DATABASES A-Z
Academic OneFile
Full-text journal and magazine articles and citations covering the sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Coverage: 1901-present; most full-text coverage after 1980.
Academic OneFile Select
Full-text news and scholarly journal articles, audiovisual materials, reports, and primary source material covering all academic disciplines. Includes translation and citation tools and a TopicFinder to expand your research. Coverage: 1980-present.
Biography (Gale in Context)
Indexed full-text biographies and news items covering a wide range of individuals from many fields, gathered from reference sources and periodicals.
Career Transitions
Find a new job or discover a new career with searchable listings for jobs and schools, writing tools, tips and advice, and even simulated job interviews.
Collections from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The scope of objects in Smithsonian collections is staggering—from ancient Chinese bronzes to the Star-Spangled Banner; from a 3.5 billion-year-old fossil to the Apollo lunar landing module; from the ruby slippers featured in The Wizard of Oz to presidential memorabilia. Explore for yourself!
Encyclopedia Britannica Escolar High School (Spanish)
Consiste en dos recursos principales: Enciclopedia Moderna (para edades de escuela secundaria y posteriores) y Britannica Escolar Online (para edades de 6 a 12).
Consists of two resources: Enciclopedia Moderna (for high school students and above) and Britannica Escolar Online (for ages 6-12).
Encyclopedia Britannica High School Edition
Encyclopedia content for high school students. Includes articles, primary sources, audiovisual materials, dictionaries, a world atlas, web links, and a country comparison feature. Research tools include citation assistance and a step-by-step planner and tutorial for research and reports.
Entrepreneurship (Gale Business)
Small Business Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines perfect for both business school students and entrepreneurs, that will help you start, plan, fund, and manage a small business.
Full suite of Gale databases
General OneFile (Gale)
https://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=ITOF&locid=mlin_n_lowellhs
Global Issues (Gale in Context)
Current news, journal articles, primary sources, statistics, audiovisual material, and web links. Over 600 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about events, countries, organizations, and subjects of national and international concern.
Health and Wellness (Gale)
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Encyclopedias, books, journal and magazine articles, and audiovisual materials, with nearly 300 topic pages offering organized collections of resources on medical conditions, treatments, tests, procedures, and medications.
HeritageQuest
Discover your family's history. Genealogical sources and research aids, including city directories, family and local histories, U.S. Census records from 1790-1940, and military records from the Revolutionary War and other conflicts.
JSTOR
Full-text articles from hundreds of scholarly journals from the mid-19th century to the early 21st century covering a wide range of subjects, including complete runs of many historical journals. The most recent 3-5 years of current journals are not available in full-text. You must have a Boston Public Library eCard to access the JSTOR database. Go to the BPL website to sign-up for a free eCard today! This is a wonderful resource that you will be using in high school and college.
Click here to get to the BPL Website
Literature Resource Center
Full-text literary criticism articles, reviews, work overviews, and biographical information.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Collections from the Met Museum in New York City
Browse some of The Met's most recognizable and eye-catching objects. Enjoy more than 375,000 hi-res images of public-domain works from the collection. Explore photography exhibits, fashion, design and so much more.
Museum of Fine Art, Boston: Collections from the MFA Boston
Visit the Art of the Americas, Art of Europe, Art of Asia, Art of Africa and Oceania, Art of the Ancient World, Contemporary Art and Photography exhibits.
New York Times (1985-Present), The
Text- only articles (not page reproductions). Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Times, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written articles. Updated daily by 8 a.m.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana.
Power Search (Gale)
Search all Gale databases at one time.
Power Search - Publication Search (Gale)
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Search all publications in all of the Gale databases in one search.
Research Companion
Science (Gale In Context)
Journal, magazine, and news articles, reference books, audiovisual material, maps, experiments, and web links. Over 600 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about scientists and scientific subjects.
Science Database
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
Smithsonian Collections
Discover the vast collections of objects in the Smithsonian. From ancient Chinese bronzes to the Star-Spangled Banner; from a 3.5 billion-year-old fossil to the Apollo lunar landing module; from the ruby slippers featured in The Wizard of Oz to presidential memorabilia.
TheBostonGlobe (1980-Present)
Text- only articles (not page reproductions). Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Globe, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written items. Updated daily by 8 a.m.
U.S. History (Gale In Context)
Primary source materials, periodical articles, reference works, and multimedia. Over 375 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about people, events, movements, and ideas from the precolonial period to the present.
World History (Gale In Context)
Primary source materials, periodical articles, reference works, and multimedia. Over 350 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about people, events, civilizations, and ideas from the ancient world to the present.
