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General Resources - Newspapers - Magazines - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - Literature & Art - Health, Science & Current Events - History - Business - Kids & Teens - Library Catalogs - BPL eCard
General Resources
| Gale Power Search | In the Library From Home |
| Academic OneFile | In the Library From Home |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | In the Library From Home |
| General Reference Center Gold | In the Library From Home |
| Educator's Reference Complete | In the Library From Home |
topNewspapers
| Boston Globe
(1980 - current) |
In the Library |
| Boston Herald
(1991 - current) |
In the Library From Home |
| Lowell Sun
(2001 - current) |
In the Library |
| New York Times
(2000 - current) |
In the Library |
| New York Times Magazine | In the Library |
| Pepperell Free Press
(2001 - current) |
In the Library |
| Worcester Telegram & Gazette
(1989 - current) |
In the Library From Home |
| Massachusetts Newsstand | In the Library From Home |
| Other U.S Newspapers | In the Library |
Magazines
| America's News Magazines | In the Library |
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies
| Encyclopedia Americana | In the Library |
| Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia | In the Library |
| Biography Resource Center | In the Library From Home |
Literature and Art
| Biography Resource Center | In the Library From Home |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism Select | In the Library From Home |
| New York Times Book Review | In the Library |
| NoveList Readers' Advisory | In the library |
| Grove Art Online | In the Library |
Health, Science, and Current Events
| Health Reference Center Academic |
In the Library From Home |
| Issues and Controversies | In the Library |
History
| African-American History Online |
In the Library
From home |
| American History Online |
In the Library From home |
| American Women' History Online |
In the Library From home |
| Massachusetts History Online | In the Library From Home |
Business
| General Business File ASAP | In the Library From Home |
Kids & Teens
| Grolier Online Kids | In the Library |
| Kids InfoBits | In the Library From Home |
| InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition | In the Library From Home |
| InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition | In the Library From Home |
| Learning Express (Learn-A-Test) | All Access |
Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources
| Lawrence Library Catalog | All access |
| C/WMARS Union Catalog | All access |
| Massachusetts Virtual Catalog | All access |
| Digital Catalog of Audiobooks and eBooks | All access |
Funding for these online resources is provided by:
- Lawrence Library (New York Times, Newsbank: Pepperell Free Press & regional newspapers and Newsbank Jobs)
- Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System (Gale databases, Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies, ProQuest newspapers)
- C/W MARS (NoveList, Grove Art, Digital Catalog)
- Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)
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