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A to Z Maps Online
Review travel information online about 175 different countries and 150 world cities such as locating essential services and finding tourist attractions. The profile for each city also includes ethnic recipes and basic language lessons.
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Academic OneFile
Contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text. Also 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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Adult Education – Universal Class
Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.
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Agriculture Collection
Articles on farming, horticulture, and agriculture-related fields from nearly 200 authoritative journal titles.
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Ancestry Library
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY- Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records, and lots more!
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AtoZ Databases
AtoZdatabases is the premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database. The database includes business & executive profiles, residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, real-time job listings, new businesses, healthcare professionals, new movers, new homeowners, and much more. The databases are ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends, relatives and a whole lot of other possibilities.
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Boston Herald Collection – 1991 to Current
Explore Boston history through local news, events and people with The Boston Herald Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
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Britannica Escolar
Enciclopedia K-8 para hablantes nativos y estudiantes que aprenden español. (K-8 encyclopedia for native Spanish speakers and students learning Spanish.)
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Britannica Fundamentals
An innovative early learning product for students in kindergarten through second grade.
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Britannica Learning Zone
Grade Level PreK-5. Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, interactive learning environment that gives early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities.
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Britannica Library
Contains the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, each covering the research needs of a different age group. Also contains magazine articles, a homework help section, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri, a Spanish-English dictionary, and video and audio content.
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Britannica School Edition
For Elementary, Middle and High School levels, this reference and learning suite also offers high-quality online learning materials that have been developed by teachers and curriculum experts.
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Business Collection
This collection contains articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields.
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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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Consumer Reports
ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations.
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Creativebug
Creativebug offers over 1000 video classes in drawing, painting, sketchbooking, sewing, quilting, knitting, jewelry making, and much more, taught by the world’s top artists, designers and crafters,
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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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Digital Commonwealth
This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.
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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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Economics and Theory
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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Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
This collection provides multiple viewpoints of the field of environmental issues and policy including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
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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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Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search all Gale resources at once with PowerSearch. Search all the journals, magazines, primary sources, and reference resources provided Gale, or select which databases to search.
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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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Gender Studies Collection
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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Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. Heritage Hub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.
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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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Home Improvement Collection
Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.
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Hoopla
Borrow digital video, music and audiobooks. Access thousands of titles and watch on your smartphone, tablet or computer. There’s no waiting to borrow and automatic return eliminates all late fees. Create an account with your library card number.
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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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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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Insurance and Liability Collection
This collection, comprised of 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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Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video service that offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. Kanopy provides access to films and documentaries from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection
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Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.
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Libby
The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman’s shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.
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Mango Languages
Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of foreign languages. It also features ESL instruction in English, tailored for speakers of more than a dozen languages.
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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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Needham Town Reports and High School Yearbooks
The Needham Annual Reports from 1891-2024 and High School yearbooks from 1891-2012 are now available digitally on the Internet Archive.
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New York Times
Provides full-text access to 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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NoveList Plus
Not sure what to read next? Find read-a-likes, recommendations, and more, all curated by librarians and publishing insiders. (Log in with your Minuteman library card.)
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Nursing and 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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NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*O -
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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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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. Students will love exploring PebbleGo time and time again.
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Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
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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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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Popular Magazines
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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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 impact our daily lives. This collection includes journals relating to spirituality and ideas.
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Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.
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Science (Gale Interactive)
Gale Interactive: Science provides engaging, interactive models that bring science to life. While supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Gale Interactive: Science helps students better visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore 3D models that are paired with reference and periodical content for further understanding.
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Value Line Research Center
The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
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Vocations and 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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Wall Street Journal
· Access The Wall Street Journal’s full website, wsj.com, from the Library!
· Simply create (or login to) an account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
· Your access will be available for the next 3 days.
· After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.
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War and 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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Wickedlocal.com including The Needham Times
Access articles posted on WickedLocal.com from 2022-current and read past issues of the Needham Times newspaper from 2005-2022.
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WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. For home access try the free version at http://www.worldcat.org
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Wowbrary
See what’s new at the Needham Free Public Library! Sign up for weekly emails to see all the new items added to the library’s collection that week!
Arts & Music

Adult Education – Universal Class
Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.

