Topsfield Town Library - Information Resources

E-Resources by Subject

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These databases are all available from within the library and most are also available from your home or office. To access, use your library card barcode as your ID number. If you need any help, contact the reference desk.

Books, EBooks & Authors

Biography In Context access [In Library & At Home]
Biographies with full text magazine articles, images, and hand-picked web site links. Includes material from Contemporary Authors.

Books & Authors access [In Library & At Home]
Readers can enhance the experience of the book they are reading; dig deeper into its themes and origins; or learn how the author's life and times contributed to the work.

Boston Public Library eCard access [In Library & At Home]
Residents of Massachusetts and those who work or attend school in Massachusetts are able to sign up online for a Boston Public Library eCard, which allows patrons to use all of the Boston Public Library's electronic resources, including databases and downloadable audio, video, ebooks, and music.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select access [In Library & At Home]
An extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors.

Literature Resource Center - LRC access [In Library & At Home]
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.

NoveList access [In Library] [At Home]
A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles.

OCLC® WorldCat access [In Library & At Home]
PATRON FRIENDLY interface. NO password required. Note: Less sophisticated searching than FirstSearch, below.

OCLC WorldCat access [In Library] [At Home]
(the OCLC Online Union Catalog) Offers more than 46 million bibliographic records--representing 400 languages--and holdings information vital for collection development, cataloging, authority control, and retrospective conversion services.

OverDrive Digital Media Collection access [In Library & At Home]

Biography

Biography in Context access [In Library & At Home]
Biographies with full text magazine articles, images, and hand-picked web site links. Includes material from Contemporary Authors.

Business

Business and Company Resource Center access [In Library & At Home]
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.

General Business File ASAP access [In Library & At Home]
Full-text business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

RDS Business Suite access [In Library & At Home]
Full-text coverage from business reference journals and periodicals for searches on company and industry news, management practices, case studies, and market research.

Current Issues

Global Issues in Context access [In Library & At Home]
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context access [In Library & At Home]
An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.

Points of View access [In Library] [At Home]
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Education

Educator's Reference Complete access [In Library & At Home]
Over 300 full-text journals for educators, administrators, and librarians.

Genealogy

Ancestry access [In Library]
Research your family tree on the world's largest family history website. Browse census records and more online. (In library use only.)

HeritageQuest access [In Library] [At Home]
Search a large & growing collection of research materials for tracing family trees and learning about American culture.

General

Academic OneFile access [In Library & At Home]
Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers- many with full text and images.

EBSCOHost access [In Library] [At Home]
Provides premium context in every subject area with over 300 full-text and secondary databases. Content for these databases include full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports, and various other publication types.

General Reference Center Gold access [In Library & At Home]
Full-text magazines, newspapers & reference books containing information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc.

Informe (Revistas en Español) access [In Library] [At Home]
The first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines.

PowerSearch (search multiple Gale files) access [In Library & At Home]
Not sure which subject category your topic belongs in? PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of the Gale’s periodical databases in a single search. This is especially good for subjects that may be covered more than one database, such as diets, careers, etc.

Virtual Reference Library access [In Library & At Home]
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Health
Health Reference Center Academic access [In Library & At Home]
Full-text resources including consumer health, nursing, and allied health.

Health and Wellness Resource Center access [In Library & At Home]
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.

History
Massachusetts History Online access [In Library & At Home]
Articles that directly relate to Massachusetts - historical events, people, places, and more.

U.S. History In Context access [In Library & At Home]
Offers contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. History.

World History In Context access [In Library & At Home]
An online database for those seeking information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in World History.

K-12 Students
InfoTrac Junior Edition (grades 5-12) access [In Library & At Home]
Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

InfoTrac Student Edition (grades 9-12) access [In Library & At Home]
Periodicals database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

Kids InfoBits access [In Library & At Home]
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students.

Student Research Center - High School & Middle School access [In Library] [At Home]
Makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.

Student Resources In Context access [In Library & At Home]
Search a broad range of topics, people, places, and events with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.

Newspapers
New York Times access [In Library & At Home]
Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1995).

Massachusetts Newsstand access [In Library & At Home] 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
The Sun (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

Salem News access [In Library & At Home]
Full-text of the daily newspaper serving southern Essex County, northeast of Boston from (7/17/2008 - Current).

Tri-Town Transcript access [In Library & At Home]
Unique coverage of regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community ranging from (6/2/2006 - Current).

Recursos en Español
¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) access [In Library & At Home]
¡Informe! (Revistas en Espanol) is the first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.

Science
Science In Context access [In Library & At Home]
Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.

Special Collections
Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory access [In Library & At Home]
A guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices.