Online Resources

Subject

Some of these resources are restricted to Wayland Public Library cardholders, or are for in-library use only. See the subject directory below, or consult an alphabetical list of our resources. Don’t see the database you’re looking for? All MA residents are eligible to register for an online library card from the Boston Public Library, and use the BPL databases.

Arts & Literature

eBooks from hoopla

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hoopla provides digital copies of popular ebooks, comics and graphic novels for users to download to desktop and mobile devices through www.hoopladigital.com or the hoopla mobile app (You'll need to create an account with hoopla to access their content)

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Fine Arts and Music collection

With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection provide resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

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Libby (eBooks & eAudiobooks)

The Digital Media Catalog (Libby, formerly known as OverDrive) provides popular audiobooks and eBooks for users to download There is also a collection of Public Domain eBooks that includes many popular classics.

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Literature Resource Center

A full text database combining information from major respected reference works, books and literary journals, as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing, Literary Reference Center includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, author interviews, classic texts and much more.

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NoveList

NoveList is an electronic readers’ advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Through its attractive and easy-to-use interface, NoveList allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. Readers can also enter words that describe the contents of a book they would like to read, and NoveList retrieves titles that contain these words in the book’s subject headings field. In addition, users can browse over 1,200 theme-oriented book lists, 150 award lists and 1,000 fiction related web-sites. NoveList contains materials for all ages including picture books, children’s “chapter” books, young adult titles and books for adult readers. The product’s database provides enhanced subject access to over 92,000 fiction titles. Updated quarterly, the NoveList database integrates information from a variety of sources.

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OCLC WorldCat “First Search”

Available in Library Only

OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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Audiobooks & Listening

eAudiobooks from hoopla

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hoopla provides digital copies of popular audiobooks for users to download to desktop and mobile devices through www.hoopladigital.com or the hoopla mobile app (You'll need to create an account with hoopla to access their content)

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eAudiobooks from Libby

The Digital Media Catalog (Libby) provides digital copies of popular audiobooks for users to download to desktop and mobile devices.

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Business & Investing

Banker & Tradesman

Available in Library Only

A real estate, banking and commercial weekly for Massachusetts. Password required, see a reference librarian for full access.

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Business Collection

Business Collection provides 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 business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.

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Economics and Theory Collection

This collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research.

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Insurance and Liability collection

This collection, comprising nearly 40 insurance-related journals, takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

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Morningstar Investment Research Center

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Comprehensive and up-to-date financial information on stocks, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Use the "Help & Education" tab to access the User's Guide and investor education resources

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Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA)

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A directory of nearly 14 million U.S. businesses, searchable by name, yellow page heading, SIC code, zip code, estimate sales volume, and more.

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Value Line Investment Survey-Plus Edition

Library Card Required

Value Line Investment Survey - PLUS Edition is an objective and well-regarded source of information about the companies in which you invest, or are considering investing. Value Line Investment Survey - PLUS Edition provides independent analysis, ratings, charts, financials and consensus estimates for ~95% of US stock investment opportunities

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Consumer

Consumer Reports

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Consumer Reports Online is published by Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization. Since 1936, CU's mission has been to test products, inform the public and protect consumers. It is a comprehensive source for unbiased advice about products and services, personal finance, health and nutrition, and other consumer concerns.

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Home Improvement Collection

Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

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Encyclopedias & General Reference

Britannica Moderna

Enciclopedia española para estudiantes mayores y educadores. Britannica Moderna is a Spanish-language encyclopedia. Created with older students in mind, Moderna contains 47,000 articles, 8,000 images, maps, audiovisual materials, and a complete dictionary and atlas. In addition, it includes the Merriam-Webster Spanish-English Dictionary and the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (RAE) dictionary.

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Britannica Online Public Library Edition

The world’s premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages

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Britannica Online Public Library Edition: Kids

The world's premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages.

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Britannica Online School Edition

High School, Middle School and Elementary School editions of the world's premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages

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Britannica Online School Edition – Elementary School

The world’s premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages.

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Britannica Online School Edition – High School

High School, Middle School and Elementary School editions of the world's premier online encyclopedia with read-aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages

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Britannica Online School Edition – Middle School

The world's premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages.

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Genealogy

Ancestry.com Library Edition

Available in Library Only

Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records and lots more!

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HeritageQuest Online

HeritageQuest Online is a digital resource that combines searchable images of U.S. federal genealogical census records with digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country. It includes 25,000 family and local history books, U.S. census records, and PERSI, an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.

