Online Resources
Searching for information online using search engines or other techniques can often yield conflicting results with widely varying accuracy. Far more accurate and authoritative results can be obtained using the Online Databases made available through state and regional funding.
The Online Resources listed below are all available at the library; most are also available at home, school or the office (although some may require you to login using your library card number).
Resources especially well-suited to younger users are identified by :approximate grade level.
Multiple Category
Academic & General Resources
- Academic OneFile
- BigChalk eLibrary(gr. k - 8)
- Educator’s Reference Complete
- Expanded Academic
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- General Reference Center Gold
- InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition(gr. 4 - 9)
- InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition(gr. 7 - 12)
- LearningExpressLibrary
- What Do I Read Next?
- World Book Online(gr. K - 12)
Biography
- Biography Resource Center
- Biography Resource Center: African Americans
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
Business Resources
Health Resources
- Health Reference Center Academic
- New! Nursing and Allied Health Collection
- New! Psychology Collection
History & Genealogy Resources
- Massachusetts History Online
- New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
- New! U.S. History Collection
- New! World History Collection
Home & Hobby
- New! Culinary Arts Collection
- New! Fine Arts and Music Collection
- New! Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection
Literature Resources
Newspapers & Current Events
- InfoTrac OneFile
- Kids InfoBits(gr. k - 6)
- Massachusetts Newstand(Search Multiple Newspapers)
- Berkshire Eagle
- Boston Globe
- Boston Herald
- BusinessWest (Chicopee)
- Montachusett Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
- New York Times
- North Adams Transcript
- Patriot Ledger (Quincy)
- Plymouth County Business Review
- Providence Journal
- Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg)
- The Banner (West Boylston)
- The Item (Clinton)
- The Record (Shrewsbury)
- Sun, The (Lowell)
- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
- Gazette (Haverhill)(12-31-92 to 8-9-97 only)
- Standard Times (New Bedford)(1-4-92 to 8-19-97 only)
- Wall Street Journal
Science
- Science Reference Center
- New! Environmental Studies & Policy Collection
- New! General Science Collection
Other - New Resources!
- Agriculture Collection
- Communications & Mass Media Collection
- Criminal Justice Collection
- Diversity Studies Collection
- GLBT Life and Issues Collection
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection
- Information Science & Technology Collection
- Insurance & Liability Collection
- Military and Intelligence Database
- Pop Culture Collection
- Religion & Philosophy Collection
- InfoTrac Vocation & Careers Collection
- InfoTrac War & Terrorism Collection