The Internet is a great source of information, but sometimes it just doesn't have the quality information you need. Memorial Hall Library provides access to quality "paid" databases that provide articles and information that just aren't available on the "free" Internet. All you need is your Memorial Hall Library card to access all of the below resources. If you have a library card from other Massachusetts public libraries you will be able to access some of these resources, but not all.
If you need help accessing the below resources just contact the Information Services Desk at 978-623-8401 x32
Academic OneFile contains 8,000 academic journals, mainly in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1995.
Ancestry Library is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in details than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
Biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts. Includes over one million thumbnail biographies from the Complete Marquis Who's Who, the Who's Who of African Americans, and 250 full-text periodicals.
Coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements, syndicated columns excluded.
11,000+ critical essays on contemporary authors, including biographical/critical introduction, list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study.
Resumes need to grab the attention of an employer almost immediately in order to have the best chance of making it through the weeding process. Cypress Resume's gigantic library of tens of thousands of professional statements is designed to do exactly that.
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any
educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the
collegiate and graduate level. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text,
with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database. This database covers
multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty
-- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's
Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.
Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone.
The Global Road Warrior is a database for students, travelers, businesspeople or anyone interested in world cultures, providing current information on 175 countries.
Each country listing includes key facts about the people, economy, work week, holidays, money, foreign exchange, climate, immunization, entry and departure, internal travel information, country map, accommodations, and more. It also includes a cultural "crib sheet" on greetings and courtesies, business meetings, attire and socializing.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for junior high and middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Topics include: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search.
Information on thousands of authors and their works including plot summaries, literary criticism,
biographies, and book reviews from classical times to the present
Contains full text for 27,500 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000
articles/essays of literary criticism, 140,500 author biographies (including 20,000 in-depth bios),
350 literary journals, 535,000 book reviews, 54,000 classic and contemporary poems, 14,500 classic
and contemporary short stories, 4,000 author interviews, 8,400 classic texts and the following works:
Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Beacham's Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes)
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature
The Literary Encyclopedia
The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story
Combining selections from their vast periodical content, Massachusetts History Online contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, Massachusetts History Online provides a targeted resource for information relating to the study of Massachusetts History.
Includes pre-made reader advisory lists divided into several categories, "read-alike" lists, prepared
book discussion guides, and teaching materials for educators. Searchable by title, author, keyword, plot
description and series name. Search results can be limited by reading and age level.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.
Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Learn the following languages on your own terms and in your own time: Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, American Sign Language, and English for Spanish Speakers.
Available to Andover cardholders only. Attention new users! Enter your library card number without spaces.
Users can browse more than 2,500 business titles online just as they would books in print. Each title contains a complete table of contents with
chapter links for easy page-to-page browsing. All charts, graphs, and other images are included just as originally published.
This subscription gives access to titles published during the last two full calendar years, plus titles that are published during the current
calendar year. Publishers include:
The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.
Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images — all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
TrueFlix leverages the content of 47 "True Books" to help students hone literacy skills,
build knowledge of subject-area content, and cultivate 21st-century skills through the inquiry process.
The entire True Book series, which covers
subjects in social studies and science, is
supported with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content and
primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and text.
For beginning
researchers, the Project Idea includes
a project goal with ideas or
questions on how to kickstart research, perfect for a
class activity or homework
assignment.
Every TrueFlix topic is accompanied by a lesson plan with
teaching activities that are tied to the specific content of that TrueFlix topic.
Every lesson plan includes a discussion of the TrueFlix video and a review
of vocabulary words used in the TrueFlix flipbook. Each also provides a
small-group activity based on the flipbook and a project idea.
Ancestry Library is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in details than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
Biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts. Includes over one million thumbnail biographies from the Complete Marquis Who's Who, the Who's Who of African Americans, and 250 full-text periodicals.
11,000+ critical essays on contemporary authors, including biographical/critical introduction, list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study.
