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Business
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Boston Public Library online business resources
You can access many business resources here including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, AtoZdatabases business directory and S&P Global NetAdvantage.
To obtain an ecard click here.
Fuel Economy is the official government source. It features updated fuel economy data for new and used passenger vehicles, allows side-by-side vehicle comparison and offers fuel-saving tips. It also contains air pollution emissions information and safety ratings and provides links to car buying websites. Fuel economy guides can be found here as well.
State specific legal forms to print.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Find trusted analysis of stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds and markets. (This database replaces the Morningstar Mutual Funds print version which is no longer being published. The library’s license is for ‘one user at a time,’ just as was the case with the print version. If the database is in use, please try again at a later time.)
Value Line’s Investment Survey online includes full-page reports and analyst commentaries as well as TimelinessTM and SafetyTM Ranks of company stocks. Research features include: 1,700 widely-followed analyst covered companies; full industry reports; unbiased ratings and reports; analytical summary & index; guided selection & opinion; and market-driven supplements.
Languages
EBSCO eBooks Spanish & Portuguese Collection
Multidisciplinary E-Books available from academic publishers and university presses.
Learn a new language! Mango offers lessons in 44 languages, including English. (Get the app on the App Store or Google Play). These links take you to an external sites. This link take you to an external site.
Transparent Languages for Libraries
Start as a guest or create a login to track progress. This link take you to an external site.
Current Magazines/ Newspapers
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Visit our reading room to check out the print edition for local Marblehead news.
The Boston Public Library has a wealth of newspaper and magazine resources including the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic 1888 to present and the Boston Globe 1872-1990. To obtain an ecard click here.
Find ratings, reviews, recommendations, and buying advice from the test experts who have been publishing their results for decades. You’ll also find tips and trends in articles written by Consumer Reports unbiased experts.
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Available at the library or via personal account.
Local news source
Local news source
Local news source
Find the international edition, historical articles from 1851 to present day, and articles from the daily Times sections. Also included are mini crossword puzzles, the New York Times Magazine and newsletters. When you first log in, click “redeem” (code will be pre-populated). Continue by creating a log in or with your email for seven day free access.
Magazines including four years of back issues, always available. Includes Boating, Cruising World, Magazine Antiques, Sail Magazine and Yachting.
Print magazines can be located in the Noble catalog.
Genealogy, History and Archived Magazines/Newspapers
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Organized by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, this database includes the New England Historical and Genealogic Register and provides access to 1.4+ billion records spanning the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond, including one of the most extensive online collections of early American genealogical records, the largest searchable collection of published genealogical research journals and magazines, and the only online source for records from Boston’s Catholic Archdiocese. Subscription is for in-library use only.
Includes U.S. and U.K. Census images and indexes, the Social Security Death Index, World War I draft registration cards, Civil War service records, immigration records and many more sources for genealogical research. Available only on Abbot Public Library computers.
The Boston Public Library has a wealth of newspaper and magazine resources including the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic 1888 to present and the Boston Globe 1872-1990. To obtain an ecard click here.
Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online is a non-profit collaborative organization managed by the Boston Public Library. Find thousands of images, documents and sound recordings digitized from member institutions.
Digital Records at the Massachusetts Archives
Gateway to historical research.
Search “MasterFile Premier” for articles or click on “MasterFile Premier” and expand your search to include many other databases. Choose “Advanced Search” and search by journal title to find articles in a particular journal.
“Fold3® provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.”
Heritage Quest Genealogy Research is a collection of digitized images and indexes that provide genealogists, historians and other researchers a huge array of materials for exploring family and local history.
Internet Archive has digitized archived periodicals. The links to these titles and the print versions can be found in the Noble Catalog.
- American Heritage
- Essex Institute Historical Collections
- The Journal of American history
- Magazine Antiques
- The Massachusetts magazine : devoted to Massachusetts history, genealogy, biography
- The Mayflower Descendant
- New England Magazine
- New England Quarterly
- New England Genealogical Register
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Available at the library or via personal account.
MA Library Databases Includes Gale databases containing news and magazine publications with full text articles. Made possible by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and by the Massachusetts Library System.
Visit our reading room to check out back issues of the print edition.
1995-2012 Legend Inc. Print editions reside in our nonfiction collection under 974.45 MARBLEHEAD.
Marblehead Messenger and Marblehead Reporter 1871-1976
Home access.
