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Britannica Escolar (Edición en Español)
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Britannica Escolar en Español.
The Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition in Spanish.
Britannica Library
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Provides access to the Encyclopedia Britannica’s digital editions for children, teens, and adults.
Kids InfoBits
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A kid-friendly database of charts, graphs, images, and educational videos for ages 6-10.
LOTE4Kids
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LOTE4Kids is a database of children’s eBooks and audiobooks in various world languages, allowing children and families to enjoy books and learn language through the magic of storytelling.
TumbleBooks
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Tumblebooks are picture ebooks with animation and sound, including narration so the books can be read to you. Dozens of familiar titles are available.
Middle & High School
Biography in Context
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Find information about influential contemporary and historical figures in this multimedia encyclopedia.
Britannica Escolar (Edición en Español)
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Britannica Escolar en Español.
The Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition in Spanish.
Britannica Library
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Provides access to the Encyclopedia Britannica’s digital editions for children, teens, and adults.
Driving-Tests.org
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Practice for your car, motorcycle, or commercial driver’s license exam through interactive tests.
Gale PowerSearch
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Gale PowerSearch is the tool to use when you are not sure which resource you might need. Type in what you are looking for and PowerSearch will give you a variety of text or print sources related to your search.
Global Issues in Context
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Find information and perspectives on social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues affecting the world today. Global Issues in Context provides news articles, research, opinion pieces, podcasts, videos, and more to help you explore common research topics.
JSTOR
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Search over 1,900 academic journals and books covering fields in the arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences.
Mango Languages
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For beginner and advanced language learners alike, including English Language Learners (ELL), Mango Languages helps you practice vocabulary and grammar rules with simple-to-use, fun, and interactive games.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The gold standard dictionary of the English language — includes historical accounts of over 500,000,000 words. Learn to pronounce and understand the evolution of words.
Science in Context
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Find information and perspectives on major people, events, debates, and subjects in Science. Science in Context provides magazine and news articles, biographies, illustrations, podcasts, videos, and more to help you explore common research topics.
U.S. History In Context
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Find information and perspectives on major people, events, and subjects in U.S. History. U.S. History in Context provides encyclopedia entries, magazine and news articles, academic journals, primary source documents, opinion pieces, podcasts, videos, and more to help you explore common research topics.
World History In Context
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Find information and perspectives on major people, events, and subjects in World History. World History in Context provides magazine and news articles, primary source documents, opinion pieces, podcasts, videos, and more to help you explore common research topics.
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Business & Finance
Central Register & Goods and Services Bulletin
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A weekly source providing information on state, county, and municipal contracts up for bid for products or services.
ConsumerReports.org
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Provides trusted ratings and recommendations for vehicles, appliances, electronics, and thousands of other products for every area of life.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
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Learn about current finance trends.
Value Line Research Center
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Make timely, well-informed financial decisions with investment data, research, and analytics from Value Line Research Center.
Genealogy
Ancestry.com (In-Library Use)
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Thousands of family history records such as censuses, immigration, military, and more.
HeritageQuest Online
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An extensive archive of American genealogical sources – family histories, research guides, census maps, and more.
Local History
Brookline Annual Reports (1846-2017)
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Browse and search digitized copies of Brookline’s annual reports (1846-2017) through the Library’s Internet Archive collection.
Brookline Historical Society Map Collection
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Find digitized maps of Brookline from as far back as 1636 through the Brookline Historical Society’s Map Collection.
Brookline Newspaper Archive
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Search back issues of Brookline Chronicle, The Chronicle, The Brookline Press, The Brookline Townsman, and more local newspapers with fully scanned originals available for browsing, scanning, downloading.
Brookline Photograph and Manuscript Collections
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Browse by name or keyword for a selection of photographs and manuscripts from the Library’s archival collections.
Brookline Street Lists (1891-2016)
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Browse and search digitized copies of Brookline’s Town Street Lists (1891-2016) through the Library’s Internet Archive collection.
Murivian (1923-2016)
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Browse and keyword search digitized scans of the Brookline High School yearbook the Murivian (1923-2016) through the Library’s Internet Archive collection.
News Archives
The Boston Globe (1980-)
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A searchable index of content from The Boston Globe from 1980 to present.
Brookline Newspaper Archive
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Search back issues of Brookline Chronicle, The Chronicle, The Brookline Press, The Brookline Townsman, and more local newspapers with fully scanned originals available for browsing, scanning, downloading.
National Geographic (1888-1994)
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Browse back issues of National Geographic magazine, from 1888-1994, including words and pictures.
The New York Times (1985-)
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Browse text-only back issues of New York Times from the mid-80s to now.
Professional Development & Testing
Driving-Tests.org
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Practice for your car, motorcycle, or commercial driver’s license exam through interactive tests.
LinkedIn Learning
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Mango Languages
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For beginner and advanced language learners alike, including English Language Learners (ELL), Mango Languages helps you practice vocabulary and grammar rules with simple-to-use, fun, and interactive games.
Reference & Encyclopedias
Britannica Library
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Provides access to the Encyclopedia Britannica’s digital editions for children, teens, and adults.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The gold standard dictionary of the English language — includes historical accounts of over 500,000,000 words. Learn to pronounce and understand the evolution of words.