The Internet is a great source of information, but sometimes it just doesn't have the quality information you need. Memorial Hall Library provides access to quality "paid" databases that provide articles and information that just aren't available on the "free" Internet. All you need is your Memorial Hall Library card to access all of the below resources. If you have a library card from other Massachusetts public libraries you will be able to access some of these resources, but not all. More quality resources are available from the Boston Public Library.
If you need help accessing the below resources just contact the Information Services Desk at 978-623-8430.
If you know the topic you want, choose it from the list below.
ABCmouse.com's curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse.com is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.
This article database includes full-text and abstracts of scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals covering topics in the areas of current events, general sciences and technology, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
The databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society with over 110 million names.
Local school and educational publisher American Graphics Institute provides area libraries with access to their books and curriculum for self-paced learning. The books teach many popular technology topics ranging from digital design software applications, digital video editing tools, web design and coding skills, and office applications. The collection serves as self-paced training resources and also include training videos created by the authors as well as lesson files.
The professional journals of the American Physical Society embody the mission of the society "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of Physics." This collection includes the following:
Physical Review Letters (PRL) (brief important papers, all topics in physics)
Physical Review A (atomic, molecular, and optical physics)
Physical Review B (condensed matter and materials physics)
Physical Review C (nuclear physics)
Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology)
Physical Review E (statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics)
Physical Review X (open access articles, all topics of physics)
Physical Review Applied (applied physics)
Reviews of Modern Physics (in-depth articles, all topics in physics)
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
The APS Journal Archive (back to 1893)
Search for your ancestors, check U.S. Census Records, Birth/Marriage/Death records, and more. Ancestry Library is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials.
Full-text content from the Andover Townsman newspaper and website since April 2007.
AtoZdatabases includes 30 million business profiles and contact information for 220 million residents. It also includes a component for job searching. This database can be used to find businesses based on employee size, sales volume, type of business and location.
Provides biographical information on more than 700,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.
BNA Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA and Canada. Specific topics covered include: distribution, migration, habitat, breeding, conservation and management. Also included in the species account are photos, sounds and in most cases, videos displaying some type of behavior.
Find your next great read with this interactive magazine for booklovers.
BookBrowse offers:
Build a love of reading and learning with paired fiction and nonfiction. For grades preK-3. Scholastic BookFlix delivers high-interest, interactive content to engage young readers:
Boston Consumers' Checkbook lists ratings of local businesses including auto repair shops, doctors and dentists, plumbers, contractors and dog care facilities.
Complete full-text content of local, regional, national and international developments. Coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements, syndicated columns excluded.
Articles and transcripts from more than 200 news sources covering the Greater Boston area, updated daily. Newspapers include the Boston Herald, Metro Boston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Lowell Sun, Andover Townsman, Eagle-Tribune, Tewksbury Advocate, Wilmington Advocate, North Andover Citizen and many more.
A comprehensive career resource that allows you to search for and track jobs, create targeted resumes and cover letters, practice and master interview techniques, explore and identify career paths according to your interests, experience and what's in demand, and find schools and education/training programs.
Career Transitions is your one-stop-shop for finding a new job/career or for finding expert tips on how to set yourself apart in an increasingly competitive job market.
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 in one easy-to-use web site supplies a solution for the "do-it-yourselfer" that is easy to use no matter the skill level. Repair, maintenance and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models of cars and light trucks from 1940 onward.
Contains the Charter and related legislation and the general and permanent By-Laws of the Town of Andover, Massachusetts.
1,000+ Ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips from ConsumerReports.org.
Creativebug has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Single and multi-part classes for all ages and skill levels are available in the following areas:
MHL card holders have unlimited access to the classes. Once you've logged in with your MHL card number and PIN, you will be prompted to create a Creativebug account by entering an email address and password. Once you've created an account, you can log in by visiting Creativebug's main website (https://www.creativebug.com/) or by revisiting this page and entering your library card number and PIN again, after which you'll be logged in automatically.
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts offers a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as book reference content from Delmar.
Effortlessly create professional resumes in minutes.
Resumes need to grab the attention of an employer almost immediately in order to have the best chance of making it through the weeding process. Cypress Resume's gigantic library of tens of thousands of professional statements is designed to do exactly that.
Full-text content from the Eagle-Tribune newspaper and website since 2008.
Over 300 full-text journals for educators, administrators and librarians. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database.
