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In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim. 
     -Linton Weeks

Reference Department

The Information Services Librarian can assist with:
  • Research questions
  • The online catalog, Commonwealth Catalog, magazine/reference databases and other online resources
  • Help with finding books, music, movies
  • E-reader instruction, including borrowing from the SAILS Overdrive collection
  • Reading suggestions
  • Genealogy research
  • Local history
  • And more!

Special topics:

  • Careers
  • Genealogy
  • ​Fuel Economy Guide

Contact

Amanda Viana
Asst. Director / Information Services Librarian
508-286-2695
amanda.viana@sailsinc.org

Ancestry Library
Use the library edition of the popular genealogical research website, Ancestry.com to search census records, create family trees and more!  ​Click here to access Ancestry Library. Please note this link will only work on the library's computers and wifi.

Digital Archives
Explore Norton High School Yearbooks dating back to 1925! Experience Norton through historical documents including Marriage Records, Town Reports, and programs from important events in town and library history.

​Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language and culture learning resource that offers access to over 60 foreign languages and 17 English courses taught completely in the user's native language. In addition to traditional language courses, Mango also offers the opportunity to learn through foreign film with Mango Premiere and access to a variety of specialty mini courses, like Pirate, Medical Spanish, and romance courses. Mango can be accessed online at the library, remotely, or even on-the-go with apps for iPhone, Android, Kindle and Nook. Free with your library card!​
Download from iTunes
Download from Android Market

NoveList Plus
Find your next great read! NoveList Plus offers descriptions, book reviews, book and author read-alikes, and more!

Searching for answers?
​Research Databases
A wide range of databases and encyclopedias are available to you to access anywhere in Massachusetts through the library's website. Topics range from literature to health, culinary arts, history, home improvement, pop culture and many, many more! 

Brought to you by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and Massachusetts Library System with state funds and federal Institute of Museum and Library
Services funds.

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Local Links

Norton Links
  • Town of Norton
  • Norton Public Schools
  • Wheaton College
  • Shpack Landfill

Norton Organizations
  • Norton TV
  • Norton Historical Society
  • Norton Cupboard of Kindness
  • Land Preservation Society of Norton

​Local Newspapers
  • Norton Mirror/Wicked Local
  • The Sun Chronicle
  • Taunton Gazette
  • Norton Patch
  • The Enterprise
  • Boston Globe
  • Boston Herald
Norton Public Library, 68 East Main Street, Norton, Massachusetts 02766      Phone: (508) 285-0265   Fax: (508) 285-0266
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