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Research Databases Providence Journal Historical and Current Collection - 1829 to Current Research Providence history through the Providence Journal Collection with coverage from 1829 through today. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical full newspaper pages and current full-text articles. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. Tutor.com Get on-demand expert help in the subject of your choice—no appointment necessary. Family Search FamilySearch is the largest genealogical organization in the world and provides access to thousands of records free online. The Greenville Public Library is a FamilySearch affiliate library, which provides access to additional records from inside the library. Create an account to begin. Due to licensing restrictions some portions of FamilySearch are available World Book Online The World Book database provides encyclopedic articles, primary sources, articles, special reports and websites. There are several sections of the database including World Book Web for School, for beginning students through collegiate level, and Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica, a comprehensive encyclopedia in Spanish. Udemy Improve your career skills or further develop a personal interest with access to more than 6,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses. Explore the many options across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more taught by world-class instructors. MasterFile Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. MedlinePlus MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. Find reliable, up-to-date information about diseases, conditions, and wellness topics. Provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this trusted resource is available anytime, anywhere, on any device. MiddleSearch Plus Contains full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines, as well as thousands of biographies and historical essays. Also includes primary source documents, reference books and an image collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags. Novelist Have you read everything by your favorite author? Use Author Read-alikes to locate other authors and titles of interest or search for fiction by topic. NoveList also includes full-text searchable book reviews, annotations, genre- and theme-based book lists, award lists, and book discussion guides. Points of View Reference Center A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Providence Journal Enjoy access to the Providence Journal online from 1981 - present. Requires an active and updated Greenville Public Library issued OSL card. Mango Languages Mango is an online language-learning program that can help patrons learn foreign languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Pirate, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Irish, Italian and many more, in an easy-to-learn manner. Mango Languages for Libraries also offers English as a Second Language courses for non-English speakers. Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. Learning Express Library Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Database of Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries maintained by the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Commission. History Reference Center A comprehensive full text history reference database. Features full text for more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books from leading history publishers as well as full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals. The database also contains more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, 110,200 historical photos and maps and more than 80 hours of historical video. Greenfile Includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more. Explora Designed with students and educators in mind, Explora provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework. ERIC - Educational Resource Information Center Offers access to education literature and resources. Database contains more than 1,243,000 records and links to more than 224,000 full-text documents. Consumer Health Complete Designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. CHC provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles. Consumer Reports Access Consumer Reports ratings, reviews, and in-depth advice on thousands of products and services through our library subscription. Requires an active and updated Greenville Public Library issued OSL card. EBSCOhost Complete Database Collection Search all the databases in the EBSCOhost collection. Biography Reference Center Biography Reference Center is available in its own interface and offers many top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines including more than 436,000 full-text biographies and thousands of unique narrative biographies. Auto Repair Source Repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added on a regular basis. All content has been created by ASE certified technicians. AtoZ Databases Find a business, find a job, find a person! AtoZ Databases provides contact information and more for over 15 million business and over 240 million people. Great for developing sales leads, market research, mailing lists and more. AskRI Rhode Island's statewide reference resource center. You will find many of the databases and resources listed on this page there, as well as additional sources for entertainment, job training, skill development, and more. Ancestry Library Edition Ancestry Library Edition is only available in the library. Our reference staff will help you access this resource on one of our public computers or on your own device when you visit the library. Academic Search Elite Scholarly resource that provides indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals.

Text Message Alerts Home / Text Alerts / With the library’s Shoutbomb text messaging service, you can use your mobile phone to receive text notices about holds that are available, items that are due soon and overdue items. Eligible items can be renewed via text. Add family members’ cards to your Shoutbomb account with keyword ADDCARD . The library does not charge a fee for this service. Your mobile plan’s regular text messaging rates apply. Signing Up To get started, text the keyword SIGNUP from your cellphone texting app to 833-403-1353. Reply to the prompts from Shoutbomb, asking for your library card number and PIN. Once your Shoutbomb registration has been completed, you will automatically get text notices about holds to pick up, items that are due soon and overdue items. A text will be sent only when activity on your account triggers a message, or information is requested. Why is my library PIN required? To protect your privacy and library account, your PIN is required when signing up for Shoutbomb text alerts. This is the same PIN used for logging into your online library account and prevents others from accessing your library information. Alert Types Hold Pickup A text alert is sent when an item you requested is ready for pickup. The message will display a portion of the title and indicate the pickup location. Hold Pickup alerts are sent at the top of the hour. Renewal/Courtesy Alerts An alert will be sent two (2) days before an item is due. Items eligible for renewal may be renewed by following the directions in the alert. Renewal/Courtesy alerts are sent at 9:00am. Overdue Alerts Overdue alerts are sent seven (7) days after an item’s due date. Items eligible for renewal may be renewed by following the directions in the alert. Overdue alerts are sent at 9:00am. Library Card Expiration Library card expiration alerts are sent six (6) weeks prior to your library registration expiring. Your record must be renewed to avoid interruption in service and keep your information current. Commands MYBOOKS Request the current status of all your library items including holds, fines and current checked out items. ADDCARD Text ADDCARD and follow the prompts to add another library account to your notifications. This is useful for family members to get notifications on multiple cards with one mobile number. IOWEU Request the current fines linked to your card(s). MYCARDS Display all cards and their expiration dates, linked to your phone number. SWITCHPHONE To update your phone number or carrier. DROPCARD Cancel text notices for a card. HELP Get information about all Shoutbomb commands. RESEND Get the last message from Shoutbomb. QUIT Ends all text notifications and cancels your registration to Shoutbomb. Reply to the instructions.

