Gale PowerSearch & More

PowerSearch: Provides search capabilities using multiple databases in the INFOTRAC collection including any Gale Virtual Reference Library eBook titles. It also allows the researcher to customize searches and results by creating individual accounts, export RSS feeds, and to access downloable MP3 format audio versions of articles, a language translator, text-to-speech, and Web.2.0 sharing tools.

Gale Databases: A collection of over 40 online databases, subject specific collections and the new In Context Resources.

Gale In Context Resources:

Student Resources In Context: Information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.

Biography In Context:Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.

Global Issues In Context:International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context:Information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.

Science In Context: Information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.

U.S. History In Context:Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History.

World History In Context:Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History.

Academic

Academic OneFile: Full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

Expanded Academic ASAP: Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

Arts / Humanities / Literature:

Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites: A collection of websites selected and annotated by Library of Congressn subject specialists.

Books & Authors:Offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select: A collection of critical essays on contemporary authors.

Literature Resource Center: Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Literature Resources from Gale: A search environment that searches several of the library's Gale literature databases at the same time.

LitFinder: Contains a wealth of literary works including full-text poems, poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

Biography

Biography In Context: Authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives), periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventions: Profiles people responsible for our modern technology and the way we live today.

Great Lives from History: The 20th Century: Provides coverage of important men and women in all areas of achievement.

Business

Business & Company Resource Center: A resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and news.

Business Economics & Theory: Provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics.

General Business File ASAP: Includes company performance, industry events and trends, the latest in management, economics, and politics.

RDS Business Suite: A collection of three highly complementary business information databases - Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase.

Countries

Portals to the World: Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.

World Fact Book: Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Encyclopedias

Britannica Online School Edition: Includes reference articles, journals and magazines, multi-media, and web sites.

World Book Student: Includes articles and multi-media as well as Spanish language version of the encyclopedia.

Gale Virtual Reference Library: A collection of over 50 of multidisciplinary encyclopedias and specialized reference eBooks.

General

General One File:A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

General Reference Center Gold: A general interest database that includes newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications.

Student Edition: Cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books

Virtual Reference Shelf: Selected websites compiled the Library of Congress.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

Health

Health Reference Center Academic: Access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals.

Health & Wellness Resource Center: Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

History (American)

American History Online: Political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience. (FoF)

Massachusetts History Online: Full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events.

Milestone Documents in American History: Provides essays illuminating famous primary source documents from U.S. history.

U.S. History In Context:Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History.

History (World)

Ancient and Medieval History Online: Explores the pre-modern world focusing on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.(FoF)

Modern World History Online: Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history from mid-15th century to the present.(FoF)

World History In Context:Information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

Newspapers

Massachusetts Newsstand: Full-text coverage of the 14 Massachusetts newspapers, including:

The New York Times : Full Text coverage from 1985 to present.

Science

Science Online: Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.(FoF)

Science In Context: Information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.

Encyclopedia of Global Warming: Covers the science, policy and social issues surrounding global warming and climate change.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

eBooks in the MERS Library Collection

Gale Virtual Reference Library: A collection of over 50 of multidisciplinary encyclopedias and specialized reference eBooks.

Infobase eBook Collection:
Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics
Encyclopedia of World War II, 2-Volume Set
The Facts On File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, 2-Volume Set, Third Edition
Developmental Biology
Evolution
Genetic Engineering
Human Genetics
The Future of Genetics
The Molecules of Life

Salem Press titles:
Encyclopedia of Global Warming
Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventions
Great Lives from History: The 20th Century
Milestone Documents in American History

Library Catalogues Online

Mt. Everett Library Catalogue: Library Search and Destiny Quest.

Mt. Everett Library Book Blog: Reviews, new book information and more.

8th Grade Holocaust Bibliography: An annotated bibilography of selected fiction and non-fiction in the Mt. Everett Library collection.

CW/MARS Catalogue: Library catalogues from Central & Western Massachusetts libraries.

Massachusetts Library & Information Network: Online catalogs for Massachusetts libraries.

Librarian's Index to the Internet: A comprehensive collection of librarian selected websites.

Library of Congress: Library catalogs, digital collections, special exhibitions, and much more.

WorldCat: A world-wide network of Library content including books, DVDs, CDS, and articles.

Subject Databases from the Gale Collections:

Research Skills & Tutorials

A+ Reserch & Writing: Presents a step by step guide to the research paper process for high school and college students.

Research 101: Interactive online turtorial introducing research skills.

Evaluating Web Content: Provides tips for evaluating a variety of web reources.

How to Evaluate Information on the Web (Tutorial): An oline tutorial that takes the viewer through the evaluation process.

SearchPath: Modules on Starting smart, Choosing a topic, Finding Articles, Using the Web and Citing Sources.

Citation Resources

EasyBib: An online resource to create MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian citations. Individual accounts may be created to save bibliographies.

Mount Everett English Style Guide: Student guide for grammar and MLA formatting.

Citation Machine: Designed to help student researchers to properly use MLA and APA citations for the sources used.

Citation Maker: Allows students to generate MLA citations for print, non-print and online resources.

Reading Lists

Recommended Reading by the American Library Association: Included are booklists for children, teens, and adults.

Reading Rants! Out of the ordinary teen booklists.

Teenreads.com: Provides features about authors, books, series and characters of interest to teen readers.

Young Adult Library Services Association: Booklists and Award Winners

Teacher Resources

AASL Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning:Web sites that foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.

AASL Landmark Websites for Teaching and Learning: Websites are honored due to their exemplary histories of authoritative, dynamic content and curricular relevance.

Educator's Reference Complete: A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, lesson plans and many premier reference sources.

ERIC Collection: Bibliographic records of education literature.

The Learning Network: Provides teaching and learning ideas based on New York Times content.

Thinkfinity: Includes lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources.