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Enrollment Assisters, such as Navigators and Certified Application Counselors (CACs) are trained and certified individuals at organizations in your area that can help you apply for coverage, shop for plans, answer your questions about your eligibility, payments, plan details, and health care reform rules and requirements. Help from an Enrollment Assister is free for people of any income level.
Provider: Open Access
Subject: Health, Massachusetts
This Massachusetts car insurance estimator lets you calculate auto insurance costs customized to your age, location, driving record, vehicle, etc. Your personal information is only used to calculate insurance price.
To view educational videos on how to use the car insurance calculator, visit https://my.nicheacademy.com/valchoiceacademy/.
Provider: Open Access
Subject: Finance, Massachusetts
The Chicopee Public Library is proud to partner with the MA Probate and Family Court System to offer virtual court access through the Access to Justice program. Quiet private spaces are available to attend court remotely on a library computer or tablet. Please call the Reference Desk to reserve a space at 413-594-1800 x3.
Provider: State of Massachusetts
Subject: Government & Law, Massachusetts
Driving manuals are a useful tool for understanding the licensing process and for studying the rules of the road. They also provide valuable information on RMV policies, changes to driving laws, and safe driving tips.
Provider: State of Massachusetts
Subject: Massachusetts, Teen
Free practice tests for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicle’s written examinations. Includes 10 car practice tests, 6 motorcycle practice tests, CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s manuals (car, motorcycle, CDL), and more.
Provider: Open Access
Subject: Massachusetts, Teen
General Laws are Session Laws or sections of Session Laws that are permanent in nature and of general application. General Laws are codified according to subject matter in a multi-volume publication entitled the General Laws of Massachusetts. The official version of the General Laws is now published every two years, with cumulative pamphlets released periodically. This site provides an unofficial version of the General Laws.
Provider: Open Access
Subject: Government & Law
Use this Massachusetts home insurance calculator to estimate home insurance costs based on home replacement value and location. Your personal information is only used to calculate insurance price.
Click here for tutorials on using the ValChoice calculators and web apps.
Provider: Open Source
Subject: Finance, Massachusetts
MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Their mission is to present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted, easy to understand, and free of advertising, in both English and Spanish. Anywhere, anytime, on any device—for free.
Provider: US Government
Subject: Health
Recipes that show you how to prepare tasty, healthy meals that help you develop a healthy eating pattern. Staying healthy can be a challenge, but simple lifestyle changes – like eating healthy meals and being physically active – can help a lot. Research shows that these changes can help you maintain a healthy body weight and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
Provider: US Government
Subject: Cooking, Health
Find reliable health information, search clinical trials and explore NLM’s exhibitions and collections.
The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology.
Provider: US Government
Subject: Health
Complete full text content of the New York Times cover to cover, including obituaries.
Provider: MBLC
Subject: Genealogy, History, Newspapers
Enjoy a FREE subscription to the NYTimes.com. Just create an account with NYTimes.com if you don’t already have one. If you are in the library, all you need to do is login. If you are accessing it remotely use the code below.
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Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Current Events, Newspapers
Complete full text content of Massachusetts newspapers including: North Adams Advocate, Amherst Bulletin, Berkshire Eagle, Daily Hampshire Gazette, North Adams Transcript, Greenfield Recorder, Springfield Republican, Springfield Advocate, Springfield Examiner, Sunday Republican, Springfield Union News, Easthampton Valley Advocate. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Current Events, Genealogy, Newspapers
Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 300+ million pages of historical newspapers from 11,100+ newspapers from around the United States and beyond, with a special focus on full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles in addition to small local newspapers. The collection includes a broad range of dates, mostly covering the 19th and 20th centuries.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Current Events, Genealogy, Newspapers
Novelist is a readers’ advisory service that contains 135,000 fiction titles for all ages, including picture books, young adult titles, and books for adult readers. In addition to finding books to read, users can use features such as Author Read-alikes and Book Discussion Guides.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Literature