Databases

Start here! Britannica Encyclopedia will help you find reference articles and background knowledge on specific terms and topics. 

Use Gale Databases to find all kinds of different sources: primary sources, newspaper articles, magazines, different viewpoints, images, audio sources, reference articles, and more!

Use Gale: Opposing Viewpoints and Gale: Global Issues for contemporary issues. Use General Onefile or Academic Onefile for a more general search. 

Can't find what you're looking for? Contact Ms. Pimentel for help with finding sources. 

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Used around the world, the collections in JSTOR include peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, and primary sources from libraries’ special collections and archives.

Find sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. 

For access to even more databases, sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard to access all of the BPL research resources. 

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