Bigelow Free Public Library: Online Resources

Where home access is available, a library code number and your library card number is required. Please contact Bigelow Free Public Library for the code number, or if you have any questions about accessing or using these databases.

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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

Thomson Gale Power Search	In the Library From home
Academic OneFile	In the Library From home
Expanded Academic ASAP	In the Library From home
General Reference Center Gold	In the Library From home
Educator's Reference Complete	In the Library From home
Virtual Reference Library	In the Library From home

Newspapers

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Boston Globe (1980 - current)	In the Library From home
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	In the Library From home
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	In the Library From home
Massachusetts Newsstand	In the Library From home
New York Times (1995 - current)	In the Library From home
Qikan Library 期刊圖書館 (2005 - current)	All access

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Grolier Online Passport

Encyclopedias, dictionaries, homework help

In the Library From home

Biography Resource Center

In the Library From home

Grove Art Online

In the Library From home

Literature and Art

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

Health, Science, and Current Events

Health Reference Center Academic	In the Library From home
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 Click "Additional Facts On File Databases"
American History Online	In the Library
American Women's History Online	In the Library
Massachusetts History Online	In the Library From home

Business

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General Business File ASAP

In the Library From home

Kids & Teens

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

Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

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Bigelow Free Public Library Catalog	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
Overdrive eBooks and video	All access

Funding for these online resources is provided by:

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (Gale databases, ProQuest newspapers)

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

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

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)

Boston Public Library (netLibrary, Qikan Library)

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