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If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

Freegal is a music site when you can stream and download music.

Provides full text access to The Boston Globe - 1980-current.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

Spanish-language encyclopedia for kids and young adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, links to highlights, thematic searching, the World of Animals, Activity of the Day, and Discover the World.

An online Spanish-language encyclopedia for elementary students.

An online Spanish-language encyclopedia for middle school students.

Britannica Fundamentals is an innovative early learning product for students in grade levels kindergarten through second grade. Formerly the Learning Zone, the updated platform will improve utilization of Britannica School by providing content designed and written specifically for early learners.

Britannica Library Children offers a fun way to gain new knowledge. Students will find it easy to conduct research, complete homework assignments, and work on special projects. From one page, you can link to encyclopedias, Britannica-approved websites, and a Student Center with “How To” guides for school reports, an atlas, biographies, multimedia, and other learning materials.

Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of many authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, articles not yet in the print Britannica encyclopedia. Also features Biography of the day, This day in history, and News from around the world.

Britannica Library Suite contains 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.

Enjoy all that the Britannica encyclopedia has to offer in a digital version specifically designed for young adults! Find articles, images, videos, and biographies for high school students in a variety of subjects.

Spanish encyclopedia for older students and educators.

Elementary, Middle and High School levels, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Elementary School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

High School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Middle School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

The Commonwealth Catalog (ComCat) allows library users to locate and request library materials from all across the state, and have them delivered directly to their home library.

Access hundreds of animal articles, educational games, and learning activities from school or from home with easy to-use searching tools. Introduces early learners to database and research concepts.

This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.

The State Library was established in 1826 to collect, deposit, and house the Commonwealth's collections of maps, statute books, and government documents in a single central location.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

The 1950 census records were released by the U.S. National Archives on April 1, 2022. This website provides full access to the 1950 census images, including population schedules, enumeration district maps, and enumeration district descriptions

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

Powered by Ancestry® provides access to more than 4.4 billion records. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.

The archives currently hold births, marriages, and deaths for all Massachusetts cities and towns for the years 1841 through 1925. Digital copies of Massachusetts vital records from 1841 to 1920 are available through the Massachusetts Archives website. You must create a free familysearch.org account to search.

The State Library was established in 1826 to collect, deposit, and house the Commonwealth's collections of maps, statute books, and government documents in a single central location.

Provides full text access to The Boston Globe - 1980-current.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

Borrow popular eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines on any major computer system or device.

This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

Borrow popular eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines on any major computer system or device.

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers’ advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction. With its intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList Plus will help you to answer the question of what to read next.

The 1950 census records were released by the U.S. National Archives on April 1, 2022. This website provides full access to the 1950 census images, including population schedules, enumeration district maps, and enumeration district descriptions

Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1985.

Half the size of Academic OneFile with the same scholarly content

Researchers will have access to current and authoritative periodical content that spans the industry--from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture. With strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 600 journal titles is focused on agriculture-related fields.

Biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history.

Provides full text access to The Boston Globe - 1980-current.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

Spanish-language encyclopedia for kids and young adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, links to highlights, thematic searching, the World of Animals, Activity of the Day, and Discover the World.

An online Spanish-language encyclopedia for elementary students.

An online Spanish-language encyclopedia for middle school students.

Britannica Library Children offers a fun way to gain new knowledge. Students will find it easy to conduct research, complete homework assignments, and work on special projects. From one page, you can link to encyclopedias, Britannica-approved websites, and a Student Center with “How To” guides for school reports, an atlas, biographies, multimedia, and other learning materials.

Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of many authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, articles not yet in the print Britannica encyclopedia. Also features Biography of the day, This day in history, and News from around the world.

Britannica Library Suite contains 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.

Enjoy all that the Britannica encyclopedia has to offer in a digital version specifically designed for young adults! Find articles, images, videos, and biographies for high school students in a variety of subjects.

Spanish encyclopedia for older students and educators.

Elementary, Middle and High School levels, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Elementary School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

High School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Middle School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

This collection contains articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields.

This free online tool is designed to help you find the native plants best-suited for specific sites that provide the greatest ecological function and benefit, and that will also complement your Cape Cod landscape design.

The Commonwealth Catalog (ComCat) allows library users to locate and request library materials from all across the state, and have them delivered directly to their home library.

The Communications & Mass Media Collection brings together information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge.

The Culinary Arts collection includes major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

The Diversity Studies Collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.

The Economics & Theory Collection offers instant access to full-text academic journals and magazines--with a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index.

