Career Development
Bureau of Labor Statistics: offers a free Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) which provides information on education, training, qualifications, environment, what workers do, pay, and job outlook for four out of five jobs in the United States economy. BLS also offers Career Outlook, a free supplement to OOH with updated articles, interviews with real workers, and helpful occupational data.
LinkedIN Learning: Access courses to develop critical skills needed to advance your career.
Consumer Research
Consumer Reports: In-Library Use Only. Patrons will need their library card # and PIN to access resource. Unlimited access to reviews and ratings, and reliability and safety information for thousands of consumer products. News about recent recalls, health, and food.
Homework and Research
AncestryLibrary: In-Library Use Only. Accessible on public computers. Historical insights, photos, records, and more. The world's largest genealogy site and connect to a deeper family story today.
Boston Globe: Searchable full-text articles from the Boston Globe archives all the way back to 1872.
Boston Public Library: offers an e-card to anyone who lives, owns property, works, or studies in MA. Access hundreds of online platforms, apps, and databases for free.
Gale Research Databases: get authoritative, reliable, and timely information in the form of full-text journal and newspaper articles, archives, and eBooks.
Massachusetts Databases: provides access to several additional research and learning databases.
Newsbank: access current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles, as well as newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications.
Newsbank - Asian Life in America: The experience and impact of Asian Americans as recorded by the news media.
Newsbank - Black Life in America: The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.
Newsbank - Hispanic Life in America: The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Newsbank - Indigenous Life in America: The experience and impact of Indigenous Americans as recorded by the news media.
Language Learning
Mango Languages: Over 70 languages are at your fingertips with the highest-rated language-learning app designed for the real world by real people.
Reading Recommendations
NoveList: Recommends books and authors based on your personal preferences. Find something similar to what you already enjoy, or something new entirely.