Acton Memorial Library Databases

Subscription Databases

Acton Memorial Library Home Page	Click here for Databases listed alphabetically

Antiques

Antiques Reference (p4a.com) Library access | No home access
Provides information and pricing for antiques sold at fifty leading auction houses. Includes photos of every item. Access to this database is funded by the Acton Memorial Library Foundation, Inc.

Audiobooks

NetLibrary/Recorded Books Library and home access Home access is limited to Acton residents.
Unabridged editions of downloadable audiobooks. These books may be played on compatible MP3 players (players that support WMA DRM), but can not be burned to CD or played on iPods. Learn more by clicking on the access link above.

Automobile repair

Auto Repair Reference Center (Ebsco) Library access | Home access Home access is limited to Acton residents. Automotive repair information for domestic and import vehicles, 1945 to present.

Biography

Biography Resource Center Library and home access
Biographical information from 300 periodical and reference titles, including Contemporary Authors, The Writer’s Directory, and the Marquis Who’s Who.

Business and investing

General BusinessFile ASAP Library and home access
Indexes over 4,500 periodicals and includes the full text of articles from 3,600+ of the indexed titles. It also includes directory information, investment reports, and indexing of three major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal. Use the “Advanced search” option to access Company ProFiles and investment reports by ticker symbol.

ReferenceUSA Library and home access Home access is limited to Acton residents.
A directory of nearly 14 million U.S. businesses, searchable by name, yellow page heading, SIC code, zip code, estimate sales volume, and more. Downloads/prints limited to 25 per search.

Children’s and teen resources

Junior Edition    Library and home access
300 full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for junior high and middle school students.

KidsInfoBits    Library and home access
For students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Includes approx. 100 titles and features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface.

Student Edition    Library and home access
Articles from 1,000+ periodicals and reference books for high school students.

World Book Online    Library and home access
Includes all of the articles form the print encyclopedia, plus periodical articles, pictures, and web links.

Chinese language materials

Dragonsource/Qikan Library Library and home access Requires an MLN library card for both in-library and home access. Full text from 100 popular Chinese magazines, available in both simplified and traditional Chinese. Access is funded by the Boston Public Library.

Minuteman Library Network Catalog with Chinese scripts. Library and home access. Click here for more information.

Community groups

Minuteman Community Information and Referral Database Library and home access
A directory of community groups located in the Minuteman Library Network’s service area. Provides profiles of over 2,200 organizations.

E-books

NetLibrary E-Books Library and home access
A collection of 3,000 electronic books in categories of business, home buying and selling, careers, computers, health, law, psychology, self-help, sports, study guides and travel.

Gale Virtual Reference Library Library and home access
Searchable database of 20+ reference book titles published by the Gale Group.

Education

Educator’s Reference Complete Library and home access
A collection of 600 journals for the teacher and school administrator.

Encyclopedias

World Book Online Library and home access
Includes all of the articles form the print encyclopedia, plus periodical articles, pictures, and web links.

Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition    Library access | No home access
Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records and lots more!

HeritageQuest Online    Library and home acess Home access is limited to Acton residents.
25,000 family and local history books, U.S. census records, and PERSI, an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.

New England Ancestors (NEHGS)    Library access | No home access
Dozens of genealogical databases from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, including full text of the New England Historical and Genealogical Record, The Search for Missing Friends, and Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910.

NewspaperARCHIVE    Library access | No home access
A searchable collection of full-image historical newspaper pages dating from 1759 to 2006. Access to this database is funded by the Acton Memorial Library Foundation, Inc.

General reference

Academic Onefile     Library and home access
Includes indexing from over 10,000+ scholarly periodicals, 4000+ full-text.

Gale Virtual Reference Library    Library and home access
Full content from 20+ reference book titles published by the Gale Group.

General Onefile    Library and home access
Indexing of 11,400+ periodicals, with full text from 6,700+ of the indexed titles.

General Reference Center Gold    Library and home access
Provides indexing of 4,900+ general interest and academic periodicals, and full text from 3600+ of the indexed titles. Also included is full text from 15 reference books.

Powersearch    Library and home access
Search multiple Thomson Gale Infotrac databases simultaneously.

World Book Online    Library and home access
Includes all of the articles form the print encyclopedia, plus periodical articles, pictures, and web links.

