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- Gale Academic OneFile
Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research. - Gale Academic OneFile Select
Research academic topics ranging from art and literature to economics and the sciences. Ideal for smaller academic libraries. - Gale Business: Plan Builder
Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan. - Gale General OneFile
Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research. - Gale Health and Wellness
Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices. - Gale In Context: Biography
Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content. - Gale In Context: Elementary
Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. - Gale In Context: Environmental Studies
Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content. - Gale In Context: Global Issues
Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content. - Gale In Context: Middle School
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more. - Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. - Gale In Context: Science
Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more. - Gale In Context: U.S. History
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources. - Gale In Context: World History
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources. - Gale Interactive: Science
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science. - Gale Legal Forms
Access a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms and resources across the most popular legal areas. - Gale Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras. - Gale OneFile: Agriculture
Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields. - Gale OneFile: Business
Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily. - Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more. - Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more. - Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts
Find a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles. - Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. - Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory
Discover content useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, and more. - Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests. - Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students. - Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture
Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts. - Gale OneFile: Gender Studies
Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more. - Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Find up-to-date information on a range of health care topics. Best for students, researchers, and health care professionals. - Gale OneFile: High School Edition
Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students. - Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more. - Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
Discover well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries. - Gale OneFile: Information Science
Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily. - Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
Discover information about physical and intellectual asset protection, from individuals to multinational corporations. - Gale OneFile: Leadership and Management
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily. - Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily. - Gale OneFile: News
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. - Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management. - Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. - Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. - Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues. - Gale OneFile: Psychology
Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology. - Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy
Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily. - Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career. - Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. - Gale Presents: Peterson's Career Prep
Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice. - Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep
Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take practice tests, and use test prep eBooks. - Gale Presents: Udemy
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Includes 25,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages. - The New York Times Article Archive
Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985).
- Gale Academic OneFile
- General Onefile: A one stop source for news and periodical articles on many general interest topics including business, market-research, and health-related articles. Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- Ebsco Masterfile: Find full text articles in over 1000 periodicals. Also included are reference books, maps, flags and many other images.
- Acceda Noticias: Full-text articles from Spanish-language newspapers.
- America's News: Explore stories from newspapers across the United States.
- The Boston Globe: Full-text articles from the Boston Globe (1980-present). Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- Boston Metro Collection: Explore news from the greater Boston area. The Boston Metro Collection provides access to more than 260 local sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, college publications, online-only content, and more.
- The Brockton Enterprise: Full-text articles from the Brockton Enterprise (July 5, 2000 - present).
- The Enterprise Collection: Explore Brockton's history through local news, events, and people. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
- Brockton Enterprise Index: This subject-oriented index was created by Brockton Public Library staff. It covers articles from 1961-2006 emphasizing police, fire, schools, and taxes in the City of Brockton but not obituaries or homicides.
- NewsBank: U.S. news content from local, regional and national sources. The largest of its kind, source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, newswires, broadcast transcripts and more.
- The New York Times: Full-text articles from the New York Times (1985-). Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- The New York Times Today - Read the current New York Times from inside the library.
- The New York Times Today - Click Redeem to read the current New York Times from home.
- Patriot Ledger Collection: Explore Quincy's history through local news, events, and people. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
- Wall Street Journal - Create an account to read the Wall Street Journal from your device.
- Black Life in America - The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, dating from 1704 to today.
- Hispanic Life in America - The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, dating from 1704 to today.
- Business Collection: Includes articles on business and management topics and directory listings for more than 150,000 companies. Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- Business Insights: Essentials - This is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
- Data Axle Reference Solutions: Formerly known as Reference USA, Data Axle Reference Solutions is the go-to resource for comprehensive data on businesses and individuals, tailored to the needs of small business owners, marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, and job seekers. It empowers users to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, secure funding, and locate individuals. This platform offers detailed profiles of over 50 million U.S. businesses, 150 million U.S. residents, 2 million job postings, internships, historical business data, and healthcare listings, making it an invaluable tool for job seekers, businesses, and researchers.
- Biography in Context: Combines Gale biographical databases with full-text periodicals. Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- Chilton Auto Repair - 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
- Consumer Reports: Provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.
- Creativebug provides arts and crafts instructional videos. With your library card, you'll enjoy award-winning HD instructional videos on drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crochet, quilting, baking and more.
- Culture Grams: Experience the cultures of 190 countries and territories in reports that include maps, statistics, a glossary, flags, and in depth information on 25 categories.
- Cypress Resumes: Specifically designed for job seekers skittish about writing, Cypress Resume allows anyone to create a professional resume-one that will stand out to potential employers-in a matter of minutes.
- Global Road Warrior: Factual, cultural, demographic, historical information and much more on 175 countries. There are also printable maps available in.pdf. This comprehensive cultural guide is an excellent resource for students, travelers and researchers. Use your library card number as the password.
- MassCHIP - The Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP) is a dynamic, user-friendly information service that provides free, online access to many health and social indicators.
- With MassCHIP, you can obtain community-level data to assess health needs, monitor health status indicators, and evaluate health programs.
- Oxford African American Studies Center: Features the new Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, African American Biographies and a 5 volume hisory of the African and African American experience.
- Salem Press Health: Information regarding health and medicine from health reference works including Magill's medical guide.
- Salem Press History: Find topics in World, American and African-American history. Includes biographies of well known athletes.
- Salem Press Literature: Includes access to reference and literary criticism including critical insights, Magill's literary manual, and surveys of drama, poetry and short fiction.
- Salem Press Science: Access scientific reference databases including Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Encyclopedia of Global Warming, Forensic Science and The Solar System.
- Artemis Literary Sources: Literary Criticism and biographical information provided by Gale Resources. Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- Book Browse - Selects the best and most popular current books and brings you an excerpt of each, plus summaries, reviews, and author bios.
- Ebsco e-books: Find the full text of books you can download or read online.
- Literature Resource Center: Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all periods around the world. Provided by the Massachusetts Library System
- LibraryAware Newsletters: Subscribe to customizable newsletters and groups related to topics of special interest. Regular emails will then be sent when new titles are added in those areas. Provided by the Old Colony Library Network
- NovelList Plus: NoveList Plus has expert fiction and nonfiction reading recommendations for all ages. Provided by the Old Colony Library Network
- SelectReads: This database consists of reading recommendations with available links to the library catalog to help easily locate items. This database is a comprehensive source for researching books and includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists, and more. Search for books suitable for adults, teens, and children. Subscribe to lists that interest you and receive a monthly update by email.
Testing & Education Reference Center
This is a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests. Instantly receive scoring and answer explanations.
- For the password, enter 'patriot'.
- When accessing the account for the first time, select the new user and create a username with a password of your choice.
- Tests that are in progress can be saved and completed at a later time.
Sign in to these databases with your library card by clicking on the image.
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Study for the MA driver permit, Class D, CDL or Class M (motorcycle) license.
Read, listen or download:
- MA RMV Handbook. Available in English and Spanish.
- MA CDL Handbook
- MA Rider's Handbook