Research & Databases
Find a list of useful databases and web links below. Many of the resources are available from any Internet workstation. Some will require you to enter your Portsmouth Public Library card number.
Business and Finance
AtoZdatabases
The AtoZ Business Database includes 30 million U.S. businesses, and the AtoZ Residential Database includes 215 million U.S. residents. Researchers can easily share data by email among co-workers, family or friends, and export up to 1000 records.
BusinessSource Premier
BusinessSource Premier indexing and full text articles from 1,000 business journals as far back as 1985
Regional Business News
Consumer Price Index
Consumer Price Index cost of living information, nationally and regionally and by category
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Morningstar Investment Research Center is an all-inclusive investment research database. It features data and analysis on over 15,000 international and domestic stocks, 25,000 mutual funds, and more than 1500 exchange traded funds. Plus, the database boasts a comprehensive Help and Education Center, Portfolio X-Ray and robust screening tools.
*If you get a VBScript runtime error, clear your browser's cache and try accessing the site again.
*When you are finished using Morningstar, please click the End Session button in the upper right corner, as this database has a limited number of concurrent users. Thank you!
Newspapers and Magazines
Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com Northeast Collection is the online home of 100+ million pages pages of historical newspapers. Search or browse the collection to find news, notices of births, marriages and deaths, sports, comics and much more.
EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost a family of indexes to help find articles in general interest magazines, business journals, consumer health publications, and newspapers
Portsmouth Herald
Homepage of the local newspaper. Includes news from Portsmouth, NH covering the Seacoast of New Hampshire and Southern Maine including Kennbunkport and York County, ME.
Foster's Daily Democrat
NH guide for Southeast New Hampshire and Southern Maine
Boston Globe
Includes breaking local news, national news, politics and world news as well as special reports, sports, weather for Boston, Massachusetts and surrounding towns.
Union Leader
Website for New Hampshire's statewide newspaper
Health
Health Source - Consumer Edition
Consumer Health Complete
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital access to healthcare websites using the links in the library section
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Genealogy
HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest Online is a genealogy resource, including full text of historic texts and genealogies, Census, revolutionary War records, Persi, etc.
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogical database, including access to Census records, Social Security death index, Immigration records, Military, etc. Covers the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Fold3
Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Original records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them.
Newspapers.com – Northeast Collection
Newspapers.com – Northeast Collection is the online home of 100+ million pages pages of historical newspapers. At Newspapers.com it's easy and convenient to search or browse the collection to find news, notices of births, marriages and deaths, sports, comics and much more. Its high quality digital images and powerful viewer provides the best look at these historical papers and makes it easy to print, save and share what you find.
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is a Boston research library for genealogists and family historians and home to 12 million+ original documents. Much of the collection is digitized and searchable by subscription only. Includes full access to the 162+ volume NEHGS Register!
FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch.org is a free genalogy website providing access to a large collection of genealogy resources from over 100 countries. Search over a billion names and images online.
Law and Government
City of Portsmouth
The official municipal website
NH Legal Guides
Guides on 65 topics from the New Hampshire Law Library
NH.gov
Access to New Hampshire government, laws, regulations, and agencies
NH Statutes
Revised Statutes Annotated, the laws of New Hampshire
Maine.gov
Access to government services from the State of Maine
Maine Statutes
The laws of the State of Maine
FirstGov
Access to federal laws, regulations, departments, agencies
United States Code
The laws of the United States
Code of Federal Regulations
Administrative law of the United States
Federal Register
Daily publication of rules, proposed rules and notices of US departments and agencies
Internal Revenue Service
Tax forms and publications
Congress.gov
Information about current legislation
Martindale-Hubbell
Directory of lawyers nationwide
Voter Information
Voter information compiled by librarians
Education
Lynda.com
The lynda.com online video training library is an excellent resource offering almost 3,000 self-paced training classes on a wide range of computer skills for beginning, intermediate, and advanced users. Topics offered include: the entire suite of Microsoft and Adobe products, website development, business skills, design skills, audio and video tools, creative inspirations, and much more. All of the courses are taught by expert instructors and have fully searchable transcripts.
To get started, click here to create a profile and/or log directly into your account, so you can keep track of your coursework and progress.
Or click on a course topic to the right and then login to gain access to the entire course.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Its online learning system is so easy to use, you'll see incredible results after just one lesson!
Languages taught include Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
There are also English as a Second Language (ESL) courses for French, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Vietnamese, Polish, Korean, Greek, German, Spanish and Portuguese speakers.
Get started now or learn more about Mango here...
Universal Class
Universal Class offers over 500 online courses, some of which allow you to earn continuing education credits or certificates. Topics range from accounting to crafts and hobbies to web development.
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BrainFuse
BrainFuse is an online homework help and learning suite that offers live tutoring, writing assistance, and study materials for students from kindergarten up. Brainfuse also offers flashcards, online study rooms, and practice tests for the SAT, ACT, GED, GRE, HiSET, TASC, COMPASS/ACCUPLACER, TOEFL, ASVAB, and more.
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Portsmouth Schools
Homepage of the School Department of Portsmouth
University of New Hampshire
UNH's homepage
Libraries
UNH Library
Access to the UNH library catalog
N. H. State Library
Access to the catalog, databases, and web selections at the State Library
NHU-PAC
The union catalog for N. H., listing books in libraries throughout the state
Library of Congress
Access to the online collections and catalog of LC
Home and Auto
Cars.com
Car prices and reviews, repair and care advice
Edmunds
New and used car prices, car reviews, safety information
Mitchell Online [in library only]
Repair manuals, including wiring diagrams, for automobiles from 1974 to now
Consumer.gov
Consumer.gov consumer information from many federal agencies, including the Do Not Call Registry
Consumer Product Safety
Consumer Product Safety information about unsafe and recalled products
Advice for Readers
NoveList Plus
Help in choosing fiction, by author, genre, setting, story, and more