First create your student log-in account.
     Of course, you can always use the free version, but it does not have as many options.

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     Your gateway to the Worcester Academy Library collection
     Tip Sheets:

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     EBSCOhost Integrated Search: What is it?
     Suggested databases for the Middle School
     Additional resources: Middle School folder

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NEWEST RESOURCE

     Any videos, segments, or playlists made from Curriculum VOD may not be made available to any person or organization that is not an authorized user. This includes web sites such as YouTube and other publicly-accessible electronic networks, blogs, forums, and social networking services. (Authorized users: current WA students and employees.)

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RESOURCES GROUPED BY CATEGORY
     Resources that address all subjects (no specific focus), such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and multi-source databases
     Wikipedia - “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit” (quoted from the website) is recommended for personal use.  Read the Encyclopedia Tip Sheet to learn how to use Wikipedia for academic research.
     Additional Resources: General Resources folder
     World and U.S. atlases, geography, government, customs, comparative statistics, flags, and more
     Additional resources: Atlases & Geography folder
     The 6 most productive, general resources followed by 9 specific resources.  Check mark any of these that may apply to your person.
     Additional resources: Biographies folder
Full-text, available 24/7

     Opinions and circumstances that give rise to public disagreement, disputes, arguments, debates
     Additional resources: Issues folder

     Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
     Additional resources: Periodicals folder
Use these before you Google.

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RESOURCES GROUPED BY SUBJECT
     Additional Resources: Literature folder
     Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Earth and Marine Sciences, Mathematics, Health -- just to name a few
     Additional resources: Sciences & Mathematics folder
U.S. history, culture, government and politics, primary resources

Art and music links, including ArtStor

World History and Social Studies, ancient through modern

Encyclopedias, dictionaries, magazines, and websites that support World Languages

     Mission, goals, collection, library's services, etiquette
4,000+ maps: political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate, and other themes maps. New maps are added to the collection every month. Maps are not to be posted to the web.
McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, EST Yearbook updates, Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and Science News--all current
Remote access requires UserName and Password.
[Remote use requires User Name and Password.]
[Remote use requires User Name and Password.]
[Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
Must be used while on campus.
Focused searches on notable African Americans also found in the comprehensive Biography Resource Center.
The online catalog for the public libraries of Central Massachusetts. Your choice: search them all at once, or search the one most convenient for you.
A comprehensive source for theory and research in interntional affairs.  [Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
Link to the Holy Cross College library catalog as well as the catalogs of the surrounding colleges and universities.
Remote use requires UserName and Password.
eBooks from InfoTrac's Virtual Reference Center
Search the Archives and Historic Documents together. Remote use requires UserName and password.
Full-text comprehensive reports on national issues/controversies dating back to 1923. [Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
Full-text primary resources documents on national concerns dating back to 1979.  Remote use requires our UserName and Password.
Countries of the world: Country facts, Travel & Business information, Maps.
eBooks from InfoTrac's Virtual Reference Center
Remote use requires UserName and password.
14 databases for general interest and academic research, health, business, and biographies. (Note to families: Databases suitable for Kindergarten through Junior High are located here.) This resource is supplied by the Central Mass Regional Library System. [Remote use requires our  Password.]
[Remote use requires User Name and Password.]
CLICK HERE FOR REMOTE ACCESS and use your WA Library Card Number.  Click or scroll down to "SOCIAL SCIENCES" and look for Facts on File: Issues and Controversies.
CLICK HERE FOR REMOTE ACCESS and use your WA Library Card Number.  Click or scroll down to "SOCIAL SCIENCES" and look for Facts on File: Issues and Controversies.  After you have opened Issues and Controversies, click the "ADDITIONAL DATABASES" tab in the top right corner.
An archive database. JSTOR's articles pick up where EBSCO and InfoTrac stop. Remote use requires User Name ans Password.
A collection of high-quality Web resources evaluated by a large team of California-based librarians.
Full-text database of authors and their works.  [Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
eBooks from InfoTrac's Virtual Reference Center
Periodicals from InfoTrac
Full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources. CLICK HERE FOR REMOTE ACCESS and use your WA Library Card Number.  Click or scroll down to "NEWSPAPERS" and look for Massachusetts Newsstand.
Current through 1995.
Full-text articles in English from nearly 2,000 newspapers from around the world. [Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
[Remoter use requires our User Name and Password.]
Full-text articles, thumbnail images and image links.  [Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
Remote use requires our User Name and Password.
Remote use requires User Name and Password.
Search The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.  [Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Quotations, and more.
Over 100 full-text popular magazine publications from mainland China. Coverage: 2005-present. Make sure that you have selected Chinese/China and/or Chinese in Firefox language selections: Tools>Options>Advanced>Languages. CLICK HERE FOR REMOTE ACCESS and use your WA Library Card Number.  Click or scroll down to "NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE" and look for Qikan Magazine.
Full-text articles from past issues.  [Remote use requires User Name and Password.]
Diagrams, experiments, essays, biographies, definitions, and links appropriate for grades 6-12. This resource is supplied by the Central Mass Regional Library System. CLICK HERE FOR REMOTE ACCESS and use your WA Library Card Number.  Click or scroll down to "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY" and look for Science Online.
Remote use requires UserName and password.
eBooks from InfoTrac's Virtual Reference Library
Remote use requires User Name and password.
Remote use requires User Name and password.
[Remote use requires User Name and Password.]
Remote use requires our User Name and password.
[Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
[Remote use requires our User Name and Password.]
eBooks from InfoTrac's Virtual Reference Center
A meta-search engine that clusters your results.
The meta-search engine that combines Google and Ask.com.
A visual meta-search engine.
A metasearch engine with another way to look at results
The engine to use when searching the web for scientific information
Need another search engine?  Scroll through this list.

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Jacquelyn Shartin
    Library Director
Maria Porcaro
    Day Assistant Librarian
Shirley Balestrier
    Afternoon/Evening Assistant Librarian
Robin Peretzian
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