eLibrary

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader or Kindle app! It’s free and easy to get started for new users. Available on iOS, Android, Chromebooks, and laptop/desktop computers.

Quick Guide to Libby/OverDrive

Borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! Springfield City Library cardholders are limited to 12 borrows per month.

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Provides music players world-class instruction from Grammy Award-winning music professionals. ArtistWorks for Libraries offers users a guided path of video lessons containing everything they need to reach their musical goals. All levels of player are welcome! Note: you must be logged in with your library card to view this resource.

Quick Guide to ArtistWorks

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

Search the full text back to 1985. Indexed coverage to 1965.

This digital archive covers January 1, 2019 and forward, with no delays. It is fully searchable, and you can print, email, or download results.

MassLive provides a searchable index only to Springfield newspapers to aid with microfilm searches. The library does not have access to the full archives online - only microfilm at Central Library.

A searchable online database of more than 6,200 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

See a librarian for assistance.

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

Easy-to-use, state-specific legal forms in dozens of areas, addressing basic legal matters such as corporations (including incorporation), real estate (including rental or lease agreements), bills of sale, and many more. Users have access to thousands of customizable legal documents.

Provides real-time access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds.

Quick Guide to MorningStar

Provides a vast array of financial measures for over 6,000 stocks, 18,000 mutual funds, 200,000 options, and other securities. Delve into Value Line’s accurate estimates, projections and historical data to discover opportunities that fit your investment strategy.

Quick Guide to Value Line

O'Reilly includes more than 45,000 books and 30,000 hours of video in areas such as information technology & software, business, digital media, professional & personal development, desktop & web applications.

Quick Guide to O'Reilly for Public Libraries

Vault publishes numerous employer, career, internship, resume, and interviewing guidebooks. The guides cover industries such as law, consulting, investment banking, accounting, investment management, private equity, hedge funds, internet and social media, IT and engineering, energy, health care, advertising, and more.

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

Offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.

Quick Guide to Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center

Provides access to all Kovels.com articles, identification guides, histories, prices, marks, and how-to guides on buying and selling antiques and collectibles. Note: you must be logged in with your library card to view this resource.

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
Brainfuse – Tutoría y Provechoso Recursos

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.

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Fiero Code is a self-paced learn-to-code software for kids ages 8-18. Through hundreds of coding tutorials and dozens of real-world projects, this high-impact educational e-resource prepares the youth in your library community for jobs and provides meaningful life skills such as critical thinking and problem solving. (Previously known as Prenda.)

Fiero Code Parent Guide

Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Practice for such tests as the GED, SAT and AP, ASVAB, Civil Service, TOEFL, and many others in the privacy of your home.

Quick Guide to Learning Express

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

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Tutorial en español

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.

Access to test prep materials for over 185 exams. Expert college and career guidance, including the ability to search for colleges and scholarships to find the right fit for you.

Quick Guide to Peterson's Test Prep

Offers over 500 online classes in over 30 subject areas that you can take at your own pace. Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) on select classes. Subjects include: career & computer training, crafts & hobbies, health & nutrition, business & finance, writing, and math.

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

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