Resources A to Z
These online resources can be accessed using your Pembroke Public Library card number. Unless otherwise noted, you do not need to be at the library to access them. Check out our Online Tutorials page or select the "Tutorial" buttons below for videos on how to use some of the resources.
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AtoZDatabases
The premier job search, reference and mailing list database including 30 million business and executive profiles and 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, and much more! This resource is library funded. |
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The Boston Globe Article Archive (1980-current)
Detailed indexing helps users find the news information they need. Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so users have access to top news stories and information contained in the various sections of the paper. Indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, and products. |
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Britannica Library
The go-to reference resource for all ages! With three sites in one (Children, Young Adults, and Reference Center), users of all ages can conduct research, work on special projects, or explore their unique interests. Also available in Spanish. |
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Consumer Reports
A nonprofit organization providing unbiased product ratings and reviews since 1936 and putting over 4,000 products through rigorous testing each year. This resource is library funded. |
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Creativebug
Enjoy unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft classes. Watch classes anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. No pressure, just possibilities! This resource is library funded. |
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Educate Station
Educate Station is a full curriculum resource (Pre-K through Grade 5) with weekly/monthly Learning Plans and downloadable worksheets for English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), and Social Studies. This resources is funded by the library and free to all patrons with a Library card. |
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Gale Academic OneFile
Provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. |
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Gale Academic OneFile Select
Gale Academic OneFile Select provides indexing for more than 5,000 periodicals, more than 2,800 in full text without any embargo. |
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Gale General OneFile
Allows researchers to find the information they want quickly. With intuitive searching that mirrors Internet searches, users can easily tap into sources that are guaranteed for quality. |
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Gale Health and Wellness
Offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices. |
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Gale In Context: Biography
Provides contextual information on the world's most influential people. Over 600,000 biographical entries cover a range of historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers. |
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Gale In Context: Elementary
Offers elementary children a safe place to find answers to their questions, practice research skills, and explore a broad range of subjects like animals, geography, science and more—all in one place. |
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Gale In Context: Environmental Studies
Focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Topics include ecosystems, global warming, food safety, and introductions to environmental disasters. |
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Gale In Context: Global Issues
Supports global awareness. Authoritative content empowers learners to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world. |
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Gale In Context: Middle School
Made specifically for middle schoolers, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. |
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Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts; presents all sides of important issues, and empowers learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills. |
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Gale In Context: Science
Supports science studies by providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics and showcasing scientific disciplines that relate to real-world issues. |
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Gale In Context: U.S History
Supports U.S. history studies and provides an overview of our nation's past, covering the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. |
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Gale In Context: World History
Provides an overview of world history, covering the most-studied events, cultures, civilizations, religions, people, and more. |
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Gale Interactive: Science
Gale Interactive: Science pairs high-quality digital content with interactive 3D models and empowers instructors to lead virtual science labs and lessons. |
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Gale LegalForms - Massachusetts
Gale LegalForms offers a wide selection of essential state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures. Includes real estate contracts, wills, premarital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant, and many others. |
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Provides researchers with unbounding literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented. |
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Gale OneFile: Agriculture
Provides a comprehensive view of a growing body of knowledge. Researchers will have access to current and authoritative periodical content that spans the industry—from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture. |
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Gale OneFile: Business
Provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. |
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Brings together information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers. |
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Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice
Informs the research process for those studying law, law enforcement, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts
Offers a smorgasbord of information—more than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit. |
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Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
Collection of journals that explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. |
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Gale OneFile: Economics and Theory
Access to full-text academic journals and magazines--with a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index. |
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Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
A digital resource that answers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and book reference content from Delmar, including Soil, Science, and Management; Introduction to Agronomy; Food, Crops, & Environment; Fundamental Soil Science; and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Fine Arts
Periodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. |
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Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture
Serves horticultural enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles from Delmar, including Handbook of Flowers; Foliage and Creative Design; Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects; and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Gender Studies
Offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family, and marital issues, LGBTQ community, and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Discover periodicals and reference book content designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers. |
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Gale OneFile: High School Edition
Provides access to authoritative, reliable digital content from magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books appropriate for middle- and high-school students and covers a wide range of subjects, including science, history, and literature. |
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Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
