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America the Beautiful
(Remote Access Available)
Designed for elementary and middle school grade levels. State-by-state history, current events, timelines, and biographies covering our nation’s Presidents, celebrated Americans, cities, and natural wonders. Includes interactive almanacs, puzzles and games.
Auto Repair Reference Center
(Remote Access Available)
Covers vehicles from 1945- present. Includes complete automotive repair manuals originally published in the Chilton Total Car Care Series; factory drawings and step-by-step photographs; technical service bulletins & recalls; wiring diagrams; specifications & maintenance schedules and more. Updated continuously.
All content has been created by ASE certified technicians.
Biography Collection Complete
Comprehensive collection of over 177,000 full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas.
Business Source Premier
(Remote Access Available)
Provides index, abstracts and full text of scholarly business journals. Covers all areas of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Updated daily. Available in 13 languages.
Career Library
(Remote Access Available)
Comprehensive resource for career and college research. Five user-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more. Explore thousands of occupations, Cool Jobs, career paths, Colleges & Universities. Includes planning checklists, Resume Builder, web links and more.
Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry
(Remote Access Available)
Over 250,000 full-text poems, criticism, commentaries, and biographies of leading poets. Includes history of poetry, techniques for writing and comparing poetry, a glossary of poetic terms and side-by-side translations. Searchable by subject, poet nationality, cultural identity, gender, language, & more.
INSTRUCTIONS
Remote Users: Enter the first 5-digits of your Pawtucket Public Library card number as the username and password.
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EBSCOhost Database Collection
(Remote Access Available)
Search many databases at once. List of links to all EBSCO reference and research databases. Provides access to articles, magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, pamphlets, etc. covering all subject areas.
Available in 13 languages.
E-Zone Downloadable Media
Checkout and download audiobooks and ebooks from home with a valid Pawtucket Public Library card. You must have a computer or device that meets the system requirements for the type(s) of digital materials you wish to check out. Free software for the computer or device on which you wish to use the materials available at this site.
Facts on File World News Digest (1940-Current)
(Remote Access Available)
Includes the full text of Facts On File World News Digest since 1940, top story timelines, historic events, key issues, people in the news, newspaper editorials and cartoons, What Happened that Day, obituaries, country profiles, primary documents, images, charts, maps plus a live hourly news feed from Reuters®.
INSTRUCTIONS
Remote Users: At login enter your 14-digit Pawtucket Public Library card number.
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Health: Consumer Health Complete
(Remote Access Available)
Full text articles from health reference books, encyclopedias, pamphlets, newswires, alternative health sources, etc. Covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine, drug and herb information & much more. Available in 13 languages.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
(Remote Access Available)
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.
Updated Daily. Available in 13 Languages.
HELIN Catalog
Shared library catalog of the HELIN Library Consortium, which is composed of ten academic libraries, and fifteen health sciences libraries.
Ask A Librarian for assistance obtaining materials in this catalog.
HeritageQuest Online
(Remote Access Available)
Full-text genealogy and local history collections combined with digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records from 1790-1930. Includes Freedman’s Bank (1865-1874).
History Reference Center
(Remote Access Available)
Comprehensive history database designed for secondary through undergraduate college research. Features full text of thousands of reference books, encyclopedias and nonfiction books from leading history publishers. Includes full text of history periodicals, historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, and video.
Homework Help
(Remote Access Available)
Free online help from real tutors, every day 2pm-10pm. En Español available Sunday-Thursday,
2pm-10pm. Todos los días de 2pm-10pm.
Home Users: Minimum Requirements
Kids Search
(Remote Access Available)
For elementary/middle school students (K-8). User-friendly interface covering key subject areas. Includes Primary Search, EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, photos, maps, flags and much more. Automatically searches all appropriate databases simultaneously.
Lands and People
(Remote Access Available)
Designed for middle and high school grade levels.
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events. Includes maps, atlases, Culture Cross, games and activities.
Learning Express Library
(Remote Access Available)
Learning Express Library offers skill building ESL courses and online practice tests that are true previews of the official tests, including the ASVAB, GED, GRE, SAT, U.S. Citizenship exams, Computer Skills courses & more. Instant scoring and individualized evaluations highlight your strengths and weaknesses. Complete right and wrong answer explanations are provided to help you improve your test scores. Enjoy unlimited access and the ability to proceed at your own pace. You can take a test as many times as you like!
INSTRUCTIONS
Remote Users: At login enter your OSL library card number.
When you use Learning Express Library for the first time you will have to create a personal account by selecting "new user" and registering a username and password.
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Literary Reference Center
(Remote Access Available)
Comprehensive database of reference works, books, and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, synopses, work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, poems, short stories, classic novels and more.
TIP: For Classics click on Browse Works and select Full Text Classics from the drop-down menu.
Mango Languages
(Remote Access Available)
Language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for over 20 languages and includes a text translator. The database also features ESL lessons in many languages including Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, and Spanish. Use Mango Basic courses to quickly learn some basic words and phrases or use Mango Complete to go beyond basic language skills.
MasterFILE Premier
(Remote Access Available)
Magazine, newspaper, general reference, business, health, education, general interest, general science, multicultural issues and more. Reference books, biographies, primary source documents.
Updated daily. Available in 13 languages.
New Book of Popular Science
(Remote Access Available)
Encyclopedia of Science & Technology with Science in the News
Covers the fields of science, technology, and medicine. Includes a stargazer primer, games, puzzles, and brainteasers, top science stories in the news and more.
NewsBank
(Remote Access Available)
Includes The (Pawtucket) Times, The Valley Breeze Pawtucket Edition and Rhode Island Historical Newspapers
Rhode Island Historical Newspapers:
Includes: The Pawtucket Times January 1, 1898 – February 28, 1921
and 27 other historical Rhode Island newspapers.
The Times: June 10, 2008 - Current
Full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Times. Includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections. Updated daily.
The Valley Breeze Pawtucket Edition: August 19, 2009 – Current
Full-text weekly newspaper serving the cities and towns of Northern Rhode Island and the Blackstone Valley.
- INSTRUCTIONS
Remote Users: At login enter your 14-digit Pawtucket Public Library card number.
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NoveList Plus
(Remote Access Available)
Complete readers’ resource for fiction and nonfiction. Most comprehensive guide to fiction and nonfiction series. Recommended reading lists for adults, teens, and kids covering both fiction and nonfiction genres and topics. Includes Readers’ advisory, genre outlines, curriculum connections, discussion guides, & more.
NoveList K-8 Plus
(Remote Access Available)
Comprehensive guide to fiction and nonfiction genres and topics created especially for teens and kids. Designed to support the curriculum and kids’ pleasure reading with hand selected titles on a variety of reading levels and curricular topics. Includes Grab & Go Book Lists, Recommended Reads, Picture Book Extenders, Award Lists & more.
Points of View Reference Center
(Remote Access Available)
Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Provides a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century from which students can develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
Providence Journal (1983- Current)
(Remote Access Available)
Contains feature articles published in the Providence Journal newspaper. Does not include any photos.
ReferenceUSA Business Directory
(Remote Access Available)
Directory of over 14 million US businesses, including home-based businesses. Entries include business name and phone number, complete address, key executives, SIC Codes, number of employees, sales volume, expenditures and much more.
Salud en Español (Consumer Health Complete)
(Acceso desde la casa disponible)
Provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, infecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos, y mucho más.
INSTRUCCIONES
Usuarios desde la casa: AL entrar(logiar) ponga los 14 digitos de su tarjeta de la libreria de Pawtucket.
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Student Research Center
(Remote Access Available)
For secondary school students, user-friendly interface searches many databases at once. Search by content type: magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, film & video. Includes TOPICsearch, Health Source, and Newspaper Source, an online dictionary, encyclopedia and much more. Available in 13 languages.
World Book Web & Digital Libraries
(Remote Access Available)
Premier online reference suite includes articles & current news, historic & primary source documents, atlases & maps, timelines, literary works & more.
*Verizon FIOS and out-of-state Rhode Islanders, see access instructions below.
Access all World Book Digital Libraries:
INSTRUCTIONS
Remote Users: At login enter your 14-digit OSL library card number.
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