Online Databases

Gale Resources:
Academic OneFile, Biography Resource Center, Biography Resource Center: African Americans, Books & Authors, Business and Company Resource Center, Business Index ASAP, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Educator's Reference Complete, Expanded Academic ASAP, Gale Virtual Reference Library, General Business File ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Global Issues in Context, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Health Reference Center Academic, History Resource Center: U.S., History Resource Center: World, InfoTrac Junior Edition, InfoTrac OneFile, InfoTrac Powerpacks, InfoTrack Student Edition, Kids InfoBits, LitFinder, Literature Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Science Resource Center, Student Resource Center - Gold, & Student Resource Center - Junior.

PDF version of Gale resources with annotations.

• Click on "Gale Resources" link at the top of the page to search multiple databases simultaneously.
• Limit your results to "full text" to retrieve only complete articles.
• Citations are provided at the bottom of articles.
• Gale offers a TRANSLATE option - click on "Preferences" (on top right of page) to select Spanish, French or Portuguese.

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• World Book: Get username & password from Library staff
• Gale databases: You will need to access the databases through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners page and type in your public library card number.
• You can also register for and use an eCard at the Boston Public Library.
• On BPL homepage, click on "Quick Links" at top of page & scroll down to "eCards"

Databases funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems,
Boston Public Library Reference and Referral Center,
and the Chelsea Public Schools.

Boston Regional Library Services are provided through state funds administered by the
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

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