Editing Boston Public Library (section)

===List of databases===
As of August 2017, the library arranges for its patrons access to digital content from several providers:
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! Title
! Parent company
! Subsidiary
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| 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| 18th Century Collections Online
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| 19th Century Collections Online
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| 19th Century US Newspapers
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Academic OneFile
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| American Doctoral Dissertations
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| American Music
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| AP Images
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Archive Finder
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| Archives Unbound
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Art Full Text
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Art Index Retrospective
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Art Museum Image Gallery
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Arts:Search
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| Asian American Drama
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| AtoZdatabases
| DatabaseUSA.com<ref>{{cite web |url=http://databaseusa.com/index.php/company/ |access-date= August 20, 2017 |title=DatabaseUSA.com |location=Omaha, Nebraska }}</ref>
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals]]
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Biography and Genealogy Master Index]]
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Biography in Context
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Black Drama, Second Edition
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Boston Globe]] 
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| [[Boston Herald]], 2004-2011
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Britannica Learning Zone
| [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Britannica Library
| [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Britannica School Edition
| [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Britannica Spanish Reference Center
| [[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| British Library Newspapers
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| British Literary Manuscripts Online
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Business & Industry
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Business and Management Practices
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Business Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Career Transitions
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Children's Reference
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Classical Music Library
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Classical Scores Library
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Congressional
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| Contemporary World Music
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Credo Reference
| [[Credo Reference Ltd.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Criminal Justice Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Culinary Arts Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Dance in Video
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| DemographicsNow: Business and People
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Economist Historical Archive
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Educator's Reference Complete
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Expanded Academic ASAP
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| [[Financial Times]] Historical Archive
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Gale Courses
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Gale Directory Library
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Gale Newsvault
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Gale Virtual Reference Library
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Gardening, Landscape, and Horticulture Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| General OneFile
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Global Issues In Context
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Health & Wellness Resource Center
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Health Reference Center Academic
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| HeritageQuest Online
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| [[Hoopla (digital media service)|Hoopla]] Streaming Media
| Midwest Tape, LLC<ref name=spending2017>{{cite web |url= https://spending.data.boston.gov/#!/year/All%20Years/explore/0-/account_descr/MiscSup+Gen+Library+Books/0-/dept_name/Library+Department/0-barChart/_6_digit_org_name/BPL+Technical+Services+Office/0-barChart/vendor_name |publisher=City of Boston |author= Data Boston |work=Open Expenditures |title= MiscSup Gen Library Books: Library Department: BPL Technical Services Office |access-date= August 20, 2017 }}</ref>
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Index to Early American Periodicals
| Computer Indexed Systems<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comp-index.com/default.asp?pageid=about |access-date= August 20, 2017 |title=Comp-index.com |publisher=Computer Indexed Systems |location=Indiana }}</ref>
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Index to English Literary Periodicals
| Computer Indexed Systems
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Infotrac]] Junior Edition
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| [[Infotrac]] Newsstand
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| [[Infotrac]] Student Edition
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| [[Irish Times]]
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| Jazz Music Library
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Jewish Advocate]]
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| [[JSTOR]]
| [[Ithaka Harbors]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Kids InfoBits
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Latino Literature
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| LearningExpress Library
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts]]
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[The Listener (magazine)|Listener]] History Archive
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Literature Criticism Online
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Literature Resource Center
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Little Pim
| Creative Empire, LLC
| [[Mango Languages]]
|-
| [[Lynda.com]]
| [[Microsoft Corporation]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Making of the Modern World
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| [[Mango Languages]]
| Creative Empire, LLC
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Massachusetts Driving Permit Practice Tests
| Elegant E-Learning, Inc
| [[Driving-Tests.org]]
|-
| Mergent Archives - Historical Annual Report Collection
| [[London Stock Exchange Group]]
| [[Mergent, Inc.]]
|-
| Mergent EventsData
| [[London Stock Exchange Group]]
| [[Mergent, Inc.]]
|-
| Mergent Intellect
| [[London Stock Exchange Group]]
| [[Mergent, Inc.]]
|-
| Mergent Online
| [[London Stock Exchange Group]]
| [[Mergent, Inc.]]
|-
| [[MLA International Bibliography|Modern Language Association (MLA) International]] Bibliography
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Morningstar Investment Research Center
| [[Morningstar, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Music & Performing Arts
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] Virtual Library
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| ''[[The New York Times]]'' (1851-2013)
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| ''The New York Times'' (1985–Present)
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Newspaper Archive
| [[Heritage Microfilm, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| North American Indian Drama
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| North American Women's Drama
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| NoveList K-8 Plus
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| NoveList Plus
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Nursing & Allied Health Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| OmniFile Full Text Select
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Opera in Video
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[OverDrive, Inc.|OverDrive]] eBooks, Audio Books, and Music
| [[Rakuten, Inc.]]
| [[OverDrive, Inc.]]<ref name=spending2017 />
|-
| [[Oxford Art Online]]
| [[University of Oxford]]
| [[Oxford University Press]]
|-
| [[Oxford English Dictionary]]
| [[University of Oxford]]
| [[Oxford University Press]]
|-
| [[Oxford Music Online]]
| [[University of Oxford]]
| [[Oxford University Press]]
|-
| Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Popular Music Library
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[PressReader]]
| [[NewspaperDirect Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Primary Sources
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Readers' Guide Retrospective
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[RISM International Inventory of Musical Sources]]
| [[EBSCO Industries]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Sabin Americana, 1500–1926]]
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Science in Context
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Slavery and Anti-Slavery
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Slavery in America and the World
| William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
| [[HeinOnline]]
|-
| Small Business Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Smithsonian Collections Online
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| [[Smithsonian Global Sound]]
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[Statistical Abstract of the United States|Statistical Abstract of the U.S.]]
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| Statistical Insight
| [[Cambridge Information Group]]
| [[ProQuest]]
|-
| [[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]] (London) Digital Archive
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Tablebase
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Theatre in Video
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| [[The Times|Times]] (London) Digital Archive
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Twentieth Century North American Drama
| [[Alexander Street Press]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| US History in Context
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Value Line
| [[Value Line, Inc.]]
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|-
| Vocations and Careers Collection
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| World History in Context
| [[Cengage Learning, Inc.]]
| [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]
|-
| Zinio Digital Magazines
| Zinio LLC
| <!--SUBSIDIARY-->
|}
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