Online Resources
As a Newburyport Public Library and MVLC member library card holder, you may access high-quality local, state, and regionally funded databases of full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical and literary databases, as well as general research resources are available online in the library or from home. Note: Home access to online resources is possible by inputting your 14-digit public library barcode number. Databases funded by the Newburyport Public Library are available for at home use by Newburyport Public Library cardholders only.
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
- MVLC
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium website provides access to the online library catalog, MVLC member library websites, and other MVLC member library services.
Digital Audio Book and eBook Downloads from MVLC!
- Overdrive
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium offers free digital audio books and eBooks for your enjoyment. Listen to audio books via your PC, iPod, MP3 player, or other portable devise. Many titles can be burned to CD. Free downloadable eBooks are also available and are compatible with many eReaders. Database funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
Newburyport Resources
- City of Newburyport Online Documents
This online searchable database of public Newburyport documents includes agendas and minutes of City committees, committee reports, and City forms and applications. - Newburyport Daily News and the Current from Newsbank including America's Newspapers [In the Library | From Home]
Search Newburyport Daily News from July 2008 - present and the Current from June 2006 - present, or browse numerous popular national magazines. Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library
Genealogy
- HeritageQuest Online [In the Library | From Home]
Genealogy information, including: US Federal Census, Family Histories, and Revolutionary War Records.
Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library - Ancestry: Library Edition Online [In the Library ONLY]
Genealogy information including: US and UK Census Data, Vital Records, Military Records, Immigration Records.
Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library - New England Historic Genealogical Society Online [In the Library ONLY]
Genealogy information, including Massachusetts Vital Records.
Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library - Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory
guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices.
Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
General and Education Resources
- Testing & Education Reference Center
Testing & Education Reference Center provides interactive practice exams and test preparation resources, college search tools, as well as educational and career-building skills. Tests include the SAT and ACT, Civic Exams, ASVAB and more!
Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library - EBSCOHost [In the Library | From Home]
Database funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Newburyport Public Library
Looking for literary criticism, book suggestions or help with a school project? This is the place to start. Various databases include: -
- Novelist & Novelist Plus
- Consumer Health Complete
- Literary Reference Center
- Points of View
- EbscoHost Web
- History Reference Center
- Science Reference Center
- GreenFILE
- Primary & Middle Search Plus
- and more
- eLibrary [In the Library | From Home]
A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System - InfoTrac® PowerSearch [In the Library | From Home]
PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or several of the Thomson Gale's periodical databases in a single search.
Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Newburyport Public Library
- Grolier Online
[In the Library | From Home]
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge. Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System - OCLC® WorldCat [In the Library | From Home]
(the OCLC Online Union Catalog) Offers more than 46 million bibliographic records--representing 400 languages--and holdings information vital for collection development, cataloging, authority control, and retrospective conversion services.
Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System
Newspapers
- Newburyport Daily News and the Current from Newsbank including America's Newspapers
[In the Library | From Home]
Search Newburyport Daily News from July 2008 - present and the Current from June 2006 - present, or browse numerous popular national magazines.
Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library - eLibrary [In the Library | From Home]
A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System - Massachusetts Newsstand (from Proquest) [In the Library | From Home]
Massachusetts Newsstand includes:
- Berkshire Eagle (2005 to current)
- Boston Globe (1980 to current)
- Boston Herald (1991 to current)
- BusinessWest-Chicopee (1992 to current)
- North Adams Transcript (2005 to current)
- Patriot Ledger (Quincy) (1991 to current)
- Plymouth County Business Review (1991 to current)
- Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) (2005 to current)
- Sun, The (Lowell) (2004 to current)
- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (1989 to current)
- Gazette (Haverhill, Mass.) (12-31-92 to 8-9-97)
- Standard Times (New Bedford) (1-4-92 to 8-19-97)
Business and Legal Resources
- Reference USA
Access business information for US and Canada Businesses, Corp-Tech companies, Healthcare information as well as US and Canada Residential listings.
funded by the Newburyport Public Library - Legal Forms [Click here!]
This online resource delivers everything legal forms ranging from landlord-tenant to name change to wills and everything in between. Browse by topic or search for a specific form.
Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library - General BusinessFile ASAP [In the Library | From Home]
(Thomson Gale) Full-text business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.
Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Youth Oriented Study
- eLibrary [In the Library | From Home]
A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System - Grolier Online
[In the Library | From Home]
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.
Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System - Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical) [In the Library | From Home]
(Thomson Gale) Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.
Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners - Kids InfoBits [In the Library | From Home]
(Thomson Gale) Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Recursos en Español
- ¡Informe!
(Revistas en Español)™ [In the Library | From Home]
(Thomson Gale) The first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines.
Database funded by MLS – the Massachusetts Library System