Gale In Context: Elementary, formerly Kids InfoBits, gradually lets elementary school children gain comfort with research by delivering age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of subjects taught in the classroom like animals, arts and music, social studies, and more.

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies focuses on the physical and social aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, state and province portals form research centers around issues covering earth systems, global change, land and water use, populations, legislation, and more.

A collection of over 800 journals and 6 subject specific Delmar reference titles provide robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format covering fine arts and music; intended primarily for academic researchers. Periodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Gale LegalForms brings together thousands of national and state-specific legal forms for everything from wills to business contracts. The forms are fill-in-the-blank, downloadable, and continuously updated to reflect the latest laws.

A collection of more than 100 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, with the addition of over 20 subject specific reference sources from Delmar, Cengage Learning, this collection provides information for gardening enthusiasts and professionals alike.

This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

Global issues in context offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.

Find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.

Powered by Ancestry® provides access to more than 4.4 billion records. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.

This periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

This collection contains nearly 100 titles about home improvement. Topics covered include architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and zoning requirements.

This collection contains nearly 100 titles about home improvement. Topics covered include architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and zoning requirements.

Information professionals and other knowledge workers - from the research specialist to the information architect - will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

The Insurance & Liability Collection connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals, including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Provides access to authoritative periodical content covering topics such as 21st-century skills, organizational dynamics and leadership, adult learning and continuing education, and more. 

Includes selected full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material from Gale's respected Literature Criticism and For Students Series.

The archives currently hold births, marriages, and deaths for all Massachusetts cities and towns for the years 1841 through 1925. Digital copies of Massachusetts vital records from 1841 to 1920 are available through the Massachusetts Archives website. You must create a free familysearch.org account to search.

Research In Context is a cross-disciplinary database aimed at middle school students that includes literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history.

Searchable database of content from over 400 journals; this collection covers all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include: socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.

This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

Search for articles by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.

The over 4.2 million articles will meet the needs of researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, including vocational/licensed practical nurse (LPN), registered nurse (RN), occupational health nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, and clinical nurse specialist.

Provides a variety of challenging activities, quizzes and audio entries that promote engaged learning and align with state curriculum standards. Reading and writing prompts, assessments for understanding, and extension activities reinforce the material.

Access hundreds of animal articles, educational games, and learning activities from school or from home with easy to-use searching tools. Introduces early learners to database and research concepts.

Learn about careers, receive personalized career recommendations, create resumes and cover letters, search for jobs, explore schools and training programs, and get advice to help with finding a new job or advancing your career.

Gale presents: Peterson's test prep is an online tool for standardized test preparation, researching undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers. 

Of use to both researchers and practitioners, this collection includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine.

This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art, or liberal arts course and is made up of more than 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

Over 1800 of the most searched magazines across the InfoTrac products. All titles are selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons. Titles include Consumer Reports, Newsweek, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, National Review, Cosmopolitan, NPR and Outdoor Life.

Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.

Gale Publication PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.

This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Researchers will have access to nearly 500 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals - many cited in the PsycINFO index.

The Religion & Philosophy Collection offers indexing, abstracts, and full text for nearly 300 journals on such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects.

Gale Interactive: Science allows secondary students to manipulate and explore models focused in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Space science and Human Anatomy. 

This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.

The State Library was established in 1826 to collect, deposit, and house the Commonwealth's collections of maps, statute books, and government documents in a single central location.

U.S. History in Context delivers the titles from Macmillan, Scribner and other world-class sources. Find comprehensive coverage of the most-studied topics, from the arrival of Vikings in North America 1,000 years ago to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.

More than 1.7 million articles provide insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily.

The History Resource Center: World also includes a graphical Chronology covering events in arts, science, politics, and society from antiquity to the present.

Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1985.

Half the size of Academic OneFile with the same scholarly content

Researchers will have access to current and authoritative periodical content that spans the industry--from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture. With strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 600 journal titles is focused on agriculture-related fields.

Biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history.

Provides full text access to The Boston Globe - 1980-current.

Spanish-language encyclopedia for kids and young adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, links to highlights, thematic searching, the World of Animals, Activity of the Day, and Discover the World.

An online Spanish-language encyclopedia for elementary students.

An online Spanish-language encyclopedia for middle school students.

Britannica Fundamentals is an innovative early learning product for students in grade levels kindergarten through second grade. Formerly the Learning Zone, the updated platform will improve utilization of Britannica School by providing content designed and written specifically for early learners.

