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

Reference Department

The Library's Reference Department 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:

Contact

Amanda Viana
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! Ancestry Library is available to use inside the library on one of our public computers or via library 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 Experience Norton through historical documents including Marriage Records, Town Reports, and programs from important events in town and library history.

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.

Rocket Languages
Online language learning on your own terms and in your own time. Over a dozen languages available including Spanish (Latin American), Arabic, French, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, American Sign Language, English (Spanish Speakers), and English (Japanese Speakers)
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."
~ Walter Cronkite

Local Links

Norton Links
Norton Organizations
​Local Newspapers