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General Research

Academic OneFile

Academic Onefile contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text, available in HTML and PDF formats. In addition it contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1985.

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Academic OneFile Select

From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text and images!

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Biography In Context

Biography in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

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Educator’s Reference Complete

A collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports (most full-text) focusing on all levels of education, educational administration and policy.

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General OneFile

General OneFile is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles, including most of the content across all Thomson/Gale databases. OneFile contains over 5,000 full-text periodical titles, and more than 9,200 titles in all, on a wide range of topics.

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Opposing Viewpoints

Covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.

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Popular Magazines Collection

Popular Magazines includes 1000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac product line. All the titles were selected based on the actual publication searches performed by library patrons.

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Power Search

Search multiple Thompson Gale (Cengage, InfoTrac) databases at the same time

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Health

Health and Medicine

Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

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Health and Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health)

Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

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Nursing & Allied Health Collection

This collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

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Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection

This collection covers the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access to topics discussed in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.

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Instruction & Careers

Criminal Justice Collection

The Criminal Justice Collection database focuses on all aspects of the criminal justice field. Publications include: American Criminal Law Review; Corrections Today; Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice Ethics; Forensic Examiner; Psychology Today; and more.

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Culinary Arts Collection

The Culinary Arts Collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines from 1980 to present. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

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Eat Your Books

Use this site (created by a Wayland resident) to find just the right recipe from our collection. Log in with "wfpl," then choose the Recipes tab and search for, say, "zucchini." The results list will direct you to any of our cookbooks with recipes that call for zucchini. It'll also show the other ingredients in those recipes. You'll also have access to EYB's own vast collection of recipes.

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Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

A collection of reference sources and journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, this collection provides information for gardening enthusiasts and professionals alike.

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Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection

Provides coverage of the hospitality and tourism field, including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.

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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. Updated daily, this library resource is useful for researchers or any professional interested in career development.

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Legal Forms

Gale LegalForms brings together thousands of national and state-specific legal forms for everything from wills to business contracts. The forms are fill-in-the-blank, downloadable, and continuously updated to reflect the latest laws.

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LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)

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Utilizes video tutorials to help anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills. Access is limited to Wayland residents.

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Peterson’s Career Prep

Learn about careers, receive personalized career recommendations, create resumes and cover letters, search for jobs, explore schools and training programs, and get advice to help find a job or advance your career.

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Peterson’s Test Prep

Contains over 300 practice tests and courses, dozens of ebooks containing valuable study material and practice tests, information on over 4,000 accredited schools, scholarship search featuring $8 billion in available scholarships, resume builder with over 1,000 brainstorming phrases to get you started, career modules covering subjects from career change to salary negotiations.

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Vocations & Careers Collection

Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

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Language

Britannica Spanish Reference Center

Spanish Reference Center delivers two products in one—a reference collection for ages 6-12 and another for the high school and college ages. Separate home pages for each level allow schools and libraries to tailor the product to their users' needs, making it the only online Spanish-language database that offers age-appropriate content for everyone.

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Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Escolar (K-8)

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Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Moderna (9-12)

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Transparent Language

For learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. Transparent combines extensive courses and supplemental resources for over 100 languages, including English. KidSpeak, available for select languages, includes interactive lessons and supporting materials for adult and child.

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Music

Music from hoopla

hoopla provides digital copies of popular music for users to download to desktop and mobile devices through www.hoopladigital.com or the hoopla mobile app (You'll need to create an account with hoopla to access their content)

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Newspapers

Banker & Tradesman

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The Financial Services and Real Estate Weekly for Massachusetts from The Warren Group. Ask a librarian to log you in

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Boston Globe

(1980-present)

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New York Times Database

Library Card Required

This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

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News

InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,100 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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NYTimes.com

Enjoy free access to NYTimes.com. For both in-library and home access, create an account and log in using that account. Coverage includes 1981 to Current, plus historic coverage 1851-1922. Home Access includes NY Times App and 5 Premium Archive (1923-1980) articles per day. For more information see Minuteman's NY Times FAQ.

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Wayland Town Crier

Wayland Town Crier, 1952-1961

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Science

Agriculture Collection

Articles on farming, horticulture, and agriculture-related fields from nearly 200 authoritative journal titles.

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Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues and includes sources such as topic summaries, scholarly articles, statistics, conference proceedings, news and magazine articles, podcasts, videos, industry reports, and consumer data.

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Information Science and Library Issues Collection

Information professionals and other knowledge workers will find information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

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Interactive Science

Science comes to life as you zoom, rotate, and explore interactive 3D models. View related reference content and search Gale content to find more information.

