Brooks Free Library cardholders have access to the following resources. Click the link and enter your library card number to begin.

Consumer Reports:  Access to Consumer Reports magazine plus additional reviews and reports

 

P4A: Antiques database that includes thousands of items that have been listed and/or sold at auction houses nationwide

 

Career Transitions: Database for job seekers that helps you create a resume and cover letter and helps you search job listings

 

Mango Languages:  Online inter-active language learning program for French, German, Italian, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, & Spanish (Latin American).

 

Freegal Music Library: Registered card holders of the Brooks Free Library can download a select number of Sony Music tracks in the MP3 format each month at no direct cost. The library will underwrite the purchase of the music.

 

NewsBank - Boston Metro Collection (FREE access to recent and archived articles from the Cape Cod Times, Harwich Oracle, Cape Codder, Cape Cod Chronicle, the Register, the Upper Cape Codder and Mass. newspapers.) Be sure to chose “Boston Metro Collection” after you log in.

 

Novelist has been replaced by Books and Authors, provided for all Mass. libraries with state funding.

 

HeritageQuest Online  For researching genealogy, local history and American culture. Includes access to U.S. Census through 1930.

 

Ancestry.com is available for in-house use at the Library

Digitized Harwich Independent and Cape Cod Republican newspapers are available for use at the Library and Brooks Academy Museum.

Downloadable E-Books and E-Audiobooks

Many more databases are provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) for cardholders from any Massachusetts public library.  

Click Here and enter your library card number to begin using these resources.

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