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The National Library of Medicine’s gateway to over 14 million abstracts and citations for biomedical journal articles dating back to the 1950s. Links to sites providing full text articles. If full-text isn’t available online, ask the Reference Librarian about getting a copy through Interlibrary Loan!
Provided by the National Library of Medicine.
This is a librarian recommended website. Want help using this resource? Contact us.
A discontinued project by Google to scan and index historic newspapers, the Google News Archive is still available and a great resource which makes many difficult to find newspapers available freely online.
This is a librarian recommended website. Want help using this resource? Contact us.
The location name is given here as it appears in our online catalog. You may come across other location names as well. If you need help finding these, or anything else in the library, just ask us! There are a few cases where you should ignore the shelving location. In particular, all materials with a call number “LITERACY COLLECTION” are shelved in the nook between the public computers and the tall red shelves on the first floor. Location NameCon…
Vision Aids Magnifying glasses Illuminated magnifying glasses of various sizes and strengths are available at the Reference Desk and the Arts and Music Desk. Desktop magnifier You can find an Optelec…me magnifiers—small lens that can be placed on a document to enlarge the text, available in a variety of sizes. A National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped digital talking book player. We also have a small collection of talking book cartridges. A portable FM assistive listening system –This assistive listenning system broadcasts a speaker´s voice, music program, or other audio wirelessly up to 1000 feet to participants usin…
The Bak Study Room is approximately 12′ x 11′ and contains a round table and 4 chairs. The Bak Study Room is intended for small group study and tutoring. It…and Rules Limited to groups of 6 people or fewer. Reservations can be made online (pending confirmation by the library), by phone (413-587-1013), or in person at the Arts & Music desk. You can reserve up to a 3-hour block of time. Patrons are limited to 5 outstanding reservations at any time Please be on time; if you are 15 minutes late or if you vacate the room for over 15 minutes, the room may be given to another group. Only the library’s dry-er…
Forbes Library subscribes to a number of newspapers for use in the library. In addition, we have online access to many newspapers, and a collection of historical newspapers on microfilm….h, past month any previous month not on microfilm Financial Times current week, past week none Greenfield Recorder current week, past week none New York Times current week, past week none Rainbow Times (monthly) last 12 months none Springfield Republican current week, past week current month, past month Valley Advocate (weekly) past 6 months none Wall Street Journal current week, past week none…
Please download the library’s strategic plan here: Message from the Chair (PDF / 1 page) Strategic Plan Summary (PDF / 4 pages) Complete Strategic Plan (PDF / 40 pages) Completed…oung Adult Room incorporate learning opportunities for caregivers about early literacy topics in early childhood programming 5. Fun Forbes Library enriches lives by providing free entertainment, recreational reading, access to the arts, and opportunities to create. Celebrate and support authors and readers Inspire and encourage the community to explore and create Provide opportunities to experience art and music Enhance library grounds for communi…
Your library account can be used to log in to a variety of resources, including the library catalog. You can log in to your the catalog using the “Log into…ber. You can change your password at anytime by logging into the catalog. Please note that you may have additional accounts associated with the library such as an account with Kanopy or with Mango Languages. The passwords for these other accounts are not necessarily the same as the password for your library account. Renewing expired accounts Library accounts expire periodically to allow us to verify current information. If your account has been ex…
June 2, 2009 — Calvin Coolidge At Home in Northampton, a new book by local historian and volunteer Susan Well, is now available. Using original material from the collections at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential…the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, Well presents the daily life and residences of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts. Well uses new sources to document the unique and interesting personal life stories of Coolidge’s landlords and neighbors. Most of the Museum’s visitors ask where the former President lived, and now we have a definitive answer for them. Susan Well will give an author talk and book signing at the Coolidg…
This video celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s music and influence was entirely created during quarantine and includes performances by Bernadette Peters, Michael Cerversis, Josh Groban, Patti LuPone, Neil Patrick Harris, and…Cerversis, Josh Groban, Patti LuPone, Neil Patrick Harris, and many other extremely talented people. We have solo performances, duets, and even large ensembles (these last come across surprisingly well given the difficulties of making music as an ensemble during quarantine). We also here from a few non-singers—Steven Spielberg being the most memorable in my mind—but it is, of course, the music that makes this two-and-a-half hour long celebration w…
This live performance of Geoffrey Hudson A Passion for the Planet was recorded in Northampton, at Smith College’s Sweeney hall, and performed by the Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble with the…climate crisis go away. But perhaps, by forming an emotional connection with the topic, it can help us confront the stark realities. And when we see those realities—and truly take them in—maybe then, together, nourished by hope, we can work together to find a way forward.” – Geoffrey Hudson…
I missed this film when it was showing at Amherst Cinema in the Before Times, so I was very excited to find it on Hulu. [It’s available on a variety of streaming services.] After a long, troubled production history, this film, which documents Aretha Franklin’s 1972 recording of her live gospel album, also called Amazing Grace. She recorded the album over two nights at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles with her own band as we…
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