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Doing Research?
Residents of northeast Massachusetts have access to high-quality local, state, and regionally funded databases of full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical and literary databases.
Search by Subject Area or Individual Database Select a resource by Subject Area or Database below. When prompted, input your 14-digit public or campus library patron barcode (with no spaces). This will initiate a 2-hour cookie session. After this time period, you will be required to enter your barcode again in order to access the resources.
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Digital Downloads from MVLC!
- Overdrive (available to card-holders of MVLC member libraries)
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium is proud to announce the arrival of digital audio books for your enjoyment. Listen to them via your PC or MP3 player. Most titles can be burned to CD.
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium Online Language Learning Center
- Rosetta Stone [Click here!]
The first time you go to this site, you will be required to Register. During registration, you will create a Username and Password for accessing Rosetta Stone. At this point you will be authenticated by entering your MVLC library barcode.
If you require technical assistance the helpdesk is available Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET at x1706 or via email at support@rosettastone.com.
General Research (full-text magazine and journal articles) [Back to Top]
- eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
- EBSCOHost (available to card-holders of MVLC member libraries)
Includes Novelist
- EBSCOHost (available to card-holders of NOBLE member libraries)
Includes MasterFILE Premier, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Business Source Premier, Regional Business News, ERIC, Professional Development Collection, MEDLINE, Health Source - Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and Clinical Pharmacology
- InfoTrac®
Web - Gale Group, Inc. Provides access to popular magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, newswire services, business directories, investment reports, health pamphlets, prescription drug information, and literature reviews. PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of the Thomson Gale's periodical databases in a single search. Databases include:
- Academic OneFile
- Biography Resource Center
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- Educator's Reference Complete
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- General BusinessFile ASAP
- General Reference Center Gold
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Info Trac K-12 Junior Edition
- Info Trac K-12 Student Edition
- Info Trac OneFile
- Kids InfoBits
- Massachusetts History Online
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Newspapers [Back to Top]
- eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
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ProQuest
Massachusetts Newsstand includes:
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Berkshire Eagle 2005 to current
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Boston
Globe 1980 to current
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Boston Herald 1991 to current
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BusinessWest
(Chicopee) 1992 to current>
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North Adams Transcript 2005 to current
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Patriot
Ledger (Quincy) 1991 to current
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Plymouth County Business Review 1991 to
current
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Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005 to current
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Sun, The
(Lowell) 2004 to current
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Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) 1989 to current
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Gazette (Haverhill, Mass.) 12-31-92 to 8-9-97
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Standard Times (New Bedford)
1-4-92 to 8-19-97
Business Research [Back to Top]
- General BusinessFile ASAP - Gale Group, Inc. Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.
- Business and Company ASAP - Gale Group, Inc. Same content as General BusinessFile ASAP without investment analysts' reports. May be easier for high school, smaller public, and community college clientele to use.
Encyclopedias [Back to Top]
- Grolier Online Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.
Youth Oriented Study [Back to Top]
- eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
- Grolier Online Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.
- Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical) - Gale Group, Inc. Designed for junior high and middle school students. Includes mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
- Kids InfoBits - Gale Group, Inc. Kids InfoBits
targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through
Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual
graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and
full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and
reference content.
Recursos en Español [Back to Top]
Other Research Databases [Back to Top]
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