Magazines/Indexes/Databases

Online Databases Provided by SEMLS (Southeastern Massachusetts Library System) and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) to Member Libraries.

  (For Home Access, click here.)

DIALOG @CARLIn-library access to the Basic Collection of 148 full-text newspapers, including the Boston Globe and Herald, plus a number of directories and other reference sources.  

DIALOG @CARL   In-library access to the Boston Globe full text from 1980. Funded by MBLC. 

EBSCO HOST In-library access to: Books in Print with Reviews, Books Out of Print, Hoover's Company Capsules, and Hoover's Company Profiles.   Funded by SEMLS.

ELECTRIC LIBRARY In-library access to a selected database of articles from more than 150 full-text newspapers and magazines, classic books, major works of literature and art, maps, and photographs. Funded by SEMLS.  

Infotrac (formerly Searchbank)  Databases in Member Libraries including: Contemporary Authors; Contemporary Literary Criticism Select; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; General Reference Center; Health Reference Center Academic; Predicasts PROMT. Funded by MBLC and SEMLS. 

SIRS In-library access to SIRS Knowledge Source (Researcher) -  thousands of full-text articles, documents and graphics on a wide range of topics and SIRS Discoverer on the Web - research database for younger readers. Funded by SEMLS.  

ArchivesUSA funded by MBLC.
A directory of 4800 manuscript repositories in the U.S.

Special Collections Database on MLIN - a database of over 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts.

Source: Southeastern Massachusetts Library System - SEMLS

 

Public Library Online Book Catalogs

OCLN Public Library Network Catalog - includes Plymouth and Kingston.

SAILS Public Library Network Catalog - includes Plympton and Halifax. You will need to get a PIN number from Plympton Public Library to search this catalog.

Index to National Geographic Publications, click here