Online Resources

As a Newburyport Public Library and MVLC library card holder, you may access high-quality local, state, and regionally funded databases of full-text periodicals, health and business resources, and genealogical databases from home or within the library.

Access online resources from home by entering 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. Don’t have a library card?

Sign-up for a MVLC eCard and get immediate access to Libby and other digital databases.

Massachusetts residents can access additional e-resources via the Boston Public Library by registering for an e-card.

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  • Ancestry: Library Edition Online [In Library ONLY] For NPL Card Holders.
  • Consumer Reports [In Library] [From Home]
  • EBSCOHost [In Library] [From Home]
  • Freegal Music Access a collection spanning over 18 million songs from more than 93,000 music labels worldwide including Sony Music, Epic, RCA, and Columbia. Freegal Music+ also offers a completely redesigned mobile app and website which utilizes modern application practices to ensure an easy-to-use and enjoyable experience. The free application is available for library cardholders and can be downloaded in the Apple® App Store and Google® Play store. For NPL Card Holders.
  • HeritageQuest
  • Kanopy For NPL Card Holders.
  • Libby e-books, e-audio, and digital magazines. Not sure how to access your account? Find FAQs here or call us: 978-465-4428
  • Mango Languages
  • Newburyport Historical Newspapers: Herald 1799-1952. Daily News 1773-1963. Digitized issues of the Daily News 1964-2000 & 2019- [In Library Only]
  • Newburyport Daily News (2008-current) For NPL Card Holders.
  • New York Times For NPL Card Holders.[From Home] Newburyport Public Library card holders enter library card number and library PIN (usually last four digits of your phone number) and redeem code on next page. Create or log in with a NYT account. Code provides access for 24 hours. Return to this page after 24 hours for a new code and log in for continued access. Code redemption from this page required for NYT mobile apps and desktop use.
  • Novelist [In library] [From Home] For NPL Card Holders.
  • Wall Street Journal Newburyport Public Library card holders enter library card number, create a free WSJ account, with 3 days continuous access. After three days, return to this page, click the Wall Street Journal link again and log in as an existing user with your original WSJ username and password. For NPL card holders.

  • MVLC
    • Merrimack Valley Library Consortium website provides access to the online library catalog, MVLC member library websites, and other MVLC member library services.
  • Commonwealth Catalog
    • Request items from libraries throughout Massachusetts.
  • Kanopy Streaming Video
    Stream over 30,000 award-winning documentaries, acclaimed indie, classic, and educational films, and a variety of unique visual content on any computer, television, mobile device or platform with the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. For NPL card holders. Funded by the Newburyport Public Library
  • Libby (formerly Overdrive) E-Books, E-Audio, Magazines and Video
    Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) offers free digital audiobooks, eBooks, magazines, and videos to download. Materials are compatible with PC, Kindle and most mobile devices. Use your MVLC card to borrow additional titles from libraries across the state. Not sure how to access your account? Find FAQs here or call us: 978-465-4428. Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Newburyport Public Library
  • Freegal Music Access a collection spanning over 18 million songs from more than 93,000 music labels worldwide including Sony Music, Epic, RCA, and Columbia. Freegal Music+ also offers a completely redesigned mobile app and website which utilizes modern application practices to ensure an easy-to-use and enjoyable experience. The free application is available for library cardholders and can be downloaded in the Apple® App Store and Google® Play store. For NPL Card Holders.
  • American Ancestors [In Library ONLY]
    Genealogy information, including Massachusetts Vital Records.
    Funded by the Newburyport Public Library
  • Ancestry: Library Edition Online [In Library ONLY] (At home access discontinued by Ancestry Jan 1, 2022).
    Genealogy information including: US and UK Census Data, Vital Records, Military Records, Immigration Records.
    Funded by the Newburyport Public Library
  • Family Search
    Genealogy resources from over 100 countries, over a billion names and images. NPL is an Affiliate Site—many restricted items available on-site using public library computers or wifi connection.
    Funded by the Newburyport Public Library
  • HeritageQuest
    Genealogy information, including: US Federal Census, Family Histories, and Revolutionary War Records.
    Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
  • Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory
    Guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk’s offices.
    Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
  • Newburyport Historical Newspapers: Herald 1799-1952. Daily News 1773-1963. Digitized issues of the Daily News 1964-2000 & 2019- [In Library Only]
  • Newburyport Daily News (2008-current) For NPL Card Holders.
  • America’s Newspapers from NewsBank
    National newspapers including USA Today, Boston Herald and Christian Science Monitor, and 35 Massachusetts newspapers including Newburyport Daily News, Record Citizen, Eagle Tribune, Salem News, and Gloucester Daily Times. Popular magazines are also available.
    Funded by the Newburyport Public Library
  • Boston Globe from Proquest
    Boston Globe from 1980 to the current edition.
    Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
  • Digitized issues of the Daily News 1964-2000 & 2019- [In Library Only] Funded by a generous grant to the Newburyport Public Library
  • New York Times Funded by the Newburyport Public Library, for NPL Card Holders.
    • [In Library] Click on link and create an account with your email address to use the New York Times online at the Newburyport Public Library.
    • [From Home] Newburyport Public Library card holders enter library card number and library PIN (usually last four digits of your phone number) and redeem code on next page. Create or log in with a NYT account. Code provides access for 24 hours. Return to this page after 24 hours for a new code and log in for continued access. Code redemption from this page required for NYT mobile apps and desktop use.
  • Newspapers.com Northeast Collection by Ancestry.com For NPL Card Holders. Search for obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, social pages, articles, sports, advertisements, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle pages, comics, and more in regional and local papers throughout New England from 1690 to 2011.
  • Wall Street Journal Newburyport Public Library card holders enter library card number, create a free WSJ account, with 3 days continuous access. After three days, return to this page, click the Wall Street Journal link again and log in as an existing user with your original WSJ username and password. Funded by the Newburyport Public Library

  • AtoZ Databases en Español Acceso a más de 220 millones de listados residenciales, listados de profesionales de la salud, 1,1 millones y 30 millones de perfiles de negocios. Esta solución simple, fácil de usar, basada en la web proporciona detalles acerca de cada negocio y cada hogar dentro de los Estados Unidos. 
  • Britannica Moderna
  • Encyclopedia Britanica Escolar K-8
  • Mango Languages Mango es un sistema de aprendizaje de idiomas en línea que enseña habilidades de conversación en 48 idiomas diferentes, incluido el inglés como segundo idioma (ESL).
    Funded by the Newburyport Public Library
  • EBSCOHost [In Library | From Home]
    Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Newburyport Public Library
  • Consumer Reports
  • NoveList Plus,
  • NoveList K-8 Plus,
  • General Research on EBSCOHost
  • InfoTrac® PowerSearch Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Newburyport Public Library