Databases

Mobile Research

Access to library resources no longer ends at the front door. Gale's AccessMyLibrary Public Edition app (for iPhone & Android) uses GPS to find public libraries within a 10-mile radius of the user's location, and then provides free, 24/7, on-the-go access to renowned Gale resources whenever and wherever they're needed. Get the app today!

General Research

Gale Database Power Search

A good starting point for all kinds of research. Select one database or cross-search multiple databases covering a wide range of topics.

Virtual Reference Library

A collection of reference eBooks, including encyclopedias and specialized reference sources. Search a single eBook or search the whole collection.

Health Reference Center

Boston Public Library Databases (including JSTOR)

Obtain online access to BPL's large collection of databases by registering for a BPL eCard.

Books, Authors & Literary Criticism

Novelist (Click here for use from home.)

Information on thousands of fiction titles, updated monthly. Browse by genre, find books in series, get book discussion guides, and use a favorite author to locate other authors with similar appeal.

Gale Database Power Search

Try these databases from the Gale menu:

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Literature Resource Center
Books & Authors
Litfinder

History/Social Science Research

Gale Database Power Search

Try these databases from the Gale menu:

US History in Context
World History in Context
Massachusetts History Online
Global Issues in Context
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Biography in Context

Science Research

Gale Database Power Search

Try this database from the Gale menu:

Science in Context

Newspapers

Boston Globe (1980--)

Boston Herald (1991--)

Plymouth County Business Review (1991--)

New York Times (1985--)

Massachusetts Newsstand

Includes the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.

Cape Cod Times (11/98--) (Click here for use from home.)

Business, Investment, Employment

Value Line Research Center (Click here for use from home.)

Full-text access to these Value Line products:

Value Line Investment Survey + Small & Mid-Cap editions
Value Line Mutual Fund Survey
Value Line Daily Options Survery
Value Line Special Situations Service
Value Line Convertables Survey

Reference USA (Click here for use from home.)

Directory listings for some 13 million US businesses & residents. Useful tool for jobseekers, sales leads, & direct marketing.

MA Central Register

MA Goods & Services Bulletin

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.

Genealogy & Local History

Heritage Quest (Click here for use from home.)

Includes family records; local histories; every extant federal census; family genealogies; tax lists; city directories; land and probate records; birth, marriage and death records; genealogical and local history serials.

Ancestry.com [Available on HPL Internet Workstations only.]

More than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases. Includes vital records, census data, WWI draft registrations, passenger lists and more. Records for Canada, the UK, and Ireland can also be accessed.