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 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 and Magazine Downloads!

• Overdrive
  Merrimack Valley Library Consortium offers free digital audio books, eBooks, magazines, and videos for your enjoyment. Listen to audio books via your PC, iPod, MP3 player, or other portable device. Many titles can be burned to CD. Free downloadable eBooks are also available and are compatible with your Kindle, Nook, and most other eReaders. More Overdrive titles are available through the Boston Public Library to any Massachusetts resident with a BPL eCard.
  Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Newburyport Public Library
• Safari Books from MVLC
  Online computer and technology books.
  Funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Newburyport Public Library
• RBdigital Magazine Collection
  Read complete digital copies of popular magazines for free. Check out current and back issues and keep them as long as you like. Available for your mobile device, Mac and PC.
  Funded by the Newburyport Public Library

Music Downloads from Freegal!

• Freegal Music Service
  Browse through over 11 million songs in the Freegal music catalog as well as video to stream or download for free to your computer and your mobile device.
  Database funded by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Newburyport Public Library

Language Learning from Mango Languages!

• Mango Languages
  It’s fast, it’s fun, it’s Mango, an online language learning system that teaches conversation skills in 48 different languages, including English as a Second Language (ESL).
  Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library

Newburyport Resources

• Newburyport Daily News and the Current from NewsBank including America's Newspapers
  Search Newburyport Daily News from July 2008 to the present and the Current from July 2005 to the present. You can also access over 50 Massachusetts newspapers and 2000 other newspapers from across the United States.
  Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library
• City Documents Online
  Find City of Newburyport Board and Committee documents on the City’s website.

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
• American Ancestors [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
• Newburyport Historical Newspapers
  The Newburyport Public Library has digitized issues of the Daily Herald and other local historical newspapers from 1773 to 1955.
  Database funded by a generous grant to the Newburyport Public Library

Newspapers

• America's Newspapers from NewsBank
  Select from hundreds of national newspapers including the USA Today, the Boston Herald and the Christian Science Monitor, or select from 35 Massachusetts newspapers including the Newburyport Daily News, the Current, the Eagle Tribune, the Salem News, and the Gloucester Daily Times. Popular magazines are also available.
  Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library
• Boston Globe from Proquest
  Read the Boston Globe from 1980 to the current edition.
  Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
• Newburyport Historical Newspapers
  The Newburyport Public Library has digitized issues of the Daily Herald and other local historical newspapers from 1773 to 1955.
  Database funded by a generous grant to the Newburyport Public Library

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 Reports
  • Consumer Health Complete
  • Points of View
  • EbscoHost Web
  • History Reference Center
  • Science Reference Center
  • Elementary School and Student Research Center
  • GreenFILE
  • and more

• InfoTrac® PowerSearch
  PowerSearch makes it possible to find subjects from A-Z in one or many of the Thomson Gale's periodical databases in a single search. Some of the most popular databases are listed below.
  Database funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Newburyport Public Library
• • Academic OneFile
  • Biography in Context
  • Culinary Arts Collection
  • Educator's Reference Complete
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
  • Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection
  • Gender Studies
  • Global Issues in Context

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  • Health and Wellness Resource Center
  • Health Reference Center Academic
  • Home Improvement Collection
  • Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection
  • Info Trac OneFile
  • Info Trac Newstand
  • Literature Resource Center

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  • New York Times
  • Nursing and Allied Health Collection
  • Research in Context
  • Science in Context
  • Small Business Resource Center
  • US History in Context
  • Vocation and Careers Collection
  • World History in Context

Business and Legal Resources

• AtoZdatabases
  Access over 220 million residential listings, 1.1 million healthcare professional listings, and 30 million business profiles. AtoZ is ideal for conducting marketing research, investigating sales leads, or finding employment opportunities.
  funded by the Newburyport Public Library
• InfoTrac Vocation & Careers Collection
• Massachusetts Legal Forms
• Massachusetts Court Forms
• Massachusetts Law Libraries
• Massachusetts Legal Resources
  This site has collected a great deal of information on Massachusetts law that we hope you'll find helpful. Find a form, look up a law, or browse by topic.
• Small Business Resource Center

Youth Oriented Study

• Encyclopedia Britanica Library Edition
• Encyclopedia Britanica School Edition
• Info Trac Student Edition
• Kids Info Bits
• Research in Context

Recursos en Español

• Enclyclopedia Britanica Escolar K-8
• Spanish Reference Center
• Mango Languages
  It’s fast, it’s fun, it’s Mango, an online language learning system that teaches conversation skills in 48 different languages, including English as a Second Language (ESL).
  Database 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. AtoZdatabases es la referencia principal y base de datos de marketing comercializado a instituciones de oficinas de bibliotecas, oficinas académicas y oficinas gubernamentales en los Estados Unidos. Esta solución simple, fácil de usar, basada en la web proporciona detalles acerca de cada negocio y cada hogar dentro de los Estados Unidos.
  Database funded by the Newburyport Public Library