IMLS Funding cuts update to databases
Beginning on July 1, 2025, statewide research database offerings will be significantly reduced, but the MBLC and Massachusetts Library System (MLS), which jointly fund statewide databases, will maintain several of the most heavily used. The MBLC and MLS prioritized providing databases that support students at every level of learning: elementary, middle, high school, and postsecondary education. See below and reverse for details and research options. For more information about the impact of Executive Order 14238, please visit: libraries.state.ma.us/federal-funding-at-risk
Discontinued Statewide Databases for FY’26 due to IMLS Funding Cuts
Boston Globe Article Archive
Britannica Moderna
Gale Legal Forms
HeritageQuest Online
Gale Academic OneFile Select
Gale General OneFile
Gale Health and Wellness
Gale in Context: Biography
Gale in Context: Elementary
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
Gale in Context: Global Issues
Gale in Context: Middle School
Gale in Context: Science
Gale in Context: US History
Gale in Context: World History
Gale Interactive Science
Gale Literature Resource Center
Peterson’s Career Prep
Peterson’s Test Prep
Science Database (ProQuest)