Goodnow Online Resources
Related to Goodnow Library Trustees.
Subdepartments: Children's Room, Circulation Desk, Reference Desk, Young Adults Room.
Subdepartments: Children's Room, Circulation Desk, Reference Desk, Young Adults Room.
| What are Online Resources? | |
| Also known as Electronic Resources or Databases, online resources provide access to valuable materials and information from any computer connected to the Internet. Think of it as having a branch library right in your home. You can chat one-on-one with a librarian 24/7, find full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias or other reference books to help with homework or research, practice for the SATs and other tests, and even download the latest audiobooks to your PC and compatible portable device. Goodnow’s webpage (http://library.sudbury.ma.us) is your gateway to all this and more! These resources, which would cost thousands of dollars if you tried to access them on your own, are made available to you free of charge courtesy of the Goodnow Library, the Minuteman Network or the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Resources marked with  are funded by the Goodnow Library and require Sudbury residency for Home Access. You will need your Sudbury library card to gain access from home. Not a Sudbury resident? Many of the listed resources are available to you. Visit the Minuteman Library Network’s page (http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/electronic/) to see what your community has to offer. Statewide databases may also be accessed via the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners page (http://mblc.state.ma.us/)For assistance, please contact the Reference Desk at 978-443-1035 x4. | |
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| General Interest | |
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Minuteman Library Network Electronic Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
Finder
helps you find the resources you are looking for in our subscription
databases.You can search by title or browse by subject to access over 11,850
electronic journals, magazines and newspapers.
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Biography Resource Center
combines
biographies from many Gale Group sources. Also includes full-text articles
from hundreds of periodicals.
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In Library Access / Home Access |
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
is a comprehensive reference resource offering access to four encyclopedias
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Student Edition, Britannica
Elementary Edition, and Britannica Concise Encyclopaedia. Britannica Online
leads users to additional information about specific topics through related
articles, links to outside Web sites and bibliographies.
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Expanded Academic ASAP provides indexing of
over 4,170 scholarly and general interest periodicals and full text from
over 2,480 of the academic titles. | |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
is a collection of
full-text articles
encyclopedias, almanacs,
and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. (List
of titles)
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| General Reference Center Gold provides indexing
of over 4,750 general interest periodicals, and full text from 3,680 of the
indexed titles. Also included is full text from 15 reference books and the
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service.
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World Book Online includes all of the
articles from the print encyclopedia plus periodical articles, pictures, and
Web links.
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In Library Access / Home Access |
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General OneFile is a one-stop source for
news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers,
current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care,
hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social
sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of
full-text articles.
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In-Library Access Only |
| OCLC FirstSearch allows you to search
libraries all over the country—and the world.
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| PowerSearch
is a one-stop source for newspaper, magazine and journal articles from 1980
to the present on a wide range of topics. With the cross-search feature of
Thomson Gale PowerSearch, you can search one, several, or even all available
Thomson Gale databases simultaneously.
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General BusinessFile ASAP
indexes over 1,300 periodicals and includes the full text of articles from 650
of the indexed titles. Also includes a business directory of over 10,000
companies, and full text company profiles and investment reports.
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ReferenceUSA
provides real-time access to directory information for 10.5 million businesses.
Locate every business in the U.S. by company name, location, or type of
business. Also provides full corporate affiliation linkage, multiple contact
names, FAX and toll free numbers, single point mapping, and credit ratings.
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| eBooks and eAudio | |
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NetLibrary is
a collection of approximately 7,000 books (3,500 under copyright) and the
remainder under public domain on popular topics from A to Z including business,
computers, consumer health and travel.
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| Available to
those who live and work in Sudbury,
Recorded Books from NetLibrary are digital
versions of the latest best sellers, book club favorites, award winning authors
and more that you can download and listen to on your computer or portable
listening device. In-library access for sign-up only. Security measures prevent
downloading to library computers.
