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eAudiobook
& eBook downloads
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Overdrive
Maine Infonet Download Library Choose
from a mix of adult and youth titles.
For e-books, titles are readable on Mac and PC computers and
some e-readers (iPad, iPhone, Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Border's Kobo, Sony eReader,
and more).
For more
information visit our eBooks help
page.
For e-audiobooks, most titles will
work on iPods, all will play on a Windows computer
and WMA compatible portable devices. Log in with
your 14 digit library card number, and download the required
player software to your computer. For more
information visit our eAudiobooks
help pages.
For
youth titles, also check out our TumbleBooks
and TumbleReadables.
Find
other online audiobook sites on our Audio/Video
page.
Music,
Film, & Culture
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 Filmakers
Library Online features over 1,000 titles, with over 800 hours
of film. Award-winning documentaries, re-enactments and interviews
cover a multitude of topics representing cultures and traditions
from around the world. Ideal for teachers and students, the database
allows users to create their own playlists. Topics include gender
studies, health and medicine, environmental concerns, criminal
justice and social policy, as well as arts and literature.
Available
from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card
number.
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 Watch Classical
Music in Video,
the definitive online video collection for the
study of classical music, including almost 1,000 hours of classical
music performances and masterclasses -- approximately 1,500
performances of all forms of classical music -- from Medieval to the
21st century.
Auto
and Small Engine Repair
Available
from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card
number.
Small
Engine Repair Reference Center has repair information for
lawnmowers, water craft, ATVs, motorcycles, tractors,
snowmobiles and more.
Available
from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card
number.
The
PPL Online Technical Collection is made available through the
generosity of the David K. Silverman Fund.
Business
Research
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Demographics
Now - Access a demographic report on
any geography, the maps tab to view a simple map and the 2010 census files
as they are released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Look here to for easy access
to other data files in the future.
- Reference USA now includes Residential and
Business information. Look up directory information on
businesses or residences across the country. Narrow a search by criteria such as
number of employees and sales. Available in
the library or at home with your library card
number.
- LegalForms
-provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal
forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts,
wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many
others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a
dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
- Small
Business Resource Center search this database to learn how to
start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include;
sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
- Business
Insights: Global
is a unique source for international
business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to
find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and
the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.
- Visit Morningstar
Investment Research Center
to access this data-rich site for company, stock, mutual fund, ETF and market
information from in
the library or visit Morningstar at home
with your library card number.
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Value
Line is an investment management solution, providing in-depth
financial information, objective research, and advanced analytical
tools for new and experienced investors to make timely,
better-informed investment decisions. Available in
the library or at home
with your library card number.
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MARVEL!
Business Databases Connect
to MARVEL! for Business and Company Resource Center,
Wall Street Journal and more.
Available in
the library or at home with
your library card number.
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See
our Web Links page for other business
resources available on the internet.
Genealogy
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HeritageQuest
offers
genealogy information, including census data, local history articles,
revolutionary war records and more.
Available in
the library or from home with your
library card
number.
(Trouble
connecting? Check the frequently
asked questions here and firewall
settings here.)
Ancestry
Library Edition Search census, immigration
and other family records. In Library Use Only.
Our
Web Links page features other genealogy
sites freely available on the Internet.
Job
Search & Career Skills
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For
practice
tests and other job seeking skills,
visit the LearningExpress
Library, a collection of tools
providing online job, career, and computer training resources as
well as skill-building courses, exercises, and practice exams for
ASVAB, Civil Service, SAT, U.S.
Citizenship and more. Set up a user name and password and return
to the test at any time. The site is divided into sections by the
type of skill or practice test you want to pursue. Available in
the library or at home
- register for an account using your 14 digit library card
number as your user name.
Language
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Mango
Languages an online language-learning system that can help you
learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese,
German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, or English.
Available from home--set up an account with your email address, and
library barcode and select a password.
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MUZZY
Languages Online is the award-winning language program for children.
This comprehensive, interactive and fun way to learn another language is
available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Available
from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card
number.
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Find language learning sites with our Language web links.
News
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The New York Times on Microfilm from 1851 to the present
is available at the main library. There is an index on the New
York Times archives site at http://query.nytimes.com/search
. Digital
microfilm, with the full image of the daily paper is now available
online. This digital version is available for dates December 2008 up to
near the current date (2- 3 months delay in digital delivery). For
home use, click here and enter your library card number. For
in library use, click here, no library card required.
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Proquest Newspapers,
for more recent articles from the
New York Times and other national and regional newspapers such
as the Boston Globe, use
Proquest, part of the MARVEL
databases
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Global
Issues in Context is a colorful wealth of resources explaining
the background and viewpoints necessary for understanding global
issues, conflicts, and events.
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Opposing
Viewpoints in Context is an online resource covering today's
hottest social issues - helps students research, analyze, and organize
a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing
assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
News
-- Maine
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The
Maine
News Index Online
includes abstracts and citations for articles from Portland
and Maine periodicals which Portland Public Library's Portland Room
staff have compiled since 1993.
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Maine
Newsstand (via MARVEL) offers indexing for the Portland
Press Herald (from 1995), the Bangor Daily
News and other Maine
newspapers. Full text is available for most articles.
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Discover
what institution has copies (in paper or microfilm) of Maine's
old and/or current newspapers with the Maine
Newspaper Project.
Maine
photographs, documents and archives
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The
Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical
Society, is a statewide digital museum that provides
unprecedented access to over 10,000 historical items from over
160 museums, historical societies, libraries, and other
organizations from every corner of Maine.
Reference,
guides, & encyclopedias
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Credo
Reference Search hundreds of reference books, on subjects
from Art to Technology. Includes full text articles from
dictionaries and encyclopedias, images, animations, and art
reproductions. Available
from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card
number.
Reader's
Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
The
1890-1982 is an online index to over 3 million articles from
approximately 374 popular magazines. Use this to search for
articles and primary sources that pre-date the scope of the MARVEL!.
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