Reference

If staff cannot help patrons find what they need, they should contact one of the following regional reference centers:

Biography Resource Center- combines more than 50 biographical databases with full-text periodicals

Business and Company Profiles- information from Business Index ASAP, newswire releases and company directory information

Contemporary Literary Criticism- Select- collection of critical essays on contemporary authors

Electric Library- full-text articles and pictures from various resources

Expanded Academic ASAP- articles from scholarly journals, newsmagazines and newspapers on a variety of topics

General Business File ASAP- access to broker reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings

General Reference Gold- general database of articles from magazines, reference books and newspapers

Health Reference Center Academic- articles on fitness, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health and more

Infotrac Junior Edition- full-text resources for junior high and middle school

Infotrac Kids' Edition- full-text resources for primary school

Infotrac Student Edition- full-text resources for high school

NetLibrary- 3,000 full-text public domain titles (classics) and 3,000 recently published books

NewsBank- access to Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Christian Science Monitor, Worcester Telegram, LA Times and Washington Post

Professional Collection- full-text periodicals for teachers and administrators

Special Collections Database on MLIN- database of archives and manuscripts of collections in Massachusetts

See our BIZ section located above the Reference area for books, audiotapes and videos on business topics courtesy of LSTA Small Business Grant.