Full-text journal and magazine articles and citations covering the sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Coverage: 1901-present; most full-text coverage after 1980.
Academic OneFile Select
Full-text news and scholarly journal articles, audiovisual materials, reports, and primary source material covering all academic disciplines. Includes translation and citation tools and a TopicFinder to expand your research. Coverage: 1980-present.
Biography (Gale in Context)
Indexed full-text biographies and news items covering a wide range of individuals from many fields, gathered from reference sources and periodicals.
Career Transitions
Find a new job or discover a new career with searchable listings for jobs and schools, writing tools, tips and advice, and even simulated job interviews.
Collections from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The scope of objects in Smithsonian collections is staggering—from ancient Chinese bronzes to the Star-Spangled Banner; from a 3.5 billion-year-old fossil to the Apollo lunar landing module; from the ruby slippers featured in The Wizard of Oz to presidential memorabilia. Explore for yourself!
Encyclopedia Britannica Escolar High School (Spanish)
Consiste en dos recursos principales: Enciclopedia Moderna (para edades de escuela secundaria y posteriores) y Britannica Escolar Online (para edades de 6 a 12).
Consists of two resources: Enciclopedia Moderna (for high school students and above) and Britannica Escolar Online (for ages 6-12).
Encyclopedia Britannica High School Edition
Encyclopedia content for high school students. Includes articles, primary sources, audiovisual materials, dictionaries, a world atlas, web links, and a country comparison feature. Research tools include citation assistance and a step-by-step planner and tutorial for research and reports.
Entrepreneurship (Gale Business)
Small Business Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines perfect for both business school students and entrepreneurs, that will help you start, plan, fund, and manage a small business.
Full suite of Gale databases
General OneFile (Gale)
https://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=ITOF&locid=mlin_n_lowellhs
Global Issues (Gale in Context)
Current news, journal articles, primary sources, statistics, audiovisual material, and web links. Over 600 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about events, countries, organizations, and subjects of national and international concern.
Health and Wellness (Gale)
This opens a pop-up window to share the URL for this database
Encyclopedias, books, journal and magazine articles, and audiovisual materials, with nearly 300 topic pages offering organized collections of resources on medical conditions, treatments, tests, procedures, and medications.
HeritageQuest
Discover your family's history. Genealogical sources and research aids, including city directories, family and local histories, U.S. Census records from 1790-1940, and military records from the Revolutionary War and other conflicts.
JSTOR
Full-text articles from hundreds of scholarly journals from the mid-19th century to the early 21st century covering a wide range of subjects, including complete runs of many historical journals. The most recent 3-5 years of current journals are not available in full-text. You must have a Boston Public Library eCard to access the JSTOR database. Go to the BPL website to sign-up for a free eCard today! This is a wonderful resource that you will be using in high school and college.
Click here to get to the BPL Website
Literature Resource Center
Full-text literary criticism articles, reviews, work overviews, and biographical information.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Collections from the Met Museum in New York City
Browse some of The Met's most recognizable and eye-catching objects. Enjoy more than 375,000 hi-res images of public-domain works from the collection. Explore photography exhibits, fashion, design and so much more.
Museum of Fine Art, Boston: Collections from the MFA Boston
Visit the Art of the Americas, Art of Europe, Art of Asia, Art of Africa and Oceania, Art of the Ancient World, Contemporary Art and Photography exhibits.
New York Times (1985-Present), The
Text- only articles (not page reproductions). Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Times, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written articles. Updated daily by 8 a.m.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana.
Power Search (Gale)
Search all Gale databases at one time.
Power Search - Publication Search (Gale)
This opens a pop-up window to share the URL for this database
Search all publications in all of the Gale databases in one search.
Research Companion
Science (Gale In Context)
Journal, magazine, and news articles, reference books, audiovisual material, maps, experiments, and web links. Over 600 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about scientists and scientific subjects.
Science Database
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
Smithsonian Collections
Discover the vast collections of objects in the Smithsonian. From ancient Chinese bronzes to the Star-Spangled Banner; from a 3.5 billion-year-old fossil to the Apollo lunar landing module; from the ruby slippers featured in The Wizard of Oz to presidential memorabilia.
TheBostonGlobe (1980-Present)
Text- only articles (not page reproductions). Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Globe, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written items. Updated daily by 8 a.m.
U.S. History (Gale In Context)
Primary source materials, periodical articles, reference works, and multimedia. Over 375 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about people, events, movements, and ideas from the precolonial period to the present.
World History (Gale In Context)
Primary source materials, periodical articles, reference works, and multimedia. Over 350 topic pages offer organized collections of resources about people, events, civilizations, and ideas from the ancient world to the present.