Welcome to PPL Online

Maine Answers Tough Times Resources from the Maine State Library to help Mainers through the economic downturn.
Audio/Video Links Movies, music and audio books.
Books and Reading Sites about books, reviews, "what to read next", information about authors and more.
Business and Employment Job hunting sites, business news, and investment information
Government Information Links to federal, state and local government sites.
Genealogy Resources Find out what's available on the Internet to help with your genealogy search.
Health and Medicine Recommended sites that provide health information.
Language Some online sources for learning a new language.
Patents, Trademarks and Copyright

Audiobook downloads

Overdrive Maine Infonet Download Library Choose from a mix of adult and youth titles. Most titles will work on iPods, all will play on a Windows computer and WMA compatible portable device. Log in with your 14 digit library card number, you do not need to register.
For more information visit our eAudiobooks page

Find other online audiobook sites on our Audio/Video page.

Auto and Small Engine Repair

Auto Repair Reference Center offers detailed information on auto repair and maintenance, including wiring diagrams. 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

Mergent/Moody's Online offers financial information on more than 10,000 publicly held corporations, plus annual reports, historical data, equity reports, and more. Available from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card number.

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 from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card number.

MARVEL! Business Databases Connect to MARVEL! for Valueline, Business and Company Resource Center, Wall Street Journal and more.

See our Web Links page for other business resources available on the internet.

Genealogy:

HeritageQuest offers genealogy information, including census data, local history articles, revolutionary war records and more. Available from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card number.
For in-library Access (no card needed), click here.

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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.

General

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.

Language

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.

News

Facts on File World News Digest Find US and World News from 1941 to the present. Stories include links to previous related stories. Available from home - Log in with your 14 digit library card number.
The New York Times is available on Microfilm from 1851 to the present. 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 for dates between January 2008 to October 2009. For home use, click here and enter your library card number. For in library use, click here, no library card required.
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

News -- Maine

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Learn a Test helps you study and practice for exams such as ASVAB, Civil Service, SAT, U.S. Citizenship and more. Set up a user name and password and return to the test at any time. Available from home - register for an account using your 14 digit library card number as your user name.