Medford Public Library
Online Resources

Academic OneFile

Contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text. Also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1985.

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Agriculture Collection

Articles on farming, horticulture, and agriculture-related fields from nearly 200 authoritative journal titles.

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Ancestry Library ​​​​

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY

Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records and lots more!

APS Journals

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY

This database consists of articles from physics journals published by the American Physical Society, a professional organization of physicists.

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AtoZDatabases

AtoZdatabases is the premier reference and marketing database for Library, Academic, and Government institutions throughout the U.S. This simple, user-friendly, web-based solution provides details on every business and every household within the U.S

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AuthorCheck

AuthorCheck tracks your favorite authors and alerts you when a new book arrives at Medford Public Library. Access a database of 70,000 popular authors.

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BiblioBoard®

Contains primary source materials including books, images, maps, articles, audio and video from leading publishers and archives around the world as well as a growing library of traditional publisher content including, fiction, graphic novels, comics, children's books and university press books.

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Biography In Context

Biography in Context provides information and insight into the world's most influential people. This resource combines biographical information with multimedia and articles to present lives in context. 

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Boston Consumers' Checkbook

The Boston Consumers' Checkbook evaluates the quality and prices of local service firms and stores and provides help to consumers to buy or lease a new car. Checkbook's health guides provide critical ratings and reports on doctors, hospitals, and health plans.

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Boston Globe

Provides full text access to The Boston Globe - 1980-current.

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Britannica Library

Contains the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton's by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, each covering the research needs of a different age group. Also contains magazine articles, a homework help section, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri, a Spanish-English dictionary, and video and audio content.

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Britannica School Edition

For Elementary, Middle and High School levels,  this reference and learning suite also offers high-quality online learning materials that have been developed by teachers and curriculum experts. 

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Britannica Escolar

Enciclopedia K-8 para hablantes nativos y estudiantes que aprenden español / K-8 encyclopedia for native speakers and students learning Spanish

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Britannica Learning Zone

Grade Level PreK-5. Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, interactive learning environment that gives early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities.

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Business Collection

This collection contains articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields.

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Business Economics and Theory

This collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research.

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Communications and Mass Media Collection

This collection provides information from more than 100 journals focused on  the communications field. Key subjects covered include: marketing, advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.

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Consumer Reports Online

ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations.

Credo Reference

A database that features online content from reference books in a broad range of subjects. The topic page resulting from your subject search presents and organizes relevant results from these 500+ resources as well as relevant results from the library's other library resources including books, ebooks, ejournals, databases and more.

Criminal Justice Collection

The Criminal Justice Collection database focuses on all aspects of the criminal justice field. Publications include: American Criminal Law Review; Corrections Today; Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice Ethics; Forensic Examiner; Psychology Today; and more.

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Current Topics

Selected essays from Salem Press to help explore current events, topics include: Civil Disobedience, Social Justice, Nationalism & Populism, Violent Demonstrations, and Race Relations.

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Digital Collection (from OverDrive)

The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman's shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.

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Diversity Studies Collection

A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.

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Educator's Reference Complete

A collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports (most full-text) focusing on all levels of education, educational administration and policy.

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Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

This collection provides multiple viewpoints of the field of environmental issues and policy including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

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Expanded Academic ASAP

From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text and images!

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Fine Arts and Music Collection

With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection provide resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

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Gale PowerSearch

Search all Gale resources at once with PowerSearch. Search all the journals, magazines, primary sources, and reference resources provided Gale, or select which databases to search. 

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Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

A collection of reference sources and journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, this collection provides information for gardening enthusiasts and professionals alike.

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Gender Studies Collection

This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.

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General OneFile

General OneFile is a source for news and periodical articles, including most of the content across all Thomson/Gale databases. OneFile contains full-text periodical titles, and more than 9,200 titles in all, on a wide range of topics.

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General Science Collection

Stay current on the latest scientific developments with this collection of 200 journal in the sciences, including such topics as particle physics and quantum theory, advanced mathematics, biotechnology, and many more.

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Global Issues in Context

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, and current events. Portals bring together a variety of sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. 

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Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health Module

Includes health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, health videos from Healthology, Inc., pamphlets and health-related articles from general interest publications, in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material is intended for informational purposes only.

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Health Reference Center Academic

Articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more. Material is intended for informational purposes only.

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HeritageQuest Online

HeritageQuest Online is a digital resource that combines searchable images of U.S. federal genealogical census records with digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country. It includes 25,000 family and local history books, U.S. census records, and PERSI, an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.

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Home Improvement Collection

Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

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hoopla

Borrow digital video, music and audiobooks. Access thousands of titles and watch on your smartphone, tablet or computer. There’s no waiting to borrow and automatic return eliminates all late fees. Create an account with your library card number.

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Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

Provides coverage of the hospitality and tourism field, including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.

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Information Science and Library Issues Collection

Information professionals and other knowledge workers will find information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

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InfoTrac Newsstand

InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

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Insurance & Liability Collection

This collection, comprised of nearly 40 insurance-related journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

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Kanopy

An on-demand streaming video service that offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. Kanopy provides access to films and documentaries from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection

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Kids InfoBits

For Grades K-5. A content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use digital resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics.

