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Grolier Passport Online
36,000 entries intended for students in middle school and up and 
as a quick 
reference look-up tool for public library patrons of all ages. 

New Book of Knowledge: 9,000 articles suitable for grade 3 and up 
as well as 
ESL. Provides description of complex subjects in an easy-to-
understand 
manner.
Grolier Passport Online

EBSCO Literary Reference Center
Great database for students grades 2-5. Grolier's Online Passport 
includes 
up to date news bulletins as well as online encyclopedias, 
atlases, and 
dictionaries.
EBSCO Literary Reference Center

eLibrary
Information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, 
pictures 
and transcripts from TV and radio.
eLibrary

Infotrac
The following databases from the Gale Group are available, at no 
charge, in 
all NMRLS member libraries: 
Academic OneFile 
Biography Resource Center (look for the seperate link) 
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select 
Educator's Reference Complete 
Expanded Academic ASAP 
General BusinessFile ASAP 
General Reference Center Gold (look for the seperate link) 
Health Reference Center Academic 
Info Trac K-12 Junior Edition (look for the seperate link) 
Info Trac K-12 Student Edition (look for the seperate link) 
Info Trac OneFile 
Kids InfoBits (look for the seperate link) 
Massachusetts History Online 
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Infotrac

General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources -
 
newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. 
Find 
articles on current events, popular culture, business and 
industry trends, 
the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
General Reference Center Gold

Biography Resource Center
Integrates Thomson Gale biographies with full-text magazine 
articles, 
images, and website links. Search for current or historic people 
by name, 
occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, 
or gender, 
or by keyword and full text. The optional Marquis Who's Who 
module provides 
quick reference information on over 1 million additional people 
whose 
entries have appeared in more than 20 Marquis sources published 
from 1985 to 
the present.
Biography In Context

Junior Edition
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this 
periodical 
database is designed for students in junior high and middle 
school with 
access to 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.
Junior Edition

Kid's Edition - K12
Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical database with almost 125 
titles, is 
designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-
text 
magazines, from publishers such as Cobblestones and Scholastic 
and Time, 
newspapers and reference books for information on current events, 
the arts, 
science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, 
sports and 
more.
Kid's Edition - K12

Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning 
researchers 
in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally 
appropriate, 
visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is 
moving from a 
broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic 
tree. The 
curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from 
the best 
elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers 
geography, 
current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, 
history, 
sports and more.
Kids InfoBits

Informe
Informe is the first reference database to provide indexing, full 
text, and 
images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes 
full text 
pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.
Informe

Proquest Newsstand
12 Massachusetts Newspapers
Proquest Newsstand

Proquest Newsstand: Boston Globe
Proquest Newsstand: Boston Globe

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