All residents have access to high-quality informational databases paid for by tax dollars. You may access these from your home computer using your library card. You will be prompted to enter the fourteen digit library card number found on the back of the card. Do not include spaces between numbers. If you need assistance, please call the reference desk at 978-694-2099. Legal Forms, Price It!, Chilton Library, Testing & Education Reference Center, World Book, Magill's Medical Guide and ReferenceUSA are paid for by the Wilmington Memorial Library and are available remotely to Wilmington cardholders only.
General Reference (Encyclopedias, Magazines, Newspapers, and more)
EBSCOHost [In the library] [From home]
Includes History Reference Center, Novelist, and Literary Reference Center.
eLibrary [In the library] [From home]
A full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers,
newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps.
Grolier Online Encyclopedia [In the library] [From home]
America the Beautiful, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and New Book
of Knowledge.
Informe! (Revistas en Espanol)? [In the library] [From home]
Provides full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines.
(InfoTrac).
InfoTrac PowerSearch [In the library] [From home]
One-stop shopping for all InfoTrac's comprehensive databases. Select
one or more databases 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. Updated daily. Includes databases specifically
for students.
Proquest [In the library] [From home]
Full-text access to the Boston Globe (1980-current), the Boston Herald
(1991-current),
plus ten other Massachusetts newspapers.
ReferenceUSA [In the library] [From home]
(Wilmington card holders only)
Contains information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses and 102 million U.S. residents.
World Book Encyclopedia [In the library] [From home]
(Wilmington card holders only)
Contains every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more.
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Antiques & Collectibles
Price It! [In the library] [From home]
(Wilmington card holders only)
Helps to ascertain an item's current market value by aggregating data from its own database as well as established, reliable sources like ebay, TIAS, and dozens of land-based auction sites.
Auto Repair
Chilton Library [In the library] [From home]
(Wilmington card holders only)
Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported
vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far
back as 1945. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously.
Books/Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism [In the library] [From home]
An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors,
each with a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal
works, and sources for further study. (InfoTrac)
Literary Reference Center [In the library] [From home]
This resource includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of more than 300 literary journals; book reviews; classic and contemporary poems; classic and contemporary short stories; full text of more than 7,500 classic novels; author interviews; and images of key literary figures. The database contains the Bloom Series plus the highly regarded Masterplots series.
(EBSCO))
Manuscripts,
Archives and Special Collections Directory
A guide and locator of collections residing in Massachusetts libraries,
archives, historical societies and town clerks' offices.
Novelist [In the library] [From home]
A resource for readers of fiction where one can find author read-a-likes,
discover the correct order of books in a series, plus annotated books
and more. (EBSCO)
OCLC WorldCat [In the library] [From home]
A worldwide union catalog representing 400 languages.
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Business
General Business File [In the library] [From home]
Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications,
newspaper, journals and company directory listings.
ReferenceUSA [In the library] [From home]
Contains information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses and 102 million U.S. residents.
Health
Health Reference Center Academic [In the library] [From home]
Nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health
information sources.
Magill's Medical Guide [In the library] [From home]
Access Magill's Medical Guide for all your health needs.
Languages
Rosetta Stone [In the library] [From home]
Learn languages online. Includes 90 hours of instruction in four main skill sets. Choose from English (U.S. or U. K.), French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian and Spanish (Latin America or Spain). Ideal for the causal learner.
Legal Forms
Legal Forms [In the library] [From home](Wilmington card holders only)
Dozens of Massachusetts legal forms including lease, bill of sale, divorce, wills, and more.
People
Biography Resource Center + Marquis Who's Who [In the library] [From home]Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places. (InfoTrac)
Practice Exams
Testing & Education Reference Center Basic [In the library] [From home]
(Wilmington card holders only)
Practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and
adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.
Includes SAT, ACT, GED, U. S. Citizenship, and more.
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