Descriptions of Electronic Databases

Instructions are for in-library use. For use outside of the library,  indicates that your Coventry OSL card is necessary for access. Click on the green link to go to the database. For future use, the yellow menu at the top of each page has a shortcut to each of our electronic databases.

Discovering Collection

Discovering Collection offers easy access content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a premium selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. New to the database are popular topic picklists and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.

EbscoHost

Full text magazine articles.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Outside the Library

This includes the Britannica Reference Center, Merriam - Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, and Britannica Kids.

Helin

Joint catalog of the colleges and universities of Rhode Island. Available to use only for HELIN borrower cards. Otherwise for information only.

Heritage Quest Outside the Library

Find ancestors and relatives in US Federal Census Records, family and local history books and articles, and Revolutionary War files.

Literature Resource Center

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

NewsBank

The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.

Novelist

An easy–to-use Reader’s Advisory for good fiction. This database can be limited to view books for specific age groups such as Adult, Young Adult, and Children’s. Other useful features include award winners listed by type of fiction and Book Discussion Guides.

Salem Health

Salem Health is the free online companion to Magill's Medical Guide that brings online reference to your library.

Testing & Education Reference Center

Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet your financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.

World Book Online