With AtoZ Maps Online, you have approximately 145,000 maps at your fingertips. This combination of proprietary maps and maps from other reputable sources gives you a “one-stop shop” for content that can be downloaded and used without any copyright restrictions. Notable categories include:
-World Maps -Continent Maps -Country Maps -State Maps -Antique Maps -Historical Maps -Outline Maps -U.S.Topographic Maps -Geography Quiz Games
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Geography
Detailed information about each state and territory in the United States. Contains trivia information such as state birds and state recipes; also crime statistics and museum information.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Geography
A collection of over 8000 full-text academic journals. Includes extensive coverage of the physical sciences,technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Provider: Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Subject: General Reference
Creativebug offers over 1,000 online arts & crafts classes as well as printable patterns, recipes and templates. Watch our classes anytime, anywhere. Classes never expire so you can start and stop projects at your own pace. If you have already created an account with your library card, go to creativebug.com to login. If you are new to Creativebug, click here to create an account with your library card and pin.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Art, Hobbies
Check out our new Freegal service! It’s simple: You can download 3 songs a week, in MP3 format, and they’re yours to keep forever!
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Music
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
Provider: MBLC
Subject: General Reference
Comprehensive information on every country in the world. Get maps, airport information, view pictures of their currency, and learn about their culture all in one location. Anything about World travel can be viewed here.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Geography, Travel
Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to thousands of critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and Kids favorites. We partner with studios like A24, The Criterion Collection, PBS and more to bring your library access to thoughtful entertainment.
Using a mobile device? Download the Kanopy app (ios or android)
Already a Libby app user? Kanopy is also discoverable on the Libby. Look for “Extras” to access Kanopy.
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Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Movies
hoopla is a digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. We have hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily. hoopla is like having the Chicopee Public Library at your fingertips. Anytime. Anywhere.
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Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: ebooks, e-audiobooks, Movies, Music, TV
LearningExpress Library features online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books to help patrons of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED® test prep, and more.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Career & College, Education, General Reference, Health, Law & Government
Lingo LITE uses images, text, and native speaker video to help you learn vocabulary up to four times faster than any other method. Lingo LITE uses Associative Multimedia Learning to help your brain associate an image with the correct word in a language without first translating it from your native language, for a faster and easier learning experience.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Languages
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
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.
New to the NYTimes online? Create a FREE New York Times account
Already have a NYTimes account? Login for FREE unlimited access
Off-Site access:
Click here to redeem code 2356eb59856ec3b7 for 72 hours of full NYT access from home or on the go.
code: 2356eb59856ec3b7
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Current Events, 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
Offers eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and video for Teens that you can download to your Android, Apple, Kindle or Nook.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library and CWMARS
Subject: ebooks, e-audiobooks, e-magazines
Attention: RBdigital magazines have been replaced by Overdrive
Please go to https://cwmars.overdrive.com/library/magazines to check out e-magazines with your library card.
If you have any questions, please contact the Reference Desk. Click on “Ask a Librarian” or Call 594-1800 x3 Email cpl@chicopeepubliclibrary.org
Take practice tests in the SAT, GED, GRE, ASVAB, Career Tests, and much more. Also view the e-Book version of test prep materials from your computer. High School and college students can search for scholarship materials and college information. Once you log in you will be required to create a username and password so you can track your progress on your tests.
Provider: MBLC
Subject: Careers & College
Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 163 languages with Personalized Courses, movies, music, and more. Learn online, either on your desktop computer or mobile device! Download the Bluebird app to your mobile device from the iOS app or google play store (Institutional code: CHIC).
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Language
Rosen Teen Health and Wellness provides physical and mental health reference information about issues important to teenagers.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Health
Signing Savvy is your complete sign language resource. Signing Savvy includes a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high-resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada.
Signing Savvy also includes a host of resources and tools to use while learning sign language, such as the ability to build custom wordlists and share them with others, create virtual flash cards and quizzes, print signs, build sign phrases, and much more! Additional information is included with each sign videos to help provide a better understanding of what the sign is, when to use it, and how to remember it.
The core of Signing Savvy includes:
- Dictionary – Search the sign langauge dictionary with thousands of high-resolution sign videos, sign descriptions, memory aids, and more.
- Learning Tools – Build vocabulary word lists, practice with flash cards, and quiz yourself with quizzing tools.
- Course Materials – Make use of pre-composed word lists, content-rich articles, worksheets, and more.
- Community – Join an expansive community of educators, interpreters, students, deaf or hard of hearing, friends and family members and enthusiasts of American Sign Language.
Provider: MBLC
Subject: Language
Targeted collection of general career guides and highly specialized industry journals.
Provider: MBLC
Subject: Career & College