Resources provided by Thayer Public Library:

Salem Health
From Home  From the Library
Includes  Salem Health: Cancer which covers more than 800 topics of crucial interest to students, patients, caregivers, and others who have received a diagnosis or are associated with those who have cancer.  Funded by Thayer Public Library.

Salem Science
From Home  From the Library
Provides online access to the full text of  The Solar System, Encyclopedia of Global Warming, and  Forensic Science. , including photographs.  Funded by Thayer Public Library.
The Solar System includes essential coverage of all major aspects of Earth's solar system, from every feature of the major planets to their satellites, small bodies, interplanetary phenomena, and cosmological context.  
The  Encyclopedia of Global Warming provides comprehensive coverage of the questions of global warming and climate change, including scientific descriptions and explanations of all factors, from carbon dioxide to sunspots, that might contribute to climate change.
Forensic Science is a comprehensive reference source on the theory, techniques, and applications of the various forensic sciences.
 
Science Online
From Home or the Library
Provides reliable information in a variety of useful formats including images, videos, and animations, experiments, biographies, definitions, news articles, and a searchable timeline that is updated monthly. 


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


Academic OneFile  
From Home or the Library
This comprehensive periodical resource contains full-text peer-reviewed content for over 10,000 manually indexed journals and reference works covering all subjects, including the full-text of The New York Times back to 1995 and NPR, CNN & CBC transcripts and podcasts. 

Expanded Academic (1980 - present)
From Home or the library
Articles from more than 500 scholarly, trade and general interest publications, as well as references for The New York Times.

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

Health Reference Center 
From Home or the Library
Full-text database that provides current and reliable personal health information as well as full-text nursing and allied health journals.

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.

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

Science In Context*
From Home or the Library
Find information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics from full-text magazines and academic journals.  Also includes , news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. 

Student Resources In Context*
From Home or the Library
Easy access to award-winning content  including history, literature, science, social studies, and more.  Includes  a premium selection of reference material,  full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.

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.