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You can access the following databases from home. You will need to type in your OCLN  library card number for each database.

All SEMLS Databases

All Board of Library Commissioners Databases

Magazine Articles

IAC Searchbank: Access to general-interest, academic, business, market-research and health-related articles.
Provided by the Massachusetts Library & Information Network

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Newspapers

Proquest Newspapers: Full-text articles from the Boston Globe (1980-), Boston Herald (1991-),  Patriot Ledger  (1991-), the New York Times (1980-), the Wall Street Journal (1984-), and others. 
Provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System

Newsbank:  Click on the Cape Cod Times (1998-) and note America's News Magazines on left  including Time, Newsweek, and many others. 
Provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System

Business Information

General BusinessFile ASAP: Includes articles on business and management topics as well as directory listings for more than 150,000 companies.
Provided by the Massachusetts Library & Information Network

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Research Databases

Facts on File:   Facts On File's online reference databases are curriculum-oriented, interactive databases covering a wide range of subjects, such as history, science, careers, literature, geography, and more.

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Biography

Biography Resource Center:   Includes over one million thumbnail biographies from the Complete Marquis Who’s Who, the Who's Who of African Americans, and 250 full-text periodicals.
Provided by the Massachusetts Library & Information Network

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Books & Authors

Blooms Literary Reference:  Author biographies and critical essays are provided for literature from antiquity to the present.  Essays are included on novels, short stories, poetry, drama and nonfiction.

Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism: Provides biographical and bibliographical information as well as critical essays on contemporary authors.
Provided by the Massachusetts Library & Information Network

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Standardized Test Practice

Learning Express:   Learning Express provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice testes 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.  You must have a valid library card.  The first time you access the practice test select new user.  Your library card number is the username.  Your default password is 'ocln'.   

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