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General resources - Newspapers - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - Literature & Art - Health, Science & Current Events - History - Business - Kids & Teens - Library Catalogs - BPL eCard

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General Resources

*NEW!* Download digital books and videos	All access
Gale InfoTrac Power Search	All access
Academic OneFile	All access
Expanded Academic ASAP	All access
General Reference Center Gold	All access
Educator's Reference Complete	All access
Virtual Reference Library	All access

Newspapers

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Boston Globe (1980 - current)	All access
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	All access
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	All access
Massachusetts Newsstand	All access

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Grolier Online Passport Encyclopedias, dictionaries, homework help	In the Library	From home
Biography Resource Center	All access
Grove Art Online	In the Library	From home
World Book Online	In the Library	From home

Literature and Art

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Biography Resource Center	All access
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	All access
NoveList Readers' Advisory	In the library	From home
Grove Art Online	In the Library	From home

Health, Science, and Current Events

Health Reference Center Academic	All access
Issues and Controversies	In the Library	From home
Science Online	In the Library	From home

History

African-American History Online	In the Library	From home
American History Online	In the Library	From home
American Women's History Online	In the Library	From home
Massachusetts History Online	All access

Business

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General Business File ASAP

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Kids & Teens

Grolier Online Kids	In the Library	From home
Kids InfoBits	In the Library
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition	In the Library
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition	In the Library
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test)	All Access Login Instructions

Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

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Princeton Public Library Catalog	All access
Download digital books and videos	All access
Worcester Public Library Catalog	All access
All C/WMARS Library Catalogs	All access
Boston Public Library Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog	All access
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test)	All Access Login Instructions

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Get a BPL eCard!

Massachusetts residents can sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard via the web! BPL eCards are virtual library cards that allow users immediate access to Boston Public Library's extensive electronic resources - from archaeology and genealogy to history and science, homework help, historical newspapers, downloadable audio, video, music and more.

For more information about eCards, please visit BPL's eCard FAQ.

Funding for these online resources is provided by:

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Gale databases, ProQuest newspapers)

Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies)

C/W MARS (NoveList, Grove Art, Science Online, Overdrive)

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express, chat reference)