Information on thousands of authors and their works including plot summaries, literary criticism,
biographies, and book reviews from classical times to the present
Contains full text for 27,500 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000
articles/essays of literary criticism, 140,500 author biographies (including 20,000 in-depth bios),
350 literary journals, 535,000 book reviews, 54,000 classic and contemporary poems, 14,500 classic
and contemporary short stories, 4,000 author interviews, 8,400 classic texts and the following works:
Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Beacham's Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes)
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature
The Literary Encyclopedia
The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story
Includes pre-made reader advisory lists divided into several categories, "read-alike" lists, prepared
book discussion guides, and teaching materials for educators. Searchable by title, author, keyword, plot
description and series name. Search results can be limited by reading and age level.
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.
Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images — all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
TrueFlix leverages the content of 47 "True Books" to help students hone literacy skills,
build knowledge of subject-area content, and cultivate 21st-century skills through the inquiry process.
The entire True Book series, which covers
subjects in social studies and science, is
supported with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content and
primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and text.
For beginning
researchers, the Project Idea includes
a project goal with ideas or
questions on how to kickstart research, perfect for a
class activity or homework
assignment.
Every TrueFlix topic is accompanied by a lesson plan with
teaching activities that are tied to the specific content of that TrueFlix topic.
Every lesson plan includes a discussion of the TrueFlix video and a review
of vocabulary words used in the TrueFlix flipbook. Each also provides a
small-group activity based on the flipbook and a project idea.
Resumes need to grab the attention of an employer almost immediately in order to have the best chance of making it through the weeding process. Cypress Resume's gigantic library of tens of thousands of professional statements is designed to do exactly that.
Users can browse more than 2,500 business titles online just as they would books in print. Each title contains a complete table of contents with
chapter links for easy page-to-page browsing. All charts, graphs, and other images are included just as originally published.
Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
Over 500 online continuing education courses available 24/7. These courses are
both self-paced an instructor-led and cover a wide array of topics. A valid e-mail address is required to sign up for courses.
The Global Road Warrior is a database for students, travelers, businesspeople or anyone interested in world cultures, providing current information on 175 countries.
Each country listing includes key facts about the people, economy, work week, holidays, money, foreign exchange, climate, immunization, entry and departure, internal travel information, country map, accommodations, and more. It also includes a cultural "crib sheet" on greetings and courtesies, business meetings, attire and socializing.
Learn the following languages on your own terms and in your own time: Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, American Sign Language, and English for Spanish Speakers.
Available to Andover cardholders only. Attention new users! Enter your library card number without spaces.
Over 500 online continuing education courses available 24/7. These courses are
both self-paced an instructor-led and cover a wide array of topics. A valid e-mail address is required to sign up for courses.
Over 500 online continuing education courses available 24/7. These courses are
both self-paced an instructor-led and cover a wide array of topics. A valid e-mail address is required to sign up for courses.
Academic OneFile contains 8,000 academic journals, mainly in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1995.
Coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements, syndicated columns excluded.
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any
educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the
collegiate and graduate level. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text,
with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database. This database covers
multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty
-- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's
Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.
Includes the full text and images of forty nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for junior high and middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Topics include: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search.
Combining selections from their vast periodical content, Massachusetts History Online contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, Massachusetts History Online provides a targeted resource for information relating to the study of Massachusetts History.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.
Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Academic OneFile contains 8,000 academic journals, mainly in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1995.
The Global Road Warrior is a database for students, travelers, businesspeople or anyone interested in world cultures, providing current information on 175 countries.
Each country listing includes key facts about the people, economy, work week, holidays, money, foreign exchange, climate, immunization, entry and departure, internal travel information, country map, accommodations, and more. It also includes a cultural "crib sheet" on greetings and courtesies, business meetings, attire and socializing.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for junior high and middle school students covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for grades 9–12 covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search.
Combining selections from their vast periodical content, Massachusetts History Online contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. Containing data from a range of publications, Massachusetts History Online provides a targeted resource for information relating to the study of Massachusetts History.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.
Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
This subscription gives access to titles published during the last two full calendar years, plus titles that are published during the current
calendar year. Publishers include:
The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Over 500 online continuing education courses available 24/7. These courses are
both self-paced an instructor-led and cover a wide array of topics. A valid e-mail address is required to sign up for courses.
