Watertown High School Learning Commons
Massachusetts USA

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About the Learning Commons

Lib/Mac Lab Teacher Schedule

WHS Book Catalog (Alexandria)

Watertown Free Public Library

Boston Public Library

Library of Congress

Full Text eBooks

(See Ms. Picceri for Follett Shelf login info)

ebooks from ABC CLIO, Gale, Infobase, Salem Press and Sharpe Publishing

eBooks from EBSCOhost

Reference

General Reference

College Source, Lit Finder, and Novelist - Home Access Only

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

World Book Encyclopedia

Newspapers

Massachusetts Newsstand - Newspapers from MA including Boston Globe, Boston Herald, etc.

*Research Databases

Biography in Context

Biography Reference Bank

Current Issues Reference Shelf Plus

Current articles on social, scientific, political, and economic issues.

Grove Dictionary of Art

INFOTRAC

Opposing View Points

Differing points of view on a wide range of social issues.

Readers' Guide Full Text

Full text articles from journals as far back as 1994.

Social Issues in America

Sharpe Online source for the study of issues facing American society today.

Student Resources in Context

Primary Documents, Biographies, Critical Analysis, Science, Social Studies, Health, and Multimedia gallery.

Virtual Reference Library

Search Gale ebooks

*Home Access to Research Databases

Tools and Guides

NEW!  NoodleTools

Research Organizer and Citation Generator.

Citations Guide

How to create bibliographic citations from scratch.

Literature Resources

Master Index

Index for all Gale Literary Publications. Use this online index and then check to find out which publications are available at the WHS library.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online

Salem Literature (ebooks)

Virtual Reference Library (ebooks)

Literature Resource Center

Literary Reference Center WHS

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Reading Suggestions

Books and Authors

Award Winners