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| Education and Test Preparation | |
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| Educator’s Reference Complete is a selection of more than
450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier
reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child
development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the
full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is
updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. | |
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Learning Express Library
provides an interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial
course series designed to help patrons succeed on the academic or licensing
tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer
explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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| Genealogy | |
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In-Library Access Only |
| Ancestry Library Edition
provides access to a variety
of genealogical and historical resources, including images of the decennial U.S.
census from 1790-1930. Specific kinds of resources included are census records,
military records, court, land, and probate records, immigration records,
periodicals and newspapers, birth, marriage, and death records (including the
Social Security Death Index), biography and history, reference and finding aids
directories and memberships.
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| Heritage Quest combines digital, searchable
images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular
UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. This
database contains of material for genealogical and historical researchers, with
coverage dating back to the late 1700s.
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| The Sudbury Archives
is a unique collection of approximately 15,000 town records dating from 1639 to
1850. Each record is searchable by title, date, subject, personal name, location
of original, document category and record number, and many include editorial or
historical annotations.
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| K-12 | |
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Student Edition is designed for high school
students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts,
science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Junior Edition
is designed for
middle school/junior high students, with access to a variety of indexed and
full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history,
sports and more.
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| Kids InfoBits targets the research needs
of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally
appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and
full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content.
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| Literature | |
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| Gale Literary
Databases is your one-stop search of a variety of
literature resources. Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and
bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select collects more than 11,000 critical
essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works,
and further study information. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides nearly
10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of
influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
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Lit Finder includes
Poem Finder, Short Story Finder and Essay Finder.
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| NoveList is an
electronic readers' advisory resource that assists fiction readers in finding
new authors and titles.
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Literary Reference Center is a full text database that combines
information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals
as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center
contains full text for 27,500 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews,
nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, 140,500 author
biographies (including 20,000 in-depth bios), 350 literary journals, 535,000
book reviews, 54,000 classic and contemporary poems, 14,500 classic and
contemporary short stories, 4,000 author interviews, 8,400 classic texts and
much more.
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| Newspapers | |
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| New York Times provides full-
text articles from 1980-present.
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Massachusetts Newsstand provides
full access to the following
Massachusetts newspapers: The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA (Full text:
2005 - current); Boston Globe, Boston, MA (Full text: 1980 - current);
Boston Herald, Boston, MA (Full text: 1991 - current); BusinessWest,
Chicopee (Full text: 1992 - current); Gazette, Haverhill, MA (Full text:
1992 - 1997, some exceptions); New England Business, Dublin; North
Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA (Full text: 2005 - current); The
Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA (Full text: 1991 - current); Plymouth County
Business Review, Pembroke (Full text: 1991 - current); Sentinel &
Enterprise, Fitchburg, MA (Full text: 2005 - current); Standard Times,
New Bedford, MA (Full text: 1992 – 1997); The Sun, Lowell, MA (Full text:
2004 - current); Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, MA (Full text: 1989 -
current).
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| Science & Medicine | |
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| Health Reference Center - Academic indexes 180 health journals
and provides full text from 142 of those titles. Also includes the full text of
700 medical pamphlets and six medical reference books.
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Science Resource Center
is an
in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource
for all science-related research needs. This 24/7 resource reflects curriculum
trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms such as earth
science, science history, life science, physical science, science and
technology, space and much more.
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| Chat with a Librarian | |
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In-Library Access / Home Access |
| MassAnswers is a service that
lets you ask questions and get answers to reference questions 24 hours a day
and seven days a week, in real time, on the Internet, from the reference
staff at Goodnow*, one of the four other Metrowest libraries, or one of more
than 100 other libraries nation-wide participating in
MassAnswers. When you use this service, you may end up chatting with a librarian in another state--or even another country. So, for questions specifically about the Goodnow Library, such as hours, services or whether a book is on the shelf, please call 978-443-1035 during regular library hours. | |
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