Ludlow High School

General Databases

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
• Gale Academic OneFile
• Boston Globe
• New York Times
• Gale Powersearch: Use this to search across all databases (does not include the Boston Globe).

Resources from Other Libraries

• Hubbard Memorial Library Databases: Access additional databases with the barcode number on your Hubbard library card.
• Boston Public Library Electronic Resources: All Massachusetts residents can access Boston Public Library's research databases and ebooks with a BPL eCard. Learn more and sign up for free!

Biographies

• Biography in Context

Controversial Issues

• Opposing Viewpoints

Literature & Criticism

• Bloom's Literary Reference: Literary criticism, work overviews, and author background information for thousands of works.  Find username/password here (you must sign in to your LPS Google account to view database password info)
• Literature Resource Center: Offers detailed biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information about authors’ lives and works.

Physical Education & Health

• Health & Wellness: Use this database for beginning and general searches about health and medical topics; includes medical reference materials, 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos, and articles from 2,200 general interest magazines.

Science

• Science in Context: Offers topic overviews, reference materials, magazine and journal article, and primary source documents grouped by subject.
• ProQuest Science: Access over 1000 journals covering Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry
• Health & Medicine: Use this for more detailed searches; contains full-text nursing & health journals, plus current and reliable personal health information.

Social Studies

• American History / US Government Online: Find username/password here (you must sign in to your LPS Google account to view database password info).
• Psychology
• US History in Context: Offers reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.
• World History in Context: Includes information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in World History. Combines reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
• Global Issues in Context: Includes international perspectives on a variety of topics. Use the introductory pages for each topic or search for specific information.