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General Resources

Thomson Gale Power Search	In the Library From home
Academic OneFile	In the Library From home
Expanded Academic ASAP	In the Library From home
General Reference Center Gold	In the Library From home
Educator's Reference Complete	In the Library From home
Virtual Reference Library	In the Library From home
ChiltonLibrary.com	In the Library From home

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Newspapers

Boston Globe (1980 - current)	In the Library From home
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	In the Library From home
Lowell Sun (2001 - current)	In the Library From home
New York Times (1995 - current)	In the Library From home
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	In the Library From home
Massachusetts Newsstand	In the Library From home
Qikan Library 期刊圖書館 (2005 - current)	All access

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Encyclopedia Americana	In the Library From home
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia	In the Library From home
Biography Resource Center	In the Library From home

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Literature and Art

Biography Resource Center	In the Library From home
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	In the Library From home
NoveList Readers' Advisory	In the library From home
What Do I Read Next?	In the library From home
Literary Reference Center	In the library From home
Grove Art Online	In the Library From home

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Health, Science, and Current Events

Health Reference Center Academic	In the Library From home
Issues and Controversies	In the Library From home
Science Online	In the Library From home

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History

African-American History Online	In the Library   From home
American History Online	In the Library   From home
American Women's History Online	In the Library   From home
Massachusetts History Online	In the Library   From home

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Business

General Business File ASAP

In the Library From home

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Kids & Teens

Grolier Online Kids	In the Library From home
Kids InfoBits	In the Library From home
Searchasaurus	In the Library From home
Kids Search	In the Library From home
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition	In the Library From home
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition	In the Library From home
Science Online	In the Library From home
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test)	All Access [Login instructions]
Facts for Learning Elementary	In the Library From home
Facts for Learning Middle School	In the Library From home

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Education

Curriculum Resource Center	In the Library From home
Educator's Reference Complete	In the Library From home

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Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

Beaman Memorial Library Catalog	All access
C/WMARS Union Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog	All access
Overdrive - Digital Audiobooks and eBooks	All access

Beaman Memorial Library (Kids Search, Searchasaurus, Curriculum Resource Center, Facts for Learning Elementary and Facts for Learning Middle School)

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Thomson Gale databases, ProQuest newspapers)

Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies)

C/W MARS (NoveList, Grove Art, Science Online, Overdrive)

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)

Boston Public Library (Qikan Library)

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