This database covers education topics such as:
A comprehensive reference resource with components for students and adults. A dictionary, a thesaurus, multimedia, and primary source materials are included.
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
This database was formerly known as Small Business Resource Center.
FamilySearch.org offers access to genealogical records from over 110 countries, including over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats. FamilySearch.org also contains the catalog of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Research help is available through the Family History Research Wiki, discussion forums, and online free family history courses through the Learning Center. FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have privileges to some limited-access FamilySearch databases and records. The Affiliate Library collection is only available on-site and do not have all the privileges of a Family History Center. A free individual account is required to use the FamilySearch.org platform. FamilySearch is the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world and is the genealogical branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, informally known as the Mormon Church or the LDS Church. For more information, contact rdesk@mhl.org
This online book contains over 8000 entries that record first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history. Best used with the keyword search function or by following links within its expanded contents. A print edition can be found at the library.
Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Foundation Directory Online Professional helps grantseekers find the right match for their organization’s mission. Get access to more than 140,000 expanded profiles on foundations and corporate donors, information on more than 7 million grants, and more than half a million key decision makers and leaders. 990 and 990-PF forms are keyword searchable.
Find information about 10,000 foundation profiles at your fingertips, including foundation and public charity programs that have funded individual grantseekers for everything from scholarship opportunities to research needs. Updated weekly.
Foundation Maps Professional is the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. With millions of grants from 2006 to the present, innovative ways to visualize funding data, and the flexibility and precision to tailor research, Foundation Maps Professional helps funders and nonprofits access the knowledge they need to make strategic decisions and strengthen their impact.
Focuses on the practical aspects and the scientific theory of horticulture studies. Offers biotechnologists, farmers, hobbyists, and landscape architects access to important content relevant to their pursuits.
General OneFile (Gale) is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.
Gale In Context: Global Issues offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.
Full text articles focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
This database was formerly known as Health Reference Center Academic.
Gale Health and Wellness offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.
Census data, family records, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, etc.
All documents include original page images.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Student.
Gale OneFile: Home Improvement places the research of hobbyists and professionals on a solid foundation with articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles. Home Improvement covers topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
Practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
Includes SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, GMAT, Military, Civil Service, School Skills, TOEFL, Citizenship, Job/Career Skills, and more.
Thousands of official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
Magill's Medical Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. This is the online version of the five-volume print set, which can be found in the library.
Driver's permit practice tests and manuals, presented in partnership with Driving-Tests.org. Includes:
Please Note: Driving-Tests.org is not affiliated with or evaluated by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. The official RMV Driver’s Manual is available on their website, along with additional driver’s education information.
Medici.tv offers the largest catalog collection of classical music, opera and dance videos. Content includes:
Enjoy unlimited access anywhere on any digital device.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Gale In Context: Middle School combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. The material covers core subjects including literature, science, social studies and history.
Morningstar Online provides information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Memorial Hall Library's subscription provides for two simultaneous users.
MUZZY Club offers interactive learning games and vocabulary lessons for children interested in learning any of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Italian.
Note: To access MUZZY videos from a mobile device or TV, do the following:
Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985)
Direct Digital Access to The New York Times includes the following:
To access New York Times [Direct Digital Access]:
News (Gale OneFile) provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Newsstand.
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 10,000+ (and growing!) historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the US and worldwide. Numbering over 100 million pages, the World Collection is a prime resource for genealogy and historical content.
Dating from the late 1600s into the 2010s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full and partial runs of regional, state, and local titles from the United States and other countries.
A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles.
Includes pre-made reader advisory lists divided into several categories, "read-alike" lists, prepared book discussion guides, and teaching materials for educators. Searchable by title, author, keyword, plot description and series name. Search results can be limited by reading and age level.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration. The database offers current and authoritative content for professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
OCLC WorldCat is a free catalog that shows the holdings of more than 72,000 libraries worldwide.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) is covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.
As a historical dictionary, the OED focuses not only on the meanings of the word, but also on the history of the word, and how its meaning has changed over time. The OED traces the history of the English language through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals, to films scripts and cookery books. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals, each time subtly adjusting our image of the English language.
Pronunciator helps you learn any of 100 languages using your computer or mobile device. Features include:
Research Companion (ProQuest) helps students do more effective scholarly research and supports educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Safari Tech Books Online is an on-demand, digital library that provides access to thousands of technology books by major publishers.
