Salem Public Library, Massachusetts, Databases

DOING RESEARCH?

Residents of northeast Massachusetts have access to high-quality local, state, and regionally funded databases of full-text periodicals, health and business resources, biographical and literary databases.

Online Databases

Select a database from one or more of the categories below. When prompted, input your 14-digit public library patron barcode (on your library card) and begin searching.

Mango Languages — Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages including Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, German, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, and several ESL languages. Remote access available for Salem residents.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 55,000 resource entries from Facts On File.
Auto Repair Reference Center - Provides information on most manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. Contains drawings and step-by-step photographs; technical service bulletins and recalls; enhanced wiring diagrams; specifications and maintenance schedules and much more. You will be prompted to input your 14-digit Salem Public Library Card barcode for access.
Home Improvement Reference Center - Definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including: maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, decorating home and garden, etc. You will be prompted to input your 14-digit Salem Public Library Card barcode for access.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center - Online resource for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, personal watercraft/jet ski, snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. You will be prompted to input your 14-digit Salem Public Library Card barcode for access.
EBSCO's Literary Resource Center - Access literary information about authors and their works, criticisms and reviews, biographies and bibliographies. You will be prompted to input your 14-digit Salem Public Library Card barcode for access.

Genealogy Resources

Heritage Quest – Use the Salem Public Library Card at home for online access to census data, family records, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage, and death records.

Test Preparation

Learning Express Library – The Salem Public Library Card provides online access at home to over 300 online practice exams and quizzes for standardized test preparation (SAT, GED, U.S. Citizenship, TOEFL, and more). In addition, several basic skills products, both online and in print, are available with Spanish translation.

General Research (full-text magazine and journal articles)

bigchalk eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
EBSCOHost (available to card-holders of NOBLE member libraries) Databases include:
InfoTrac® Web (Main Menu) - Gale Group, Inc. Provides access to popular magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, newswire services, business directories, investment reports, health pamphlets, prescription drug information, and literature reviews. Databases include:

Newspapers

bigchalk eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
NewsBank, Inc. Instant full-text access to individual newspaper titles - Boston Globe (1980-current), Boston Herald (1997-current), Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989-current), and Springfield Union-News (1988-current).

Business Research

General BusinessFile ASAP - Gale Group, Inc. Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.
Business and Company ASAP - Gale Group, Inc. Same content as General BusinessFile ASAP without investment analysts' reports. May be easier for high school, smaller public, and community college clientele to use.

Encyclopedias

Grolier Online Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.

Youth Oriented Study

bigchalk eLibrary Easy to use! eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
Grolier Online Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge.
Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical) - Gale Group, Inc. Designed for junior high and middle school students. Includes mainly full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books covering current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids InfoBits - Gale Group, Inc. Covering 75 full-text curriculum-related magazines and 7 reference books, InfoBits targets the research needs of K- 5 students. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface and a subject-based topic tree search..

Reader's Advisory

Novelist is a database that allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. In addition, three powerful search techniques allow readers to look for books by entering descriptive terms that appear in subject headings and reviews. Besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Author Read-alikes, Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks.

eBooks

netLibrary^TM eBook collection Now you can view electronic books on popular topics such as travel, computers, consumer health and business on the web.

Recursos en Español

¡Informe!(Revistas en Español)^TM - Gale Group, Inc. The first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.

Other Research Databases

OCLC® WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) Offers more than 46 million bibliographic records and holdings information vital for collection development, cataloging, authority control, and retrospective conversion services.
Massachusetts Special Collections Directory