Research Topics

• Infotrac Web - A collection of databases covering topics of general interest as well as business, health, literary criticism, and biography. The collection also includes databases tailored to the needs of younger students and a professional collection of articles for teachers and school administrators.

           Provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners.

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• eLibrary - A good starting point for student research.  Includes full text from magazines & newspapers as well as maps, pictures, transcripts, and audio/video files. Coverage spans the natural & social sciences, business, literature, the arts, politics, technology, and current events.

           Provided by the Southeastern Mass. Regional Library System.

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• Boston Public Library Databases (including JSTOR) - Obtain online access to BPL's large collection of databases by registering for a BPL eCard.

           Click here to apply for a Boston Public Library eCard

• CQ Researcher Online- Authoritative coverage, analysis of politics, policy, social issues and global affairs. Provides users with original, comprehensive reporting on issues in a balanced, unbiased manner, along with tools to study how these topics have changed over time.

           Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

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• Science Reference Center-  Designed to meet students' science
  research needs, the collection covers biology, chemistry, physics, and earth, space, & environmental science. Topics include the history of science, scientists' biographies, and analyses of scientific inquiry and of science & society. The database contains the full text of hundreds of periodicals, encyclopedias, and reference books as well as a collection of videos and scientific images.

          Provided by the Southeastern Mass. Regional Library System.

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• Central Register - The Central Register is the weekly source for information about state, county and municipal contracts being put out to bid for the design, construction and reconstruction of public facilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Invitations to bid, lists of contractors picking up specifications on a weekly basis, and final awards of contracts are all published. Proposals and advertisements for the lease, sale or transfer of real property are published; as are lists of certified minority and women contractors and contractors who have been debarred from state work.

          The Central Register is no longer available in a print edition.

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• Goods and Services Bulletin-The Goods and Services Bulletin is a weekly publication containing solicitations for the procurement of commodities and services (which, generally, are unrelated to construction of public facilities). State purchases of goods and procurements of certain services or consultants are published, while municipal contracts exceeding $100,000 are required to be advertised pursuant to the Uniform Procurement Act (M.G.L. c. 30B). Notices advertising sole source procurements and the availability of surplus property are also published in the Bulletin.

           The Goods and Services Bulletin is no longer available in a print edition.

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Learn a Language

• Mango Languages - Learn a foreign language or study English as a Second Language [ESL]. Languages include: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, ESL Spanish, ESL Polish, & ESL Brazilian Portuguese.  Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

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Newspapers

• Newsbank - Full-text articles from Cape Cod Times (4/99--), and from America's News Magazines (various titles and dates). 

  Provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.

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• ProQuest - Full-text articles from Boston Globe (1980 --), Boston Herald (1991 --), Providence Journal (1983 --), Patriot Ledger (1995 --), New York Times (1999 --), and Wall Street Journal (1984 --), as well as from other Massachusetts regional newspapers.

           Provided by OCLN Member libraries & SEMLS

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Investment Research & Business Directories

• Value Line Research Center - provides access to the full text of the following Value Line publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, convertible securities, and special situation stocks:

                    Value Line Investment Survey

                    Value Line Investment Survey – Small & Mid-Cap Edition

                    Value Line Mutual Fund Survey

                    Value Line Daily Options Survey

                    Value Line Special Situations Service

                    Value Line Convertibles Survey

         Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

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• Reference USA - Directory listings for more than 13 million U.S. businesses and residents; a usefu ltool for jobseekers, sales leads, and direct marketing.

          Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

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Books, Authors & Literary Criticism

• Novelist Collection

     Novelist - Find fiction you'll enjoy. 

                               Novelist Plus - Find fiction & nonfiction you'll enjoy.

                   Novelist K-8 - Find fiction for K-12 readers.

          Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

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• Literary Reference Center - Literary reference and criticism on the most studied authors from antiquity to the present.  Sources include books, monographs, journals, and unique documents unavailable elsewhere.

           Provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners.

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Archive and Special Collections

• Massachusetts Special Collections Directory - Find local archival & special library collections. Provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Directors.

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• Heritage Quest On-line - A resource for census data, family records, and local histories. The collection consists of every extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and much more. Provided by the Hingham Public Library.

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          Home users must enter a Hingham Public Library card numberHeritageQuest Online™

• Ancestry Library Edition - A genealogical tool containing more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases.  It includes vital records, census data, World War I draft registrations, passenger lists and much more.  Records for Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland can also be accessed.

           Provided by the Hingham Public Library. 

          In-library use only.  See the HPL reference desk for assistance.