Puts the research of hobbyists and professionals alike on a solid foundation with more than 4.5 million articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles, covering topics including architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and others. |
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Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
Access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural, and economic aspects of travel and tourism. |
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Gale OneFile: Information Science
Provides access to periodical content covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
Connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals, including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Leadership and Management
Provides access to authoritative periodical content covering topics such as 21st-century skills, organizational dynamics and leadership, adult learning and continuing education, and more. |
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Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence
Offers authoritative periodical content covering past and present military affairs. |
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Gale OneFile: News
Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts, and transcripts. |
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Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Provides access to authoritative content supporting nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. |
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Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more with access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. |
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Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. |
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Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
Provides access to the most searched magazines across the OneFile products. All of the titles are selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons and the database includes many titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries." |
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Gale OneFile: Psychology
Provides access to authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology— abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. Researchers, psychologists, counselors, and behavioral scientists will discover relevant information from the thoughts, views, discoveries, and reports found in this comprehensive collection. |
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Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy
Discover a comprehensive collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions. Researchers will gain valuable insight about the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, this library resource supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues. |
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Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers
Provides current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. |
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Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism
Provides authoritative periodical content addressing both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism. |
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Gale Presents: Peterson's Career Prep
Choosing a career path doesn't come easy. Whether you're heading straight into the workforce or you're entering college first, our career tools help you get a handle on what you're interested in, the skills and training you'll need, and what you can expect from your career path. Discover which careers suit you best, research potential career options, and explore the requirements and outlooks for the occupations you're interested in. |
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Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep
This is a valuable online tool students of all ages can use for standardized test preparation, researching and selecting college and graduate schools, finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers. This resource can help students turn future goals into realities with test prep assistance for career certification exams, as well as advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking, and so much more! |
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Gale Power Search
For one place to start your research, this tool allows you to search all Gale databases. |
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HeritageQuest
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s. |
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Mango Languages
Start the conversation in your choice of over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology. Every self-paced language course introduces the learner to cultural insights and grammatical nuances specific to their language of choice, delivered through native speaker dialogue, and created with each individual learner in mind. This resource is library funded. |
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NoveList K-8 Plus
Books and authors for young readers with hundreds of recommendations. Have your Pembroke Library Card ready. |
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NoveList Plus
A comprehensive readers' advisory solution for both Fiction and Nonfiction lovers.With an intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList answers the question: What should I read next? |
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PebbleGo
PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-2 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas. |
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ProQuest Science Database
ProQuest Science Database is a growing resource of 7.3 million full text articles from over 1,600 sources. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and engineering literature. |
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Transparent Language
Language learning made manageable! Whether you want to get started or get better, start seeing a difference in days. Transparent Language’s online courses, live tutoring, and language program management get you the results you need. |
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Universal Class
Universal Class offers over 500 lifelong learning and continuing education courses in over 30 subject areas. All courses are designed and led by professional instructors and include videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other learners. Users can take as many classes as they would like and complete classes at their own pace. This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ Food America
The world's largest database of American food, culture, and recipes with recipes, fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources. This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ Maps Online
The world's most comprehensive collection of royalty-free downloadable maps. This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ The USA
Provides an unmatched resource for understanding the country's people, history, economy, geography, symbols, culture, and society.This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ International Business
Flagship international trade and business information product for importers, exporters, logistics professionals, bankers, attorneys, global entrepreneurs, trade promotion agencies, government agencies, and graduate school business programs. Complete knowledgebase of international trade and business information. This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ World Culture
Information about the culture, language, history, food, religion, and much more, for 175 countries. This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ World Food
With thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, AtoZ World Food brings international cuisines to you, from Albanian byrek to Zimbabwean matemba! This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press AtoZ World Travel
A comprehensive travel resource containing 202 Travel Guides covering 75 topics for each of 202 world cities. AtoZ World Travel also contains 56 additional travel resources that will help new and seasoned travelers alike. This resource is library funded. |
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World Trade Press Lingo Lite
An image- and video-based foreign language learning tool for 260 of the most basic words and terms in 30 languages. This resource is library funded. |
