The Wilson Library Media Center
Tantasqua Regional High School
The Wilson Center

Online Databases and References

Updated June 6, 2006

The Tantasqua search page provides links to the databases listed below. http://10.1.1.251/search.htm

Online databases are reliable sources of information. They include information written by professional writers and by experts in their fields. Professional editors select and edit the information. Articles in databases are from reputable magazines, newspapers, and reference books. Most articles in databases are in full-text format. However, in some cases, a citation is given that tells you where to find a particular article in a publication.

Most teachers consider information from online databases to qualify both as online and print resources.

Our search page also provides online reference resources.

Databases:

  • ECOS Resource that helps students explore colleges, college majors, and careers.
  • Granger's Poetry A database that contains poems, poetry criticism, and biographies of poets.
  • InfoTrac Database that contains millions of articles on a wide variety of topics. There are special sections on health, business, literary criticism, and biography. There is also a professional collection for teachers and administrators.
  • Issues & Controversies Database that presents opposing viewpoints on social issues.
  • NetLibrary Database that provide books online. It is particulary useful when you need brief information from a book.
  • Newsbank Resource that provides full-text articles from the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
  • ProQuest Periodicals that deal with technical subjects.
  • Readers Guide Periodical index that includes many full-text articles. The Readers Guide is useful in finding articles in the print editions of magazines. The Wilson Center subscribes to 60 print magazines and keeps back issues for 5 years.
  • Science Online Current information about science related topics.
  • SIRS Database that contains full-text articles on social issues.

References:

  • Encyclopedia Americana
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

*InfoTrac, Newsbank, Issues & Controversies, Science Online, and NetLibrary are licensed databases funded by the State of Massachusetts under the Massachusetts Library and Information Network (MLIN) program of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS). The Library Commissioners is the agency of state government responsible for the improvement of library services throughout the Commonwealth. The URL for MLIN is: http://www.mlin.lib.ma.us.