This subscription gives access to titles published during the last two full calendar years, plus titles that are published during the current calendar year. Publishers include:
Science Database (ProQuest) is a growing resource of 7.3 million full text articles from over 1,600 sources. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and engineering literature.
Gale in Context (Science) is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
The resource merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
Free online help from expert tutors for students of all levels. Live assistance available daily 3-10 pm. Also available: resume, GED, and citizenship assistance for adults.
Gale In Context: U.S. History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. U.S. History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Actually two online books -- one covering the Colonial Era to the Civil War, the other from 1860 to the present -- The Value of a Dollar gives the costs of thousands of items at various points in history as well as how much money people had to buy them at the time. Each section contains currency conversion tables. Both volumes are available in print at the library.
Current and historical reviews, price and earnings projections, and analyst commentaries on approximately 3.500 of the most actively traded stocks, in over 90 industries.
Available at home to Andover cardholders only.
A collection of career guides and highly specialized industry journals
Direct access to The Wall Street Journal online. Search defaults to searching the last 90 days' worth of WSJ articles but the advanced search lets you search the last four years. Also available:
Direct access The Washington Post online. Features include:
To access The Washington Post:
Gale In Context: World History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. World History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
The databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society with over 110 million names.
Search for your ancestors, check U.S. Census Records, Birth/Marriage/Death records, and more. Ancestry Library is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials.
Provides biographical information on more than 700,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.
FamilySearch.org offers access to genealogical records from over 110 countries, including over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats. FamilySearch.org also contains the catalog of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Research help is available through the Family History Research Wiki, discussion forums, and online free family history courses through the Learning Center. FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have privileges to some limited-access FamilySearch databases and records. The Affiliate Library collection is only available on-site and do not have all the privileges of a Family History Center. A free individual account is required to use the FamilySearch.org platform. FamilySearch is the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world and is the genealogical branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, informally known as the Mormon Church or the LDS Church. For more information, contact rdesk@mhl.org
Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Census data, family records, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, etc.
All documents include original page images.
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 10,000+ (and growing!) historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the US and worldwide. Numbering over 100 million pages, the World Collection is a prime resource for genealogy and historical content.
Dating from the late 1600s into the 2010s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full and partial runs of regional, state, and local titles from the United States and other countries.
Local school and educational publisher American Graphics Institute provides area libraries with access to their books and curriculum for self-paced learning. The books teach many popular technology topics ranging from digital design software applications, digital video editing tools, web design and coding skills, and office applications. The collection serves as self-paced training resources and also include training videos created by the authors as well as lesson files.
Find your next great read with this interactive magazine for booklovers.
BookBrowse offers:
Build a love of reading and learning with paired fiction and nonfiction. For grades preK-3. Scholastic BookFlix delivers high-interest, interactive content to engage young readers:
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles.
Includes pre-made reader advisory lists divided into several categories, "read-alike" lists, prepared book discussion guides, and teaching materials for educators. Searchable by title, author, keyword, plot description and series name. Search results can be limited by reading and age level.
OCLC WorldCat is a free catalog that shows the holdings of more than 72,000 libraries worldwide.
Safari Tech Books Online is an on-demand, digital library that provides access to thousands of technology books by major publishers.
This subscription gives access to titles published during the last two full calendar years, plus titles that are published during the current calendar year. Publishers include:
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
AtoZdatabases includes 30 million business profiles and contact information for 220 million residents. It also includes a component for job searching. This database can be used to find businesses based on employee size, sales volume, type of business and location.
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
This database was formerly known as Small Business Resource Center.
Thousands of official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
Morningstar Online provides information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Memorial Hall Library's subscription provides for two simultaneous users.
Current and historical reviews, price and earnings projections, and analyst commentaries on approximately 3.500 of the most actively traded stocks, in over 90 industries.
Available at home to Andover cardholders only.
Direct access to The Wall Street Journal online. Search defaults to searching the last 90 days' worth of WSJ articles but the advanced search lets you search the last four years. Also available:
Boston Consumers' Checkbook lists ratings of local businesses including auto repair shops, doctors and dentists, plumbers, contractors and dog care facilities.
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 in one easy-to-use web site supplies a solution for the "do-it-yourselfer" that is easy to use no matter the skill level. Repair, maintenance and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models of cars and light trucks from 1940 onward.
1,000+ Ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips from ConsumerReports.org.
