Electronic Resources

Using these resources

NetLibrary - generally use the All locations link. Only use the Account setup from home link for initial account creation from home.

BA - use this link when at the Boston Athenæum. You will not need to enter any passwords.

Home - use this link when NOT at the Boston Athenæum.  You will then be prompted to enter your last name and Institutional ID (found on the front of your membership card).

Password - you will need to obtain a password from Reference to use these resources.

 

NetLibrary

All*

 Audiobooks that you can download to your own MP3 player or iPod  *Setup an account at home
Naxos Music Library BA - Password A comprehensive collection of classical music that can be streamed to a computer.
OED Online BA - Home

Definitions, etymologies, etc.
Dictionary of Old English BA - Home Currently A-G are online.

Project Muse

 BA - Home

Scholarly articles (including recent years)

JSTOR

 BA - Home

Full-text scholarly articles (but not recent 3-5 years)
Art Index Full-text BA - Home

Indexes 500 journals (1984 to present); Full-text for 200 journals (1997 to present)
Civil War Online BA - Home Contains diaries, letters, memoirs, and images indexed and searchable.

Early English Books

 BA - Home

Contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British North America, as well as other English works printed from 1473-1700

 

All of the following resources below are from the MBLC and require the same password

Academic OneFile 

 Password

8,000 journals (some full-text) podcasts, transcripts from radio & TV

General OneFile

 Password

Articles from popular, business, and professional sources

Newspapers

 Password

Berkshire Eagle, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Business West (Chicopee), Gazette (Haverhill), Lowell Sun, Massachusetts Newsstand, New York Times 1995 -, North Adams Transcript, Patriot Ledger (Quincy), Plymouth County Business Review, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg), Standard-Times (New Bedford)

General Reference Center Gold 

 Password

Full-text from articles and reference books on current events, popular culture, and the arts & sciences

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus 

 Password

Scholarly and general articles on the arts, humanities, social science, and general science
Biography Resource Center Password

Biographical information on figures from literature, history, government, science, business, entertainment, etc.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select 

 Password

Critical essays and biographical information on current writers
Gale Virtual Reference Library Password Over 20 full-text reference books on the arts, biography, business, history, literature, and science

Massachusetts History

 Password

Full-text articles from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history

Health Reference Center Academic 

 Password

Full-text resources including health and nursing

General BusinessFile ASAP

 Password

Full-text business and management; directory listings for over 150,000 companies

Info Trac Junior and Student Editions (grades 5-12) 

 Password

Information (some full-text) from magazines, newspapers, and reference books

Kids InfoBits 

 Password

Full-text from magazines and reference books with visual graphics
Qikan Library
 Password Full-text Chinese magazine articles