eBooks, Audiobooks, and Video
Boston Public Library eResources
Anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Massachusetts can register for a free Boston Public Library eCard and gain access to a wide range of digital resources covering newspapers, magazines, streaming media, genealogy and more.
Hoopla
Your public library at your fingertips. Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen. Access with your Meekins Library card.
Kanopy
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform for public libraries that offers films, TV shows, educational videos, and documentaries. Access with your Meekins Library card.
Libby
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app. You can even send your borrowed eBooks to your Kindle eReader or Kindle app! Access with your CWMARS library card.
Overdrive
The CWMARS digital catalog offers ebooks, eAudiobooks, and electronic magazines. You can browse our OverDrive collection of ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines on your computer or download the Libby app. Access with your CWMARS library card.
Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals
Newsbank
Includes access to the Amherst Bulletin, Berkshire Eagle, Greenfield Recorder, Valley Advocate, and many other local papers. Access with a Meekins Library card.
Country Journal Archive
Archived issues of the Country Journal. Click to access downloadable PDF files.
Gazette.com
The general public site for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton MA.
Education & Lifelong Learning
Britannica Library Suite
Comprehensive encyclopedia meeting the reference needs for all patrons from students, to business professionals and lifelong learners. Offers adult and kids interface. Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, videos, images, primary sources, and e-books. Provided through the statewide database collection.
Cambridge Dictionary Online
The Cambridge Dictionary offers clear English definitions, grammar and usage guidance, audio pronunciations in British and American accents, and bilingual translations.
Gale Database Collection
List of all Gale databases. Includes cross-searchable products. Covers a wide variety of subjects including: business, vocations and careers, cooking and nutrition, home improvement, gardening and horticulture, criminal justice, psychology, science, hospitality and tourism, religion and philosophy, war and terrorism, and more. Provided through the statewide database collection.
Live Lingua
This project is the internet's largest collection of free public domain language learning materials. It hosts thousands of free ebooks, audios and videos for over 130 languages from around the world.
Merriam-Webster Online
Find definitions for over 300000 words from the most authoritative English dictionary. Continuously updated with new words and meanings.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo is a kid-friendly, searchable database and digital library designed for elementary students to explore various topics like animals, science, biographies, social studies, and health. Provided through the statewide database collection.
Transparent Language
Transparent Language, a language learning database that offers over 110 languages (including English for non-native speakers), and features engaging lessons, alphabet courses, and speech-analysis technology to perfect your accent. Transparent Language Online is available for free to all Massachusetts residents with a valid public library card, supported by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC)
Literature & Art
Creativebug
Creativebug offers online arts and crafts video workshops and techniques. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more! Access with your Meekins Library card.
NoveList Plus
NoveList Plus is a readers' advisory database created by librarians and educational experts that helps users find books based on their reading preferences. It provides a wide range of features, including read-alike recommendations, genre browsing, and information on book series. Access with your CWMARS library card.
HathiTrust
HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries. Read public domain and open access titles for free.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. Focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
Historical Resources
American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) Online Reading Room
The AAPB is a national effort to digitally preserve and make accessible historically significant public radio and television programs created over the past 70+ years.
American Journeys
American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later.
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.
Founders Online
Correspondence and other writings of six major shapers of the United States: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Over 171,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.
Meekins Genealogy Resources
Looking for genealogy resources? Visit our Genealogy Resources page.
Meekins Local History Collection
Looking for local history information? Visit our Local History page.
Open Vault
WGBH Media Library and Archives Digital Library.
USA Photographs 1935-1945
170,000 images created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information.