Gale OneFile: Home Improvement places the research of hobbyists and professionals on a solid foundation with articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles. Home Improvement covers topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
Thousands of official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
Morningstar Online provides information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Memorial Hall Library's subscription provides for two simultaneous users.
Actually two online books -- one covering the Colonial Era to the Civil War, the other from 1860 to the present -- The Value of a Dollar gives the costs of thousands of items at various points in history as well as how much money people had to buy them at the time. Each section contains currency conversion tables. Both volumes are available in print at the library.
Current and historical reviews, price and earnings projections, and analyst commentaries on approximately 3.500 of the most actively traded stocks, in over 90 industries.
Available at home to Andover cardholders only.
ABCmouse.com's curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse.com is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.
Creativebug has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Single and multi-part classes for all ages and skill levels are available in the following areas:
MHL card holders have unlimited access to the classes. Once you've logged in with your MHL card number and PIN, you will be prompted to create a Creativebug account by entering an email address and password. Once you've created an account, you can log in by visiting Creativebug's main website (https://www.creativebug.com/) or by revisiting this page and entering your library card number and PIN again, after which you'll be logged in automatically.
Over 300 full-text journals for educators, administrators and librarians. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database.
This database covers education topics such as:
Practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
Includes SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, GMAT, Military, Civil Service, School Skills, TOEFL, Citizenship, Job/Career Skills, and more.
Medici.tv offers the largest catalog collection of classical music, opera and dance videos. Content includes:
Enjoy unlimited access anywhere on any digital device.
Research Companion (ProQuest) helps students do more effective scholarly research and supports educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Free online help from expert tutors for students of all levels. Live assistance available daily 3-10 pm. Also available: resume, GED, and citizenship assistance for adults.
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts offers a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as book reference content from Delmar.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
This database was formerly known as Health Reference Center Academic.
Gale Health and Wellness offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.
Magill's Medical Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. This is the online version of the five-volume print set, which can be found in the library.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration. The database offers current and authoritative content for professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
This online book contains over 8000 entries that record first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history. Best used with the keyword search function or by following links within its expanded contents. A print edition can be found at the library.
Census data, family records, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, etc.
All documents include original page images.
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 10,000+ (and growing!) historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the US and worldwide. Numbering over 100 million pages, the World Collection is a prime resource for genealogy and historical content.
Dating from the late 1600s into the 2010s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full and partial runs of regional, state, and local titles from the United States and other countries.
Gale In Context: U.S. History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. U.S. History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Actually two online books -- one covering the Colonial Era to the Civil War, the other from 1860 to the present -- The Value of a Dollar gives the costs of thousands of items at various points in history as well as how much money people had to buy them at the time. Each section contains currency conversion tables. Both volumes are available in print at the library.
Gale In Context: World History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. World History merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
BNA Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA and Canada. Specific topics covered include: distribution, migration, habitat, breeding, conservation and management. Also included in the species account are photos, sounds and in most cases, videos displaying some type of behavior.
Creativebug has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Single and multi-part classes for all ages and skill levels are available in the following areas:
MHL card holders have unlimited access to the classes. Once you've logged in with your MHL card number and PIN, you will be prompted to create a Creativebug account by entering an email address and password. Once you've created an account, you can log in by visiting Creativebug's main website (https://www.creativebug.com/) or by revisiting this page and entering your library card number and PIN again, after which you'll be logged in automatically.
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts offers a variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as book reference content from Delmar.
Focuses on the practical aspects and the scientific theory of horticulture studies. Offers biotechnologists, farmers, hobbyists, and landscape architects access to important content relevant to their pursuits.
Gale OneFile: Home Improvement places the research of hobbyists and professionals on a solid foundation with articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles. Home Improvement covers topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
Medici.tv offers the largest catalog collection of classical music, opera and dance videos. Content includes:
Enjoy unlimited access anywhere on any digital device.
AtoZdatabases includes 30 million business profiles and contact information for 220 million residents. It also includes a component for job searching. This database can be used to find businesses based on employee size, sales volume, type of business and location.
A comprehensive career resource that allows you to search for and track jobs, create targeted resumes and cover letters, practice and master interview techniques, explore and identify career paths according to your interests, experience and what's in demand, and find schools and education/training programs.
Career Transitions is your one-stop-shop for finding a new job/career or for finding expert tips on how to set yourself apart in an increasingly competitive job market.
Effortlessly create professional resumes in minutes.
