Find it in a database
NewsBank; search this database for newspaper articles.
Including:
- Groton Landmark (2001-current)
- America's Newspapers
Including:
- Boston Globe (1980-current)
- Boston Herald (1991-current)
- Sentinal & Enterprise (Fitchburg) (2005-current)
- The Sun (Lowell) (2004-current)
- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (1989-current)
- Biography Resource Center (including Who's Who & Contemporary Authors)
- Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select
- InfoTrac Student Edition (high school)
- InfoTrac Junior Edition (middle school)
- InfoTrac Kids Edition (elementary school)
- Kids InfoBits (grades K-5)
- Professional Collection (periodicals for educators & other professionals)
- Educator's Reference (educational research reports and articles)
- General BusinessFile ASAP
- Massachusetts History Online
Including these databases:
- InfoTrac OneFile (A one-stop source for news and magazine articles, including Consumer Reports. Millions of full-text articles from over 5,000 publications. Updated daily.)
- Academic OneFile (for academic/scholarly journal articles)
- The New York Times (1995-current)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (encyclopedias and specialized reference sources, including medical encyclopedias)
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Full-text information on thousands of authors and their works. Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, author biographies, literary journals, poems, short stories, classic texts, author interviews and more.
- 1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census records; over 20,000 family and local history books; city directories, collective biographies, vital records; Periodical Source Index (PERSI); Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files; Freedman's Bank Records; and more.
- The collection includes more than 4 billion names, historical maps, and many other resources. Search the 1790-1930 U.S. Census Collection; Immigration Collection; Military Collection; U.K. and Ireland Collection; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 vols.); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (over 150 vols.); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index; Slave Narratives, and more.
- Click here to go to the Worcester Public Library website database page and select "LearningExpress Library" from the list.
- Print out these instructions to help you set up a new user profile (its free!).
- Encyclopedia Americana provides in-depth information for older students and adults.
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia provides quick reference with rich media and extensive hyperlinks for middle school students and above.
- Grove Art Online presents the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (pub. 1996), updated and fully-indexed, searchable and browsable, with over 45,000 articles, cross-reference links in the text and over 40,000 links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world.
- American History Online: A database of curriculum-based content culled from many acclaimed Facts On File print reference titles. Includes biographies, events and topics, primary sources, maps and charts. Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
- American Women's History Online: An online reference database on the history of women in America. Includes biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary source documents, images, maps and charts.
- African-American History Online: An online reference resource, providing expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history. Includes timelines, primary sources, biographical information images, maps and video.
- 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.
- Fiction book reviews, "read-alike" suggestions, annotated book lists, and discussion guides.
- Search or browse by author, title, subject, series, or keyword.
- 100,000+ book reviews, including fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks & more.
- Search by author, title, subject, media, age level & more.
- Browse the current print issue of the magazine, read past columns, or explore recommended reading lists.
- Use the "My Profile" feature to set personal preferences, store searches, or receive alerts when new reviews appear in your favorite subject areas.
Search Newsbank, InfoTrac and other databases for articles and other information that you can't get (for free) by just searching the Internet. These are subscription databases provided to you by:
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MA Board of Library Commissioners
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CMRLS
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C/W MARS
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Groton Public Library
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Worcester Public Library
