Extensive peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Covering all academic disciplines, it has millions of articles available in both PDF or HTML format. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
Access to data from several censuses and surveys (population, housing, economic and community) from the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
Ancestry Library Edition (ProQuest) - For Use in K-12 Libraries
The world's most popular consumer online genealogy resource is available to use in Maine K-12 school libraries. This collection holds billions of records in census data, photos, directories, vital records, and more. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
Have fun when exploring great title recommendations and reading lists for genre fiction and essential non-fiction. Everyone can easily find their next book to read when using the "What Do I Read Next?" feature!
Full-text coverage of business disciplines: accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy. Includes a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.
Business Economics and Theory (Gale)
Content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, and researching rates.
Automotive maintenance, repair, and technical service bulletins. Step-by-step service and repair procedures, wiring diagrams, maintenance and specification tables, troubleshooting guides and diagnostic trouble codes, and ASE test prep. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
Communications and Mass Media Collection (Gale)
Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, to meet the needs of researchers.
Congress.gov (Legislative Information)
Provides full-text access to the Congressional Record, bills, public and private laws, roll call votes, and schedules of both houses.
Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)
Covers law, law enforcement, or terrorism, training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in homeland security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, going to court, writing sociological reports, and much more.
Culinary Arts Collection (Gale)
More than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit.
Provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application.
Educator's Reference Complete (Gale)
A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Focus on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.
This database covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, etc.
Extensive coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and affiliated areas of study. Offering full text and indexing for journals, books and monographs.
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (Gale)
Over 800 journals and six subject-specific reference titles provide coverage of environmental issues and policies. Offers diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, and corporate interests.
(U.S. Dept. of Ed.) This comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information is for educators, researchers, and the general public.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts places millions of articles at the fingertips of serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. The database includes over 500 journals, with more than 400 available in full text.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date author biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Gale PowerSearch contains over 375,000,000 articles found in a collection of authoritative periodicals, scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference content.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) ebooks
A selection of the most popular Gale reference e-books. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
A one-stop source for news and magazine articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
General Science Collection (Gale)
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering the latest scientific developments. Subjects include biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology.
Search the most recent global news content in over 2,800 news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, transcripts, video, and digital-first content in full-text format. The archives stretch back into the 1980s. Includes the Boston Globe, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more!
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You can search for articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Google's free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages.
A free research database that provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites & government databases. Includes 700+ videos from a consumer health video library.
Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)
Articles on Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center (EBSCO)
A resource that offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text from leading hobby and craft magazines. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
Home Improvement Collection (Gale)
More than 4.5 million articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles, covering topics including architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and others.
In Context: Environmental Studies (Gale)
This resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development.
In Context: High School (Gale)
Presented at the High School level. Provides support for papers, projects, and presentations that reinforce development of academic skills like critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Offers a selection of overviews, primary sources, videos and images.
In Context: Middle School (Gale)
Created specifically for middle school students, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources. It includes more than 1.6 million articles.
In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. It features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio and links to vetted websites.
This resource includes a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. It provides quality reference material--not simply translations of English-language materials.
Leadership and Management (Gale)
Periodical content covering topics such as 21st century skills, learning disorders, standardized testing, home schooling and more. Updated daily, this resource is for any professional educator interested in professional development.
LearningExpress Library (EBSCO)
An eLearning solution that provides support to students and professionals for academic skill-building, standardized test prep, career certification test prep and more.Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
A project of the Maine Historical Society, provides access to thousands of historical items belonging to over 260 organizations from across Maine.
Search through the Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, Maine Times, Portland Press Herald and Sun Journal dating back to 1980.
Maine Secretary of State Kids' Page
Information for K-12 on the State of Maine as well as links to other student programs from the Secretary of State's Office.
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families for reliable, up-to-date health information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand.
Merriam-Webster's 3rd New Int'l. Dictionary
Online full-text of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus as well as a wealth of language related information.
Military & Intelligence Resources (Gale)
Scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key areas include governmental policies, socio-economic effects of war, structure of the armed forces, and more.
MyHeritage (Library Edition) (EBSCO)
MyHeritage Library Edition contains internationally diverse genealogy databases. Access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and resources that span the past five centuries. Remote access from home is allowed and it is and a mobile-friendly.
A full-text newspaper resource searchable by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Access to more than 2,300 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.
Niche Academy is an award winning online learning platform that includes quick video tutorials for many of the resources you’ll find in the Digital Maine Library.
A database for reading recommendations to help readers of all ages find information on books. Includes expert recommendations, read-alikes, reviews, articles, lists and more. Also provides audiobook information and recommendations. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.
A resource for job seekers that helps people improve their chances of finding sustainable employment. Provides guidance and activities for job seekers and those investigating new careers.
Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection (Gale)
Includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, provides access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, and experimental research theses.
Access to the most searched magazines across the OneFile products. The titles selected are based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons and the database includes many titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries."
Scribner Writers Series (Gale)
The Scribner Writers series are e-books that include: American Writers Collection (36 vols); British Writers Collection (26 vols); European Writers Collection (14 vols); World and Genre Writers Collection (25 vols).
A collection of references to literary figures of America, Great Britain and the world. Includes biographical information, major works, and critical responses.
U.S. History Collection (Gale)
A comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting topics in U.S. History that contains 584,689 articles.
US Newsstream provides access to the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
Vocations and Careers Collection (Gale)
Finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. This collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
A daily business and financial newspaper with high marks for factual reporting. It has a focus upon business and economy but often reports on related topics in politics, arts and world events.
For advanced secondary and college students, this is a reference tool that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia databases supplemented with online books, primary sources, website links and more. Optimized for tablets.
Aimed at learners reading below year level (as well as adult literacy, reluctant readers or ESL), World Book Discover engages with easy-to-understand content, interactive multimedia and text-to-speech. Includes activities aimed at teaching life skills.
Produced by the CIA, the World Factbook summarizes information about countries and other international entities, such as demographics, geography, communications, government, and economy.
World History Collection (Gale)
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Coverage of events in world history and scholarly work.