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These databases, with the exception of EbscoHost, are provided by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS) through state funds administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. EbscoHost is provided by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC).
  
  



 Online Resources

Research from in the Library

As a MVLC member library card holder, you may access high-quality local, state, and regionally funded databases of full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical and literary databases from in your public library or from home!

Research from Home

Home access to ALL statewide and regionally licensed resources is possible by inputting your 14-digit public library patron barcode, without spaces, below.

 
Enter MA Library Card:

Note: This does not include Ebscohost, Overdrive, or Rosetta Stone. See below for access to these resources from home.

 Digital Downloads from MVLC!   

  • Overdrive [Click here!]
    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)   

  • EBSCOHost [In the Library | From Home]
    Includes  Novelist

  • eLibrary [In the Library | From Home]
    A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.

  • InfoTrac® PowerSearch [In the Library | From Home]
    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.
    • 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   

 Business Research   

  • General BusinessFile ASAP [In the Library | From Home]
    (Thomson Gale) Full-text 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 [In the Library | From Home]
    (Thomson Gale) Full-text business and management articles.

 Encyclopedias   

 Youth Oriented Study   

  • eLibrary [In the Library | From Home]
    A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.

  • Grolier Online [In the Library | From Home]
    Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.

  • Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical) [In the Library | From Home]
    (Thomson Gale) Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

  • Kids InfoBits [In the Library | From Home]
    (Thomson Gale) Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students.

 Recursos en Español    

  • ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español)™ [In the Library | From Home]
    (Thomson Gale) The first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines.

 Other Research Databases    

  • OCLC® WorldCat [In the Library | From Home]
    (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) Offers more than 46 million bibliographic records--representing 400 languages--and holdings information vital for collection development, cataloging, authority control, and retrospective conversion services.

  • Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory
    A guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices.

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