HELP WITH DATABASES
Our Reference staff are always happy to provide guidance using these resources or to assist with in-depth research - contact us at ica@mvlc.org or 978-369-4898 for more information or to set up an appointment.
ALL RESOURCES
GENERAL RESEARCH
InfoTrac PowerSearch
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Description: PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of Thomson Gale's periodical databases in a single search. Includes magazines, journals, newspapers, and multimedia material.
eLibrary
Log in: As of July 1, 2011, our eLibrary subscription is no longer available. If you'd like us to renew this product or have other database and ebook suggestions, please email us at any time.
BUSINESS RESOURCES
ConsumerReports.org
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Description: As a library user, you have full access to all of the valuable content on ConsumerReports.org through your library membership, including:
- 1,000+ Ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips
- Proven product reliability data
- Complete product specifications
- Frequently updated information
- And more
A GPL database
Banker & Tradesman
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Description: Banker & Tradesman features all the real estate, banking and lending, and construction and development information you need as a business professional. The combination of industry news and weekly real estate transaction listings from across Massachusetts creates an invaluable tool that empowers you to make the best possible business decisions.
A GPL database
The Economist
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Description: Publishes all articles from The Economist print edition (including those printed only in British copies) plus a searchable archive of all The Economist’s articles back to June 1997.
A GPL database
Morningstar – Mutual Funds Online
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Description: The trusted source for investment information, data, and analysis of stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, separate accounts, and variable annuity/life subaccounts. Morningstar tracks, analyzes, and publishes information on nearly 100,000 investment securities.
A GPL database
Value Line Investment Survey
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Description: The most widely used independent investment service in the world. The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
A GPL database
Boston Consumers' Checkbook
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Description: Online access to Boston Consumers' Checkbook: includes articles and regularly updated ratings; Neighbor-to-Neighbor information exchange, where subscribers share their comments on firms they have used; health care information, including nationwide ratings of doctors; CarDeals newsletter; and more.
A GPL database
The Wall Street Journal
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Description: Online access to the full-text of the past 90 days.
A GPL database
LITERATURE
Novelist Plus
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Description: Need help finding that perfect book? Looking for the next book in a series or for discussion questions for your book group? Using NoveList Plus, you can search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.
A GPL database
LANGUAGE
Mango Languages
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Description: Mango's unique teaching method quickly engages you in real conversations between two native speakers. Your instructor will take you through every step of the process! Each lesson revisits previously learned material, but you have complete control over your learning experience. Select from courses in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and more.
A GPL database
NEWSPAPERS
Proquest: Massachusetts Newsstand
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Description: Massachusetts Newsstand includes:
- Berkshire Eagle 2005 to current
- Boston Globe 1980 to current
- Boston Herald 1991 to current
- BusinessWest (Chicopee) 1992 to current>
- 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
- 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
EBOOKS AND DIGITAL AUDIO
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Overdrive
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Description: Digital downloads of e-audiobooks and ebooks, provided by MVLC. Includes a broad and growing selection of fiction and nonfiction for all ages, downloadable to your computer, ereader, and other devices.
Safari Books Online
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Description: Safari Books Online's on-demand digital library provides access to over
9,800 technology, creative and business books and videos from leading
publishers.
TumbleBooks
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Description: eBooks for eKids: The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books). TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.
A GPL database.
STUDENT RESOURCES
eLibrary
Log in: As of July 1, 2011, our eLibrary subscription is no longer available. If you'd like us to renew this product or have other database and ebook suggestions, please email us at any time.
Grolier Online
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Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical)
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Description: Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.
Kids InfoBits
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Description: Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students.
OTHER RESOURCES
OCLC Worldcat
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Description: WorldCat is a cooperative database of bibliographic records contributed by
more than
72,000 libraries, making it the world’s largest, most complete, and most consulted library union catalog.