Britannica Library Children offers a fun way to gain new knowledge. Students will find it easy to conduct research, complete homework assignments, and work on special projects. From one page, you can link to encyclopedias, Britannica-approved websites, and a Student Center with “How To” guides for school reports, an atlas, biographies, multimedia, and other learning materials.

Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of many authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, articles not yet in the print Britannica encyclopedia. Also features Biography of the day, This day in history, and News from around the world.

Britannica Library Suite contains 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.

Enjoy all that the Britannica encyclopedia has to offer in a digital version specifically designed for young adults! Find articles, images, videos, and biographies for high school students in a variety of subjects.

Spanish encyclopedia for older students and educators.

Elementary, Middle and High School levels, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Elementary School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

High School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Middle School level, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias and other resources that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

This collection contains articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields.

The Communications & Mass Media Collection brings together information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge.

The Culinary Arts collection includes major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

The Diversity Studies Collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.

The Economics & Theory Collection offers instant access to full-text academic journals and magazines--with a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index.

Gale In Context: Elementary, formerly Kids InfoBits, gradually lets elementary school children gain comfort with research by delivering age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of subjects taught in the classroom like animals, arts and music, social studies, and more.

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies focuses on the physical and social aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, state and province portals form research centers around issues covering earth systems, global change, land and water use, populations, legislation, and more.

A collection of over 800 journals and 6 subject specific Delmar reference titles provide robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format covering fine arts and music; intended primarily for academic researchers. Periodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Gale LegalForms brings together thousands of national and state-specific legal forms for everything from wills to business contracts. The forms are fill-in-the-blank, downloadable, and continuously updated to reflect the latest laws.

A collection of more than 100 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, with the addition of over 20 subject specific reference sources from Delmar, Cengage Learning, this collection provides information for gardening enthusiasts and professionals alike.

This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

Global issues in context offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.

Find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.

Powered by Ancestry® provides access to more than 4.4 billion records. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.

This periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

This collection contains nearly 100 titles about home improvement. Topics covered include architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and zoning requirements.

This collection contains nearly 100 titles about home improvement. Topics covered include architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and zoning requirements.

Information professionals and other knowledge workers - from the research specialist to the information architect - will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

The Insurance & Liability Collection connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals, including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more.

Provides access to authoritative periodical content covering topics such as 21st-century skills, organizational dynamics and leadership, adult learning and continuing education, and more. 

Includes selected full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material from Gale's respected Literature Criticism and For Students Series.

Research In Context is a cross-disciplinary database aimed at middle school students that includes literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history.

Searchable database of content from over 400 journals; this collection covers all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include: socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.

This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

Search for articles by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.

The over 4.2 million articles will meet the needs of researchers at all levels of nursing in all specialties, including vocational/licensed practical nurse (LPN), registered nurse (RN), occupational health nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, and clinical nurse specialist.

Provides a variety of challenging activities, quizzes and audio entries that promote engaged learning and align with state curriculum standards. Reading and writing prompts, assessments for understanding, and extension activities reinforce the material.

Access hundreds of animal articles, educational games, and learning activities from school or from home with easy to-use searching tools. Introduces early learners to database and research concepts.

Learn about careers, receive personalized career recommendations, create resumes and cover letters, search for jobs, explore schools and training programs, and get advice to help with finding a new job or advancing your career.

Gale presents: Peterson's test prep is an online tool for standardized test preparation, researching undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers. 

Of use to both researchers and practitioners, this collection includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine.

This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art, or liberal arts course and is made up of more than 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

Over 1800 of the most searched magazines across the InfoTrac products. All titles are selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons. Titles include Consumer Reports, Newsweek, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, National Review, Cosmopolitan, NPR and Outdoor Life.

Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.

Gale Publication PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information.

This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Researchers will have access to nearly 500 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals - many cited in the PsycINFO index.

The Religion & Philosophy Collection offers indexing, abstracts, and full text for nearly 300 journals on such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects.

Gale Interactive: Science allows secondary students to manipulate and explore models focused in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Space science and Human Anatomy. 

This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.

U.S. History in Context delivers the titles from Macmillan, Scribner and other world-class sources. Find comprehensive coverage of the most-studied topics, from the arrival of Vikings in North America 1,000 years ago to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.

More than 1.7 million articles provide insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily.

The History Resource Center: World also includes a graphical Chronology covering events in arts, science, politics, and society from antiquity to the present.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for eCard online.

This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Borrow eBooks and eAudios instantly using your library card with LEA (Library eBooks and Audiobooks). Massachusetts library users can borrow from a statewide collection of more than 1 million items. 

Borrow popular eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines on any major computer system or device.