Home Access Databases

To access any of these databases brought to you by the SouthEastern Massachusetts Library System and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, you must enter the barcode number from your public or academic library card when asked for patron ID. Just click on the database name to connect.

These sites require your CLAMS Library card

Accessible from home using your CLAMS Library card

http://www.semls.org/home_access.htm

The Basic Collection from dialog@CARL— 148 full-text national and international papers and newsletters - including the Boston Herald, Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times - plus a number of full text directories and other sources.

Books in Print with Reviews / Books Out Of Print (from Ebsco) — a listing of more than 46,000 titles currently in print, with more than 350,000 full text reviews and links to web sites associated with subject searches. Also, records on out-of-print titles.

Business & Company Resource Center (Infotrac) — company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodical articles. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies.

Contemporary Authors— provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on approximately 100,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism— Select— an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors with biographical/critical introductions.

Electric Library — full-text articles and pictures from a wide variety of sources.

Expanded Academic ASAP— articles from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science & technology.

Health & Wellness Resource Center— health/medical articles, pamphlets, reference books, PDR Guide to Family Health, and key health web sites.

Infotrac General Reference Center— a general interest database of articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images.

SIRS Knowledge Source & Discoverer on the Web— thousands of full-text articles, documents and graphics on a wide range of topics for adults and students.

Wilson Biography Plus Illustrated (NEW) — more than 95,000 biographical profiles and obituaries, plus over 26,000 images, of people in the past & present.