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Providence Journal Historical & Current Collection

Research Providence history through the Providence Journal Collection with coverage from 1829 through today. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies, and more through historical full newspaper pages and current full-text articles. Immediate access onsite at the library. Available remotely 24/7 on any device with an Ocean State Libraries card number. Provided by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services.

Barrington Times Digital Archive

Access, search, and print articles from the Barrington Times Digital Archive from 1958-83. Digitization services by Advantage Archives. Made possible by a Libraries of RI grant offered by OLIS as funded via IMLS under the Grants to States Program by LSTA. The library has bound volumes and archival boxes of the paper from 1984-current.

Literary Reference Center

Full-text database of more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism; more than 252,000 author biographies; also includes over 693,000 book reviews, author interviews and information on classic and contemporary poems, short stories, classic texts and more.

MasterFILE Premier

Contains the full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Includes full text for nearly 500 reference books, 86,017 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an image collection of 341,655 photo, maps and flags.

History Reference Center

Comprehensive full-text history reference database, featuring full text for more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias, and nonfiction books. Includes more than 61,100 historical documents; 66,000 historical biographies; more than 110,200 photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.

MedlinePlus

The place to start for quality health information in both English and Spanish. The site offers hundreds of health topics, drug information, interactive health check tools, surgery videos, and much more.