Biography Resource Center
Combines biographies from reference books with full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

Bookletters
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.

Byki
"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."

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
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 and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System. 

Ebsco Literary Reference Center 
A comprehensive, full-text  database designed to provide a broad spectrum of literary reference information from antiquity to the present day.  It includes 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. Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

eLibrary 
A comprehensive general reference database which includes content from a wide variety of sources, including more than 150 full-text newspapers, hundreds of full-text magazines, national and international news wires, 2,000 complete works of literature, over 28,000 photos, images and maps, television, radio and government transcripts, plus a dictionary, thesaurus, almanac and more. Funded by the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

General OneFile
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 and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

General Reference Center Gold  (1980 - present)
Includes material from magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and other reference material. Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

Great Events from History: Modern Scandals
Modern Scandals covers 400 of the most important and publicized scandals throughout the world since the begining of the twentieth century.  Funded by Thayer Public Library.

Great Events from History: The Renaissance & Early Modern Era
Events covered in this database are arranged chronologically, forming a time line without regard to region. Also includes information on major changes in world economics and demographics. Funded by Thayer Public Library.

GreenFILE
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.
 
InfoTrac Junior Edition
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. Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

InfoTrac Student Edition
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 and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System. 

Kids InfoBits  
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 and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

Learning Express 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

Massachusetts History Online
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 and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

Massachusetts Digital Collections
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 Special Collections Directory
A database of over 600 archive and manuscript collections in Massachusetts. Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

Modern World History Online
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.

Nonfiction Connection 
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 Resource Center
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 Thayer Public Library.

PowerSearch 
Select multiple databases from a  list and then search across all of the databases you have chosen.  Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

PowerSpeak
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.

Reference USA 
Research businesses or find long lost friends and relatives with these Business and Residential databases. 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 
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.

Science Online
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.

Today's Science
Designed to bridge the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly, it explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology. Information is provided in context, clearly explained and abundantly illustrated, so new advances are seen not as inexplicable wonders, but as resulting from the application of the same concepts and principles of investigation that are taught in school.  Funded by Thayer Public Library.

Virtual Reference 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 and the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

World Book Online Reference Center
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.