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The Internet is a great source of information, but sometimes it just doesn't have the quality or depth of information you need. Your East Longmeadow Library card provides free access to commercial databases containing newspaper and magazine articles and specialized sources with in-depth information. Below is the list of resources, including brief descriptions and links. If you need help accessing any of these resources, please contact the Information Services Desk at 413-525-5400, ext. 1508.
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| Encyclopedias, Magazines, Journals, Reference Sources, Current Issues |
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Marshall Cavendish Digital provides access to:
World and Its Peoples: The Americas
World and Its Peoples: Europe
World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia
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Academic OneFile Infotrac
Full-text peer-reviewed content for over 10,000 journals
and reference works covering all subjects, including the
full-text of The New York Times back to 1995 as well
as NPR, CNN & CBC transcripts and podcasts.
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Expanded Academic InfoTrac
Use this database to find full-text scholarly journals, new
magazines and newspapers for all academic disciplines.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library - Ebooks
Over 20 full-text reference books covering the arts,
biography, business, the environment, history, literature,
medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science.
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General Reference Center Gold
Full-text and images from magazines, reference books,
and newspapers. Find information on current events,
popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews,
full-text magazine, academic journal, and
newspaper articles, primary source documents,
statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
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Search all Gale Databases at once. |
| Biography, History, Genealogy |
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Biography Resource Center
Find information on over 400,000 people, current or
historical, who are prominent in art and literature, business,
current events, entertainment, government, history,
multicultural studies, politics, science, and sports.
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African American History Online
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African American History Online provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events,
and topics important
to the study of
African-American history.
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| American History Online |
American History Online 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
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American Women's History Online covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to
the study of women's history in the United States. |
| Massachusetts History Online |
Massachusetts History contains full-text articles that directly relate to
Massachusetts history, including people, places, historical events and more. |
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Ancestry Library Edition has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images added all the time.
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Heritage Quest offers genealogical information covering America since the late 1700s. Collections include census images from 1790 to 1930; 25,000 family and local history books; Revolutionary War records; Freedman’s Bank Records; and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) covering over 6,500 genealogical periodicals since 1800. |
| Art and Literature |
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Biography Resource Center
Find information on over 400,000 people, current or
historical, who are prominent in art and literature, business,
current events, entertainment, government, history,
multicultural studies, politics, science, and sports. |
Remote Access
| Novelist will help you find new books
based on books you've read or topics that interest you. NoveList provides
enhanced subject and keyword access to over 135,000 fiction titles.
In addition, there are also book discussion guides for many titles popular with book discussion groups. |
Grove Art Online
Remote Access
| Grove Art Online Find over 45,000
articles on fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture. Locate over
130,000 art images, with links to hundreds of museums and galleries
around the world and explore over 21,000 biographies - everything from
artists, architects, photographers and designers to patrons, dealers,
theorists and writers. |
| Health & Science |
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Health Reference Center provides full-text nursing & allied health journals, plus current and reliable personal health information. |
Psychology & Mental Health
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Salem Press )
Remote Access |
Psychology & Mental Health - This online version of the five-volume print set covers notable theories, people, social issues, life stages, the physiology and anatomy of the nervous system, and various mental illnesses or conditions, all in a simple, easy to use A-Z format. Both the print set and the online version are available to all for use in the library. |
Science Online
(Facts on File) |
Science Online - has information on subjects from animal anatomy to biochemistry, computer science, general science, health and medicine, weather and climate and more. This information, which is in the form of diagrams, definitions, biographies, essays and experiments is cross referenced through hyperlinks and is searchable by keyword, topic and year. |
| Learn a Language |
Remote Access |
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. ***Works best with Mozilla Firefox*** |
| Library Catalogs and Other Online Resources |
Library Catalog
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Search the East Longmeadow Library catalog for books, DVDs, CDs, Video Games, and E-books |
| C/W Mars Regional Catalog |
Search all of western and central Massachusetts C/WMars library catalogs. |
| Massachusetts Virtual Catalog |
The Massachusetts statewide Virtual Catalog allows library users in good standing to simultaneously search many Massachusetts academic and public library catalogs, request items that are unavailable at any C/W MARS library and pick up and return materials at a C/W MARS library. |
| C/W Mars Digital Catalog |
Browse, check-out and download audiobooks, ebooks and videos. |
| NetLibrary |
NetLibrary provides access to East Longmeadow Library's e-books, e-journals and e-audiobooks. Click on the link to "Create a Free Account". |
| C/W Mars Community Information Online |
Find searchable listings for agencies, services, and organizations that serve a significant public need within our communities. |
| Newspapers |
Springfield Republican
Remote Access |
Complete full-text content of local and regional news from 1988-, excluding paid advertisements. |
New York Times
Remote Access |
Full-text coverage of the newspaper from 1995-present. |
Massachusetts Newsstand
Remote Access |
Full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Business West, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and more. |
| For Students (Grades 7 - 12 ) |
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Marshall Cavendish Digital provides access to:
World and Its Peoples: The Americas
World and Its Peoples: Europe
World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia |
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For students in junior high and middle school - Access a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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For high-school students - Access a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and more. |
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Opposing Viewpoints
Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews,
full-text magazine, academic journal, and
newspaper articles, primary source documents,
statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites. |
Science Online
(Facts on File) |
Science Online - has information on subjects from animal anatomy to biochemistry, computer science, general science, health and medicine, weather and climate and more. This information, which is in the form of diagrams, definitions, biographies, essays and experiments is cross referenced through hyperlinks and is searchable by keyword, topic and year. |
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