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! Researching your family tree? Access over 6 BILLION genealogical and historical records (for us in the library only).

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NEW!The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database.

Learn everyday conversations at your own pace, at home or in the library.
Over 30 foreign languages currently available as well as many and ESL courses.
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NEW from Mango Languages! Interactive Language Learning for ages 0-6 in ten languages. Click here to log in with your APL card and start learning!

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.

The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.

TumbleTalkingBooks.com allows you to listen to or download your favorite audio books with just a click of a button. Listen online, bookmark your spot, or download the book and access your books offline at your convenience.You can download the books to any PC/MAC laptop, notebook, desktop, and to Android tablets. Downloads are for a 90-day loan period and you may borrow as many books at the same time as you like!