Haverhill Public Library

Featured Resources

Excel Adult High School offers the opportunity for Massachusetts residents age 19+ to earn an accredited high school diploma, fully online! Students can access courses 24/7 and can finish the program in lest time with transfer credits. Ongoing support from instructors and success coaches is available through an online tutoring program.

Borrow free videos, music, and audiobooks with your library card. Enjoy on your PC, tablet, or phone.

Download and stream music for free! Patrons can download FIVE songs per week to keep forever!

Mango prepares learners for realistic conversations and communication in over 70 world languages.

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive.

Brainfuse VetNow was carefully developed with veterans and their families in mind. Brainfuse carefully scrutinizes resources and rigorously screens our navigators to ensure veterans get the help they need, when they need it.

General Resources

General Research

Academic OneFile (Gale): 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.

AtoZdatabases: Search businesses, people, mailing lists, sales leads, jobs and more!

Encyclopedia Britannica: Library: Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, e-books, and other learning resources.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints: This premier online resource covers today's hottest social 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.

Statewide Databases: Access all statewide databases available with your Haverhill Public Library card. Topics include Diversity Studies, Pop Culture Studies, Fine Arts, and more.

Automotive

Chilton Library: Get all the details on vehicle maintenance and repairs.

Book Recommendations / Search

NoveList [from home]: Discover read-alikes for all of your favorite authors and series.
In-Library Access

Commonwealth Catalog: Request materials from Massachusetts libraries outside of MVLC.

WorldCat [ from home ]: Request books that aren’t available at Massachusetts libraries.
In-Library Access

Author Alerts: Get notified by email or text when any member library of the MVLC orders new titles by your favorite authors or performers!

Wowbrary: Free alerts about our newest books, movies & music!

Careers / Jobs

AtoZ Databases: Resume & cover letter templates, interviewing tips, videos and more!

Cypress Resume Creator: Cypress Resume is the simplest, most effective tool for resume creation on the market today. Specifically designed for job seekers skittish about writing Cypress Resume allows anyone to create a professional resume in a matter of minutes.

Gale Onefile: Vocations and Careers: This resource provides current and applicable periodical content to aid in career and vocational research -- from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

HelpNow: On demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning. Homework help to a foreign language lab.

JobNow: JobNow, powered by Brainfuse, provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the necessary tasks to get a job.

Massachusetts Libraries: Learn how your local library can assist you in your job search.

VetNow: Brainfuse VetNow was carefully developed with veterans and their families in mind. Brainfuse carefully scrutinizes resources and rigorously screens our navigators to ensure veterans get the help they need, when they need it.

MassHire: Search and apply for jobs, explore career and training opportunities online and in person.

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports [from home]: Research the safety and quality of cars, electronics, and more.
In-Library Access

eBooks, eAudiobooks, Movies, and Music

Freegal: Download up to five free songs a week to keep forever, and also stream music from your computer or mobile devices.

Hoopla: Borrow movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks for free! Check out limit increased to 8 items per month!

Kanopy: On-demand streaming video platform with more than 30,000 films, plus The Great Courses! Watch up to 10 films per month with 3 days to watch each film and they can be accessed by any device

Libby: Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive.

Education / Teaching

Excel Adult High School: Excel Adult High School offers the opportunity for Massachusetts residents age 19+ to earn an accredited high school diploma, fully online! Students can access courses 24/7 and can finish the program in lest time with transfer credits. Ongoing support from instructors and success coaches is available through an online tutoring program.

Teacher Reference Center [ from home ]: Learn more about continuing education and curriculum development.
In-Library Access

Genealogy / Family History

Ancestry: Library [ from library only ]: Historical insights, photos, records, and more. The world's largest genealogy site and connect to a deeper family story today. Password is the last 4 digits of the phone number associated with your Library Card. [In-Library Use Only]

Haverhill Happenings

Burbio Haverhill MA: Never miss a Haverhill event again! Burbio.com is a FREE website and app that puts library, school, and other local events all in one calendar.

Health / Nursing

Gale: Health and Medicine (OneFile): Integrates millions of articles from a wide range of full-text nursing and allied health journals, magazines, newsletters and select consumer health information sources with full-text reference works and hundreds of health-related multimedia.

Gale: Nursing and Allied Health Collection (OneFile): Updated daily, this resource will help nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Gale: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection: Provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

Salem Health: Cancer and Mental Health [ from home ]: Curated information about various cancers and mental health-related issues.
In-Library Access

Languages / ELL

Mango Languages: Mango prepares learners for realistic conversations and communication in over 70 world languages.

Legal Resources

Mass.gov Court Forms: Official state forms provided by Mass.gov.

Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder: Guided help finding low- or no-cost legal resources for qualified applicants in Massachusetts.

Newspapers

New York Times: An American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. Founded in 1851, the Times has since won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record."

US Newsstream - ProQuest: US Newsstream enables users to search current and extensive backfiles of U.S. news content and features top newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, and news sites in full-text format. Includes: • The New York Times (backfile from 1980 forward) • The Wall Street Journal (from 1984 forward) • Washington Post (from 1987 forward) • Los Angeles Times (from 1985 forward) • Chicago Tribune (from 1985 forward) • The Boston Globe (from 1980 forward) • Newsday (from 1995 forward) • The Wall Street Journal Online • ProPublica • Huffington Post • CNN Newswires • Politico

Science / Technology

GreenFile [ from home ]: A free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
In-Library Access

Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts [ from home ]: A free research database for library and information science studies. LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports.
In-Library Access

Test Prep

Excel Adult High School: Excel Adult High School offers the opportunity for Massachusetts residents age 19+ to earn an accredited high school diploma, fully online! Students can access courses 24/7 and can finish the program in lest time with transfer credits. Ongoing support from instructors and success coaches is available through an online tutoring program.

Access Our Online Resources

All Haverhill Public Library cardholders have access to high-quality databases of full-text periodicals, downloadable music and magazines, language-learning software, and more, all from within the Library. Most of these resources are also available from home!

To access resources from home, enter your 14-digit library card number without spaces, when prompted.

Online

Digital Resources