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Language Learning
Mango Languages & Little Pim
Learn a new language or improve your ESL skills with Mango Languages. With courses in over 70 world languages and 21 English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) dialects, Mango focuses on practical phrases, cultural nuances, and organic language acquisition.
Little Pim is the leading language teaching method designed just for children.
Mango and Little Pim are accessible in the library and from home via web and mobile apps. Learn more at https://mangolanguages.com/
History & Genealogy
Ancestry
Ancestry Library Edition, the largest online family history resource available, provides unprecedented access to family
history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe,
Australia, and more. Ancestry Library Edition is available for use in the library.
How to use Ancestry Library Tutorial
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 libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts. This effort is supported by the Boston Public Library through the Library for the Commonwealth program.
American Antiquarian Society Digital Collections
This online resources includes digitized books, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, and images documenting life in America from the colonial period through the 19th century.
E-books & Streaming Media
Hoopla
Hoopla Digital offers audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga, music, movies, TV, and more, all available 24/7 with no holds and no waiting. To get started, simply visit HooplaDigital.com or download the Hoopla app from your device’s app store, and sign up with your Auburn Public Library card.
Checkout limit: 5 per patron per month
Libby, by OverDrive
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle! It’s free and easy to get started. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/libby/.
NoveList Plus
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.
Boston Public Library eCard
If you are a Massachusetts resident and don’t already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for an eCard which provides access to all online resources, including Kanopy, Biblio+, Comics Plus, Freegal, and Palace.
Project Gutenberg
An online library of more than 75,000 free eBooks
Internet Archive
A non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more
Newspapers & Magazines
Newsbank
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable local and national 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.
New York Times Article Archive
Full-text article archive from 1985-present
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.
Time Magazine Vault
Provides free access to almost every issue of Time magazine since its launch in 1923
Yankee Magazine Archive
Full-text archive of the magazine Jan/Feb 2006-Present
Research & Academic
Statewide Databases
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.
Britannica Library
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.
HathiTrust
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.
Medline Plus
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).
Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder
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.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
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.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
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.
Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives
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.