Research Databases

American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Series 1-5 documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.  Remote Users: Enter your 14-digit Warwick Public Library card number.

Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Elite contains full text for more than 2,100 journals, Nearly 150 journals have PDF images dating back to 1985.

Discover your family history and start your family tree. Access billions of genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records. Available for use inside the library only.

Resources for job seekers include skill building and on-demand video courses, professional resume review and more. 

Rhode Island’s Statewide Reference Resource Center.

AtoZdatabases is the premier reference and marketing database marketed to Library, Academic, and Government institutions throughout the U.S. This simple, user-friendly, web-based solution provides details on every business and every household within the U.S.

Provides accurate, authoritative and up-to-date auto service and repair information. Features content from the original equipment manufacturers, including step-by-step repair procedures, includes images, maintenance schedules, and diagnostic trouble codes.

A comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas. 

Discover this month’s most exciting new books in the current issue of BookPage, provided by Ocean State Libraries.

Connect one-on-one with a live career coach. Get feedback on your resume and cover letters online. 

Access easy-to-understand consumer health and medical information. Provides basic medical definitions and basic overviews of health-related topics.

Find licensed physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners practicing in the state of Rhode Island via the RI Department of Health. 

Magazine, newspaper and professional journal articles, general reference books, primary source documents, and more.  Includes Consumer Reports.

La herramienta de referencia ideal en español para aquellos que están aprendiendo español y estudiantes ELL. Las funciones de exploración brindan indicaciones visuales y las funciones bilingües permiten a los estudiantes alternar entre texto en español e inglés. El sitio incluye artículos concisos, videos, mapas y actividades, y más.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

Provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. Provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world's leading magazines and reference books.

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Read popular magazines on your computer or mobile device.  Mobile Device Ussers: Download the Flipster app from your app store.  Choose AskRI as your library.  Brought to you by AskRI 

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Rhode Island residents age 55+ can access thousands of interactive classes from home via Zoom.  GetSetUp, a virtual social learning platform designed specifically for older adults, is provided by the Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging. 

Well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Discover your family history today.  Remote Users: Enter your 14-digit Warwick Public Library card number.

Full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, and more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures.

Tutor.com provides online tutors for all subjects and grade levels including for adults. Get resume and cover letter help too.

Learning Express Library offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life.

Easy-to-use search tool for job seekers to find, apply for, and get hired. Create resumes and cover letters, search for jobs, and get interview tips. 

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.

Comprehensive literary database, with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs.

LOTE4Kids was developed for libraries and schools to grow their World Language picture book collections, to help engage culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families and support kids learning a language.

Mango is an online language-learning system that includes basic to comprehensive courses for more than 70 languages.

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.

Find high quality, reliable information on health and wellness in easy to understand language from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). 

MedlinePlus es un servicio informativo para pacientes, familiares y amigos. Producido por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de EE. UU. (NLM, por sus siglas en inglés), le brinda información de calidad y relevante de salud y bienestar que sea confiable, fácil de entender y sin publicidad en inglés y español; sin costo y accesible en cualquier lugar, tiempo y dispositivo.

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. 

Easy-to-read news stories to help you learn to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

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Access a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Remote Users: Enter your 14-digit Warwick Public Library card number.

Recommended fiction reading lists for adults, teens and kids. Includes the most comprehensive guide to fiction series, author read-alikes, genre outlines, discussion guides, award lists & more.

Find career guidance and information including nature of the work, education and training, job duties, working conditions, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of occupations in the United States.

Includes a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Covers hundreds of topics and includes an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.

Full text of popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).  Includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, with easy-to-read entries written specifically for kids.

Provides access to the Providence Journal newspaper from 1981 - Present. Includes images from 2017 - Present. Remote Users: Enter your 14-digit Warwick Public Library card number.

Provides access to the Providence Journal access to Providence Journal Obituaries & Death Notices December, 1981- Present, as well as the Manufacturers’ and Farmers’ Journal, an earlier version of the Providence Journal, 1820-1876. Remote Users: Enter your 14-digit Warwick Public Library card number. 

Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries database maintained by the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Commission.

Esta fuente proporciona informes de temas específicos que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar, incluidas descripciones generales de enfermedades, afecciones, procedimientos y diversos tratamientos. Salud en Español es el recurso único para los informes basados en la evidencia y las hojas informativas en el idioma español. 

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.

Improve career skills or further develop a personal interest with access to more than 4,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses.  Explore the many options across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more taught by world-class instructors.  Login with your OSL Library Card. 

Comprehensive financial resource covering current and historical market and financial data of thousands of U.S. companies, mutual funds, and securities. Tracks and ranks approximately 1,700 stocks in over 90 industries. Provides in-depth research and commentary on companies, industries, markets, and the economy. Includes price projections and analytical tools.  Remote Users: Enter your 14-digit Warwick Public Library card number.  Limited Number of Simultaneous Users. Please sign out when your research is complete. 

Digital Archives of the Warwick Beacon (1960-2010, 2015-2023).  Available for use inside the library only.  

Various yearbooks from James T. Lockwood High School, Pilgrim High School, Toll Gate High School and Warwick Veterans Memorial High School. 

The World Book web site offers an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, homework help, study aids, and curriculum guides.