RESEARCH & LEARNING

Please note: All databases are accessible from outside the library. In some cases you will need to use the Remote Access link.

General

EBSCOHost Master File This comprehensive source includes full-text magazine and journal articles, many with images. A great place to find a specific article, start a research project or look for what’s new on a topic.
InfoTrac® OneFile A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Remote Access
bigchalk eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a student oriented full-text database of selected magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
Grolier Online Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.
Virtual Reference Library A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Remote Access

Proquest Newspapers Instant full-text access to 18 Massachusetts newspapers. Remote access
Boston Globe (1980-current) Remote Access
Boston Herald (1991-current) Remote Access
New York Times Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1995). Remote Access
Newspaper Source Selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers

Access Science
NEW! Pop Culture Universe , is an authoritative, yet irresistible, digital library of information on American and world popular culture, from the 1920s to the present, including the movies, TV shows, awards, stars, fads, buzzwords, fashions, and news items that defined each decade.
NEW! American Mosaic , is a wide-ranging and easy to use, full-text database focusing on the history and culture of African Americans, U.S.Latinos, and American Indians.
Milestone Documents in American History
Greenwood Daily Life Online

ERIC Education Digests The Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 317,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966
Professional Development – Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
Academic Search Elite – This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.
Academic OneFile – Peer reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Remote Access
Expanded Academic – Offers balance coverage of every academic concentration from advertising and micribiology to history and women’s studies. Remote Access

Massachusetts Virtual Library Catalogs : If you can’t find what you’re looking for in the NOBLE catalog, you can search the catalogs of other Massachusetts library systems through the statewide Virtual Catalog. You’ll need your library card number and PIN number to log in.
OCLC® WorldCat : WorldCat offers information on more than 46 million records of holdings in libraries throughout the world. To find out if a book is in Reading,look for NOBLE entries. Contact the Reading Public Library for information on retrieving items in the World Cat catalog.