Catalogs & Databases: Databases

Catalogs & Databases :

Databases

Research Topics

Infotrac Web - A collection of databases covering topics of general interest as well as business, health, literary criticism, and biography. The collection also includes databases tailored to the needs of younger students and a professional collection of articles for teachers and school administrators.

Provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners.

eLibrary - A good starting point for student research. Includes full text from magazines & newspapers as well as maps, pictures, transcripts, and audio/video files. Coverage spans the natural & social sciences, business, literature, the arts, politics, technology, and current events.

Provided by the Southeastern Mass. Regional Library System.

Boston Public Library Electronic Databases (including JSTOR) and apply for a Boston Public Library [BPL] eCard here. Use the BPL eCard

to access a large number of databases from home or HPL.

Newspapers

Newsbank - Full-text articles from Cape Cod Times (4/99--), and from America's News Magazines (various titles and dates).
Provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

ProQuest - Full-text articles from Boston Globe (1980 --), Boston Herald (1991 --), Providence Journal (1983 --), Patriot Ledger (1995 --), New York Times (1999 --), and Wall Street Journal (1984 --), as well as from other Massachusetts regional newspapers.

Provided by OCLN Member libraries & the Southeastern Mass. Regional Library

System.

Directories

Reference USA - Directory listings for more than 13 million U.S. businesses; a useful tool for jobseekers, sales leads, and direct marketing. Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

Books, Authors & Literary Criticism

Novelist - A tool that helps readers locate new possiblities in fiction based on their favorite authors, themes, settings, or genres. Also includes a section on fiction tailored for K-12 readers.

Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

From Home At the Library
When asked for User ID, enter your library card number

Literary Reference Center - Literary reference and criticism on the most studied authors from antiquiaty to the present. Sources include books, monographs, journals, and unique documents unavailable elsewhere.

Provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online - includes hundreds of Yale professor Harold Bloom's critical essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world. Also contains an archive of fictional characters and extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, and genres. Other features are a timeline of world literature and an analysis of Bloom's Western Literary Canon.

Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

From Home At the Library

Archive and Special Collections

Massachusetts Special Collections Directory - Find local archival & special library collections. Provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Directors.

Heritage Quest On-line - A resource for census data, family records, and local histories. The collection consists of every extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and much more. Hingham Public Library card number required for use.

Ancestry Library Edition - Search for your ancestors in Ancestry Library Edition. Contains more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases. It includes vital records, census data, World War I draft registrations, passenger lists and much more. Records for Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland can also be accessed. This service is available in-library only. Please visit the Reference Department for assistance.