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C/W MARS OneSearch C/W MARS OneSearch gives you all the tools you need to simultaneously search across all of the databases provided by the library, including the online catalog. Not sure what you'll find in a particular database? OneSearch makes it easy for you to search all of the databases at once and determine which databases are most appropriate by simply browsing through the results. Once you find an article that matches your needs, just one click on the title will take you into the appropriate database and display the full text if it is available. You may then decide to continue your research directly in that database or go back to OneSearch to continue exploring your other results. This is a great starting place to discover and explore the many information resources provided by your library.	In the Library	From home
General Resources
Gale InfoTrac Power Search PowerSearch gives you all the tools you need to search across multiple Gale collections of periodical and reference content, while efficiently managing your results. With the cross-search feature of PowerSearch, you can search one, several, or even all available databases simultaneously. Not sure what you'll find in a particular database? PowerSearch makes it easy for you to select the databases most appropriate to include in your cross-search by providing an alphabetical listing of databases along with product descriptions. You may even decide to leave PowerSearch and continue your research directly in a single Gale database.	All access
Academic OneFile Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, mainly in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.	All access
General Reference Center Gold Search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc.	All access
Educator's Reference Complete This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Content is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.	All access
Expanded Academic ASAP Find information on: Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences. Over 1,500 titles included are peer-reviewed.	All access
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test) Learning Express Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Login instructions New Users: - Select "New User". - Your User Name starts with 01605, then the first 9 digits of your library card number (without D or spaces). - Create a password of your choice. - Then you will be offered two options. - Choose Worcester Public Library option. - Click Update Returning Users: - Select "Returning User" - Login with your User Name and Password	All access
Virtual Reference Library Includes a select group of reference titles in a variety of subjects covering art, science, multicultural studies, business, literature and history: Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America Macmillan - Biology Blackbirch - Kid's Visual Reference of the United States Blackbirch - Kid's Visual Reference of the World St. James - Contemporary Fashion St. James - Contemporary Novelists St. James - Contemporary Poets St. James - Encyclopedia of Popular Culture St. James - Business Leader Profiles for Students Gale - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Gale - Encyclopedia of Cancer Gale - Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Gale - Encyclopedia of Medicine Gale - Encyclopedia of Multicultural America Gale - World of Earth Science	All access
Newspapers
Massachusetts Newsstand Massachusetts Newsstand includes: Berkshire Eagle 2005-current Boston Globe 1980-current Boston Herald 1991-current BusinessWest (Chicopee) 1992-current North Adams Transcript 2005-current Patriot Ledger (Quincy) 1991-current Plymouth County Business Review 1991-current Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005-current Sun, The (Lowell) 2004-current Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) 1989-current Gazette (Haverhill, Mass.) 12/31/92 - 8/9/97 Standard Times (New Bedford) 1/4/92 - 8/19/97	All access
Boston Globe (1980 - current)	All access
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	All access
Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (2005 - current)	All access
New York Times (1995 - current)	All access
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	All access
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition K-12 Gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers high-quality online learning materials that are developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition K-12 offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopædia Britannica.	In the Library	From home
Encyclopedia Americana A resource for high school, college and beyond. Excellent source for information and maps on a wide variety of topics. Includes magazine articles and links to many websites. This encyclopedia is updated quarterly.	In the library	From home
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia A resource for middle school and beyond. Excellent source of quick reference information. Incorporates many media formats into the text. Provides resources on getting started on a research topic and many current events links. This encyclopedia is updated monthly.	In the library
Grolier Online Kids Designed to meet the needs of younger researchers (students in grades three through five). Its focus is to make finding information as easy and intuitive as possible.	In the library
Grolier Online Passport Grolier Online provides a central portal to all Grolier products: - Encylopedia Americana - Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - Five dictionaries, two thesauri, and an interactive atlas - Media (photos, panoramas, multimedia, etc.) - News Features: in-depth current events taken from wire services such as the Associated Press. - For students: Homework Help, Research Starters, and Science Projects - For teachers: Lesson plans, projects and activities, discussion questions, study guides, and more. Two distinct and unique research environments are available: Grolier Online Passport for older students and adults, and Grolier Online Kids for younger students.	In the library
Grove Art Online Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, including ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools. Grove Art Online is provided by the Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing network (C/W MARS).	In the library	From home
Virtual Reference Library Includes a select group of reference titles in a variety of subjects covering art, science, multicultural studies, business, literature and history: Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America Macmillan - Biology Blackbirch - Kid's Visual Reference of the United States Blackbirch - Kid's Visual Reference of the World St. James - Contemporary Fashion St. James - Contemporary Novelists St. James - Contemporary Poets St. James - Encyclopedia of Popular Culture St. James - Business Leader Profiles for Students Gale - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Gale - Encyclopedia of Cancer Gale - Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Gale - Encyclopedia of Medicine Gale - Encyclopedia of Multicultural America Gale - World of Earth Science	All access
