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Databases
ABC-Clio Social Studies Databases
From WHS / From Home
A comprehensive collection of primary and secondary sources. Ancient World History; Modern World History; US History; American Government; United States at War; State Geography; Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society.
African American Studies Center
From WHS / From Home:
Henry Louis Gates' database covering African American history from Oxford University Press.
College
Source
From
WHS & Home: Minuteman
Library Card # (enter number without spaces)
A virtual library representing 29,000 college catalogs in
full cover-to-cover, original page format (2 year, 4 year,
graduate, professional, and international schools).
Grolier Encyclopedias
From
WHS / From
Home
A general encyclopedia which includes one in Spanish, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples (geography), animals and the United States. Please see a WHS librarian for the log-in information.
InfoTrac
From
WHS / From
Home:
Several general databases containing current (1980-present) magazine, newspaper, academic journal and reference book articles on many topics: current events, health care, politics, sports, social science, hobbies.
Also includes following subject-specific databases:
Biography Resource Center
Contemporary Literary Criticism
History Resource Center
Health Reference Center Academic
General Business file
Scribner Writers Series
Twayne Authors Series
JSTOR
From WHS / From Home:
Contains full text for thousands of scholarly journal articles.
Literary Reference Center
From WHS / From Home:
Contains full text for hundreds of articles from reference books, encyclopedias, and journals.
Massachusetts Newsstand
From
WHS / From
Home:
Full-text access to newspaper articles from The Boston
Globe (1980-present), The Boston Herald (1991-present), and
other local Massachusetts newspapers.
New York Times (1980-current)
From WHS & Home: Minuteman or Boston Public
Library Card # (enter number without spaces)
NoveList
From
WHS & Home: Minuteman or Boston Public
Library Card # (enter number without spaces)
A database that provides access to 100,000 full text reviews
of novels, as well as young adult book discussion guides,
curriculum-related materials, and more.
ProQuest
CultureGrams - Indepth information on the cultures of more than 200 countries also includes maps, statistics, and glossaries.
ProQuest
Historical Newspapers (Graphical) - Articles from historical newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Boston Globe. Contains
full-page scans of newspapers from 1851-2001.
Science Reference Center
From WHS / From Home
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources.
Access to these
databases has been funded by the Wellesley Public Schools,
Minuteman Library Network,
Metrowest Regional Library
System, and the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners.
Revised
November 17, 2006, September 21, 2007, October 19, 2007, November 9, 2007
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