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North Kingstown Free Library
Online Research


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When using online resources from home, type in your 14-digit library card number without any spaces between the numbers.

Student Research Center (EBSCO) (available from home to all NK cardholders)
Provides access to over 180,000 images, including archival/historical images from Getty Images, current events images from United Press International, and images from the Motion Picture & Television Archive.  Images are formatted for printing and can also be emailed.
To search for images, click on the Uncheck All button, then click a checkmark under Photos, Maps & Flags and conduct your search.

Electric Library (from home)  (Electric Library inside the library)
(available from home to all NK cardholders)
E Library provides access to the full text of hundreds of popular magazines and scholarly journals, dozens of current newspapers and news wires, thousands of television and radio transcripts, thousands of photographs and maps, and hundreds of reference and historical sources. To search for photographs, click on the "select none" button when you reach the main menu.  Then click in the pictures box so that a check appears in the box. 

World Book Online Reference Center (available from home to all North Kingstown cardholders)
  1. From a home computer    2. From a library computer
This online version of World Book Encyclopedia allows you to search or browse the encyclopedia by general category, by particular phrases or words, and by place.  It includes both the Americas and the International edition.  Links within the articles will bring you to maps, charts, video clips, animations, and magazine and newspaper articles. To search for photographs, type in the name of the person, animal, or object that you're interested in. 


Online Resources (in alphabetical order)

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If you need help, visit the Reference desk or call us at 294-3306.


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