Electronic Tools & Resources

Click the titles below to access these electronic tools and resources for free with your Old Colony Library Network library card.


America's NewsAmerica's News from Newsbank

Access the Boston Herald, Brockton Enterprise, Quincy Patriot-Ledger, and many other local newspapers.


Ancestry

Ancestry Library


Ancestry Library Edition, distributed exclusively by ProQuest and powered by Ancestry.com, delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more.


Consumer ReportsConsumer Reports

A Powerful interactive consumer database only for Stoughton Public Library cardholders! Get product Ratings from our world-famous test labs and sort them based on your priorities. Find out which products are best buys and worst performers. Enter your Stoughton Public Library card number for full access.

Encyclopedia Brittanica

                     

Encyclopedia Brittanica

Includes: Brittanica Online School Edition, Brittanica Learning Zone, Brittanica Online Public Library Edition, Brittanica Spanish Reference Center, World Data Analyst and Annals of America.

         

   Gale Databases     

          
Free aGaleccess to multiple databases containing reference books, encyclopedias, and research articles from thousands of journals.  Subjects include literary criticism, health and medicine, science, biography, fine arts, military history, business, vocational guidance, world history, U.S. history, environmental studies, and much more! Includes full-text articles from the NY Times from 1985 to the present.       


Learning ExpressEbsco - LearningExpress Job and Career Accelerator


Get detailed information on more than 1,100 occupations. Find careers that match your skills and interests. Access millions of current job and internship postings. Create professional resumes and cover letters, master interviewing and networking techniques, and more. Job and Career Accelerator is your guide to getting hired.

Explora ny Ebsco

Explora - Hobbies and Craft Source

Arts and Crafts, Collecting, Cooking and Baking, Holiday Crafts, Home and Garden, Indoor Recre­ation, Needle­crafts & Textiles, Performing Arts, Outdoor Recre­ation,  Science and Tech­nology, and much more.

Little Pim

Little Pim


Early language development for ages 0-6.


Mango

Mango Languages


Mango is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for many different languages including English. Learn a new language or improve your skills!


New York Times Digital     

New York Times Access to NYTimes.com requires using a free, personal nytimes.com account. If you don't already have one, create one. Once logged in, you have full access (except for the crossword, premium cooking section, and the archives between 1923 to 1980) while using any device on the Stoughton Public Library network, including your own personal devices on our wireless network.

Offsite? Get a token for 72 hours of offsite access.

NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory database, that helps library patrons find books based on their reading preferences, offering recommendations, reviews, and information on fiction and non-fiction titles for all ages.


PaThe Patriot Ledger Historical and Current Collectiontriot Ledger Historical and Current Collection

Research local history through the Patriot Ledger Collection with coverage from 1916 through the present day. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.