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! Select a Subject Area General Research Newspapers Business Research Encyclopedias Recursos en Español Other Research Databases Select a Database eLibrary EBSCOHost ¡Informe! InfoTrac® Web Grolier Online Proquest (Mass. Newsstand) OCLC® WorldCat 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. See below for access to this resource from home.  General Research (full-text magazine and journal articles)    EBSCOHost [In the Library | From Home] Includes  Literary Reference Center, History Reference Center and 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    eLibrary [In the Library | From Home] A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Massachusetts Newstand (from Proquest) [In the Library | From Home] Massachusetts Newsstand includes: 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)  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    Grolier Online [In the Library | From Home] Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.  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.