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Databases

As a result of Executive Order 14238 to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), our databases provided to us through IMLS funding by way of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has been reduced starting July 1, 2025. Please visit the MBLC website for more detailed information.

Books & Reading

Academic OneFile

Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contain...

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages, and provides specialized s...

NoveList

NoveList is an electronic readers’ advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.  Through its a...

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg offers over 46,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online....

What Should I Read Next?

Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers’ favorite books to provide book recommendations and...

Building & Construction

Asbestos & Lead Safety

Access health and safety information offered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts....

Massachusetts State Building Code 780 Handbook

Details of the tenth edition of Massachusetts Building Code are listed here....

The Blue Book Commercial Construction Directory

The Blue Book Network is a commercial construction digital directory designed to connect contractors, subcontractors and suppliers with...

Business & Investing

Massachusetts High Technology Council Member Directory

This organization of CEOs and senior executives represents tech-driven businesses, professional services firms, and research institutio...

The Blue Book Commercial Construction Directory

The Blue Book Network is a commercial construction digital directory designed to connect contractors, subcontractors and suppliers with...

Career

Vocations and Career Collection

Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and mai...

Consumer

Consumer Reports

Known as one of the most trusted resources for information and advice on consumer products, this award-winning website contains informa...

Hospitality, Leisure, and Tourism Collection

With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historica...

Criminal Justice

Bureau of Justice Statistics

The Bureau of Justice provides free access to data on courts, crimes and law enforcement, and more....

Congress.gov

The official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative i...

Criminal Justice Collection

The Criminal Justice Collection database focuses on all aspects of the criminal justice field. Publications include: American Criminal ...

Victim Rights & Services

In the Aftermath of Crime: A Guide to Victim Rights and Services in Massachusetts...

Culinary

Culinary Arts Collection

The Culinary Arts Collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines from 1980 to present. Coverage includes thousand...

Directories

Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) License Verification

This database of “Licensee Profiles” is a comprehensive reference source to help consumers find a particular licensee, find...

Massachusetts High Technology Council Member Directory

This organization of CEOs and senior executives represents tech-driven businesses, professional services firms, and research institutio...

Massachusetts Municipal Directory

Find detailed information about 351 Massachusetts communities via a directory and interactive map. The service is run by the Massachuse...

The Blue Book Commercial Construction Directory

The Blue Book Network is a commercial construction digital directory designed to connect contractors, subcontractors and suppliers with...

Economics

Bureau of Labor

Information, publications, and data sets on labor and economic issues....

Fuel Economy Guide

Developed by the US Department of Energy and the US Environment Protection Agency, the Fuel Economy Guide features data for new and use...

Education

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)

Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the United States Department of Education, ERIC is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, se...

Encyclopedia & General Reference

Britannica Learning Zone (early childhood)

Grade Level PreK-5. Play, discover, create—these are the cornerstones of learning for young children. Now, Britannica gives teachers ...

Britannica Online Public Library Edition

Britannica Online Public Library Edition contains 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britan...

Britannica Online School Edition (Elementary, Middle, High School)

Elementary, Middle and High School levels, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online Schoo...

Britannica Public Library Edition for Kids

Contains Compton’s Encyclopedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and a wealth of other age-appropriate material for younger stude...

Catholic Encyclopedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of ...

Digital Media Catalog (Overdrive)

The Digital Media Catalog (OverDrive) provides popular audiobooks and eBooks for users to download. There is also a collection of Publ...

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

This encyclopedia covers world religious leaders and scholars—past and present—in the United States and the world....

Jewish Encyclopedia

This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The...

PowerSearch

Gale PowerSearch is a platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated, yet simple, solution for managing a wealth o...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Written and maintained by expert scholars from around the world, the SEP is an up-to-date reference work covering philosophy and relate...

General Research

ArXiv

Open access to almost 1,000,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Stat...

Avalon Project

Produced by Yale Law School, the Avalon Project is a collection of digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics,...

Census.gov

The U.S. Census Bureau provides access to data about the United States in a variety of formats. This page collects all of their data ac...

Data.gov

This searchable catalog includes over 70,000 datasets on a wide range of topics. Datasets from federal, state, academice and other inst...

Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely...

Global

Global Issues in Context

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are...

Government

MARE: MA Adoption Resource Exchange

The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange has moved entirely online. Visit the website, hit “Register” to create an acco...

TRAC

Comprehensive information about staffing, spending, and enforcement activities of the federal government...

Health

Asbestos & Lead Safety

Access health and safety information offered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts....

Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) License Verification

This database of “Licensee Profiles” is a comprehensive reference source to help consumers find a particular licensee, find...

Health Reference Center Almanac

Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safe...

Medfield Cares About Prevention

Medfield Cares About Prevention (MCAP) is a coalition that incorporates a collaborative community and evidence-based approach to help p...

Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention

The Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention (MCSP) is a community-led coalition that strives to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and i...

MedLine Plus

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Lib...

Nursing and Allied Health Collection Resource Center

All aspects of the Nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration are covered in this collection. Including ...

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection

This collection includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access...

History

World History in Context

World History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant...

Newspaper

Boston Globe

Redeem your promotional code here for access to the New York Times website. Each code is good for 72 hours, after 72 hours a new code w...

InfoTrac Newsstand

A full-text newspaper resource with access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading tit...

The New York Times (At Home)

Redeem your promotional code here for access to the New York Times website. Each code is good for 72 hours, after 72 hours a new code w...

The New York Times (In Library)

Just create an account and log in for access to www.nytimes.com breaking news and extensive archive....

The New York Times Archive

This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present....

References for Kids

Britannica Learning Zone (early childhood)

Grade Level PreK-5. Play, discover, create—these are the cornerstones of learning for young children. Now, Britannica gives teachers ...

Britannica Online School Edition (Elementary, Middle, High School)

Elementary, Middle and High School levels, plus read-aloud al all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online Schoo...

Britannica Public Library Edition for Kids

Contains Compton’s Encyclopedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and a wealth of other age-appropriate material for younger stude...

InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition

Designed for junior high and middle school students. Includes mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books covering curre...

Short Stories for Students

Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and s...

Student Edition

This database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and referen...

Religion

Catholic Encyclopedia

The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of ...

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

This encyclopedia covers world religious leaders and scholars—past and present—in the United States and the world....

Social

Adoption Resources

The following tools focus on supporting the adoption process, sharing the latest research on adoption, and connecting parties involved ...

Medfield Cares About Prevention

Medfield Cares About Prevention (MCAP) is a coalition that incorporates a collaborative community and evidence-based approach to help p...

Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention

The Medfield Coalition for Suicide Prevention (MCSP) is a community-led coalition that strives to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and i...

Travel

Coast Guide Online

Coast Guide Online is an interactive mapping tool developed by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). It includes m...

Massachusetts Coast Guide to Boston and the North Shore

This guide was developed to help the public get to and enjoy the coast. It includes nearly 400 public access sites from Salisbury to Hi...

Massachusetts Municipal Directory

Find detailed information about 351 Massachusetts communities via a directory and interactive map. The service is run by the Massachuse...

United Nations Tourism Statistics Database

UN Tourism systematically collects tourism statistics from countries and territories around the world in an extensive database that pro...