Gale Links

• Full suite of Gale databases
• Academic OneFile
• Biography In Context
• Books and Authors
• Business and Company Resource Center
• Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
• Educator’s Reference Complete
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Gale Virtual Reference Library  |  Click here for specific GVRL title links
• General BusinessFile ASAP
• General OneFile
• General Reference Center Gold
• Global Issues in Context
• Health Reference Center Academic
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition
• InfoTrac K-12 Student Edition
• Kids InfoBits
• Literature Resource Center
• Literature Resources from Gale
• LitFinder
• Massachusetts History Online
• New York Times
• Opposing Viewpoints In Context
• RDS Business Suite
• Science In Context
• Student Resources in Context
• U.S. History In Context
• World History In Context

NewsBank Links

• Newsbank Main Menu
• Cape Cod Times
• Springfield Republican

Proquest Links

• Massachusetts Newsstand
• Berkshire Eagle
• Boston Globe
• BusinessWest (Chicopee)
• Montachusett Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
• North Adams Transcript
• Plymouth County Business Review
• Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg)
• The Banner (West Boylston)
• The Item (Clinton)
• The Record (Shrewsbury)
• The Sun (Lowell)
• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
• Gazette (Haverhill) 12/31/92 to 8/9/97 only
• Standard Times (New Bedford) 1/4/92 to 8/19/97 only

Gale Power Packs Links

• Communications and Mass Media Collection
• Diversity Studies Collection
• Educator's Reference Complete
• Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
• Fine Arts and Music Collection
• Gender Studies Collection
• Information and Library Science Collection
• Military and Intelligence Database Collection
• Pop Culture Collection
• Popular Magazines
• Psychology Collection
• Religion & Philosophy Collection
• U.S. History Collection
• Vocations & Careers Collection
• War & Terrorism Collection
• World History Collection

NoodleTools
This web site will guide you through citing web pages, database articles, email correspondence, newspaper articles, books, and more. Fill in the blanks and the site does the organizing for you. Log into your account to save your bibliography and create notecards for your sources.

To set up your account you must log in with the school username and password the first time.
Username: pvpalibrary. Password hint: what's on the third floor of our building?

Citation Machine
This web site will guide you through citing web pages, database articles, email correspondence, newspaper articles, books, and more. Fill in the blanks and the site does the organizing for you.

Job Search Help

University of Chicago Job Search Kit
Write Express Action Verbs for Resumes
QuintCareers Action Verbs

Resume Templates for High School and College

Sample Student Resumes
Adventures in Education Resume Samples
VA Tech Career Resources for Students

Other Job Help Sites

Quintessential Careers
Job and career resources for teens.

Teenspace at IPL
Career & job search advice.

Career Builder
This site has assessment tools to help with making a decision about what careers may be suitable, as well as postings of current positions.

Career Key
Everything you need to about yourself and a career to make a great occupational match. Uses Dept. of Labor job descriptions.

College Board
Descriptions, qualifications, education and skills needed for a wide variety of careers.

Massachusetts Career Information System
This is an excellent site that allows you to search different career and education descriptions. It is sponsored by the Mass. Division of Employment and Training. Log in at the bottom of the page by town, zipcode and student.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Excellent website by the U.S. Department of Labor. This is considered the "bible" of career information. Read directions carefully or ask for help. This site can be confusing.

College Compass
Career interest survey

Career Info Net
Using the blue box on the left, you can search in different ways. Search the middle three choices: General Outlook, Wages and Trends, What it Takes and State Information.

Search the PVPA Online Catalog
Log in to:

• See when your books are due and renew online
• Place a reserve on a title you need
• Read and write book reviews

Search All Western MA Public Libraries
Use your own library card number to request holds. If you do not have a library card or do not go to the public library, ask us to reserve it for you. You can pick it up in the PVPA library.