Electronic Resources

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders. The Library Speakers Consortium showcases a virtual author talk series each month featuring bestselling, award-winning, and highly acclaimed authors from around the world. 

The free, virtual series takes place two to three times a month and includes the opportunity to ask questions to the author.

NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.

Explore Worcester history through local news, events and people with Worcester Telegram & Gazette Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. 

You will need your Auburn Public Library card number to access newspapers remotely. Library card numbers are case sensitive. 

In partnership with the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) and with additional funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) provides access and support to a suite of both general reference and specialized statewide databases. The current suite of resources includes access to products from Gale, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Capstone. 

The statewide databases are available to everyone who lives, works, and studies in Massachusetts. The resources are accessible via geolocation, which means that they can be accessed from anywhere within the state. 

Digitized books, government publications, and other documents from the collections of an international community of research libraries. All material is indexed and searchable, but access to full reproductions is limited to material not under copyright.

This online resources includes digitized books, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, and images documenting life in America from the colonial period through the 19th century.

This free digital archive offers millions of photographs, maps, manuscripts, audio recordings, films, newspapers, and more—from presidential papers and Civil War images to early sound recordings and rare books.

Access 26,627 descriptions of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, films, works of art and organizational records, and digital content, including images, audio files, video files, and many others.

Three levels of age-appropriate encyclopedia content for adults, middle and high school students, and children. Includes articles, primary sources, audiovisual materials, dictionaries, a world atlas, web links, and a country comparison feature.  Research tools include citation assistance and a step-by-step planner and tutorial for research and reports.

Statewide databases are available to everyone who lives, works, and studies in Massachusetts. The resources are accessible via geolocation, which means that they can be accessed from anywhere within the state. 

A comprehensive database for readers’ advisory, offering recommendations for over 260,000 fiction and nonfiction titles across all age groups. It provides tools for finding books by theme, genre, or appeal, along with author read-alikes, series information, book reviews, and discussion guides. Includes reading recommendations to help readers of all ages find just the right book.

This resource is provided by CW MARS. You will need a CW MARS Library card number to access Novelist Plus remotely. 

Provides free access to almost every issue of Time magazine since its launch in 1923

A non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more

An online library of more than 75,000 free eBooks

A publication of the United States Department of Labor‘s Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States.

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. Covers symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention for over 900 diseases, illnesses, health conditions, and wellness issues. A service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

A search tool that provides contact information for legal aid offices, government agencies and court programs that may be available for free or at low cost, as well as links to free legal information and self-help materials.

Provides free, specialized MA RMV practice tests for cars, motorcycles, and commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) including hundreds of questions based on the RMV manuals that resemble those on the official learner’s permit exams, plus handbooks and study guides.