5.
It features a developmentally appropriate,
visually graphic interface, a subject-based
topic tree search and
full-text,
age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine,
newspaper and reference content for information
on current events, the arts, science, health,
people, government, history, sports and more. |
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InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition |
This periodical database
is designed for students in
junior high and middle school
with access to a variety of indexed and
full-text magazines, newspapers and reference
books for information on current events, the
arts, science, popular culture, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. |
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InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition |
This periodical database
is designed for
high-school students
with access to a variety of indexed and
full-text magazines, newspapers and reference
books for information on current events, the
arts, science, popular culture, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. |
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Virtual Reference Library |
Digital editions of the following print
reference sources. Click SHOW ALL to view the
individual titles listed below, select any title
to search individually or search the entire
library from the opening page.
- U*X*L Encyclopedia
of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
- Blackbirch Kid's
Visual Reference of the United States Vol.
1, 2003
- Blackbirch Kid's
Visual Reference of the World Vol. 1, 2001
- Beacham's Guide to
the Endangered Species of North America 2000
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ELECTRONIC REFERENCE BOOKS |
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Virtual Reference Library |
Digital
editions of the following print reference
sources. Click SHOW ALL to view the individual
titles listed below, select any title to search
individually or search the entire library from
the opening page.
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Contemporary Fashion
2nd ed., 2002
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International
Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th ed.,
4v, 2001
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Business Leader
Profiles for Students 2v, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Small
Business 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
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Beacham's Guide to the
Endangered Species of North America 2000
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U*X*L Encyclopedia of
Landforms and Other Geologic Features
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Encyclopedia of
Espionage, Intelligence, and Security 3v,
2004
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Fashion, Costume, and
Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body
Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
5v, 2004
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Gale Encyclopedia of
U.S. Economic History 2v, 1999
-
Renaissance: An
Encyclopedia for Students 4v, 2004
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St. James Encyclopedia
of Popular Culture 5v, 2000
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Contemporary Novelists
7th ed., 2001
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Contemporary Poets 7th
ed., 2001
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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
2nd ed., 4v, 2005
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Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer 2nd ed., 2v,
2006
Gale Encyclopedia of
Genetic Disorders 2nd ed., 2v, 2005
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Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 3rd ed., 5v,
2006
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Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
2nd ed., 3v, 2000
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Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the
United States Vol. 1, 2003
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Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the
World Vol. 1, 2001
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Biology 4v, 2002
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World of Earth Science
2v, 2003
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Encyclopedia of
Population 2v, 2003
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