Health and Science
Health Reference Center Academic Contains articles on health and wellness, family medicine, alternative medicine, nursing, mental health, senior health and allied health and health administration. Also contains full text to over 40 nursing and allied health journals and key reference books, including Mosby's Dictionary and the PDR Family Guide to Nutrition and Health.	All access
Science Online Facts on File's Science Online is a curriculum-oriented database that provides biographies, definitions, science experiments, essays, and more than 3000 diagrams.This material is arranged according to the following scientific disciplines: Animal Anatomy Astronomy and Space Technology Atomic Physics Biochemistry Biology Botany Chemistry Computer Science Earth Science Environmental Science General Science Genetics Health and Medicine Human Anatomy and Physiology Marine Science Physics Weather and Climate	In the library	From home
History and Current Events
African-American History Online African-American History Online is a comprehensive reference database, covering more than 500 years of African-American history—from the slave trade to the Civil Rights movement to the present day. Thousands of extensively hyperlinked and informative entries include topical entries, biographies, primary source documents, images, timelines, and maps and charts.	In the library	From home
American History Online American History Online is a comprehensive and authoritative reference to the most important individuals, events, and topics in U.S. history. The thousands of entries—topical entries, biographies, maps, timeline entries, primary source documents, and images—are hyperlinked and allow users a path to related entries. Extensive overview essays provide detail on each time period.	In the library	From home
American Women's History Online American Women's History Online is an authoritative reference database, extensively hyperlinked, providing thousands of entries—biographies, topical entries, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and images—that are essential to understanding the experiences of women throughout U.S. history.	In the library	From home
Issues and Controversies Issues and Controversies is a comprehensive, dependable online source of current, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. Issues and Controversies is a reference database that is also a classroom tool and home resource. It combines objective analysis, clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students, researchers and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics. Full hyperlinking among all Issues and Controversies articles and links to related content from The Reference Suite @ FACTS.com including: The World News Digest database, The World Almanac Reference Database and Today's Science @ FACTS.com.	In the library	From home
Massachusetts History Online Combining selections from Gale's vast periodical content, Massachusetts History Online contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, Massachusetts History Online provides a targeted resource for information relating to the study of Massachusetts History.	All access
Literature and Art
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Contains critical essays on contemporary authors, now living or who died after December 31, 1959. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study.	All access
Grove Art Online Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, including ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools. Grove Art Online is provided by the Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing network (C/W MARS).	In the library	From home
NoveList Readers' Advisory NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction. NoveList is provided by the Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing network (C/W MARS).	In the library	From home
Business
General Business File ASAP Research business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analyst reports on major companies and industries.	All access
Kids and Teens
Grolier Online Kids Designed to meet the needs of younger researchers (students in grades three through five). Its focus is to make finding information as easy and intuitive as possible.	In the library	From home
Kids InfoBits Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.	All access
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition Designed for junior and middle school students, this edition contains journal and newspaper articles, over 300 Rand McNally maps and reference books, including, Information Please Almanacs, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.	All access
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition Designed for secondary school students, this edition contains journal and newspaper articles, maps and reference books including Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dayes Information Please Almanacs and "All Our Yesterdays" photo collection of Americana.	All access
Library Catalogs
Forbush memorial Library Catalog	All access
Worcester Public Library Catalog	All access
Central MA Library Catalogs (C/W MARS)	All access
Boston Public Library Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog The Virtual Catalog searches through many individual Massachusetts library catalogs for a book, CD, audio or video and then informs you who owns it and whether it is on the shelf. The Virtual Catalog project has been underway for five years; about 20 library systems are now connected. The Virtual Catalog will search the following library catalogs: Bridgewater State College CLAMS, Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing C/W MARS, Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing Fenway Libraries Online Minuteman Library Network MBLN, Metro Boston Library Network (including the Boston Public Library) MVLC, Merrimack Valley Library Consortium NOBLE, North of Boston Library Exchange OCLN, Old Colony Library Network SAILS Library Network University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth University of Massachusetts, Lowell Westfield State College The Virtual Catalog is funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.	All access

Funding for these online resources is provided by: Forbush Memorial Library (Chilton, Encyclopedia Britannica) Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Gale databases, ProQuest newspapers) Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies) C/W MARS (NoveList, Grove Art, Science Online, Overdrive) Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)
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