Online Electronic Resources
The following electronic resources are funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC), the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the Massachusetts Library System. As a Hamilton-Wenham Public Library and MVLC member library card holder, you may access these high-quality local, state, and regionally funded resources for full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical and literary resources, as well as general research, both from within the library or from home.
Electronic resources with a From Home link may require you to use your 14-digit MVLC library card barcode number for remote access.
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
- MVLC [Click here!]
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium website provides access to the online library catalog, MVLC member library websites, and other MVLC member library services.
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. Many titles can be burned to CD.Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
General and Education Resources
- EBSCOHost [In the Library | From Home]
Looking for literary criticism, book suggestions or help with a school project? This is the place to start. Various resources include:- Novelist
- GreenFILE
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Teacher Reference Center
Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
- InfoTrac® PowerSearch [Click here!]
PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of the Thomson Gale's periodical resources in a single search.- Academic OneFile
- Biography in Context
- Books and Authors*
- Business and Company Resource Center*
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- Educator's Reference Complete
- Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context*
- Gale Science In Context*
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gale World History In Context*
- Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
- General BusinessFile ASAP
- General OneFile
- General Reference Center Gold
- Global Issues in Context*
- Health and Wellness Resource Center*
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Home Improvement Collection
- Info Trac K-12 Junior Edition
- Info Trac K-12 Student Edition
- Kids InfoBits
- Literature Resource Center*
- Literature Resources From Gale
- LitFinder*
- Massachusetts History Online
- The New York Times (1995-)
- RDS Business Suite*
- Science in Context
- Student Resources in Context*
- US History in Context*
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
*Denotes resource funded by the Massachusetts Library System.
- JSTOR - Early Journal Content
JSTOR journal content published before 1923 in the United States and before 1870 elsewhere is freely available to all. Early Journal Content spans the arts and humanities, economics and politics, and mathematics and other sciences. It represents 6% of the content on JSTOR.Available at no charge from JSTOR.
- Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory
A guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Newspapers
- Massachusetts Newsstand (from Proquest) [Click here!]
Massachusetts Newsstand includes:- Berkshire Eagle (2005 to current)
- Boston Globe (1980 to current)
- Boston Herald (1991 to current)
- BusinessWest-Chicopee (1992 to current)
- Montachusett Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
- 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)
- Banner, The (West Boylston)
- Item, The (Clinton)
- Record, The (Shrewsbury)
- 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)
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
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America's News (from Newsbank) [Click here!]
America's News includes:- Cape Cod Times (11/1/1998 to current)
- Springfield Republican (6/13/1988 to current)
- America's News Magazines
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Business Resources
- General BusinessFile ASAP [In the Library]
(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.
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Youth Oriented Study
- Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical) [Click here!]
(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.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
- Kids InfoBits [Click here!]
(Thomson Gale) Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Don't forget our other invaluable resources. Just click on our Hamilton-Wenham Electronic Resources to access all resources we subscribe to at the institutional level.
Please call the Reference Librarian with any questions you may have regarding these resources.
Modified 11/2/2011
