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Academic OneFile
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This comprehensive periodical resource contains full-text
peer-reviewed content for over 10,000 manually indexed
journals and reference works covering all subjects,
including the full-text of The New York Times back
to 1995 and NPR, CNN & CBC transcripts and podcasts. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Ancestry Library Edition
In Library Only
Online genealogical resource that offers a wealth of
information in an easy-to-use format, including records of
more than and 4 billion names in over 4,000
databases. It includes census data, maps, military,
immigration, DAR records, slave stories, and more. Funded by
Thayer Public Library.
Biography In Context
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Combines biographies from reference books with full-text
articles from hundreds of periodicals. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Bookletters
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Find book reviews and information on hundreds
of authors and stay connected with Thayer Public
Library through BookLetters newsletter e-mails. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Books and Authors
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Books & Authors offers new ways to explore
books, authors, genres and topics by combining over
140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of
read-alike, award winner and librarian’s favorites
lists. Books & Authors makes exploration
of genre fiction and essential non-fiction easy and fun. Funded
by the Massachusetts Library System.
Books in Print
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the Library
Find books, movies, and audio books in this
user-friendly database of over 5 million titles. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Boston Globe
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the Library
Complete full-text content from 1980-present. Coverage
of community events, schools, politics, government
policies, cultural activities, local companies, state
industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid
advertisements and syndicated columns are not included. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Business and Company Resource Center
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Explore a fully integrated resource that brings
together company profiles, brand information, rankings,
investment reports, company histories, chronologies and
periodicals. This comprehensive database provides
accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence for
thousands of firms. It also provides access to a
wide variety of global business information including
competitive intelligence, career and investment
opportunities, business rankings, company histories and
much more. Funded by the Massachusetts Library
System.
Byki
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"Byki" is a powerful language learning
system that uses flashcards to teach you a set of words or
phrases. It is the fastest possible way to lock foreign
words and phrases in your long term memory.
Sign up in the library, then use the program from
any Internet computer. Learn a new language "Before You
Know It." Funded by Thayer Public Library.
Cape Cod Times
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Includes coverage from October 2000 to the
present. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Central Register
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or the library
The Central Register is the weekly source for
information about state, county and municipal contracts
being put out to bid for the design, construction and
reconstruction of public facilities in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. Invitations to bid, lists of contractors
picking up specifications on a weekly basis, and final
awards of contracts are all published. Proposals and
advertisements for the lease, sale or transfer of real
property are published; as are lists of certified minority
and women contractors and contractors who have been
debarred from state work. Please see a librarian to logon
to the database.
ChiltonLibrary
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Get 24/7 online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road.
ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
From
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An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary
writers. Each entry also contains a biographical/critical
introduction, a list of principal works, and sources for
further study. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Educator's Reference Complete
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A mainly full-text collection of over 1100 periodicals and
200 reports for educational research from preschool to
college. Find educational specialties here including
technology, health and bilingual education, testing, and
issues in administration, funding and policy. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Expanded Academic (From
Home or
the Library
Articles from more than 500 scholarly, trade and general
interest publications, as well as references for The
New York Times. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Fiction Connection
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the Library
Find book suggestions based on titles you have
already read, authors you like, or topics of interest to
you. Funded by Thayer Public Library.
General BusinessFile
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Home or the Library
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. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
General Reference Center Gold
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Includes material from magazines, newspapers,
encyclopedias and other reference material. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Global Issues In Context
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Research international viewpoints
on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current
events. Includes articles
written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary
source and statistical information. Also features multimedia
results such as podcasts, video, and interactive graphs.
Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Goods and Services Bulletin
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Weekly publication contains solicitations for the
procurement of commodities and services (which, generally,
are unrelated to construction of public facilities). State
purchases of goods and procurements of certain services or
consultants are published. Notices advertising sole
source procurements and the availability of surplus
property are also published in the Bulletin.
