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General Reference
 

Resources provided by Thayer Public Library: 


World Book Online Reference Center
From Home or the Library
Online reference source-containing every article from the 22-volume World Book Encyclopedia print set plus thousands more. Includes state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, as well as editor-reviewed Web sites. Special features include World Book Advanced for grades  8 and up that offers primary and secondary source content in one integrated search and World Book Kids, which is designed for younger students.   Funded by Thayer Public Library.


Statewide databases provided by the Massachusetts Library System (denoted by *) or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners:

General Reference Center Gold  (1980 - present)
From Home or the Library
Includes material from magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and other reference material.

Info Trac OneFile
From Home or the Library  
InfoTrac OneFile is a comprehensive periodical resource with more than 39 million database records, including more than 9,200 titles (5,156 full-text) dating back to 1980.  Sources range from mainstream to specialized covering virtually every popular, business and professional topic.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context*
From Home or the Library

A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, as well as links to Websites.  

PowerSearch 
From Home or the Library   
Select multiple databases from a  list and then search across all of the databases you have chosen.   

Virtual Reference Library 
From Home or the Library
A mix of more than 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, the environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science.

   

 

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