Why is this list so much shorter? What happened?
As of July 1st, Massachusetts residents lost access to 21 databases due to cuts in federal funding. Lean more on the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners’ webpage on Federal Funding at Risk.
A Memorial Hall Library card provides access to the databases below. Additional resources are available from the Boston Public Library. For help, contact the Reference Desk at 978-623-8430.
This article database includes full-text and abstracts of scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals covering topics in the areas of current events, general sciences and technology, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
The professional journals of the American Physical Society embody the mission of the society “to advance and diffuse the knowledge of Physics.” This collection includes the following:
Physical Review Letters (PRL) (brief important papers, all topics in physics)
Physical Review A (atomic, molecular, and optical physics)
Physical Review B (condensed matter and materials physics)
Physical Review C (nuclear physics)
Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology)
Physical Review E (statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics)
Physical Review X (open access articles, all topics of physics)
Physical Review Applied (applied physics)
Reviews of Modern Physics (in-depth articles, all topics in physics)
Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams
Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research
The APS Journal Archive (back to 1893)
Full-text content from the Andover Townsman newspaper and website since April 2007.
Find your next great read with this interactive magazine for booklovers.
BookBrowse offers:
Articles and transcripts from more than 200 news sources covering the Greater Boston area, updated daily. Newspapers include the Boston Herald, Metro Boston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Lowell Sun, Andover Townsman, Eagle-Tribune, Tewksbury Advocate, Wilmington Advocate, North Andover Citizen and many more.
1,000+ Ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips from ConsumerReports.org.
Full-text content from the Eagle-Tribune newspaper and website since 2008.
Full text articles focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
This database was formerly known as Health Reference Center Academic.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Student.
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.
Enjoy everything The New York Times has to offer: News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic.
This document gives a thorough overview of what is included with The New York Times | All Access. Here are some highlights:
Mobile users can choose to use the following apps:
News (Gale OneFile) provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Newsstand.
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 10,000+ (and growing!) historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the US and worldwide. Numbering over 100 million pages, the World Collection is a prime resource for genealogy and historical content.
Dating from the late 1600s into the 2010s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full and partial runs of regional, state, and local titles from the United States and other countries.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration. The database offers current and authoritative content for professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) is covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Direct access to The Wall Street Journal online. Search defaults to searching the last 90 days’ worth of WSJ articles but the advanced search lets you search the last four years.
Users outside the library will need to create a free account, after which you can start using WSJ.com immediately. Your access will be available for the next 3 days. After 3 days, simply return to this page, click the above link again, and log in as an existing user with the same username and password you used when you created your account.
Access includes:
Note: The Wall Street Journal apps do not work for library users, but the digital version works very well with small screen devices.
Direct access to The Washington Post online. Features include:
To access The Washington Post:
* Access the Washington Post’s Print Archives, which go back to 1877, requires a 7-day pass. To get one while in the library, click here.