History Reference Center A comprehensive full text history reference database. Features full text for more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books from leading history publishers as well as full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals. The database also contains more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, 110,200 historical photos and maps and more than 80 hours of historical video. Previous Item Next Item

Home / Copy/Print/Scan/Fax / Copy/Print/Scan/Fax Technology Access The Greenville Public Library offers free wifi and public computers for accessing the internet, creating documents, and printing. Supported software applications installed on all public computers include, but are not limited to: Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and Internet browsers Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. Typical plug-ins such as Adobe Acrobat Reader are included. Library staff are happy to provide assistance in using the computers as time and staffing allow. Staff cannot process financial or personal transactions on behalf of library patrons. Files can be temporarily saved to public computers, but will be deleted upon reboot. Computers shut down automatically 15 minutes before closing. Printing 15¢ per page for black & white copies. 25¢ per page for color. Photocopying 15¢ per page for black & white copies. 25¢ per page for color. Double sided copying is available. Faxing Faxing costs are $1.00 per page, both outgoing and incoming. There is no charge for a cover page. Scanning Free scanning is available with the help of a staff person.

Home / Reading Suggestions / Reading Suggestions BookPage , the monthly magazine for book discovery, is now available online! Visit our BookPage site for book reviews, interviews, and new and backlist suggested reads. You can still pick up a print copy of BookPage in the library each month. Best Seller Request Form Want to make sure you're on the waiting list for upcoming best sellers? Fill out this form , select the books you'd like, and we will add them to your holds list. Have you read everything by your favorite author? Use NoveList to locate other authors and titles of interest or search for fiction by topic. NoveList also includes full-text searchable book reviews, annotations, genre- and theme-based book lists, award lists, and book discussion guides. Find and read more books you'll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world's largest community of book lovers on Goodreads .

Home / Book Groups / Book Groups The Greenville Public Library is home to four book groups for adults. Find the genres the clubs explore and the times they meet below. Contact info@greenvillelibraryri.org to sign up. Mystery Book Club Mystery, Thrillers, Suspense, True Crime Meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 1:30 pm. Mystery Book Club Book List Picnic Table Reads Book Club Literary Fiction, Classics, Contemporary Fiction Meets on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 pm. Picnic Table Reads Book Club Book List Home Sweet Home Book Club (Zoom) Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction Meets on the fourth Monday of the month at 6:30 pm via Zoom. View the Home Sweet Home Book Club list for the current book and previous titles. Virtual Book Chat (Zoom) No assigned reading. Join and discuss what you are currently reading. Meets on the second Thursday of the month at 6:00 pm via Zoom.

Home / Borrow a Library Telescope / Borrow a Telescope The library has two telescopes available for loan. A telescope may be borrowed for three weeks. Please call 401-949-3630 Ext. 1 or contact us to check availability. About the telescope: The telescope is an Orion StarBlast 4.5" Astro Reflector. A compass and 17mm and 6mm eyepieces are included. There is a binder with instructions, sky maps, observatory information and more.

