Research Links

You will be prompted for your library card barcode number to use these databases. Some databases can only be used with a GPL card. For the first three databases, if a password is requested in addition to your GPL card, use Greenfield.

The Greenfield Recorder allows you access to full-text articles from the Greenfield Recorder (coverage from 1997- present).

Encyclopaedia Britannica is a powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.

Encyclopaedia Britannica for mobile devices. Check it out on your smartphone!

Encyclopaedia Britannica for Kids Edition is designed for students of all ages.

Science Online presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, videos, diagrams, definitions, biographies, and experiments..

Oxford Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001) with extensive image links.

HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMIĀ® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.

NoveList helps you to match a favorite author or book, explore fiction by genre, browse award winner lists, describe a plot and find a book to match, and read articles about new books and authors.

Proquest MA Newspapers allows full-text access to the Boston Globe.

Gale Resources give the ability to search one database at a time or many simultaneously and has podcasts available as well as the ability to change the text into one of eight languages.

In addition, the library has in-house access to the following databases:

  • Ancestry.com Library Edition
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society Vital Records
  • NewspaperArchive.com (Searchable online version of the Greenfield newspapers.)

The Official Website of the Town of Greenfield.