Electronic Information Databases

The following are online research resources of the Abbot Public Library made possible in part by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) in cooperation with the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS), and the North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE). For resources that require a password, use your Library barcode number.

EBSCO Magazines offers 15 databases to search by subject, author, or magazine title for full-text articles in over 2,000 magazines, newspapers and journals online. Or find other material such as maps, photos, transcripts and more. Databases are MasterFILE Premier, Academic Search Elite, Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, EBSCO Animals, Fund & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, Newspaper Source, Business Source Premier, Regional Business News, Professional Development Collection, ERIC, Health Source-Consumer Edition, MEDLINE, Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition, and Clinical Pharmacology. Click on the EBSCO link and search individual databases or click on "Continue" and select "All databases" in the drop down menu.
EBSCO

InfoTrac provides 13 separate online resources to help you find full-text articles and other information about biographies, business, literature and the arts, health, sports, social sciences, the humanities, science, technology and more. Search by subject, author, or keyword. Includes databases for kids. Click on your database choice listed below.

InfoTrac OneFile

Biography Resource Center

Contemporary Literary Criticism

More InfoTrac: Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
Academic OneFile

General BusinessFile ASAP

General Reference Center Gold

Health Reference Center Academic

Kids InfoBits

Junior Edition K-12

Student Edition (high school)

Gale Virtual Reference

Massachusetts History

bigchalk eLibrary is easy to use! Electric Library is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Key in your request in natural language, and you won't be disappointed. You can limit your results to an appropriate reading level, including elementary school, middle school, high school and beyond.
bigchalk eLibrary

NoveList is an online readers' advisory resource that helps you find books similar to the ones you especially enjoy, whether you're matching an author or describing a plot or looking for award winning fiction.
NoveList

Answers…To Go is a service designed to assist library patrons by e-mail or chat at hours when their local public library is not open. Use the web site to ask questions and get answers from a Reference Librarian in real time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Answers To Go

Kids Search is a colorful interface that's designed for students through the eighth grade, and for teachers. It searches the Primary Search database, a children's dictionary and encyclopedia, and a collection of images. The Teacher Resources include Academic Search Elite, the Professional Development Collection and ERIC.
Kids Search

Learning Express is a database of interactive skill-building practice tests based on such official exams as the SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, TOEFL, Real Estate Agent or Broker exam, U.S. Citizenship, Police & Firefighter exams and many more. Practice tests include instant score reports that help target skill areas that need the most attention. Complete answer explanations and immediate feedback help the user to understand why an answer is right or wrong.
Learning Express Practice Tests

All NOBLE libraries have access to a collection of NetLibrary e-books through a contract with the Boston Public Library and the Regional Library Systems. The collection includes over 3,000 NetLibrary e-books plus over 3,000 additional public domain titles (such as classic works of fiction). When you access NetLibrary from a computer located outside of the library, you'll be asked for your library card barcode number. Type in all the digits, but not the spaces. To check out an e-book, you'll need to set up a free account with NetLibrary (click on "Create a Free Account" in the upper right hand corner of the NetLibrary homepage). This account is not related to your library account.
NetLibrary

HeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can use HeritageQuest Online to find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled. Also, come into the Abbot Public Library for free use of another new genealogy database called Ancestry.com (restricted by the vendor for library use only).
HeritageQuest Genealogy Research

The Rosetta Stone online language instruction databases are geared for the casual learner or travelers to other countries who wish to learn language basics for practicality and social interaction. This Rosetta Stone online source provides instruction in these main skill sets: reading and listening comprehension, voice-record/speech recognition, and dictation/spelling exercise. Available here are instruction in Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Spain), English (U.S.), English (U.K.), French, German, Greek, Italian and Russian. Set up your free account and start to learn a language!
Rosetta Stone Online Language Instruction

Massachusetts Newstand - 14 Massachusetts area newspapers including the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, New England Business,the Lowell Sun and more.
Massachusetts Newstand

Reference USA is a database of U.S. businesses ideal for entrepreneurs, job seekers, consumers, researchers, students, news media, law firms for patent research, and corporate market research.
Reference USA

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