Online Databases

Gale Resources:
Access & search all databases: Academic OneFile, Biography In Context, Biography Resource Center, Books & Authors, Business and Company Resource Center, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Educator's Reference Complete, Expanded Academic ASAP, Fine Arts and Music Collection, General Business File ASAP, General OneFile, General Reference Center Gold, General Science Collection, GLBT Life and Issues Collection, Global Issues in Context, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Health Reference Center Academic, Information Science & Technology Collection, Kids InfoBits, LitFinder, Literature Resource Center, Massachusetts History Online, The New York Times, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Pop Culture Collection, Religion & Philosophy Collection, Science In Context, Student Resource Center, US History Collection, Virtual Reference Library, Vocation & Careers Collection, and World History In Context.

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 Massachusetts Library System,
Boston Public Library Reference and Referral Center,
and the Chelsea Public Schools.

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

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