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Covers the American experience through biographies, images, videos, maps, chart, timelines and more.

Browse the world’s largest online family history resource, featuring instant access to hundreds of years of history in billions of historical documents and millions of historical photos from all over the world.

AtoZdatabases are useful for marketing professionals, genealogists, employers, job seekers or for finding business contacts and former friends or classmates.

Digital collections of books, images, articles, audio and video from leading publishers and archives, including fiction, graphic novels, comics, childrens books, university press books and much more. Apps are available for many mobile devices.

Access Chilton’s car manuals from library, home, garage or anywhere. This covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

Discover the content you want to read with cloudLibrary. Whether on the web, a tablet, your mobile device, you can browse digital shelves curated by your library or filtering by genres that interest you.

Consumer Reports provides evidence-based product testing and ratings, rigorous research, hard-hitting investigative journalism, public education, and steadfast policy action on behalf of consumers’ interests.

Get started exploring the billions of American and international genealogical records dating back to the 1700s — including unique primary sources, family and local histories, research guides, interactive census maps and more.

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. 

LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college admissions tests, study for career certifications, and more.

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more for free! Libby is the newer library reading app by OverDrive, loved by millions of readers worldwide!

NewsBank provides local NH newspapers with full-text access to the Salem Observer (2009 to 2014), the Eagle Tribune (2008 to present)  as well as the Union Leader.

NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers with reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8.

NoveList Plus is a database of reading recommendations for fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks and includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more.

NUWAV Legal Documents lets you create professional-quality documents in three simple steps.

Curated collections featuring local history of Salem, NH. View collections about Rockingham Park, Veterans of Salem, NH, Canobie Lake Park history, America's Stonehenge, and photos, videos, magazines, interviews and more of Salem, NH history.

Salem Observer was the local paper for Salem NH. This database is key-word searchable and covers the years 1968-2010. The library also holds all issues of this newspaper on microfilm which can be viewed at the library.

Covers chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensics, marine science, mathematics, physics, space & astronomy, and weather & climate.

TumbleBook Library provides animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. It offers games and puzzles, too! Stories are available in English, Spanish, French and Chinese.

ValueLine provides highly regarded stock analysis. Make investment decisions using full-page stock reports that contain detailed current and historical financial data.

World Book contains thousands of articles and multimedia, features daily current events, assessment tools for educators, and dedicated resource guides.

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Arts and Music

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. 

Business and Employment

AtoZdatabases are useful for marketing professionals, genealogists, employers, job seekers or for finding business contacts and former friends or classmates.

NUWAV Legal Documents lets you create professional-quality documents in three simple steps.

ValueLine provides highly regarded stock analysis. Make investment decisions using full-page stock reports that contain detailed current and historical financial data.

Ebooks and Audiobooks

Digital collections of books, images, articles, audio and video from leading publishers and archives, including fiction, graphic novels, comics, childrens books, university press books and much more. Apps are available for many mobile devices.

Discover the content you want to read with cloudLibrary. Whether on the web, a tablet, your mobile device, you can browse digital shelves curated by your library or filtering by genres that interest you.

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. 

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more for free! Libby is the newer library reading app by OverDrive, loved by millions of readers worldwide!

TumbleBook Library provides animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. It offers games and puzzles, too! Stories are available in English, Spanish, French and Chinese.

Genealogy

Browse the world’s largest online family history resource, featuring instant access to hundreds of years of history in billions of historical documents and millions of historical photos from all over the world.

AtoZdatabases are useful for marketing professionals, genealogists, employers, job seekers or for finding business contacts and former friends or classmates.

Get started exploring the billions of American and international genealogical records dating back to the 1700s — including unique primary sources, family and local histories, research guides, interactive census maps and more.

Homework Help

Covers the American experience through biographies, images, videos, maps, chart, timelines and more.

LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college admissions tests, study for career certifications, and more.

NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers with reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8.

Covers chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensics, marine science, mathematics, physics, space & astronomy, and weather & climate.

TumbleBook Library provides animated, talking picture books that teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. It offers games and puzzles, too! Stories are available in English, Spanish, French and Chinese.

World Book contains thousands of articles and multimedia, features daily current events, assessment tools for educators, and dedicated resource guides.

Lifelong Learning

Covers the American experience through biographies, images, videos, maps, chart, timelines and more.

Digital collections of books, images, articles, audio and video from leading publishers and archives, including fiction, graphic novels, comics, childrens books, university press books and much more. Apps are available for many mobile devices.

Access Chilton’s car manuals from library, home, garage or anywhere. This covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college admissions tests, study for career certifications, and more.

Covers chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensics, marine science, mathematics, physics, space & astronomy, and weather & climate.

World Book contains thousands of articles and multimedia, features daily current events, assessment tools for educators, and dedicated resource guides.

Local History

Digital collections of books, images, articles, audio and video from leading publishers and archives, including fiction, graphic novels, comics, childrens books, university press books and much more. Apps are available for many mobile devices.

Curated collections featuring local history of Salem, NH. View collections about Rockingham Park, Veterans of Salem, NH, Canobie Lake Park history, America's Stonehenge, and photos, videos, magazines, interviews and more of Salem, NH history.

Salem Observer was the local paper for Salem NH. This database is key-word searchable and covers the years 1968-2010. The library also holds all issues of this newspaper on microfilm which can be viewed at the library.

Newspapers and Magazines

Consumer Reports provides evidence-based product testing and ratings, rigorous research, hard-hitting investigative journalism, public education, and steadfast policy action on behalf of consumers’ interests.

NewsBank provides local NH newspapers with full-text access to the Salem Observer (2009 to 2014), the Eagle Tribune (2008 to present)  as well as the Union Leader.

Salem Observer was the local paper for Salem NH. This database is key-word searchable and covers the years 1968-2010. The library also holds all issues of this newspaper on microfilm which can be viewed at the library.

ValueLine provides highly regarded stock analysis. Make investment decisions using full-page stock reports that contain detailed current and historical financial data.

Reading Recommendations

NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers with reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8.

NoveList Plus is a database of reading recommendations for fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks and includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more.

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Reference and Research

Covers the American experience through biographies, images, videos, maps, chart, timelines and more.

Digital collections of books, images, articles, audio and video from leading publishers and archives, including fiction, graphic novels, comics, childrens books, university press books and much more. Apps are available for many mobile devices.

Access Chilton’s car manuals from library, home, garage or anywhere. This covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

Consumer Reports provides evidence-based product testing and ratings, rigorous research, hard-hitting investigative journalism, public education, and steadfast policy action on behalf of consumers’ interests.

NUWAV Legal Documents lets you create professional-quality documents in three simple steps.

Covers chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensics, marine science, mathematics, physics, space & astronomy, and weather & climate.

ValueLine provides highly regarded stock analysis. Make investment decisions using full-page stock reports that contain detailed current and historical financial data.

World Book contains thousands of articles and multimedia, features daily current events, assessment tools for educators, and dedicated resource guides.