Online Resources

C/WMARS OneSearch      library access  |  home access
An easy way to do a combined search of the library catalog and most of our databases all at once. OneSearch is a federated search engine for searching across multiple electronic resources from one simple interface. OneSearch provides citations and abstracts, as well as linking opportunities to full-text articles, electronic books, and records in the library's catalog.

Online Reference Databases     http://www.cwmars.org/refdb.html
Provided by C/W MARS, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.

Available databases are:

African-American History Online

American History Online

American Women Online

Science Online

Grove Art Online

NoveList (Fiction reader's advisory service)

GaleGroup Databases (Academic, business, general, health, more)

Literary Reference Center (Information on thousands of authors and their works)

Massachusetts Newsstand (Boston Globe, Herald, Worcester Telegram&Gazette, and others)

Heath Free Public Library online catalog    http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~S94/
Search the Heath Library catalog and place holds for books, audio books, or movies.

All Western Massachusetts C/W MARS Libraries Catalog     http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~/
Request books, audio books, or movies from other Western Massachusetts C/W MARS libraries and have them sent to the Heath Library for pick-up. Library staff will call you when the item arrives in Heath. Kudos to the Western Massachusetts Library System (WMRLS) for making the deliveries between libraries.

Instructions for requesting and renewing items  
Greenfield Public Library's website has excellent instructions for how to request items from your home computer    http://www.greenfieldpubliclibrary.org/requestingfromhome.html and how to renew items online http://www.greenfieldpubliclibrary.org/renewingonline.html

Use your library card at other libraries
Your card may be used to borrow materials when you visit other C/W MARS member public libraries. A list of participating libraries may be found at  http://www.cwmars.org/public_circ.html

Download digital videos, audiobooks, and ebooks     http://digitalcatalog.cwmars.org
You may download digital videos, audiobooks, and ebooks from the C/W MARS Digital Catalog. This works best with a high-speed internet connection.