Providing Our Library Members with the Research Tools they Need
Having accurate, credible, valuable sources is crucial to any research paper or project you may be involved in. With our rich, extensive catalog of the top research databases available, you’ll be able to access information ranging from medical research to history and literature, with everything in between. All you need to access these databases is your library card, and then you’re ready for your research.

Academic
Search Elite
Scholarly resource provides indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals.

America’s
News Magazines
UNAVAILABLE FOR 2020
Find information on topics of current interest including business, education, the environment, history, homeschooling, science and technology. Features Newsweek, Popular Science, Mother Earth News, Science Illustrated, Smithsonian and more.

America’s
Newspapers
UNAVAILABLE FOR 2020
Find information on topics related to business, health, education, the environment, government, politics and more from a variety of news media including newspapers, newswires, blogs, broadcast transcripts, periodicals and web-only content featuring The Call and USA Today. Also includes Special Reports for homework help.

America’s Newspapers
The Call
UNAVAILABLE FOR 2020
Find information on topics related to business, community issues and events, education, government, politics and more.

Ancestry.com
Database
Woonsocket patrons will now have temporary remote access outside of our network to Ancestry’s library edition. Please click here on this Ancestry link and you will be redirected to the Ocean State Libraries website to authenticate. You will have temporary access using your valid Woonsocket Harris Public Library issued library card and pin code.
Search census, birth, death, and marriage certificates, newspaper & historical stories, photos, historical maps and other media.
In-library access only. No login or password required.

AskRI.org
AskRI: Rhode Island’s Statewide Reference Resource Center. A local hub of information resources used by job seekers, students, and educators alike!

Auto Repair
Resource
Repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added on a regular basis. All content has been created by ASE certified technicians.

Biography Reference
Center
Biography Collection Complete offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas. This database features more than 177,000 full-text biographies from many different sources.

Consumer Health
Complete

Education Resources
Information Center

Funk & Wagnalls
Encyclopedia

GreenFILE
Database

Heritage
Quest

History Reference
Center

Kids Search
(Explora Primary)

Learning
Express

LISTA

Literary
Reference Center

Mango
Languages

MasterFILE
Premier

MEDLINE
Full Text

Middle Search
Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps and flags.

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Reader’s Advisory
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