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For help accessing and searching these subscription databases,
please use our Electronic Database Searching
Tools. 
We have access to the full text of these reference e-books both on campus and remotely; please ask the librarian for the password.
- Encyclopaedia Judaica
Included in this twenty-two volume set are more than 21,000 signed entries on Jewish life, culture, history and religion. This new edition, published in 2007, has more than 2,600 brand-new entries, many focusing on gender issues and New World geographic areas of the United States, Canada and Latin America.
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life and Thought
Provides information on all aspects of Judaism. Covers 4000 years of Jewish history, Jewish communities, literature, art, sociology, significant biographies, the Diaspora, Zionism and Israel.
- Ancient Civilizations Reference Library
The ancient civilizations of Iraq, Egypt, India, China, Central America and other regions are the focus of this three volume reference set. Compiles wide-ranging essays, biographies, definitions, timeline entries, bibliographies and much more.
- The Early Republic: Primary Documents on Events from 1799 to 1820
Focuses on 26 pressing issues of the early republic. Each issue is presented with an introductory essay and multiple primary documents from the newspapers of the day, illustrating both sides of the debate.
- The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events from 1860 to 1865
Discusses how America's press covered important national issues and events of the day. News articles, editorials, and cartoons from the time offer a range of contentious and impassioned opinions and reports on the crucial events that precipitated, sustained, and eventually concluded this vital chapter in American history and politics.
- World War I Reference Library
Comprehensive coverage of the World War I period in three volumes: Almanac, Biographies, and Primary Sources
- World War II Reference Library
Provides background and information on major topics about the World War II period, biographies of significant men and women involved in the war, and primary sources such as full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts and other original documents in five volumes.
A comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles, and more than 110 journals. We have access both on campus and remotely; please ask the librarian for the password.
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source, and statistical information. We have access both on campus and remotely; please ask the librarian for the password.
Our subscription to Project MUSE provides full-text, user-friendly online
access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals
from 60 scholarly publishers.
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for 60 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. We have both on-campus access and remote access; please ask the librarian for the username and password to access this off-site.
American History in Video provides a large and rich of video available online
for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles
on completion, including videos from Ken Burns, PBS, and and The History Channel.
We have access both on campus and remotely; please ask the librarian for the
remote password.
From this site, you can use your Massachusetts library card to access databases
that contain thousands of articles from magazines, scholarly journals,
encyclopedias, and newspapers.
From this site, you can use a Boston Public Library ecard to access databases
that contain thousands of articles from magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedias,
and newspapers.
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