Your Amesbury Public Library card enables you to access extensive online research tools. 

The Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners contract with vendors to provide access to a number of databases selected to meet the needs of library patrons like you. These include: newspapers, magazines, academic journals, book reviews, biographies, health resources, business journals, ancestry databases, and much more. 

All databases are available, without charge, at the Amesbury Public Library. Even better - most of these databases may be accessed directly from your home or office computer using your library card number and PIN (the last 4 digits of the phone number on your library card record).

NEW! Introducing Mango Languages! Learn everyday conversations at your own pace, at home or in the library.
Languages currently available are: Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin, ESL Spanish, and ESL Brazilian Portuguese.
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Need maps? This great new tool lets you use your library card to download over 140,000 maps. Click to learn more.
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Novelist and Literary Reference Center.
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  Information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, pictures and transcripts from TV and radio
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These databases are geared for more in-depth study and include many more scholarly journals: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, General Reference Center, Expanded Academic ASAP, Health Reference Center-Academic, etc
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(Revistas en Espanol)
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OCLC Worldcat, an online catalog of library holdings across the country.

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TUMBLEBOOKS - NEW!! eBooks for kids!! Games, picture books, and more. Check it out! It's free...

Listen and read books online for elementary, middle, and high school students