Marblehead Messenger and Marblehead Reporter 1900 – current year
Provides access to the Marblehead Reporter from 1977 – current year and the Clipping File 1871- current year (from various newspapers and magazines). Funding for this Archive has been generously provided by the Harold B. and Elizabeth L. Shattuck Memorial Fund. In-library use only.
Marblehead Historical Commission
Search their catalog, digital resources and Mapping Marblehead page for digital interactive maps.
Search Digital Resources and Online Collections Database or fill out a research request form.
Massachusetts Historical Commission MACRIS: Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
Find historical information about locations in Massachusetts with multiple ways to search including by town, address, historical name and date range.
In library and home access to Newspaper Archives. Boston coverage includes: Boston Globe (morning and evening editions), 1872-1922; Boston Post, 1831-1922. Includes historical newspapers from the United States.
NOBLE Digital Heritage, a project of the North of Boston Library Exchange, Inc. (NOBLE) and our member libraries, is a collection of resources documenting the rich social and cultural history of our member communities.
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library – Digital Collections
The Digital Collections Portal has historic maps and charts of Boston, surrounding towns and New England.
The Atlascope Project is an interactive map that shows layers from different historical periods. You can limit which dates are shown using the filters at the bottom of the page. Marblehead maps have been sponsored by the Abbot Public Library. For help navigating Atlascope, click here.
Reading, Movies and Television
(Get the app on the App Store or Google Play) for ebooks, audiobooks, movies and television series.
Get the app on the App Store or Google Play for downloading ebooks and audiobooks.
- Great Courses is a video streaming service. Includes 250 courses covering a broad range of subjects for lifelong learning.
- Indieflix Thousands of full length feature films, shorts, documentaries and series from around the world.
- Kanopy Movies, television series, documentaries and British Cinema & TV. Get Kanopy on Libby and you will be directed to the Kanopy app for streaming content. Includes Kanopy Kids.
- Kanopy Kids is an educational and entertaining collection of films and TV series for children.
Magazines including four years of back issues, always available. Includes Boating, Cruising World, Magazine Antiques, Sail Magazine and Yachting. Print magazines can be located in the Noble catalog.
NoveList K-8 is for kids K-8, parents, school and children’s librarians and anyone interested in children’s literature. In addition to recommended books, NoveList K-8 provides lists of award winning books, book discussion guides, author read-alikes, book talks and more.
NoveList Plus helps you find books similar to the ones you especially enjoy, whether you’re matching an author or describing a plot or looking for award winning fiction and non-fiction.
Research
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Find ratings, reviews, recommendations, and buying advice from the test experts who have been publishing their results for decades. You’ll also find tips and trends in articles written by Consumer Reports unbiased experts.
Databases grouped by subject. Includes EBSCO databases. Select one or all of these databases to search for articles. Click on “Title List” to search for a particular publication in each database.
Includes Gale databases with full-text articles from books and reference sources, Britannica Encyclopedia (in English and Spanish), Proquest Science and PebbleGo for kids.
New England Journal of Medicine
Articles available online available 6 months after publication.
Salem Press offers a variety of digital resources on American History, Science, and Health. Included are searchable encyclopedic texts on the solar system; psychology and mental health; American immigration; and each individual decade, from the 1920s to the 1990s, in America.
Search the catalog or email a reference librarian for assistance at the Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries.
Test Prep and Careers
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Driving-Tests gives you access to online driver’s manuals and practice tests for car, motorcycle, and commercial driver’s licenses. All tests are based on current driver’s license manuals and are constantly updated to reflect changes to the manuals.
Learning Express Practice Tests has interactive skill-building practice tests and courses based on official exams such as the SAT, ACT, GRE, GED, LSAT, TOEFL, Real Estate Agent or Broker exam, U.S. Citizenship, Police & Firefighter exams and many more.
Local office located in Salem, MA.
Petersen’s Test Prep (Gale Presents)
Find the tools you need to discover your passion, ace your exams and excel in your career.
Through the Boston Public Library you can access LinkedIn Learning. To obtain an ecard click here.
Travel and Food
Overdrive has many nonfiction travel e-books and downloadable audiobooks. There are guidebooks and nonfiction travel narratives. Checkout the cookbooks as well.
New York Times Digital for NYT Cooking and Travel sections. When you first log in, click “redeem” (code will be pre-populated). Continue by creating a log in or with your email for seven day free access. This link takes you to an external site.