Databases Provided by the State:

Click this link to access BOOK AND MAGAZINE  articles using databases provided through the state-funded MBLC and MLS- new!!!-no library card number needed if accessing from a computer in Massachusetts!

Click here to access NEWSPAPER articles provided through state funding:

Databases and Information Links Provided by Ventress Memorial Library:

Gateway to Gale Databases

• Career Transitions
• Testing and Education Reference Center
  
• Power Search

Gateway to Gale Ebooks

• Ebooks for your research needs!
  

Marshall Cavendish Digital Titles

• How it Works; Ancient and Medieval World; Food and Nutrition; Economic Literacy & Personal Finance

 Salem Health Databases and Ebooks

•  McGill's Medical Guide; Psychology and Mental Health; Cancer
  

  Salem History Databases and Ebooks

• Encyclopedia of American Business; Great Athletes; Decades; Great Events from History; Great Lives from History; Milestone Documents; Musicians and Composers; Weapons and Warfare

Salem Science Databases and Ebooks

• Forensic Science; Global Warming; Solar System

Sharpe Online Ebooks

• Colonial America; Gilded Age and Progressive Era; Jazz Age; Postwar America; Social Issues in America; American Social Movements; American Folklore

CONSUMER REPORTS IS HERE!!! Now you have access to all the CR product information simply by entering your library card number! Click here

Britannica Library Edition & Britannica Kids

• Includes online encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, Spanish-English dictionary, video collection, timelines, image gallery, quotations by subject and author. Check out the specialized interface just for elementary school students called "Britannica Kids." Includes research and study tools.
  

Auto Repair Reference Center

Gale Testing and Education Reference Center

• Online study and test site (SAT, GED, AP, NCLEX, ASVAB, Civil Service and many more!) Also gives access to easy-to-use "create a resume" online templates. Includes Peterson's Guide to Undergraduate and Graduate Schools and tips on financing college.
  

• Massachusetts General Laws

Government Research

• www.mass.gov/OpenCheckbook

Genealogy Research

• Heritage Quest - click here to access
• Search Obituaries
• Ancestry - Available in-library only
• NEHGS - Available in-library only

• Value Line - Available in-library only
• Morningstar - click here to access with e-mail address:reference@ventresslibrary.org and password: ventress

Marshfield Links and Resources

• Town of Marshfield homepage
• Property Assessments
• Marshfield School Department
• Marshfield Mariner newspaper
• WATD Marshfield Radio Station