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Databases at home

Enter your 14 digit library card barcode number (no spaces) when prompted. Providence Public Library CLAN cards only. (Library cards issued at any location of the Providence Public Library)

Infotrac~ThomsonGale Main Menu

Biography Resource Center

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

EBSCO databases
Includes: Academic Search Premier, Alternative Health Watch, Animals, Business Source Premier, Clinical Pharmacology, Consumer Health Complete, Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, Health Source Consumer, Health Source Academic/Nursing, Kids Search, MasterFile Premier Primary Search, Regional Business News, Student Research Center, TOPICsearch ~ How to Use EBSCO Consumer Health Database

HeritageQuest Online
Unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture; includes original page images from over 25,000 books and the entire U.S. Federal Census.

Images of Rhode Island

Literature Resource Center

netLibrary
A digital collection of books available to browse by subject or search by keywords. NOTE: You must create your own account and log on to "check out" a book.

Newspaper Source
Selected full text for 25 national and international newspapers; also contains selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc.

NoveList
Readers advisory service to assist fiction readers in finding new authors and titles they might enjoy. Includes adult, young adult, children's and easy fiction.

Opposing Viewpoints
Information on social issues. Access articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove)

Providence Journal Archives
Contains articles published in the Providence Journal since 1983, written by Providence Journal writers. News, sports, editorials, obituaries, wedding announcements, and legal notices are available.

ReferenceUSA
directory of business and residential listings, an information resource on 14 million businesses and 135 million households for researchers, students, job seekers

Rosetta stone has changed their distribution policy for public libraries. Rosetta Stone no longer makes its online language learning product available to library patrons. Consumers may purchase Rosetta Stone directly from http://www.rosettastone.com/personal/

Sanborn Maps for Rhode Island

World Book Online Reference Center
Multi-media World Book Encyclopedia, a Reference Library with primary resources from US History and Political Science and Law, plus a Spanish language encyclopedia.