Resumes need to grab the attention of an employer almost immediately in order to have the best chance of making it through the weeding process. Cypress Resume's gigantic library of tens of thousands of professional statements is designed to do exactly that.
Free online help from expert tutors for students of all levels. Live assistance available daily 3-10 pm. Also available: resume, GED, and citizenship assistance for adults.
A collection of career guides and highly specialized industry journals
ABCmouse.com's curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse.com is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.
Build a love of reading and learning with paired fiction and nonfiction. For grades preK-3. Scholastic BookFlix delivers high-interest, interactive content to engage young readers:
A comprehensive reference resource with components for students and adults. A dictionary, a thesaurus, multimedia, and primary source materials are included.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Student.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
Practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
Includes SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, GMAT, Military, Civil Service, School Skills, TOEFL, Citizenship, Job/Career Skills, and more.
Driver's permit practice tests and manuals, presented in partnership with Driving-Tests.org. Includes:
Please Note: Driving-Tests.org is not affiliated with or evaluated by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. The official RMV Driver’s Manual is available on their website, along with additional driver’s education information.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Gale In Context: Middle School combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. The material covers core subjects including literature, science, social studies and history.
MUZZY Club offers interactive learning games and vocabulary lessons for children interested in learning any of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Italian.
Note: To access MUZZY videos from a mobile device or TV, do the following:
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) is covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Research Companion (ProQuest) helps students do more effective scholarly research and supports educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
Free online help from expert tutors for students of all levels. Live assistance available daily 3-10 pm. Also available: resume, GED, and citizenship assistance for adults.
MUZZY Club offers interactive learning games and vocabulary lessons for children interested in learning any of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Italian.
Note: To access MUZZY videos from a mobile device or TV, do the following:
Pronunciator helps you learn any of 100 languages using your computer or mobile device. Features include:
Contains the Charter and related legislation and the general and permanent By-Laws of the Town of Andover, Massachusetts.
Thousands of official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
This article database includes full-text and abstracts of scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals covering topics in the areas of current events, general sciences and technology, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
The professional journals of the American Physical Society embody the mission of the society "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of Physics." This collection includes the following:
Physical Review Letters (PRL) (brief important papers, all topics in physics)
Physical Review A (atomic, molecular, and optical physics)
Physical Review B (condensed matter and materials physics)
Physical Review C (nuclear physics)
Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology)
Physical Review E (statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics)
Physical Review X (open access articles, all topics of physics)
Physical Review Applied (applied physics)
Reviews of Modern Physics (in-depth articles, all topics in physics)
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
The APS Journal Archive (back to 1893)
Full-text content from the Andover Townsman newspaper and website since April 2007.
Find your next great read with this interactive magazine for booklovers.
BookBrowse offers:
Complete full-text content of local, regional, national and international developments. Coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements, syndicated columns excluded.
Articles and transcripts from more than 200 news sources covering the Greater Boston area, updated daily. Newspapers include the Boston Herald, Metro Boston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Lowell Sun, Andover Townsman, Eagle-Tribune, Tewksbury Advocate, Wilmington Advocate, North Andover Citizen and many more.
1,000+ Ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, consumer user reviews, and product video clips from ConsumerReports.org.
Full-text content from the Eagle-Tribune newspaper and website since 2008.
Over 300 full-text journals for educators, administrators and librarians. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database.
This database covers education topics such as:
General OneFile (Gale) is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.
Gale In Context: Global Issues offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.
Full text articles focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
This database was formerly known as Health Reference Center Academic.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Student.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Gale In Context: Middle School combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. The material covers core subjects including literature, science, social studies and history.
Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985)
Direct Digital Access to The New York Times includes the following:
To access New York Times [Direct Digital Access]:
News (Gale OneFile) provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Newsstand.
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 10,000+ (and growing!) historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the US and worldwide. Numbering over 100 million pages, the World Collection is a prime resource for genealogy and historical content.
Dating from the late 1600s into the 2010s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full and partial runs of regional, state, and local titles from the United States and other countries.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration. The database offers current and authoritative content for professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) is covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Gale in Context (Science) is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
The resource merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Direct access to The Wall Street Journal online. Search defaults to searching the last 90 days' worth of WSJ articles but the advanced search lets you search the last four years. Also available:
Direct access The Washington Post online. Features include:
To access The Washington Post:
Foundation Directory Online Professional helps grantseekers find the right match for their organization’s mission. Get access to more than 140,000 expanded profiles on foundations and corporate donors, information on more than 7 million grants, and more than half a million key decision makers and leaders. 990 and 990-PF forms are keyword searchable.
Find information about 10,000 foundation profiles at your fingertips, including foundation and public charity programs that have funded individual grantseekers for everything from scholarship opportunities to research needs. Updated weekly.
Foundation Maps Professional is the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. With millions of grants from 2006 to the present, innovative ways to visualize funding data, and the flexibility and precision to tailor research, Foundation Maps Professional helps funders and nonprofits access the knowledge they need to make strategic decisions and strengthen their impact.
Thousands of official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
This article database includes full-text and abstracts of scholarly, trade, and general-interest periodicals covering topics in the areas of current events, general sciences and technology, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
AtoZdatabases includes 30 million business profiles and contact information for 220 million residents. It also includes a component for job searching. This database can be used to find businesses based on employee size, sales volume, type of business and location.
BNA Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA and Canada. Specific topics covered include: distribution, migration, habitat, breeding, conservation and management. Also included in the species account are photos, sounds and in most cases, videos displaying some type of behavior.
A comprehensive reference resource with components for students and adults. A dictionary, a thesaurus, multimedia, and primary source materials are included.
This online book contains over 8000 entries that record first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history. Best used with the keyword search function or by following links within its expanded contents. A print edition can be found at the library.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
This database was formerly known as InfoTrac Student.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search. Please see Middle School (Gale In Context) for a similar database for middle school students.
Thousands of official, state specific, federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
Magill's Medical Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. This is the online version of the five-volume print set, which can be found in the library.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Gale In Context: Middle School combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. The material covers core subjects including literature, science, social studies and history.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) provides access to academic journals and other reference content covering all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration. The database offers current and authoritative content for professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) is covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.
As a historical dictionary, the OED focuses not only on the meanings of the word, but also on the history of the word, and how its meaning has changed over time. The OED traces the history of the English language through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals, to films scripts and cookery books. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals, each time subtly adjusting our image of the English language.
Science Database (ProQuest) is a growing resource of 7.3 million full text articles from over 1,600 sources. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and engineering literature.
Gale in Context (Science) is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
The resource merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Actually two online books -- one covering the Colonial Era to the Civil War, the other from 1860 to the present -- The Value of a Dollar gives the costs of thousands of items at various points in history as well as how much money people had to buy them at the time. Each section contains currency conversion tables. Both volumes are available in print at the library.
Local school and educational publisher American Graphics Institute provides area libraries with access to their books and curriculum for self-paced learning. The books teach many popular technology topics ranging from digital design software applications, digital video editing tools, web design and coding skills, and office applications. The collection serves as self-paced training resources and also include training videos created by the authors as well as lesson files.
The professional journals of the American Physical Society embody the mission of the society "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of Physics." This collection includes the following:
Physical Review Letters (PRL) (brief important papers, all topics in physics)
Physical Review A (atomic, molecular, and optical physics)
Physical Review B (condensed matter and materials physics)
Physical Review C (nuclear physics)
Physical Review D (particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology)
Physical Review E (statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics)
Physical Review X (open access articles, all topics of physics)
Physical Review Applied (applied physics)
Reviews of Modern Physics (in-depth articles, all topics in physics)
Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
The APS Journal Archive (back to 1893)
Focuses on the practical aspects and the scientific theory of horticulture studies. Offers biotechnologists, farmers, hobbyists, and landscape architects access to important content relevant to their pursuits.
Safari Tech Books Online is an on-demand, digital library that provides access to thousands of technology books by major publishers.
This subscription gives access to titles published during the last two full calendar years, plus titles that are published during the current calendar year. Publishers include:
Science Database (ProQuest) is a growing resource of 7.3 million full text articles from over 1,600 sources. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and engineering literature.
Gale in Context (Science) is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
The resource merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
Includes SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, GMAT, Military, Civil Service, School Skills, TOEFL, Citizenship, Job/Career Skills, and more.
Driver's permit practice tests and manuals, presented in partnership with Driving-Tests.org. Includes:
Please Note: Driving-Tests.org is not affiliated with or evaluated by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. The official RMV Driver’s Manual is available on their website, along with additional driver’s education information.
Free online help from expert tutors for students of all levels. Live assistance available daily 3-10 pm. Also available: resume, GED, and citizenship assistance for adults.
