Databases Available Only at the Library
Ancestry.com
- Discover your ancestors with the world's largest family
history website. The Ancestry databases provide key tools
for researching family genealogy including: Census records
1790-1930, US Immigration Collection, The Birth, Marriage
& Death Records (SSDI), and the UK and Ireland Collections.
Log in to the patron computers at the library using your
library barcode and the last 4 digits of your phone number
for the PIN. Ancestry.com is accessed by clicking on the
Ancestry icon on the desktop of the patron computers.
Databases
Available at Home
or at the Library
Carver Reporter Online – Newsbank - (11/13/2008-Current) - Other newspapers included with the Carver Reporter are The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Cape Cod Times, The Boston Metropolitan Collection (includes local newspapers from many towns, Metrowest Daily News, Milford Daily News, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and transcripts from ABC - 5 WCVB, CBS – 4 WBZ, FOX - 25 WFXT, Independent - 30 NECN, NBC - 7 WHDH, PBS – 2 WGBH, WB-56 WLVI), and America’s News Magazines (includes popular magazines such as InStyle, Money, Newsweek, People Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Time and US News & World Report.)
To Access
the Carver Reporter at Home
CLICK
HERE then enter your library barcode
number.
The Carver Reporter is also available online on the patron
computers at the library. Log in to the patron computers
at the library using your library barcode and the last 4
digits of your phone number for the PIN. The Carver Reporter
is accessed by clicking on the Carver Reporter icon on the
desktop of the patron computers.
Massachusetts Goods & Services and the Central Register
Links: Goods
and Services and Central
Register
Links to these databases can also be found on the
desktops of the patron computers at the library. Patrons
can use these computers by entering their library barcode
and the last 4 numbers of their phone number for the PIN.
There is an icon on the desktop of each patron computer
that links to Goods & Services & the Central Register.
Databases made available by Southeastern Massachusetts Library System and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
To Access
at Home
CLICK
HERE and then enter your library barcode
to find the newspapers and magazines online.
There is a list below of the available databases.
BIG CHALK eLIBRARY
Big Chalk eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented
magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and
radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Funded by SEMLS.
EBSCO DATABASES
Literary Reference Center - Full-text
broad spectrum of information on 1000's of authors and their
works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes
27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 140,500
author biographies, 350 literary journals, 54,000 poems,
14,500 short stories, 8400 classic texts, 4000 author interview
and more. Funded by SEMLS.
Science Reference Center - A comprehensive research database designed to meet every student’s science research needs. Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Funded by SEMLS.
GALE DATABASES
Full text articles, reports and information from
newspapers, reference books, magazines, academic journals
and trade publications covering the following topics and
more: allied health, the arts, biographies, business performance
& research reports, child development, computers, current
events, economics, education, environmental issues, general
interest, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature,
medicine, nursing, physical sciences, politics, popular
culture, psychology, reference sources, science, social
sciences, sports, technology, theology, trade publications,
and Massachusetts history articles. Three of the databases
are geared towards students in Kindergarten through 12th
Grade. Funded by the MBLC.
Academic OneFile
General OneFile
Biography Resource Center
Biography Resource Center: African Americans
Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Educator's Reference Complete
Expanded Academic ASAP
Gale Virtual Reference
General Business File ASAP
General Reference Center Gold
Health Reference Center - Academic
Massachusetts History Online
Scribner Writers Series
What Do I Read Next?
GALE FOR KIDS
Junior Edition
Kid's InfoBits
Student Edition
NEWSPAPERS
Massachusetts Newsstand – 18 Massachusetts
newspapers except for the Cape Cod Times.
Funded by the MBLC.
ProQuest Newspapers – Full-text articles
from the Boston Globe (1980 to present), the Boston
Herald (1991 to present), the New York Times
(1980 to present), the Patriot Ledger (1991 to
present), the Providence Journal (1983 to present)
and Wall Street Journal (1984 to present,) as well
as a variety of other Massachusetts newspapers except for
the Cape Cod Times.
Funded by the MBLC and SEMLS.
Cape Cod Times – Articles from 2000 –
present.
Funded by SEMLS.
Help with:
Big Chalk E Library Databases (pdf file)
Ebsco Databases – Literary Reference Center & Science (pdf file)
Gale Databases (pdf file)
Newspaper Databases (pdf file)
For Biographies or Literary Searches, use: Ebsco’s Literary Reference Center, and Gale’s Biography Resource Center, Biography Resource Center: African Americans, Contemporary Literary Criticism – Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner Writers Series and What Do I Read Next?