Online Databases

 

ancestry.com - In-library use only for this genealogy database - the largest collection of family history records on the Web - Includes US Census, Birth, Marriage & Death Records + (funded by CPL)

Career Guidance Center - Access (enter your library card number) to Ferguson's Career Guidance Center  which provides comprehensive, up-to-date profiles of more than 2,000 of today’s most popular jobs in more than 90 industries. Recently redesigned, it now contains a wide range of material from Ferguson Publishing, including content from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, Twelfth Edition. (funded by the CPL)

Facts for Learning -  Access (enter your library card number) to different subjects and grade levels.
A wealth of information for students including: Homework Corner, Picture Gallery, & Brain Teasers.  (provided by CPL)

GroveArt - Access (enter your library card number) to all aspects of the visual arts world wide ...
everything from biography, artists, photographers, to dealers theorists and writers. (sponsored by the C/WMARS Library Network)

Heritage Quest - In library and & remote access to search for  ancestors & relatives. (funded by CPL) Click Here to Enter Heritage Quest Online (Library Bar Code Required)

 InfoTrac - Remote access (enter your library card number) (In-library access click here) to popular magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, newswire services, business directories, investment reports, health pamphlets, prescription drug information and literature reviews. Remote access: enter your library card number. (funded by the MBLC &  MA regional library systems)

Learn-a-Test - In-library and remote access to practice tests such as: GED, Elementary School Skills Improvement, College Entrance Exams, Civil Service, Military and 19 additional subject areas.
Barcodes starting with D270; username is your library card number plus 4 additional numbers and  password is your choice. Barcodes starting with 28138; username is your library card number and password is your choice. (funded by CPL)

Newsbank Comprehensive Newspapers -  Remote & In-library access (enter your library card number) to the Boston Globe (1980-current), Republican (1988-current), Berkshire Eagle (12/31/03-current and selected coverage from 11/21/97-11/04/03) (funded by MBLC & MA regional library systems)

Novelist - Access (enter your library card  number) to a fiction reader's advisory service. (provided by the C/WMARS Library Network)

Reference Suite @Facts.com - Access (enter your library card number) to two databases. Issues and Controversies, an in-depth investigation of today's top issues & Today's Science, science news written especially for students. (funded by the CPL) 

Science Online - Access (enter your library card number) a comprehensive science database. Categories  include; biographies, essays, definitions, diagrams, experiments, timelines and science standards. (provided by the C/WMARS Library Network)

 

 

       

 

Reference Department
Chicopee Public Library