Before you start
Start with keywords. Search these databases and resources for background information on Boston and surrounding areas, politics, science, social or economic issues, technology, arts and culture.
The Boston Globe and New York Times
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Full text of The Boston Globe 1980-present |
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Unlimited Full Digital edition, SCHOOL ACCESS ONLY (courtesy of Verizon) Full-text articles from The New York Times 1985 to present (available at home & school) |
| Boston Herald Newspaper |
Boston Herald (From Nov. 24, 2003 – present) (Requires BPL Card)Color full-page and article reproductions via PressReader, updated daily. |
Research Issues
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Global Issues with magazine, journal and book articles on global issues and topics. |
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Opposing Viewpoints provides essays, arguments and viewpoints on various sides of controversial topics. |
Local News
Boston Area & Neighborhood News
(Note: Sometimes the print editions available in your neighborhoods are MORE up-to-date then online.)
Daily
- The Boston Globe
- The Boston Herald
- The Boston Metro (5 days a week)
​Weekly
- Bay State Banner, African-American weekly
- La Semana, Spanish weekly (print only)
- El Planeta, Boston's Latino Daily
- Boston Business Journal
Neighborhood papers
- Allston-Brighton TAB[
- Boston Guardian (effective successor of defunct Boston Courant)
- Back Bay Sun
- Beacon Hill Times
- Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
- Dorchester Reporter
- Download print edition of Dorchester Reporter
- East Boston Sun Transcript
- Fenway News
- The Bulletin Newspapers (includes Hyde Park Bulletin and West Roxbury & Roslindale Bulletin,
- Jamaica Plain Gazette
- Mattapan/Dorchester Reporter
- Mission Hill Gazette
- South End News
- Wicked Local West Roxbury
Massachusetts
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Information on Massachusetts' government system
- Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MassDOE)
- Massachusetts Department of the Environment (agriculture, environmental protection, wildlife, climate action, etc.)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA)