Databases A-Z
Enjoy access to the CRLS Library's online databases from both school and home! From home, please use the online passwords.
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African-American History - Infobase
Use this database to find primary and secondary sources covering over five centuries of the African-American experience.
American Government - ABC-CLIO
Use this databases to find primary and secondary sources on the foundations and branches of American government, rights and liberties, domestic and foreign policy, and court cases.
Includes Biographies, Chronologies, Court Cases, eBooks, Maps, Multimedia, Primary Sources, Statistics, Timeline
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Digital collections of books, images, articles, audio, and video from leading publishers and archives around the world
Use this databases to find primary and secondary sources on notable people throughout history.
Boston Globe (1980-present) - ProQuest
Full text access to the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present.
Boston Globe (Historical)** - ProQuest
Full text access to the Boston Globe from 1872-1984. ** In order to access this database, you will need a Boston Public Library eCard number. Visit the Password page to use the CRLS Library's BPL eCard Number or sign up for a free eCard on the Boston Public Library's website.**
Use this database to find encyclopedia articles, multimedia, and primary sources on topics throughout history.
Britannica: Spanish Edition, Escolar
Encuentra respuestas rápidas y ayuda con la tarea. Explora los videos y artículos sobre personas y lugares famosos. Descubre mapas, fotos e ilustraciones para proyectos escolares.
Business Collection provides coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.
Business Economics and Theory - Gale
Business Economics and Theory Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics and related fields. The database has an emphasis on titles indexed in the American Economic Association's EconLit bibliography
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Cultural profiles of the world's countries: background, people, customs & courtesies, lifestyle, and society - includes flags, national anthems, photos, recipes, famous people, quick facts, currency converter.
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Non-fiction books on a wide selection of subject that can be read online.
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Foreign Language News and Newspapers - MIT Libraries (This is a website NOT a subscription database)
Electronic journals, newspapers and magazines in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
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Global Issues In Context - Gale
Global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.
Google Arts and Culture (This is a website NOT a subscription database)
Explore collections of art from around the world through with Google Arts and Culture.
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Health Reference Center Academic - Gale
Nursing and allied health journals; consumer health magazines; selected newsletters, pamphlets, and newspaper articles; topical overviews, and core reference books - Full Text and Images
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"Thematic analysis of today's most controversial issues" - Research within broad issues: Society, Gender/Ethnicity, Criminal Justice, Government/Law/Politics, Environment, Science/Technology - find articles about Individuals, Groups & Organizations, Events, Places, Objects and Artifacts, Ideas & Movements - includes Timelines, Court Cases, Primary Sources, Quotes, Maps and Multimedia
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JSTOR**
A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. **In order to access this database, you will need a Boston Public Library eCard number. Visit the Password page to use the CRLS Library's BPL eCard Number or sign up for a free eCard on the Boston Public Library's website.**
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Literature Resource Center - Gale
comprehensive literature database offering a broad range of authors and their works including a collection of full-text critical and literary analysis.
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Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of languages. It features instruction in English for speakers of more than a dozen languages. For a tutorial of the program, you can visit this YouTube video. ** In order to access this database, you will need a Cambridge Public Library Card.**
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National Geographic Magazine Archive**
Featuring the complete archive of the magazine from 1888 through 1994, National Geographic Magazine Archive includes every page and every photograph, all fully searchable through an intuitive interface. ** In order to access this database, you will need a Cambridge Public Library Card.**
InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
New York Times (1985-current) - Gale
Full text access to the New York Times from 1985 to the present. Includes national, international, local, and state news, opinion and commentary, science, sports, arts, entertainment, and business and finance news.
New York Times (Historical)** - ProQuest
Full images of articles from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 up to three years prior to the current year. **In order to access this database, you will need a Boston Public Library eCard number. Visit the Password page to use the CRLS Library's BPL eCard Number or sign up for a free eCard on the Boston Public Library's website.**
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Gale
Delivers credible facts and current insight into today's political and social issues. Easy to access content includes informed viewpoints, reference articles, news, videos, and infographics.
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Select and cross search Gale databases for reference, periodical, and primary source information.
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Provides full-text articles from scientific journals of applied and general sciences. Coverage dates back to 1986 and includes charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and infographics.
Information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics and their relation to real-world issues.
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Teen Health and Wellness - Rosen
Provides up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national, and provincial standards, including Common Core Health and Science. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ issues, and more.
Testing and Education Reference Center:** - Gale
This database contains information on colleges, graduate schools, and specialty programs. T.E.R.C. also offers scholarship searches, practice tests, and downloadable e-books to prepare for the entrance exams. **In order to access this database, you will need a Cambridge Public Library Card number.**
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U.S. History in Context - Gale
A broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis.
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Virtual Reference Library - Gale
Includes Reference EBooks. **In order to access this database, you will need a Boston Public Library eCard number. Visit the Password page to use the CRLS Library's BPL eCard Number or sign up for a free eCard on the Boston Public Library's website.**
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Coverage of breaking news and current headlines from the US and around the world, photos, videos, and podcasts. Access articles dating back as far as 1997 on the WSJ's News Archive.
Use this database to find primary and secondary sources on people, events, timelines, movements and places associated with major wars throughout world history.
Use this database to find encyclopedia articles, multimedia, and primary sources on topics throughout history.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Includes related articles from journals & magazines (EBSCO), selected websites, and multimedia: Behind the Headlines, Back in Time, Special Reports, Explore Massachusetts - Research Guides, World Atlas, Dictionary, Thesaurus - Research Libraries (Primary Sources)
World History in Context - Gale
Use this database to find primary and secondary sources on the most significant people, events and topics in World History.
World History: The Modern Era- ABC-CLIO
Use this database to find primary and secondary sources on historical events in modern world history 1500 - present day.