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Online Databases

Westfield Library offers a wide variety of online database services to students and faculty. No logins or passwords are needed if the databases are accessed from a school computer. Logins and passwords are necessary if someone is trying to access one of the databases from outside the building. Check the library's Blackboard page for access information and passwords.

World History, World Geography, American History, and American Government

Comprehensive aggregation of resources on the Earth and Environmental Sciences

In depth analysis on current and controversial issues.

Up-to-Date News and Information on 192 countries of the world

Poems and poet biographies

In-depth information on 182 countries and territories in reports that include maps, statistics and a glossary.

Includes MASUltra, Newspaper Source, TopicSearch, Literary Reference Center, Point of View Reference Center, and Novelist

Facts on File
Issues and Controversies

Facts on File
Personal & Business Forms



A searchable record of 70 years of public opinion.

New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Popular Science, and Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en linea

Access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vol.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001), with ongoing additions of new and updated articles.

Lit Finder(tm)

Poems, Stories, Essays, Plays, and Speeches



A suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research

Includes ProQuest newspapers, historical newspapers, reference works, AP Science, Literature Learning, History Study Center, and eLibrary

Full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, business, and global issues

Thomson Gale

Student, Biography, Literature, and Health Resource Center, Student Edition (periodicals), Testing & Education Reference, and Professional Collection

World Book offers more than 26,000 encyclopedia articles, a Spanish-language encyclopedia, pictures, sounds, special reports, etc.