Databases Listed By Subject

The following subscription Databases are available in the Library or from home with your Abington Public Library Card . They are funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Massachusetts Library System, and the Abington Public Library.

Research / Newspapers (Back Issues )/ Biography / Business & Finance / Education / Health / History & Social Studies / Literature / Science / Students K-12

World Book Web        Login

Funded by the Abington Public Library through the Jennie Lincoln Trust.  Access the full suite of World Book resources including information for elementary, middle school and advanced researchers. 

Infotrac OneFile          Login 

Search for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

Academic OneFile           Login  

Research across all academic disciplines for scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers.

General Reference Center Gold       Login  

Search this general interest database that integrates newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications.

Gale Virtual Reference Library      Login  

Access more than 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, the environment, history, law, literature, medicine, nation and world, religion, science and social science.

NEWSPAPERS (Back Issues)

Massachusetts Newsstand        Login 

Boston Globe    (from 1980)       

Boston Herald    (from 1991)

Patriot Ledger    (from 1991)   

Plymouth County Business Review (from 1991)

and more.

New York Times      Login  

Includes articles from January 1, 1985 to the current date.

BIOGRAPHY

Biography in Context      Login        

Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, or birth/death dates.

BUSINESS and FINANCE

Business and Company Resource Center      Login  

Search for companies, industries, articles, and publications. Useful for case study work as well as research by job seekers or investors on thousands of global companies.

General Business File ASAP      Login 

Access broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals, and company directory listings.

RDS Business Suite      Login  

The RDS Business Suite is a collection of three highly complementary business nformation databases - Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase.

EDUCATION

Educator Reference Complete      Login 

Search journals, reports, and other reference sources for topics including educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.

Expanded Academic ASAP      Login  

From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.

HEALTH

Health and Wellness Resource Locator      Login 

Tabs provide easy searching for diseases and conditions, drugs, directories, and medical dictionaries. Delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.

Health Reference Center Academic    Login  

Access nursing and allied health journals plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.

Salem Health          Login   Click on the Remote Access Login Tab and enter your your Abington Library card number. Provides access to Salem Health: Cancer.

HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES

CultureGrams          Library Login    Home Login

Your password is your Abington Library card number.

Find up-to-date information about states, countries, and Canadian provinces.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context      Login 

Covers today's hottest social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care o immigration. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

Gale World History in Context      Login  

Uses an intuitive, Web-like interface to provide multicultural, global and research-based content that supports today's history research requirements. Provides access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.

Global Issues in Context      Login

Features hundreds of continuously updated, media-rich issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health and cultural issues.

Massachusetts History Online      Login  

Includes sources that relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more.

Salem History          LoginClick on the Remote Access Login Tab and enter your your Abington Library card number.

Browse e-books American Decades , Milestone Documents in American History, and Great Events from History.

US History in Context      Login  

Delivers an extensive online collection of historical information. Provides a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information. Offers a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis.

LITERATURE

Books and Authors      Login  

Integrates easy-to-follow menus that allow users to broaden and narrow their searches according to author, title, series, awards and other criteria. An "if you like" search connects readers to themes and genres.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select   Login  

Includes 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors with biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study.  

Literature Resource Center         Login  

Find information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes content from major reference works, mongraphs, classic books and anthologies, literary journals, and a literary glossary.

LitFinder      Login 

Connects users quickly to the poem, story, speech, play or essay that best suits their needs. It includes criticism, biographies, work and topic overviews, reviews, and full text of many literary works.

SCIENCE

Gale Science in Context      Login  

Supports high school curricula and university coursework. Features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects from earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography.

STUDENTS K – 12

World Book Web        Login

Funded by the Abington Public Library through the Jennie Lincoln Trust.  Access the full suite of World Book resources including information for elementary, middle school and advanced researchers. 

Biography in Context      Login        

Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, or birth/death dates.

CultureGrams          Library Login    Home Login

Your password is your Abington Library Card number.

Find up-to-date information about states, countries, and Canadian provinces.

Kids InfoBits           Login 

For students in kindergarten through grade five, this database uses graphic icons to assist beginning researchers.

Infotrac K - 12 Junior Edition        Login  

For students in middle school and junior high, this database includes magazines, newspapers and reference books for all subject areas.

Infotrac K - 12 Student Edition          Login 

For high-school students, this database includes magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books in all subject areas

Student Resources in Context     Login  

Conveys needed information on all core subjects from science to literature to history. Helps students to develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter.