Reference Databases

SEMLS/MLIN Databases
Use SEMLS/MLIN databases to search for newspaper and magazine articles on a variety of topics.

Click here to access the databases. Please have your library card ready.

VML Reference Databases
Most of these sites require each user to log in. Use your library card number on the back of your library card to log in to each site. If the site prompts you for a “Patron ID” or “Library Card Number”, type this number, without spaces, into the box.

Have your library card handy!

AMERICA’S OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES

HERITAGE QUEST GENEALOGY RESEARCH

ANCESTRY.COM LIBRARY EDITION (In-Library only)

AUTO REPAIR DATABASE

NOVELIST - Reader’s Advisory — Need Advice on Something to Read?

NOVELIST KINDERGARTEN -
Grade 8

WORLD BOOK ADVANCED/WORLD BOOK KIDS/SPANISH LANGUAGE
Encyclopedias, Primary Sources,
E-books, Educator Tools and more!

REFERENCE USA
Business, Residential, Medical and Canadian Directory Database

LEARN-A-TEST
Online Test and Course Resources; Take Practice Tests — save your results

LAWCHEK
Legal Forms and Massachusetts/Federal Law Information

FACTS ON FILE/facts.com
World News Digest and Issues/Controversies Database

MORNINGSTAR
Mutual Fund Research
– E-mail address: reference@ventresslibrary.org
– Password: ventress

VALUE LINE -Investment and Stock Research (In-Library only)