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Research & Databases
The Concord Public Library has paid for subscriptions to these electronic resources and made them available to Concord Public Library cardholders – have your card number and PIN ready! Curious about these databases? Take a look at these brief how-to videos!
Please call us at (603) 225-8670 or email us if you have any problems gaining access.
- General Research
- Business
- Genealogy & Local
- Health & Legal
- Learning & Self Help
- Magazines & Newspapers
General Research
- Explora for Teens - This resource for teens (grades 6-12) includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books and encyclopedias, biographies, country reports, primary documents, TV and radio news transcripts, and a dictionary.
- Explora for Adults - This resource for adults includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books and encyclopedias, biographies, country reports, primary documents, TV and radio news transcripts, and a dictionary.
- Homework Help for Kids - Visit our homework help page for younger students to find online databases, websites, and guides for all of your research and reading needs.
- Downloadable Books, Movies, Music & More - Visit our eBooks & Downloadables page to learn about our various downloadable services.
- NoveList Plus - Resource for readers containing book reviews, discussion questions, and read-alikes - now including resources for nonfiction! Access provided by NHewLINK.
Business
- Find a Topic: Business & Economics - A service of NewsBank, this link will bring up recent articles about this topic.
- Universal Class - Online continuing education courses for hundreds of subjects. When registering for the first time from home, enter your barcode number. You will then need to create your own username and password. For more information view our Universal Class presentation (9/25/17)
- NH Employment Security - NH Employment Security (NHES) is a federally funded state agency that provides employment and career, unemployment benefit, and labor market services.
- Career One Stop - CareerOneStop is the flagship career, training, and job search website for the U.S. Department of Labor. The website serves job seekers, businesses, students, and career advisors with a variety of free online tools, information and resources.
- US Small Business Administration - Since its founding on July 30, 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.
- NH Small Business Development Center - NH SBDC has offered confidential business management advising and educational programs to more than 94,000 New Hampshire entrepreneurs, helping them to start over 2,000 businesses and create more than 7,000 jobs since 1984.
Genealogy & Local
- Ancestry Library Edition - Resource to locate census records, military records and vital records. Available for in-library use only.
- FamilySearch - Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services each year to learn more about their family history. As an affiliate library, users gain access to even more collections when using this service at the CPL.
- Concord Monitor Indexes - Obituary index (1948 to January 2015; earlier dates are being added) and an index of selected Concord Monitor articles (1981 to 2008).
- NewsBank - Full-text articles from the Concord Monitor starting in October 2002 and from the Union Leader starting in 1989, as well as America’s News featuring additional local newspapers, current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more from 2,400 U.S. newspapers. Includes online access to some popular magazine titles and Special Reports (international, multimedia coverage on a variety of hot topics and themes.)
- Meeting Room Index - This index (maintained by library staff) covers rooms which are available to rent and/or reserve at various locations throughout the city. Please check with the individual organizations to verify information.
- Visit our Digitized Concord History webpage to browse electronic versions of local histories, manuscripts, and more.
- Sanborn Maps - Large-scale maps of cities and towns in New Hampshire covering the years 1867 to 1970. If you are looking for information on historic properties in Concord, this is a great place to start. Please have your library barcode number ready and use this link to access this resource remotely.
Health & Legal
- MedlinePlus - Health information from the US National Library of Medicine.
- Healthfinder - A Federal Government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
healthfinder.gov is sponsored by the National Health Information Center. - NH Law Library - The New Hampshire Law Library is the only public Law Library in the State of New Hampshire and it is located in Concord. Visit their website for hours, directions, contact information, and more.
- NH Legal Aid - We help low-income people find free legal help for their problems in New Hampshire. We offer information, advice, legal representation, or referral to the right source of help to those who qualify for services. This website is a cooperative effort of New Hampshire's Legal Services.
- NH Judicial Branch - Find basic information about court procedures, locations, forms and fees. You will also find helpful information about legal assistance.
- NH Pub Law - Meant to help Public Librarians and their patrons by bringing together reliable online and print resources about NH Law.
Learning & Self-Help
- Universal Class - Online continuing education courses for hundreds of subjects. When registering for the first time from home, enter your barcode number. You will then need to create your own username and password. For more information view our Universal Class presentation (9/25/17)
- Find a Topic: Jobs & Careers - A service of NewsBank, this link will bring up recent articles about this topic.
- Khan Academy Test Prep - Khan Academy has partnered with the College Board to offer free PSAT, SAT, MCAT, GMAT, and NCLEX-RN test preparation (as well as preparation for other major exams). This site is officially College Board approved; you do not need a library card to use this site, but in order to save your work you will need to create a free account.
- Transparent Language - Interactive, self-study language activities for over 60 languages. When registering for the first time from home, enter your barcode number. You will then need to create your own username and password.
Magazines, Journals & Newspapers
- Overdrive (NHDB) - A wide variety of digital magazines are available through our Overdrive - New Hampshire Downloadable Books service. Find the Libby App in your app store, or visit the Overdrive (New Hampshire Downloadable Books) website to borrow and read popular magazines today!
- American Heritage - An eclectic collection of articles about the people, places, and events from the history of the United States. American Heritage is no longer published in print, but is available to read for free online.
- Consumer Reports - To read full-text articles from Consumer Reports, log in with your library barcode number.
- NewsBank - (NewsBank has updated their website!) Full-text articles from the Concord Monitor starting in October 2002 and the from Union Leader starting in 1989, as well as America’s News, current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more from 2,400 U.S. newspapers. Includes online access to some popular magazine titles, and Special Reports (international, multimedia coverage on a variety of hot topics and themes.)
- U.S. Newsstream - enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. Learn how to search this resource by viewing our tutorial.
- Concord Monitor Indexes - Obituary index (1948 - January 2015; earlier obituaries are being added) and an index of selected Concord Monitor articles (1981 to 2008).
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