eResources by Subject
Please note that some resources require a "Patron ID". This is your Sharon Library Card number.
About Sharon/Local History
- Digitized Historical Collection
- Sharon Newspapers Online (1883 - current)
- America's News (NewsBank)
- Select "USA - Massachusetts" to find Sharon Advocate (2005-2019) or Times Advocate (2019-May 2022)
- Patriot Ledger Collection (Newsbank)
- Brockton Enterprise Collection (Newsbank)
Arts, Crafts & Culture
- Creativebug
- Fine Arts (Gale OneFile)
Business, Finance
- Barron's (72-hour access) Log in or create an account for for access.After 72 hours, log in again as an existing user with your Barron's username and password.
- Business (Gale OneFile)
- Economics & Theory (Gale OneFile)
- ImmigrationHelp.org - nonprofit organization providing free legal assistance for preparing immigration applications to low-income immigrants
- Insurance & Liability (Gale OneFile)
- Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
- LegalForms - Massachusetts (Gale)
- Morningstar Investing Center
- ValueLine
eBooks, Audiobooks, Movies, Music, TV
- hoopla - borrow up to 5 items per month - [Downloadable Brochure]
- kanopy - use up to 9 tickets per month, plus unlimited kanopy kids - [How To Guide] [Downloadable Brochure]
- Libby by OverDrive - borrow up to 10 items per month - [Downloadable Brochure]
- OverDrive catalog - eBooks & eAudiobooks
Consumer and Home
- Consumer Reports
- Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile)
- Gardening & Horticulture (Gale OneFile)
- Home Improvement (Gale OneFile)
- LegalForms - Massachusetts (Gale)
- New York Times Cooking (24-hour access) Click "Redeem". Log in or create an account. Redeem a new code when access expires.
Education & Career
- Agriculture (Gale OneFile)
- Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile)
- Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile)
- Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile)
- Information Science (Gale OneFile)
- Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
- MA RMV CDL Driving Tests
- MA RMV Driving Tests
- MA RMV Motorcycle Driving Tests
- Mango Languages
- Nursing & Allied Health (Gale OneFile)
- Peterson's Career Prep (Gale Presents)
- Petersons's Test Prep (Gale Presents)
- Transparent Language for Libraries - learn to read and write in 100+ languages
- Udemy - on-demand video courses for business, technology, design and personal interest. Access limited to Massachusetts
- Vocations & Careers (Gale OneFile)
Genealogy
- Ancestry (in-library use only)
- FamilySearch - create a free account
- Fold3 by Ancestry (Military records Help)
- Heritage Hub (Newsbank) - obituaries & death notices
- Heritage Quest Online (ProQuest) - Ancestry product
Health & Science
- Agriculture (Gale OneFile)
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Geriatric Society
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Environmental Studies (Gale in Context)
- Environmental Studies & Policy (Gale OneFile)
- Health & Medicine (Gale OneFile)
- Health & Wellness (Gale)
- Mayo Clinic
- MedlinePlus (a service of the National Library of Medicine - the world's largest medical library)
- National Institutes of Health
- Nursing & Allied Health (Gale OneFile)
- ONC Guide to Getting and Using Your Health Records
- Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile)
- Psychology (Gale OneFile)
- Science (Gale in Context)
- Science (Gale Interactive)
- Science Database (ProQuest)
History, Government & Politics
- Biography (Gale in Context)
- Global Issues (Gale in Context)
- Library of Congress Collections
- Military & Intelligence (Gale OneFile)
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
- U.S. History (Gale in Context)
- War and Terrorism (Gale OneFile)
- World History (Gale in Context)
Literature
- Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Literature Resource Center (Gale)
- NoveList Plus (EBSCO) - create account to save lists
- Project Gutenberg - Nonprofit library of digitized books in the public domain (copyright expired)
Newspapers & Magazines
- America's News / Newsbank - Select "USA - Massachusetts" to find Sharon Advocate (2005-2019) or Times Advocate (2019-May 2022)
- Barron's (72-hour access) Log in or create an account for for access.
- Black Life in America (Newsbank)
- Boston Globe article archive (ProQuest)
- Boston Metro Collection (Newsbank)
- Brockton Enterprise Collection (Newsbank)
- Consumer Reports
- Hispanic Life in America (Newsbank)
- Libby by Overdrive Magazines - unlimited borrowing
- The New York Times (72-hour access). Click "Redeem". Log in or create an account. Redeem a new code when access expires.
- New York Times Cooking (24-hour access) Click "Redeem". Log in or create an account. Redeem a new code when access expires.
- New York Times Games (24-hour access) Click "Redeem". Log in or create an account. Redeem a new code when access expires.
- News (Gale OneFile)
- NewsBank / America's News
- Patriot Ledger Collection (Newsbank)
- Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile)
- Sharon Newspapers Online (1883 - current)
- Wall Street Journal (72-hour access) Log in or create an account for for access.After 72 hours, log in again as an existing user with your WSJ username and password.
Research
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- Academic OneFile Select (Gale)
- Biography (Gale in Context)
- Britannica Public Library Edition
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Information Science (Gale OneFile)
- MA Labor and Employment Laws
- Power Search (Gale)
- Boston Public Library
Social Studies
- Black Life in America (Newsbank)
- Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile)
- Gender Studies (Gale OneFile)
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale OneFile)
- Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile)
- Religion & Philosophy (Gale OneFile)
Youth/Teens
- Biography (Gale in Context)
- Britannica Moderna
- Britannica Online School Edition
- Britannica Public Library Edition
- Britannica School - Elementary
- Britannica School - Middle School
- Britannica School - High School
- Elementary (Gale in Context)
- High School Edition (Gale OneFile)
- MA RMV Driving Tests
- Middle School (Gale in Context)
- NoveList K-8 Plus
- PebbleGo - Animals and Biographies (Capstone)
- Power Search - Publication Search (Gale)