Health and medicine

Health Reference Center Academic Library and home access
Indexes 1,100+ medical and health journals and provides full text from over 880 of those titles. Also included is the full text of 700 medical pamphlets and six medical reference books.

History

Massachusetts History Online Library and home access
Indexing and full-text articles from approx. 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history.

Library catalogs

Minuteman Library Network Catalog The catalog of the Acton Memorial Library and 40 other libraries in the Metrowest area.

Minuteman Library Network Catalog with non-Roman (Chinese and Russian) scripts. Click here for more information.

Massachusetts Virtual Catalog
Simultaneously search 14 Massachusetts library catalogs. Request items not available in the Minuteman Catalog.

Massachusetts library networks
A map of the nine Massachusetts public library networks and links to the catalogs.

WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch) Library access | No home access
For home access try the free version at http://www.worldcat.org
A catalog of library holdings worldwide.

Literature and books

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select    Library and home access
An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Literary Reference Center (Ebsco)    Library and home access
A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works.

LitFinder    Library and home access
Includes Poem Finder (full text of 100,000 poems, and indexing of 800,000 poems in collections), Story Finder (full text short stories, explanations and biographies) and Essay Finder.

NoveList    Library access | Home access
This database assists fiction readers in identifying new books to read. It includes best books lists, author read-alikes, feature articles, book reviews, author profiles, book discussion guides, and more.

Magazine and journal articles

Academic Onefile     Library and home access
Includes indexing from over 10,000+ scholarly periodicals, 4000+ full-text.

Electronic Journals, Magazines and Newspapers Finder    Library and home access
Locate full text journals by title in our subscription databases.

General BusinessFile ASAP    Library and home access
Indexes over 4500 periodicals and includes the full text of articles from 3600+ of the indexed titles. It also includes directory information, investment reports, and indexing of three major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal. Use the “Advanced search” option to access Company ProFiles and Investext.

General Onefile    Library and home access
Indexing of 11,400+ periodicals, with full text from 6,700+ of the indexed titles.

General Reference Center Gold    Library and home access
Provides indexing of 4900+ general interest and academic periodicals, and full text from 3600+ of the indexed titles. Also included is full text from 15 reference books.

Health Reference Center Academic    Library and home access
Indexes 1100+ medical and health journals and provides full text from over 880 of those titles. Also included is the full text of 700 medical pamphlets and six medical reference books.

Powersearch    Library and home access
Search multiple Thomson Gale Infotrac databases simultaneously.

Newspapers

Boston Globe 1872-1922 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Library and home access   Home access is limited to Acton residents.
Complete images from the Boston Globe, 1872-1922.

Boston Globe, 2006 – today (Newsbank Electronic Image Editions)
Library and home access   Home access is limited to Acton residents.
Full page images from the Boston Globe, Jan. 01, 2006 – present.

Massachusetts Newsstand (Proquest)    Library and home access
Includes Boston Globe (1980-Current), Boston Herald (1991-Current), Berkshire Eagle (2005-Current), BusinessWest (Chicopee) (1992-Current), North Adams Transcript (2005-Current), Patriot Ledger (Quincy) (1991-Current), Plymouth County Business Review (1991-Current), Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) (2005-Current), The Sun (Lowell) (2004-Current), Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (1989-Current), Gazette (Haverhill (12/31/92 - 8/9/97), Standard Times (New Bedford (1/4/92 - 8/19/97)

New York Times, 1851 – 2003 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Library and home access   Home access is limited to Acton residents.
Complete images from the entire run of the New York Times, 1851 – 2003.

New York Times, 1980 - present (Proquest)    Library access | Home access
Full-text access to the New York Times, 1980-.

New York Times, 2006 – today (Newsbank Electronic Image Editions)
Library and home access   Home access is limited to Acton residents.
Full page images from the New York Times, Jan. 01, 2006 – present.

NewspaperARCHIVE    Library access | No home access
A searchable collection of full-image historical newspaper pages dating from 1759 to 2006. Access to this database is funded by the Acton Memorial Library Foundation, Inc.

Test preparation

LearningExpress Library Library and home access Home access limited to Acton residents.
Educational and career test preparation materials; also includes a computer skills training component.

Funding for online databases is provided by: The Acton Memorial Library; Acton Memorial Library Foundation, Inc.; The Minuteman Library Network; The Massachusetts Library and Information Network and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems; The Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System; and the Boston Public Library with funds provided through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

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Revised 04/07/2008