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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

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Newspapers

Boston Globe (1980 - current)	In the Library	From home
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	In the Library	From home
Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (2005-current)	In the Library	From home
Lowell Sun (2004 - current)	In the Library	From home
New York Times (1995 - current)	In the Library	From home
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	In the Library	From home
Massachusetts Newsstand	In the Library	From home
Qikan Library 期刊圖書館 (2005 - current)	All access

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Encyclopedia Americana	In the Library	From home
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia	In the Library	From home
Biography Resource Center	In the Library	From home

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Literature and Art

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

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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

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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	In the Library	From home

Business

General Business File ASAP

In the Library

From home

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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]

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Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

Townsend Public Library Catalog	All access
C/WMARS Union Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog	All access
Overdrive - Digital Audiobooks and eBooks	All access

Funding for these online resources is provided by:

Lawrence Library (New York Times, Pepperell Free Press)

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Thomson 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)

Boston Public Library (Qikan Library)

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