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General Research

Newspapers

The Newspaper databases include articles written by staff journalists but not materials such as stock reports, classifieds, or advertisements.

For Students

Classes, Test Prep and Resumes

  •  Learning Express Computer Skills Center – Free easy-to-follow video tutorials with beginner- to advanced-level instruction.
  • Cypress Resume – Helps you build your own resume quickly and easily.
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  • Universal Class –  Universal Class is a collection of over 500 free non-credit continuing education courses.  It includes topics from Accounting to Hobbies to Home Schooling to Web Development.  Register here.    Login here.
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  • Mango Languages – Learn to speak a new language quickly and easily.
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  • Gale Presents Peterson’s Test and Career Prep — Take practice SAT exams, search for undergraduate and graduate school programs, find tuition assistance providers, and use their many career exploration tools.
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  • Driving-Tests.org – Driving-Tests.org has the current edition of the Massachusetts driver’s manual and free practice permit tests. (Note: for the driver’s manual, click on the Handbooks tab and choose either Drivers, Motorcycle or CDL)

Culture and Travel

  • AtoZ World Travel – Travel information for 200 major cities of the world.
  • AtoZ the World – What country would you like to visit today?
  • AtoZ the USA – Get to know America the Beautiful.
  • AtoZ World Food – Hungry to learn about international cuisine? Take a look for descriptions and recipes!
  • Mango Languages – Learn to speak a new language quickly and easily.

Health

Business, Law and Money

  • Value Line – Value Line Investment Survey provides financial information designed to help investors make informed investment decisions. Click on the tab for “Investment Education” to view tutorials on improving financial skills.
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  • Morningstar Investment Research – Investment data from a leading financial research company. Our license allows one user at a time so if you get an error message, try again in a few minutes.
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  • AtoZdatabases – AtoZdatabases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents.
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  • Business Source Premier – Enhanced Interface – This lists company profiles, industry profiles, country reports, and market research reports.
  • Mass Trial Court Law Libraries – Links to Massachusetts Laws, Ask a Law Librarian chat feature, and more.

Literature

  • BookBrowse –   Find your next great book with this interactive magazine for booklovers.
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  • NoveList Plus – A guide to books that includes book reviews, author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks, and much more for over 135,000 fiction and nonfiction titles.
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  • NoveList Plus K – 8 – A guide to books for Elementary and Middle School students.
  • MasterPlots –  Plot synopses and critical evaluations of literary works, ancient through modern.
  • Literary Reference Center – Critiques of authors and their works. Your patron ID is your library card number.
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  • Critical Survey of Long Fiction – Biographical and critical analysis of the most studied novelists and their works.
  • NextReads – A monthly e-mail newsletter service which will send you great book suggestions by email.

Language

  • Mango Languages – Learn to speak a new language quickly and easily.
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Automobiles

  • ChiltonLibrary – Manuals for thousands of domestic and imported models of cars and light trucks from 1940 onward.
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  • The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – Crash test ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  • U.S. Department of Energy – The official U.S. government source for fuel economy information
  • Kelley Blue Book – Car values, Reviews and research tools
  • NADA – New and used car prices from NADA
  • Driving-Tests.org – Driving-Tests.org has the current edition of the Massachusetts driver’s manual and free practice permit tests. (Note: for the driver’s manual, click on the Handbooks tab and choose either Drivers, Motorcycle or CDL.)

Genealogy/History

  •  MyHeritage Library Edition – One of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind in the world.  Your Patron ID is your library card number.
  • HeritageQuest – Federal Census images from 1790 – 1930 and other information for genealogists.
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  • Sources available at the library – The library also subscribes to Ancestry.com and American Ancestors (from the New England Historical Genealogical Society). Due to licensing restrictions these sources are available only at the library.
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  • Encyclopedia of American Immigration – Articles about many immigrant groups and the issues surrounding immigration.
  • U.S. History in Context — Delivers coverage of the most-studied topics — from the arrival of Vikings in North America to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • World History in Context — Reaches back to ancient times and extends to today’s headlines.

Recursos en Español