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Where home access is available, a valid library
card number is required. Please contact Townsend Public Library if you have questions about accessing or using these databases.

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General resources - Newspapers - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - Literature & Art - Health, Science & Current Events - History - Business - Kids & Teens - Library Catalogs - BPL eCard

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General Resources

InfoTrac Power Search	All access
Academic OneFile	All access
Expanded Academic ASAP	All access
General Reference Center Gold	All access
Educator's Reference Complete	All access
Virtual Reference Library	All access

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Newspapers

Boston Globe (1980 - current)	All access
Boston Herald (1991 - current)	All access
Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise (2005-current)	All access
Lowell Sun (2004 - current)	All access
New York Times (1995 - current)	All access
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - current)	All access
Massachusetts Newsstand	All access

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Biographies

Encyclopedia Americana	In the Library	From home
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia	In the Library	From home
Biography Resource Center	All access

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Literature and Art

Biography Resource Center	All access
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	All access
NoveList Readers' Advisory	In the library	From home
Grove Art Online	In the Library	From home

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Health, Science, and Current Events

Health Reference Center Academic	All access
Issues and Controversies	In the Library	From home
Science Online	In the Library	From home

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History

African-American History Online	In the Library	From home
American History Online	In the Library	From home
American Women's History Online	In the Library	From home
Massachusetts History Online	All access

Business

General Business File ASAP

All access

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Kids & Teens

Grolier Online Kids	In the Library	From home
Kids InfoBits	All access
InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition	All access
InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition	All access
Learning Express (Learn-A-Test)	All Access [Login instructions]

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Library Catalogs & Other Library Resources

Townsend Public Library Catalog	All access
C/WMARS Union Catalog	All access
Massachusetts Virtual Catalog	All access
Overdrive - Digital Audiobooks and eBooks	All access

Funding for these online resources is provided by:

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (Gale databases, ProQuest newspapers)

Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (Grolier Online, Issues and Controversies)

C/W MARS (NoveList, Grove Art, Science Online, Overdrive)

Worcester Public Library (Learning Express)

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