GreenFILE
From Home or the Library
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes
content on global warming, green building, pollution,
sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and
more. Provided by EBSCO Publishing.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
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Home or the Library
Access a collection of medical reference materials
including nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of
pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos and articles
from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a
broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material
contained in this Resource Center is intended for
informational purposes only. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Health Reference Center Academic
From
Home or the Library
Full-text database that provides current and reliable
personal health information as well as full-text nursing
and allied health journals. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Heritage Quest
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the Library
Research your family tree with over 25,000 books, the
entire U.S. Federal Census, and other expanding
collections. Funded by Thayer Public Library.
Info Trac OneFile
From
Home or the Library
InfoTrac OneFile is a comprehensive periodical
resource with more than 39 million database records,
including more than 9,200 titles (5,156 full-text) dating
back to 1980. Sources range from mainstream to
specialized covering virtually every popular, business and
professional topic. Funded by the Massachusetts Board
of Library Commissioners.
InfoTrac Junior Edition
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Home or the Library
This periodical database is designed for students in
junior high and middle school, with access to magazines,
newspapers and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more. FFunded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
InfoTrac Student Edition
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This database is designed for high school students, with
access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
JobView
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home or the Library
Jobview is an online job
hunting resource from that allows you to easily
browse and apply for jobs locally, regionally and
nationally.
Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Kids InfoBits
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Search magazines & reference books for information on
current events, the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history, sports and more. This
database is designed for students in kindergarten through
grade 5. Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners.
Learning Express Library
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Home From
the Library
A comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of
practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help
patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the
academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get
immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an
individualized analysis of your results. Includes
test prep books, in ebook format, for college and graduate
school entrance exams, civil service tests, the GED,
citizenship, TOEFL and more. Funded by
Thayer Public Library
Literature Resource Center
From Home or the Library
This current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature
resource includes critical, biographical and contextual materials on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Includes biographical entries on more than 135,000 authors, more than 850,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from over 390 scholarly journals and literary magazines,
and more than 75,000 selected full-text critical essays and reviews.
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners.
LitFinder
From Home or the Library
Covering world literature and authors throughout history,
LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including
over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry
citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
LitFinder also includes secondary materials like
biographies, images, and more. Funded by the
Massachusetts Library System.
Massachusetts History Online
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This collection of full-text articles from 50
magazines and local newspapers provides information on
Massachusetts people, places and historical events. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Massachusetts Digital Collections
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Links to digital special collections from
Massachusetts libraries that include local history
monographs and pamphlets, a significant portion is
manuscript material (personal and organizational papers),
photographs, posters, ticket stubs, broadsides, etc.
Massachusetts Newsstand
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Search the full text of the following newspapers,
including back issues (see dates for each
newspaper). Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners.
Berkshire Eagle 2005- present
Boston Globe 1980- present
Business West (Chicopee) 1992- present
Gazette (Haverhill) 12/31/92-8/9/07
Lowell Sun 2004- present
North Adams Transcript 2005- present
Patriot Ledger (Quincy) 12/1991- 6/2011
Plymouth County Business Review 1991- present
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) 2005-
present
Standard-Times (New Bedford) 1/4/92-8/19/97
Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1989- present
Massachusetts Special Collections Directory
From
Home or the Library
A database of over 600 archive and manuscript collections
in Massachusetts. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Modern World History Online
From
Home or the Library
Covers the full scope of world history from the
mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of fully
hyperlinked subject entries, biographies, videos, images,
maps and charts, primary source documents, and timeline
entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view
of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined
modern world history. Funded by Thayer Public
Library.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
From
Home From
the Library
Find investment research, including stock and fund analysis, reports, and tools, as well as company, investing, and financial news. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
New York Times
From
Home or the Library
Full-text of The New York Times from 1985- present.
Nineties in America
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the Library
The Nineties in America examines the iconic personalities
and moments of this important decade. Contains more than
600 articles about films, books, political leaders,
events, fads and technology. Funded by
Thayer Public Library.
Nonfiction Connection
From
Home From
the Library
Search by title, author or topic to find nonfiction
books. Or find suggestions based on setting,
location or timeframe. Funded by Thayer Public
Library.
Opposing Viewpoints in
Context
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A one-stop source for information on today's hottest
social issues. The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text
magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles,
primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts,
as well as links to Websites.
Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
PowerSearch
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Select multiple databases from a list and then
search across all of the databases you have chosen. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
PowerSpeak
From
Home or From
the Library
Learn a new language for travel, business, or
personal enrichment using Powerspeak Languages, an online
language learning tool. The highly engaging courses use
progressive language learning methods that are an
entertaining and effective way to learn a new language.
Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
RDS Business Suite
From Home or the Library
Business Reference Suite offers balanced and highly focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, management practices, and market research information.
Features more than 1,400 leading worldwide business sources, plus tens of thousands of tables with strategic data.
Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Reference USA
From Home or
the Library
Research businesses or find long lost friends and
relatives with these Business and Residential databases. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Rocket Languages
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Interactive audio lessons to use on your computer, or
transfer to an MP3 player. Includes software-based
learning games as well as language and culture lessons. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Salem Health
From
Home From
the Library
Includes Salem
Health: Cancer and Psychology and Mental Health.
Salem Health: Cancer covers more than 800 topics of
crucial interest to students, patients, caregivers, and
others who have received a diagnosis or are associated
with those who have cancer.
Psychology and Mental Health is a
comprehensive database that covers all aspects of
psychology and mental health.
Funded by Thayer
Public Library.
Salem History
From
Home From
the Library
Includes full text of the following reference
books:
Decades -- Includes the 50s,60s,70s,80s and
90s.
Great Events from History -- Includes Renaissance;
17th Century; 18th Century; 19th Century; 20th Century, 1901-1940;
20th Century, 1941-1970; 20th Century, 1971-2000; Modern Scandals;
and GLBT Events.
Great Lives from History -- Includes Notorious Lives
and Inventors and Inventions.
Milestone Documents -- Includes African American History;
American History; and American Leaders.
Musicians & Composers
Great Athletes
Funded by Thayer public Library.
Salem Literature
From
Home From
the Library
Access to the following Critical Insights
titles on Salem Literature:
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Funded by Thayer Public Library.
Salem Science
From
Home From
the Library
Provides online access to the full text of The Solar System, Encyclopedia of Global Warming,
and Forensic Science. , including
photographs. Funded by Thayer
Public Library.
The Solar System includes essential
coverage of all major aspects of Earth's solar system,
from every feature of the major planets to their
satellites, small bodies, interplanetary phenomena, and
cosmological context.
The Encyclopedia of Global Warming provides
comprehensive coverage of the questions of global warming
and climate change, including scientific descriptions and
explanations of all factors, from carbon dioxide to
sunspots, that might contribute to climate change.
Forensic Science is a comprehensive reference source
on the theory, techniques, and applications of the various
forensic sciences. Funded by Thayer Public
Library
Science In Context
From Home or the Library
Find information on hundreds of today’s most significant science
topics from full-text magazines and academic
journals. Also includes , news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Science Online
From
Home or the Library
Provides reliable information in a variety of
useful formats including images, videos, and animations,
experiments, biographies, definitions, news articles, and
a searchable timeline that is updated monthly.
Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Student Resources In Context
From Home or the Library
Easy access to award-winning content including history, literature, science, social studies, and
more. Includes a premium selection of reference material,
full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and
podcasts. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Teacher Reference Center
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or the Library
Index
includes over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and
administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books that
provide coverage on key education topics. Provided
by EBSCO Publishing.
U.S. History In Context
From
Home or the Library
Easily find information on hundreds of the most
significant people, events and topics in U.S. History from
full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles,
primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and
links to vetted websites. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
Virtual Reference Library
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Home or the Library
A mix of more than 20 full-text reference books
covering the arts, biography, business, the environment,
history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies,
geography, and science. Funded by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
World Book Online Reference Center
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Home or
the Library
Online reference source-containing every article from the
22-volume World Book Encyclopedia print set plus thousands
more. Includes state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, as well
as editor-reviewed Web sites. Special features include World
Book Advanced for grades 8 and up that offers
primary and secondary source content in one integrated
search and World Book Kids, which is designed for
younger students. Funded by Thayer Public
Library.
World History in Context
From
Home or the Library
Easily find information on hundreds of the most
significant people, events and topics in World History
from full-text magazines, academic journals, news
articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio
files and links to vetted websites. Funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
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