MEMBER LIBRARIANS: For information about how to gain access to the databases please visit our "Access to Electronic Resources" page or contact us at info@nmrls.org.

 

Ebsco | eLibrary | InfoTrac | Informe | Grolier Online | OCLC WorldCat | ProQuest | Mass. Special Collections Directory

Subscription ended June 30, 2009 Subscription ended June 30, 2009 Literary Reference Center (LRC) provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else." (from About the Database, EBSCO support file) Database no longer funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Back to Top http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/ http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=el When prompted, input your 14-digit public library patron barcode (without spaces) Information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, pictures and transcripts from TV and radio. Database funded by NMRLS Back to Top http://go.grolier.com http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=grolier When prompted, input your 14-digit public library patron barcode (without spaces) NMRLS members have access to two new resources with this license: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: 36,000 entries intended for students in middle school and up and as a quick reference look-up tool for public library patrons of all ages. New Book of Knowledge: 9,000 articles suitable for grade 3 and up as well as ESL. Provides description of complex subjects in an easy-to-understand manner. Database funded by NMRLS Back to Top http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb ** http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac When prompted, input your 14-digit public library patron barcode (without spaces) The following databases from the Gale Group are available in all NMRLS member libraries: 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 InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition InfoTrac OneFile Kids InfoBits Massachusetts History Online Gale Virtual Reference Library The New York Times (1995-) InfoTrac Power Packs Informe! * For more information, please visit http://mblc.state.ma.us/books/magazine/gale.php ** Each member library is assigned their own unique URL in order for Gale to provide individual statistics. To obtain your library's URL, please contact info@nmrls.org. ************************* For more information about Gale Technical Support, Interface Options, Title Lists, Search Assistance/Content Support, etc., go to: http://support.gale.com Databases funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Back to Top *Informe! is now included in the InfoTrac menu of databases, above. Informe is the first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care. Database funded by NMRLS Back to Top http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP/ http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=worldcat When prompted, input your 14-digit public library patron barcode (without spaces)   http://worldcat.org New PATRON FRIENDLY interface. NO password required. Note: Less sophisticated searching than FirstSearch. OCLC® WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) offers more than 67 million bibliographic records--representing 400 languages--and holdings information vital for collection development, cataloging, authority control, and retrospective conversion services. Database funded by NMRLS Back to Top   http://proquest.umi.com/login If your library has been set up for IP or cookie autentication, you can access by this link. http://mblc.state.ma.us/grants/licenses/proquest.php Click here to find your library's URLs for accessing the complete set of newspapers in the Massachusetts Newsstand. Different types of URLs are provided to support static IP and non-static IP (cookie) access. You will be prompted for a password.  Your password is your library's LIBKEY.  To find you LIBKEY: Go to:   http://mblc.state.ma.us/libraries/directory/index.php Click on “Librarian’s View”  (this is to the right in the side bar under Related Resources) Your Username for Librarian’s View is “librarian” (Please contact NMRLS for the password).  When you find your library page, the LIBKEY code is at the lower left bottom of the screen. http://mblc.state.ma.us/books/magazine/newspapers.php Massachusetts Newsstand offers full-text coverage of the 12 Massachusetts newspapers listed below. Berkshire Eagle 2005 to current Boston Globe 1980 to current Boston Herald 1991 to current BusinessWest (Chicopee) 1992 to current> North Adams Transcript 2005 to current Patriot Ledger (Quincy) 1991 to current Plymouth County Business Review 1991 to current Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005 to current Sun, The (Lowell) 2004 to current Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) 1989 to current Gazette (Haverhill, Mass.) 12-31-92 to 8-9-97 Standard Times (New Bedford) 1-4-92 to 8-19-97 Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Back to Top Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory http://mblc.state.ma.us/spec_coll.html The Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory is a guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices. This directory provides access in one location to the holdings in more than 650 repositories in the Commonwealth. Often such holdings are not fully cataloged or known outside the library yet are of great potential research value. The holdings are available by town/location, institution, repository, collection description, special collection and through name and/or subject searches. In addition, the directory provides information about the institution, contacts, services available and volume of material, as well as directions to the repository.