Databases
One of the best encyclopedias available to you now right from home. You can trust on World Book on being accurate and current. A great starting place for yor research. Available with an Agawam Library Card (not valid with any other CW/MARS library card).
Animal and Plant Anatomy Database
Facts on File American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience. Available remotely only to CW/MARS library card holders. Available to all users in the library. Funded by the CW/MARS Library Network.
Facts on File American Women's History Online
Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States. Available remotely only to CW/MARS library card holders. Available to all users in the library. Funded by the CW/MARS Library Network.
Facts on File African-American History Online
Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history. Available remotely only to CW/MARS library card holders. Available to all users in the library. Funded by the CW/MARS Library Network.
Available to C/W MARS library card holders from home (enter your library card number to log in). Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Funded by the CW/MARS Library Network.
Infotrac
A collection of databases that provides articles from magazines, encyclopedias, and reference books on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. The databases especially helpful for kids are: KidsInfoBits, Junior Edition K-12, Virtual Reference Center, & Biography Resource Center. Available with remote access with your library card. Funded by the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.
A great place to find a research topic for a paper.
An authoritative online source of up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.
It combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view. It has probed more than 600 controversial topics in the news since its debut in September 1995
It includes: pro and con menu, summarizing key issues at a glance; by the numbers statistical snapshots of key issues; groups to contact for further research; interviews with experts, plus detailed guidelines for conducting interviews; and a menu listing each Issues & Controversies special issue on the annual National High School Debate Topic since 1997. Available remotely only with an Agawam Public Library Card (not valid remotely with any other card). Available for all users in the library.
Massachusetts History Online
Available remotely with any Massachusetts Library Card. Also available in the library.
NoveList
This is a great resource for finding a good book to read. It includes picture books, children's chapter books, young adult and adult titles. Search features include match a favorite author, match a favorite title, describe a plot, browse subjects, explore fiction, and best fiction. Funded by the CW/MARS Library Network. Available with remote access with your CW/MARS library card.
This is available to C/W MARS library patrons is available to C/W MARS library patrons in member libraries and from home (enter your library card number to log in). Science Online contains biographies, definitions, diagrams, essays, experiments, and timelines from a broad range of scientific disciplines. Funded by the CW/MARS Library Network.
