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Database Highlight: Brainfuse VetNow

VetNow is an all-in-one suite of services designed for a wide range of veteran needs. It includes help updating a resume for civilian life, navigating the VA system, or seeking local resources and support for veterans and their families. VetNow services include expert coaching and self-study tools to empower users. Users may access live, on-demand […]

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Beanstack Challenges for All Ages

Adult Challenges Featured 2024 Challenges Every year, the Massachusetts Center for the Book challenges residents all across the state to engage in reading that stretches their interests and knowledge. This year, for the first time, Haverhill Public Library is participating in the 2024 Reading Challenge. Each month features a different reading prompt to help you […]

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Peterson’s Career Prep

Build career confidence…and a resume! Entering the workforce? Thinking of a career switch?Assess your skills and get personalized career recommendations with Gale Presents: Peterson’s Career Prep! Gale Presents: Peterson’s Career Prep accommodates job seekers at all levels, whether you are entering the workforce for the first time or searching for new opportunities. This resource offers […]

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Haverhill Public Library Fine-tunes Renovation Plans

Second Public Meeting Scheduled Oct. 26 Energized by an initial public meeting held this past summer, the Haverhill Public Library is taking the next step in gathering feedback for the library’s expansion, renovation and modernization. At a second public meeting to be held Oct. 26, library patrons and the general public will have the opportunity […]

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Gale Business: Plan Builder

Starting and running a business is hard work, and the odds of success aren’t always favorable. About half of all new businesses survive their first five years, and only a third make it to ten years or more, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Boston Public Library offers a resource that can help […]

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Explore LGBTQ History Like Never Before

Solidarity, Division, Exclusion, and Celebration – Unearth Rare LGBTQ History Explore LGBTQ history like never before with the Archives of Sexuality and Gender program available at the Boston Public Library with an eCard. The Boston Public Library offers eCards to all Massachsuetts residents, so get yours today! The BPL subscribes to LGBTQ History and Culture […]

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Magnification Device at HPL

Visit us at the library to use our ELMO visual presenter, which allows you to see things the human eye cannot; such as the stitching on a $100 dollar bill! The presenter is useful to enlarge books, text, and other objects onto a computer screen. The visual presenter is especially helpful to those who are […]

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Resources for Understanding the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

To help you better understand the long history of conflict and national identity in that region of Eastern Europe, we have curated this list of resources in our library collection, as well as other trusted information sources. From one of the foremost experts on Ukraine and the former USSR, a concise, authoritative history of Ukraine. […]

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Gale Health and Wellness

Feel Good About the Health Resources You Access! Have you ever tried to search for health-related information online only to be overwhelmed by advertisements? Our library provides health and wellness databases from Gale. Not only is the content relevant and from trusted sources, but there aren’t any ads to get in the way of you […]

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Seven Kinds of Easily Accessible Legal Forms

Everyone needs legal assistance at one time or another, but rest assured the Haverhill Public Library has Gale LegalForms resource at the ready! Access with your HPL card on our Digital Resources page here and scroll down to the Legal section. State-Specific Gale LegalForms is relevant to our Massachusetts laws. There are categories like divorce, […]