Online Electronic Resources
The following electronic resources are funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC), the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the Massachusetts Library System. As a Hamilton-Wenham Public Library and MVLC member library card holder, you may access these high-quality local, state, and regionally funded resources for full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical and literary resources, as well as general research, both from within the library or from home.
Electronic resources with a From Home link may require you to use your 14-digit MVLC library card barcode number for remote access.
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
- MVLC [Click here!]
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium website provides access to the online library catalog, MVLC member library websites, and other MVLC member library services.
Digital Downloads from MVLC!
- Overdrive [Click here!]
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium is proud to announce the arrival of digital audio books for your enjoyment. Listen to them via your PC or MP3 player. Many titles can be burned to CD.Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
General and Education Resources
- EBSCOHost [In the Library | From Home]
Looking for literary criticism, book suggestions or help with a school project? This is the place to start. Various resources include:- Audiobook Collection (under EBSCOhost Research Databases)
- eBook Collection (under EBSCOhost Research Databases)
- Novelist
- GreenFILE
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Teacher Reference Center
Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
- Encyclopedia Britannica [Click here!]
Includes the Encyclopedia Britannica, Dictionaries, Thesauruses, Atlases, World Data, Timelines, Notable Quotations, and much more. See below for a full list of Britannica products available:- Britannica Online Public Library Edition
- Britannica Online Public Library Edition: Kids
- Britannica Online School Edition
- Britannica Online School Edition - Elementary School
- Britannica Online School Edition - Middle School
- Britannica Online School Edition - High School
- Britannica Learning Zone (early childhood)
- Britannica Annals of American History
- Britannica Spanish Reference Center
- Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Escolar (K-8)
- Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Moderna (9-12)
- Britannica World Data Analyst
- Britannica Mobile Site
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
- InfoTrac® PowerSearch [Click here!]
PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of the Thomson Gale's periodical resources in a single search.- Academic OneFile
- Biography in Context
- Books and Authors
- Business Insights: Essentials
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
- Criminal Justice Collection
- Culinary Arts Collection
- Educator's Reference Complete
- Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection
- General BusinessFile ASAP
- General OneFile
- General Reference Center Gold
- Global Issues in Context
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection
- Info Trac K-12 Junior Edition
- Info Trac K-12 Student Edition
- Kids InfoBits
- Literature Resource Center
- Massachusetts History Online
- The New York Times (1995-)
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection
- Nursing Resource Center
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context
- Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection
- Science in Context
- U.S. History in Context
- Vocations & Careers Collection
- World History In Context
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
- JSTOR - Early Journal Content
JSTOR journal content published before 1923 in the United States and before 1870 elsewhere is freely available to all. Early Journal Content spans the arts and humanities, economics and politics, and mathematics and other sciences. It represents 6% of the content on JSTOR.Available at no charge from JSTOR.
- Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory
A guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Newspapers
- The Boston Globe (from Proquest) [Click here!]
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Business Resources
- Business Insights: Essentials [In the Library]
(Thomson Gale) Includes reference content from Gale's core business collection, industry rankings, profiles, market share data, company histories, and more.
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
- General BusinessFile ASAP [In the Library]
(Thomson Gale) 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.
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
En Español!
- Britannica Spanish Reference Center
- Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Escolar (K-8)
- Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Moderna (9-12)
Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Youth Oriented Study
- Infotrac K-12 Junior Edition [Click here!]
(Thomson Gale) Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
- Infotrac K-12 Student Edition [Click here!]
(Thomson Gale) Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
- Kids InfoBits [Click here!]
(Thomson Gale) Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students.Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Don't forget our other invaluable resources. Just click on our Hamilton-Wenham Electronic Resources to access all resources we subscribe to at the institutional level.
Please call the Reference Librarian with any questions you may have regarding these resources.
Modified 8/3/2012