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Legal Forms

Comprehensive library of Massachusetts Legal Forms , Legal Terms Dictionary, Legal Questions and Answers, Law Summaries for all 50 states.

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Literature Resource Center

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

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Mango Languages

Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of foreign languages. It also features ESL instruction in English, tailored for speakers of more than a dozen languages.

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Milestone Documents in American History

Milestone Documents in American History pairs primary source documents with analytical essays and commentary, providing students of history a full understanding of each document's importance and historical context.

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Morningstar Investment Research Center

Comprehensive and up-to-date financial information on stocks, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Use the "Help & Education" tab to access the User's Guide and investor education resources.

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Military and Intelligence Database Collection

Find articles on governmental policies, socioeconomics effects of war, and more. Includes The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World Almanac and Book of Facts.

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Naxos Music Library

A music service featuring predominantly classical and world music, but also including jazz and blues, from the entire Naxos label catalog as well as other specialty record labels.

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New Book Alerts

New Book Alerts is a free online service that showcases the newest titles purchased by Medford Public Library. You can select to receive alerts via email and/or RSS feeds. If you see a new title that you are interested in, just click "check catalog" to place a hold on the item right away

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New York Times

This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

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NYTimes.com

IN LIBRARY USE         HOME ACCESS

Enjoy free access to NYTimes.com. For both in-library and home access, create an account and log in using that account. Coverage includes 1981 to Current, plus historic coverage 1851-1922. Home Access includes NY Times App and 5 Premium Archive (1923-1980) articles per day. For more information see Minuteman's NY Times FAQ

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Niche Academy

Niche Academy provides ready-to-use tutorials for the most commonly used library electronic resources.

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NoveList

Not sure what to read next? Find read-a-likes, recommendations, and more, all curated by librarians and publishing insiders. (Log in with your Minuteman library card.)

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Nursing and Allied Health Collection

This collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum

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Online Book Clubs

There’s a book club for just about everyone — fiction, non-fiction, romance, mystery, science fiction, audio, business, teen, good news, horror, and pre-publication (be the first to see these soon-to-be-released books).

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Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection

This collection covers the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access to topics discussed in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.

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Pop Culture Collection

 This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

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Popular Magazines

Popular Magazines includes 1000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac product line. All the titles were selected based on the actual publication searches performed by library patrons.

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Profiles of Massachusetts

Provides demographic and statistical data on all populated communities and counties in the states for which the US Census provides individual statistics. This edition also includes profiles of 104 unincorporated places based on US Census data by zip code.

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Psychology Collection

Find articles on personality, the human mind, memory, and more. Access hundreds of subject-appropriate full-text periodicals - many cited in the PsycINFO index.

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Religion & Philosophy Collection

Research religions and philosophies of the world and how they impact our daily lives. This collection includes journals relating to spirituality and ideas.

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Research in Context

Reasearch in Context covers the most-studied topics in literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history, as well as the social issues most relevant to middle school students.

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Salem Health

Guides provide general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. Titles include, Salem Health: Cancer, Infectious Diseases & Conditions, Magill’s Medical Guide, Sixth Edition, Psychology and Mental Health

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ScienceFlix

(Grades 3+) Offering more than 50 complete units of study with over 8,000 science-related assets in a variety of media, ScienceFlix provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, interactive features and more.

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SelectReads

MySelectReads alerts you to new titles on subjects you’ve selected for yourself. Choose topics you’re interested in, enter your email address and you’ll get a weekly bulletin with book recommendations generated specifically for you.

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Science In Context

Science in Context provides topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations, as well as articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. 

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Small Business Collection

Perfect for business school students and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.

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Small Business Resource Center

Covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more, to fit your research needs at any point in your business's development.

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Student Edition

Find information on high school research topics plus pop culture, sports, and more the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

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U.S. History Collection

This collection provides coverage of the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly works. Provides balanced coverage useful to the novice historian and the advanced academic researcher.

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U.S. History in Context

This resource combines content from reference sources with with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

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Universal Class

Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.

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Vocations & Careers Collection

Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

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War & Terrorism Collection

A  collection for students of history, social science and current events. Gain valuable insight the causes, impacts and perceptions of war and terrorism on a global scale. 

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Weapons & Warfare

Information about weaponry, tactics, and models of warfare from ancient times to the present, worldwide. The focus on the technical and strategic development of weapons and tactics, more than on a narrative chronological history of events, allows students of history, political science, science and technology alike to gain a broad understanding of the technological and strategic advances made over time and geography.

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Weiss Ratings

Financial Ratings Series, published by Grey House Publishing, offers a single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering Insurance, Banks, and Credit Unions.

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World History Collection

Coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, and scholarly works. Provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful to the novice historian and the advanced academic researcher.

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World History In Context

Combines content from reference sources with with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

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World Political Yearbook

World Political Yearbook, profiles every nation and self-governing territory around the world, providing detailed analyses of the major events and current political climate, from over 200 countries.

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WorldCat

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY

OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. For home access try the free version at http://www.worldcat.org​​​​​​​