Access local and regional library catalogs and BMHS online subscriptions and Reference
Tools from this page. Some require a password which is available only to
BMHS Students and Staff. See your librarians for this information.
updated September 8, 2008
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Issues and
Controversies in American History
Trial subscriptions: Science thru 10/31 Salem Press Databases: accompany print sets -- Also Magill's Medical Guide: For home use obtain passwords from above: Home access passwords.pdf
Science Online
Today's Science
User: Billericahs
Password: Billericahs
Milestone Documents in American History and Decades: '50s, 60's, 70's and 80's.
UMI Proquest Directover
1500 newspapers and periodical titles on topics of general interest,
up to date and in full text. Access from home with the following
usernname and password:see librarian Bartleby-
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations searchable database of
quotations. Plus many other searchable sources, cookbook, thesaurus,
Gray's anatomy, Shakespeare,, mythology, etiquette and many more. Commonwealth
of Massachusetts-information
on cities and towns. Dictionaries-The
New English German Dictionary Digital
Librarian-A
librarians choice of the best of the WEB EBSCO
Literary Reference Center +ELibrary-Magazines,
books, newspapers,pictures, maps and radio and TV transcripts-updated
daily via satellite.Check
out the new literature and history curriculum library resources. Newspapers: New
York Times Article Archive 1851-1995
This is a pay per article service. Newseum
See todays newspapers
from around the world. Also covers important news stories from history. Gale
Discovering Collection retrieve
in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature,
History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies. Video collections online Internet Archive:Movies,classic
cartoon clips and animations Historical
Video Clips - National Archives Library
of Congress Photographs Collection Librarian's
Index to the Internet A directory
by subject with a wide range of good, reliable information links. Search
Engine Features Chart--A users
guide to web searching The
Economist.com -- Country Briefings Portals
to the World Indepth information
about nations and other areas of the world. Maps, geography, tourism,
all aspects of the country from authorative sources. CountryReports.org
Indepth profiles of countries of the world.
Citation
Guide for Electronic Database Resources .pdf
Fonetiks
Find
Articles - Online database of three
hundred journals with good content MagPortal.com
Search the "Deep Internet" with this very helpful tool. Find current magazine articles on any
topic. +netLibrary
- A library of approximately 3,500
electronic books on subjects such as travel, study guides, sports coaching,
consumer law, consumer health, computer how to, complete idiot's
guides, careers, business, and web development brought to
you by the Boston Public Library Statewide Reference and Referral Center,
funded by the Mass Board of Library Commissioners A
Data Base of Digital Collections online
includes information about and links to digital collections worldwide,
which range in subject from classic American sheet music and Connecticut
history to George Washington's papers at the Library of Congress and
Victorian literature. The database currently contains 200 collections
and will be updated on a continuing basis. After School, from
home and on weekends, your Virtual Library Access is here--- 24/7 Live Reference Help. +Answers
To Go...Residents of northeast Massachusetts
have access to high-quality local, state, and regionally funded databases
of full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical
and literary databases. You will need a Public Library card number
to access this service. New
York Public Library Digital Picture Collection
Divided into seven main categories;Arts and Literature, Cities and Buildings,
Culture and Society, History and Geography, Industry and Technology,
Nature and Science, and Printing and Graphics;with each category subdivided
into smaller, more specific, picture collections. You can browse by
subject or by collection, or by name, keyword, or identification number.
Relatively low-resolution images for personal use can be downloaded
directly from the site; high resolution files and prints for personal
or commercial use can be ordered through NYPL's permissions department. ESL Helpers Fonetiks--Online
pronunciation guides to 7 varieties of the English language.
+These resources are available in school through this page.
At home these resources are available through your MVLC
Public
Library link with your library card
number.
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