Online Resources

From School:

To access the databases from school, please click on the icons below. No login or password is required when logging in from the North Andover Public Schools. If you would like to access these databases and others listed below from home, please click on the text links below. You will need a Massachusetts Library card in order to log in using your home computer.

[eliBRary logo]
[Grolier logo]
[Proquest logo]

 

Access to these electronic resources is made possible by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS) through state funds administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.


From Home:

Access these resources from home using your public library card or by following the directions below. Click on database and enter your library card number or ID/password when prompted.

  • EBSCO Research Data Bases
  • Big Chalk eLibrary: Information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, pictures and transcripts from TV and radio.
  • Electric Library: information from books, magazines, newspapers, plus maps, pictures and TV & radio transcripts
  • Grolier Online: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and New Book of Knowledge
  • Infotrac: information available from seven databases for middle school; Infotrac One File and General Reference are valuable
  • Newsbank: Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. The following newspapers are available from this resource: The Boston Globe (1980-Current), Boston Herald (1997-Current), and Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989-Current)

Note to students and parents: Take the time to browse through these databases. Read the tips, tutorials, help section, etc. All of these are excellent resources and the more you know about each one, the more useful it will be.