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Full-text coverage from 1980 to present.

Our largest general-interest periodical resource allows you to find the information you want quickly, with intuitive searching and quality sources. Covers a wide variety of subjects including: business, vocations and careers, cooking and nutrition, home improvement, gardening and horticulture, criminal justice, psychology, science, hospitality and tourism, religion and philosophy, & war and terrorism.

Quick Guide to Gale General OneFile

Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.

HeritageHub Video Tutorial

Click the above link to visit the New York Times in the library. NYT All Access includes News, Cooking, Games, the Athletic and Wirecutter, and the historical archive back to 1851.
Tutorial: Accessing the New York Times

Color full-page and article reproductions of thousands of U.S. and international newspapers and magazines. Usually covers the most current 3 months or more. Also available as an app.

Quick Guide to PressReader

Springfield Republican coverage: 1988 – current. Other newspapers include: Advocate (North Adams), Amherst Bulletin, Berkshire Eagle, Daily Hampshire Gazette, North Adams Transcript, Recorder (Greenfield), Springfield Advocate, Springfield Examiner, and Valley Advocate.

While the Foundation Directory (listed above) helps nonprofit organizations find and connect with grantmakers, GuideStar helps grantmakers and donors connect with nonprofits. Learn more about claiming your nonprofit's GuideStar profile here, and about Candid's Seals of Transparency. Read more about Candid's Go for the Gold program here.

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AtoZdatabases provides reference information on many topics, including: business & executive profiles, residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, real-time job listings, healthcare professionals, movers, homeowners, and much more. This database is ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends, relatives and more.

Quick Guide to AtoZdatabases

Allows you to create your own personalized legal documents specific to your state/province and personal situation. LawDepot is now available through OverDrive. Log in using the Libby app or website linked on the LawDepot page.

Quick Guide to LawDepot

In depth reports on over 30,000 public companies, both U.S. and Global. Information includes financials from company SEC filings, annual reports (current and archived), institutional holdings and insider trading from 1995 to the present.

Formerly known as Reference USA, Data Axle Reference Solutions is the go-to resource for comprehensive data on both businesses and individuals, tailored to the needs of small business owners, marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, and job seekers. It empowers users to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, secure funding, and locate individuals. This platform offers detailed profiles of over 50 million U.S. businesses, 150 million U.S. residents, 7+ million job postings, internships, historical business data, and healthcare listings, making it an invaluable research tool for job seekers, businesses, and researchers.

Quick Guide to Reference Solutions

With BlueCareer you can explore the skilled trades industry. Get the training you need. Connect with prospective employers. Start your career.

(formerly Lynda.com) - Offers 16,000 video courses in business, software, technology, and creative skills, taught by recognized industry experts. Courses are offered in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese. To use the LinkedIn Learning app on your phone, follow these login instructions.

Quick Guide to LinkedIn Learning

Job searching and resume editing software powered by VisualCV Resume Creator provides 5,000 resume templates and cover letter samples. Advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing, and networking. Personalized career assessments focus on a user's interests, values, personality, and workplace preferences. Comprehensive career information, including videos, articles, best practices, and downloadable worksheets are included.

Consumer Reports is a nonprofit product-testing organization which helps users to compare prices, performance, and reliability all in one place with expert reviews.

Quick Guide to Consumer Reports

Has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. This resource requires you to register an account so you may save and continue your progress.

Quick Guide to CreativeBug

Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides do-it-yourselfers with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.

Free live help for students and learners of all ages, available from any computer! HelpNow provides live tutoring in English, math, science and social studies, elementary through adult levels. Help with student papers and resumes. SAT/ACT/citizenship test prep, career resources and more. Spanish-speaking tutors available. Google Play app available.

Quick Guide to Brainfuse
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Provides in-depth, unbiased reports on many topics, including: health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy. Includes access to CQ Almanac, which provides authoritative analysis on the major legislation and actions of congress for each year since 1945.

Quick Guide to CQ Researcher

Gain access to complete curricula for students in Pre K through 5th Grade. Includes monthly and weekly learning plans and worksheets.

Encyclopedias and other specialized reference sources covering the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including medicine, business, law, and more.

Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created to provide “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard. They tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.

Do you wish that learning a language was as easy as watching TV? Lingopie’s language learning platform features over 3,000 real TV shows & movies from around the world that have been turned into interactive language lessons. Use this link to sign up for a FREE account with your library card and get unlimited access to 3,000+ international titles from anywhere and on any device. Available on the web, iOS and Android apps, and Android supported smart TVs. Learning a language is now finally binge-worthy!

Learn a new language with this online tool for learning over 60 languages, including 17 ESL courses. Mobile app available.

Quick Guide to Mango
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Access to the full-text of Merriam-Webster’s flagship dictionary, plus the Collegiate Dictionary, Collegiate Thesaurus, and Merriam-Webster Atlas. Courtesy of Merriam-Webster, located in Springfield MA.

An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues.

BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early literacy skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.

Teachables is an online database of tens of thousands of searchable and printable educational materials. Our teacher-authors create and vet thousands of high-quality, ready-to-use resources to save you countless hours of searching for reliable content.

Learn a new language with this online tool for learning over 120 languages, including 6 language courses made specifically for kids! This resource also includes ESL courses and many language courses for non-English speakers.

Quick Guide to Transparent Languages

Ancestry Library Edition is one of the most important genealogical collections available today with unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Quick Guide to Ancestry

ProQuest Digital Sanborn® Maps (1867-1970) delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities across a century of change. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they changed. Combined with other sources such as city directories, photographs, small-scale maps, census records, genealogies, and statistical data—the Sanborn Maps provide an unparalleled picture of life in American towns and cities.

Provides access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

Quick Guide to Fold3

Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.

Quick Guide to HeritageQuest

An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History.

The Hampden County Law Library is one of 15 Trial Court Law Libraries in Massachusetts. They provide free legal reference services and legal research assistance to all: the public, the legal community, and the courts. They lend most books, videos, discs, etc for 14 days. Here you can access: state and federal laws & cases, electronic databases for legal research, legal forms, and more.

Attend our Ask a Law Librarian Zoom program on Tuesdays to learn more!

Research in case law, government regulations, the practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals.

If you are wondering what to read next, Books & Authors can help you! Browse various genres, read reviews, search for read-alikes, and explore themed book lists.

Current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis.

Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.

All aspects of the nursing profession — from direct patient care to health care administration — are covered. This collection’s current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Includes cross-searchable products. One stop list of all Gale databases. Covers a wide variety of subjects including: business, vocations and careers, cooking and nutrition, home improvement, gardening and horticulture, criminal justice, psychology, science, hospitality and tourism, religion and philosophy, & war and terrorism.

Offers comprehensive coverage of issues that influence women's lives across the globe. Users will find timely and historically relevant content on topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies and primary source documents.

Access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.