Creativebug
Creativebug offers over 1000 video classes in drawing, painting, sketchbooking, sewing, quilting, knitting, jewelry making, and much more, taught by the world’s top artists, designers and crafters,

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.

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.

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

Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video service that offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. Kanopy provides access to films and documentaries from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection

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.
Business

Business Collection
This collection contains articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields.

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.

Economics and Theory
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.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

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.

Insurance and Liability Collection
This collection, comprised of 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.

Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*

Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.

Value Line Research Center
The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.

Wall Street Journal
· Access The Wall Street Journal’s full website, wsj.com, from the Library!
· Simply create (or login to) an account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
· Your access will be available for the next 3 days.
· After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Wickedlocal.com including The Needham Times
Access articles posted on WickedLocal.com from 2022-current and read past issues of the Needham Times newspaper from 2005-2022.
Children

Britannica Escolar
Enciclopedia K-8 para hablantes nativos y estudiantes que aprenden español. (K-8 encyclopedia for native Spanish speakers and students learning Spanish.)

Britannica Fundamentals
An innovative early learning product for students in kindergarten through second grade.

Britannica Learning Zone
Grade Level PreK-5. Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, interactive learning environment that gives early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities.

Britannica School Edition
For Elementary, Middle and High School levels, this reference and learning suite also offers high-quality online learning materials that have been developed by teachers and curriculum experts.

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.

Libby
The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman’s shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.

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. Students will love exploring PebbleGo time and time again.
Culture

A to Z Maps Online
Review travel information online about 175 different countries and 150 world cities such as locating essential services and finding tourist attractions. The profile for each city also includes ethnic recipes and basic language lessons.

Adult Education – Universal Class
Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.

Consumer Reports
ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations.

Digital Commonwealth
This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

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.

Gender Studies Collection
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.

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.

NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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.

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.

Wickedlocal.com including The Needham Times
Access articles posted on WickedLocal.com from 2022-current and read past issues of the Needham Times newspaper from 2005-2022.
Education

Academic OneFile
Contains 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text. Also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content from 1985.

Adult Education – Universal Class
Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.

Britannica Escolar
Enciclopedia K-8 para hablantes nativos y estudiantes que aprenden español. (K-8 encyclopedia for native Spanish speakers and students learning Spanish.)

Britannica Fundamentals
An innovative early learning product for students in kindergarten through second grade.

Britannica Learning Zone
Grade Level PreK-5. Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, interactive learning environment that gives early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities.

Britannica Library
Contains the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, each covering the research needs of a different age group. Also contains magazine articles, a homework help section, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri, a Spanish-English dictionary, and video and audio content.

Britannica School Edition
For Elementary, Middle and High School levels, this reference and learning suite also offers high-quality online learning materials that have been developed by teachers and curriculum experts.

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.

Economics and Theory
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.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

Gale PowerSearch
Search all Gale resources at once with PowerSearch. Search all the journals, magazines, primary sources, and reference resources provided Gale, or select which databases to search.

Gender Studies Collection
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.

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.

Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video service that offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. Kanopy provides access to films and documentaries from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection

Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*

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. Students will love exploring PebbleGo time and time again.

Science (Gale Interactive)
Gale Interactive: Science provides engaging, interactive models that bring science to life. While supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Gale Interactive: Science helps students better visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore 3D models that are paired with reference and periodical content for further understanding.

Wall Street Journal
· Access The Wall Street Journal’s full website, wsj.com, from the Library!
· Simply create (or login to) an account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
· Your access will be available for the next 3 days.
· After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.
Entertainment

Adult Education – Universal Class
Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.

Hoopla
Borrow digital video, music and audiobooks. Access thousands of titles and watch on your smartphone, tablet or computer. There’s no waiting to borrow and automatic return eliminates all late fees. Create an account with your library card number.

Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video service that offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. Kanopy provides access to films and documentaries from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection

Libby
The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman’s shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.

NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*

Wall Street Journal
· Access The Wall Street Journal’s full website, wsj.com, from the Library!
· Simply create (or login to) an account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
· Your access will be available for the next 3 days.
· After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Wickedlocal.com including The Needham Times
Access articles posted on WickedLocal.com from 2022-current and read past issues of the Needham Times newspaper from 2005-2022.

Wowbrary
See what’s new at the Needham Free Public Library! Sign up for weekly emails to see all the new items added to the library’s collection that week!
Foreign Language

Britannica Escolar
Enciclopedia K-8 para hablantes nativos y estudiantes que aprenden español. (K-8 encyclopedia for native Spanish speakers and students learning Spanish.)

Libby
The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman’s shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.

Mango Languages
Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of foreign languages. It also features ESL instruction in English, tailored for speakers of more than a dozen languages.
Genealogy

Ancestry Library
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY- Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records, and lots more!

Digital Commonwealth
This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. Heritage Hub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.

Needham Town Reports and High School Yearbooks
The Needham Annual Reports from 1891-2024 and High School yearbooks from 1891-2012 are now available digitally on the Internet Archive.
Government

Economics and Theory
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.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

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.

NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*

Wall Street Journal
· Access The Wall Street Journal’s full website, wsj.com, from the Library!
· Simply create (or login to) an account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
· Your access will be available for the next 3 days.
· After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.
Health

Nursing and 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

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
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.

Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.

Science (Gale Interactive)
Gale Interactive: Science provides engaging, interactive models that bring science to life. While supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Gale Interactive: Science helps students better visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore 3D models that are paired with reference and periodical content for further understanding.
History

Ancestry Library
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY- Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records, and lots more!

Britannica School Edition
For Elementary, Middle and High School levels, this reference and learning suite also offers high-quality online learning materials that have been developed by teachers and curriculum experts.

Digital Commonwealth
This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

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.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

Gender Studies Collection
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.

Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. Heritage Hub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.

Needham Town Reports and High School Yearbooks
The Needham Annual Reports from 1891-2024 and High School yearbooks from 1891-2012 are now available digitally on the Internet Archive.

Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.

War and 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.
Jobs & Careers

Adult Education – Universal Class
Universal Class, Inc. provides online continuing education courses. With a growing course catalog of over 500 online classes, Universal Class is committed to providing only the most affordable and highest quality continuing education.

Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.

Vocations and Careers Collection
Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Law

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.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.
Literature

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.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

Libby
The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman’s shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.

NoveList Plus
Not sure what to read next? Find read-a-likes, recommendations, and more, all curated by librarians and publishing insiders. (Log in with your Minuteman library card.)

Popular Magazines
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.

Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. For home access try the free version at http://www.worldcat.org
News

Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. Heritage Hub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.

New York Times
Provides full-text access to the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

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.

NYtimes.com (The New York Times)
Enjoy full access to NYtimes.com! Click this link to redeem an access code. Click “Redeem” and log in or create an account to use the promotional code for 72 hours of free access to the NY Times online.
To extend access for another 72 hours, return to this link to redeem another code. There is no limit for code redemptions per account. *For in-library use go directly to nytimes.com*

Popular Magazines
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.

Wall Street Journal
· Access The Wall Street Journal’s full website, wsj.com, from the Library!
· Simply create (or login to) an account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
· Your access will be available for the next 3 days.
· After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Wickedlocal.com including The Needham Times
Access articles posted on WickedLocal.com from 2022-current and read past issues of the Needham Times newspaper from 2005-2022.
Religion

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Research religions and philosophies of the world and how they impact our daily lives. This collection includes journals relating to spirituality and ideas.
Science

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

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
This collection provides multiple viewpoints of the field of environmental issues and policy including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

Gale Ebooks
Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

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.

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.

Salem Press
Includes a wealth of titles on literature, history, science and health. Great for homework help and research papers, some popular series include critical insights on well-known authors and their works, great events in history, principles of science and medical guides.

Science (Gale Interactive)
Gale Interactive: Science provides engaging, interactive models that bring science to life. While supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Gale Interactive: Science helps students better visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore 3D models that are paired with reference and periodical content for further understanding.