Brooks Free Library card holders have access to the following databases and electronic resources. Click on the link and enter your library card number to begin.

A to Z Maps Online – Over 4,000 political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation

maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps.

NewsBank - Boston Metro Collection (find recent and archived articles from the Cape Cod Times, Harwich Oracle, Cape Codder, the Register, the Upper Cape Codder and newspapers from the Boston Metro area.)

Novelist – Guide to Fiction from youngsters to adults. Contains reviews, author biographies, award winners, author read-alikes, book discussion guides, recommended reads and more.

Facts for Learning: Reference information for students, parents, and professionals. Brings together content from books, magazines, activity kits, and other online resources. Designed to help students find information for projects, to help them in classes and to learn online reference skills.

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

Ancestry.com and ValueLine are available for in-house use at the Library

The digitized Harwich Independent and Cape Cod Republican newspapers are available for in-house use at the Library and at the Brooks Academy Museum, operated by the Harwich Historical Society.

The following databases are provided by the SouthEastern Mass. Library System (SEMLS) and the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). Click Here and enter your library card number to begin.

General Reference & Research Topics:

Biography Resource Center (Thomson Gale) - Biographies covering literary figures, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts. *

eLibrary (ProQuest) - Covers a wide range of topics and resources. **

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus (Thomson Gale) - Scholarly content covering arts & humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. *

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Thomson Gale) - Over 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science.*

Infotrac Onefile (Thomson Gale) - A comprehensive periodicals resource with over 11,000 titles. *

PowerSearch - Search multiple Thomson Gale databases in a single search. *

Educator's Reference Complete (Thomson Gale) - Full-text journals for educators, administrators, and librarians. *

Literary Reference Center **

Science Reference Center **

Books, Electronic Books, & Authors

Virtual Catalog-Search other Massachusetts library collections for material in addition to the CLAMS catalog.*

Business & Finance

General Business File ASAP (Thomson Gale) - Full-text Business and Management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies and investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries. *

Magazine Articles

General Reference Center Gold (Thomson Gale) - Full-text magazines, newspapers & reference books containing information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc. *

Infotrac Onefile (Thomson Gale) - A comprehensive periodicals resource with over 11,000 titles. *

Medicine, Health & Science

Health Reference Center Academic (Thomson Gale) - Full-text resources including consumer health, nursing, & allied health. *

Science Reference Center **

Newspapers

eLibrary (ProQuest) - Contains numerous newspapers along with other resources.**

NewsBank - includes Cape Cod Times (November 1998 to present). **

Note: For access to articles from more local papers, Brooks Free Library cardholders should click on the Newsbank - Boston Metro Collection link at the top of this page.

ProQuest - Provides access to the New York Times (1980 to present), The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Providence Journal, Worcester Telegram & Gazette,

Plymouth County Business Review, Wall Street Journal (1984 to present), and Patriot Ledger (1991 to present). **

Youth-Oriented Study

eLibrary (ProQuest) - Easy to use! Full-text database of magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs, and maps.**

Infotrac Junior Edition (Grades 5-12) (Thomson Gale) - Full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books for junior high and middle school. *

Infotrac Student Edition (Grades 9-12) (Thomson Gale)) - Full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books for grades 9 - 12. *

Kids InfoBits (Thomson Gale)e) - Full-text magazines and reference books for the research needs of K-5 students. *

* Provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners. Free access available to cardholders of any Massachusetts public library.

** Provided by the SouthEastern Massachusetts Library System. Free access available to cardholders of public libraries in the SEMLS region.