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Library Reference Resources

The Trustees and Staff gratefully acknowledge funding sources for these databases.
Access to databases from home may require entering your 14-digit library card number

General resources - Newspapers - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - Literature & Art - Health, Science & Current Events - History - Business - Kids & Teens - Education - Library Catalogs - BPL eCard

 

Business

Business and Company Resource Center All Access
General Business File ASAP

All access

RSD Business Suite

All access

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General Resources (Middle School & High School)

Thomson Gale Power Search

All access

Biography in Context - Middle School and up

All access

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select - High School and up

All access

Expanded Academic ASAP - High School and up

All access

General OneFile - High School and up

All access
General Reference Center Gold - Middle School and up

All access

Global Issues in Context - Middle School and up

All access

Health and Wellness Resource Center - Middle School and up

All access

InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition - Middle School and up

All access

InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition - High School and up

All access

Literature Resources from Gale - High School and up All access
LitFinder - Middle School and up All access
Massachusetts History Online - Middle School and up

All access

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Middle School and up All access
Science in Context - Middle School and up All access
Student Resources in Context - Middle School and up All access
U.S. History in Context - Middle School and up All access
Virtual Reference Library

All access

World History in Context - Middle School and up All access
ChiltonLibrary.com

In the Library

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Newspapers

The Banner (Dec. 2007 - current)

All access

The Item - Clinton All access
Boston Globe (1980 - current)

All access

Boston Herald (1991 - current)

All access

Lowell Sun (2001 - current)

All access

New York Times (1995 - current)

All access

Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)

All access

Massachusetts Newsstand

All access

 

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Literature and Art

Biography in Context

All access

Books and Authors All Access
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

All access

Literature Resource Center All access
Literature Resources from Gale All access
LitFinder All access
NoveList Readers' Advisory

In the library

From home

Grove Art Online

In the Library

From home

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Health, Science, and Current Events

Health and Wellness Resource Center

All access

Health Reference Center Academic

In the Library

Science Online

In the Library

From home

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History

African-American History Online

In the Library  

From home

American History Online

In the Library  

From home

American Women's History Online

In the Library  

From home

College and Professional

Academic OneFile

All access

Educator's Reference Complete

All access

Health Reference Center Academic

All access

 

 

Kids

Kids InfoBits

All access

Searchasaurus

In the Library

From home

Kids Search

In the Library

From home

Science Online

In the Library

From home

Learning Express (Learn-A-Test) All Access

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Education

 

Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

Beaman Memorial Library Catalog

All access  

C/WMARS Union Catalog

All access

Massachusetts Virtual Catalog

All access

Overdrive - Digital Audiobooks and eBooks

All access


Funding for these online resources is provided by:

Beaman Memorial Library (Kids Search, Searchasaurus)

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Gale databases, ProQuest newspapers)

Massachusetts Regional Library System (Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies)

C/W MARS (African American History Online, American History Online, Women's History Online, NoveList, Grove Art, Science Online, Overdrive)

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)

 

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Massachusetts residents can sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard via the web! BPL eCards are virtual library cards that allow users immediate access to Boston Public Library's extensive electronic resources - from archaeology and genealogy to history and science, homework help, historical newspapers, downloadable audio, video, music and more.

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