BIOGRAPHY - References and multimedia on more than 340,000 people.

BRITANNICA - Comprehensive encyclopedia for Middle School students. High School & elementary editions accessible.

BRITANNICA Escolar - Spanish encyclopedia grades K-8

FACT CITE - Content includes: sports champions, Greek and Roman mythology, shapers of society, American history, biographies, and general reference.

GALE RESEARCH - Cross-curricular resource for middle school research projects. Search by topics or keywords.

REFERENCE eBOOKS - Covering biology, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, and technology.

AMERICAN HISTORY (ABC-Clio) - covers from the 1300s to present. Includes articles, images maps, primary documents, and video.

US HISTORY (Gale in Context) - Contextual content on significant people, events, and topics in U.S. History.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE (National Archives) - Variety of material documenting the Black experience including biographies of people, subject portals, photos, articles, videos of public programs, online exhibits, and blogs.

ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY (ABC-Clio) - Covers history from pre-historic times through the early Renaissance. Includes articles, images, maps, primary documents, and video.

MODERN HISTORY (ABC-Clio) - Covers the emergence of modern Europe (1500 C.E.) to the present. Includes articles, images, maps, and video.

WORLD HISTORY (Gale In Context) - Contextual content on significant people, events, and topics in World History.

WORLD GEOGRAPHY (ABC-Clio) - Database searchable by keyword, region, and country. Includes political, social, cultural, economic and geological information.

THE BOSTON GLOBE (Proquest) - Full text or citatation/abstract coverage of the print newspaper from 1997- present. Online edition coverage from Sept. 8, 2015-present.

NEWS (Gale One File) - Search major U.S. and international newspaper articles by title, headline, date, and other fields.

THE NEW YORK TIMES (Gale article archive) - Search the full text of The New York Times, 1995-present.

GLOBAL ISSUES (Gale in Context) - Topic overviews, international viewpoints, news and multimedia content covering global issues.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS (Gale in Context) - Overviews, news and opinions on hundreds of today's social issues.

INTERACTIVE SCIENCE (Gale) - Manipulate 3D models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. Includes related reference articles.

SCIENCE (Gale in Context) - Explore science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.

SCIENCE FLIX (Scholastic) - Multimedia exploration of 70+ science-related topics with videos, articles, hands-on projects, news, career exploration and more. Access using your Melrose Public Library account (card number and PIN)

GALE RESOURCES - Unified search of all databases provided by the Massachusetts Library System and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, including eBooks, collections, and Britannica.

PASSWORDS - Click and use school Google account. Databases are provided by the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and purchased by Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Library.