In Context: Middle School
(Gale / funded by MBLC and MLS) Designed for students in middle school to access information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
(Fordham University / free access) The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public-domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use.
Internet Public Library
(IPL / free access) The Internet Public Library is a repository of 500,000+ essays over a wide variety of topics intended to help students with homework.
Kid’s InfoBits
(Gale / funded by MBLC and MLS) Designed for elementary school students to easily access magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
(Library of Congress / free access) The Library of Congress offers free access to a wide variety of primary sources related to US history.
Literature Resource Center
(Gale / funded by MBLC and MLS) Critical essays on contemporary (1960-present) authors, including biographical information, lists of principal works, and sources for further study.
Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure
(Pearson Education / free access) Offers MTEL test guides, practice tests, tutorials, and more.
MassHire Springfield Career Center
(MassHire / free access) Offers job listings and job-seeking resources for Western Massachusetts residents.
MedlinePlus
(US National Library of Medicine / free access) A service of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, MedlinePlus Includes an array of information related to health and prescription drugs, as well as a robust medical encyclopedia.
NewsBank
(NewsBank / funded by the Palmer Public Library) Offers U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources, including printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Explore a specific issue or event through the detailed coverage provided by local reporting or compare a wide variety of viewpoints from across the country … Continued