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Science Database

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. It supports the needs of students studying applied and general sciences.

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Science in Context

Science in Context provides topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations, as well as articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics, and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.

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Social Studies & History

Communications and Mass Media Collection

This collection provides information from more than 100 journals focused on the communications field. Key subjects covered include: marketing, advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.

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Diversity Studies Collection

A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 150 journals.

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Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

Provides full text access to a selection of titles from General OneFile.

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Gender Studies

This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.

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Global Issues in Context

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique perspectives, articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.

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Military and Intelligence Database Collection

Find articles on governmental policies, socioeconomics effects of war, and more. Includes The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World Almanac and Book of Facts.

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Pop Culture Collection

This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

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Psychology Collection

Find articles on personality, the human mind, memory, and more. Access hundreds of subject-appropriate full-text periodicals - many cited in the PsycINFO index.

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Religion and Philosophy Collection

Research religions and philosophies of the world and how they affect our daily lives. This collection includes journals relating to spirituality and ideas.

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U.S. History in Context

U.S. History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

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War & Terrorism Collection

A collection for students of history, social science and current events. Gain valuable insight the causes, impacts and perceptions of war and terrorism on a global scale.

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World History in Context

World History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

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Video Streaming

hoopla

Library Card Required

Bringing you hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, ebooks, audiobooks and more, hoopla is a revolutionary digital service made possible by your local library. From Hollywood blockbusters to best selling artists and authors – not just the hits, but the niche and hard-to-find as well – you’ll soon discover that hoopla provides you the freedom you've been searching for to experience, explore and enjoy what you want, when you want, and where you want. Simple to access and use, without the hassle of having to return the items you've borrowed, all you need is your library card, a web browser, smart phone or tablet to get started. The freedom you want is here, now. Sign up for an account with hoopla to access their content!

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Kanopy

Library Card Required

Stream movies from home, for free! Patrons are limited to 5 views a month. 'Sign up' and verify email before entering library card.

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Libby

Borrow and watch free shows, movies, and more from your library network's digital collection right in your web browser, without having to download files or use special software.

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Wayland History

Wayland Historical Maps

Browse our many historical maps on digitalcommonwealth.org. Maps range from the 1600s to the 1900s.

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Wayland on Internet Archive

Browse our digitized collection of local history on the Internet Archive. Annual reports + listings, yearbooks, the Town Crier, meeting minutes, and more!

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Youth Resources

BookFlix

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Scholastic BookFlix is a new interactive literacy resource that builds a love of reading and learning - online! BookFlix pairs classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to reinforce reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding.

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Britannica Learning Zone (early childhood)

Early childhood interactive learning resource.

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Britannica Online Public Library Edition: Kids

The world's premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages.

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Britannica Online School Edition – Elementary School

The world’s premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages.

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Britannica Online School Edition – Middle School

The world's premier online encyclopedia with read aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages.

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Britannica Spanish Reference Center

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Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Escolar (K-8)

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Britannica Spanish Reference Center: Moderna (9-12)

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Gale in Context: Elementary

Gale in Context: Elementary targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content.

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High School Edition

Find information on high school research topics plus pop culture, sports, and more the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

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InfoTrac Student Edition

InfoTrac Student Edition is specifically designed for secondary school students, providing instant access to screened, age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers and reference books. The ideal alternative to random Web searching, InfoTrac Student Edition covers a wide range of subjects, from science, history and literature to political science, sports and environmental studies, offering reliable, authoritative content for classroom assignments and general reference research.

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Middle School in Context

Academic articles, images, topic selections and more for middle schoolers.

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Novelist K-8 Plus

Created especially for kids (and the adults who work with them), it has a colorful, graphic-rich homepage and is very easy to use and is a great online resource for helping teachers, school media specialists, children's librarians and kids find that next great fiction read. Features include Grab and Go Book Lists on a variety of fiction and nonfiction curricular-based topics, BookTalks, Curricular Connections and feature articles by industry experts. Hundreds of hand-crafted Recommended Reads reading lists created for teens and kids are perfect for exciting even the most reluctant of readers.

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PebbleGo

Hundreds of biographies and animal articles, educational games, and learning activities accessible from school or from home with easy-to-use searching tools. Introduces early learners to database and research concepts.

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Research in Context

Research In Context is aligned to national and state curriculum standards and brings together cross-disciplinary, authoritative content with multimedia in a student-friendly, mobile-responsive interface. Designed to bridge the gap between elementary resources and more advanced high school databases, Research In Context meets the need for an engaging, modern experience for the middle school researcher.

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Transparent Language

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