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General resources - Newspapers - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - Literature & Art - Health, Science & Current Events - Business - Library Catalogs - BPL eCard

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General Resources

LexisNexis^Ž Academic	In the Library
Thomson Gale Power Search	In the Library	From home
Academic OneFile	In the Library	From home
Expanded Academic ASAP	In the Library	From home
General Reference Center Gold	In the Library	From home
Virtual Reference Library	In the Library	From home

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Newspapers

Boston Globe (1980 - current)	In the Library	From home
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	In the Library	From home
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	In the Library	From home
Massachusetts Newsstand	In the Library	From home

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Grolier Online Passport	In the Library	From home
Encyclopedia Americana	In the Library	From home
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia	In the Library	From home
Biography Resource Center	In the Library	From home

Literature and Art

Biography Resource Center	In the Library	From home
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	In the Library	From home

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Health, Science, and Current Events

Health Reference Center Academic	In the Library	From home
Issues and Controversies	In the Library	From home

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Business

Business & Company ASAP	In the Library	From home
General Business File ASAP	In the Library	From home

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Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

Worcester Public Library Catalog	All access
All C/WMARS Library Catalogs	All access
Boston Public Library Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog	All access
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test)	All Access [Login instructions]
Overdrive - Digital Audiobooks and eBooks	All access

Funding for these online resources is provided by:

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 (Overdrive)

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)

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