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Material renewals, returning items, fines and fees Home / Borrowing Information / Borrowing Information Overdue Fines Most Greenville Public Library items are fine free. Some of our special collections still accrue overdue fines. The information below pertains to the Greenville Public Library only, other libraries in the Ocean State Libraries network may have different loan rules, renewal policies, and fine structures. Books, magazines, CDs & DVDs, puzzles & board games: No fines 7-day books - 50¢ per day Library of Things items - $2 per day Kits - $2 per day Tablet - $2 per day Video Games - $2 per day Museum Passes - $5 per day Renewals Most library materials may be renewed. The library system is currently automatically renewing eligible items. Renewals may not be possible if there is a waiting list for the specific item, or if the owning library does not allow renewals. Returns Books may be returned to any public library that participates in the Ocean State Libraries (OSL) system. It is best to check with each owning library about their policies. Some libraries require certain items be returned to their location. When returning materials inside the library please put them in the book drop, do not leave them on the counter. Book Drop For your convenience the book drop is open 24 hours a day. It is located to the left of the main entrance of the building. Most items can be returned in the book drop. Telescopes, E-Readers, Museum Passes, and other special items must be returned inside the building. Items returned in the book drop before the library opens will be credited as being returned the previous day. If for any reason the book drop is overflowing please do not leave items outside, hold on to them and contact the library. You will be held responsible for any items left outside. Reserves Most circulating materials may be reserved. Some libraries do not allow reserves on their items, and your request may be denied for this reason. If you place a hold on a Greenville item from home, which shows a status of available, please keep in mind that it may not be pulled by the time you come in to pick it up. To ensure your item is waiting for you please call the library and a staff member will be put it aside for you. Items may be reserved over the phone and held up to 7 days. When placing a reserve on an item with an available status at another library the average wait time is 2-5 business days. Greenville Library Lost or Damaged Items If you have lost an item belonging to the Greenville Library you have the option to either pay for the missing item or replace it. If you choose to replace the item you should notify the library. You can buy a gently used copy of the same item or a brand new one. Former library books are not acceptable as replacement copies. If the item is not replaced or paid for you may be referred to a collection agency. Lost or Damaged Item from another OSL library If you have lost an item belonging to another OSL library you will need to contact the owning library to see what your options are. Most libraries require you to pay for the item, a handful allow replacement copies. Paying Library Fines & Other Fees Online Fines can be paid online by going to the OSL Catalog and clicking on the Sign In link . Once you log in you'll have access to several options, including “Pay Online." Questions? Please call or email the Circulation Desk with any questions regarding our Circulation policies: (401)-949-3630 Ext. 1 circ@greenvillelibraryri.org

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Reserve a meeting room at the Greenville Public Library. Home / Reserve a Meeting Room / Reserve a Meeting Room The library has the following spaces available for reservation: 2 Study Rooms (1 - 2 people) Baker Room (15 - 20 people) Recital Room (up to 40 people) Meeting rooms may be used by organizations engaged in educational, cultural, intellectual, or charitable activities, whose programs are open to the general public. Non-profit groups and organizations may use the meeting rooms free of charge during library hours for business meetings, discussion groups, or programs. Other groups, organizations, businesses and individuals may use the meeting rooms during library hours for a fee of $100, payable in advance. Please view our Meeting Room Use Policy for more information. To reserve a room, please contact the library at 401-949-3630 or by email at info@greenvillelibraryri.org .

A library card is free to residents of Rhode Island and students who reside in Rhode Island. The Greenville Public Library is a member of Ocean State Libraries Consortium. A library card from the Greenville Public Library entitles you to borrowing privileges at all RI public libraries. Get a Library Card Home / Get a Library Card / A library card is free to residents of Rhode Island and students who reside in Rhode Island. The Greenville Public Library is a member of Ocean State Libraries Consortium. A library card from the Greenville Public Library entitles you to borrowing privileges at all RI public libraries. Books borrowed at any RI public library may be returned at any other public library in the state. (Local policies may vary.) Ocean State Libraries Borrowing Policy You can register for a library card online, in person at the library, or via mail. Register Online To register online, you must have an email address and be 18 years of age or older. Click here to get started. To register for a card in person, you will need photo identification showing your name and current mailing address, or two of the following: Car registration Personal or payroll check with printed name and address Current utility bill Welfare Card Identification by a member of staff Telephone directory City directory Valid Green Card Rental/lease agreement in patron’s name Proof of official mailing – credit card bill, bank statement, not personal mail Passport Military ID To apply by mail, print an application here and mail it to: Greenville Public Library 573 Putnam Pike Greenville, RI 02828 Non-Rhode Island Residents Non-residents who pay property taxes in Rhode Island may obtain an OSL library card at no charge with proof of property taxes paid. All other non-residents may obtain a statewide OSL library card for an annual fee of $171. A local-use only card, allowing access to only Greenville Public Library materials, may be obtained for a yearly fee of $40.00. Register in person or by mail