Explora Public Libraries
- EBSCO’s Explora is a user-friendly search tool that supports both research and instruction. Explora searches across the following resources.
- MasterFILE Complete – A comprehensive collection of full-text general interest articles from periodicals, newspapers, and books. This authoritative general information database is the best place to start your research project.
- Read It! – Research while practicing reading skills. Read It! helps students who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need level-appropriate reading material. Read It! is also a great tool for English Language Learners.
Explora Secondary Schools
Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with age-appropriate content for middle and high school learners with an easy-to-use interface and great accessibility tools, including translation and text to sound.
Gale in Context: Elementary
Gale In Context: Elementary meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through grade 5, with age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers, and reference materials, covering current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, and more. In order to access this service, please type your library card number into the password box.
Guide to Virginia Legal Information Resources
Access a list of legal information resources covering topics as varied as incorporating a business, contesting a traffic ticket, researching health law, obtaining social security, renting a dwelling, buying a house, and writing a will. The list identifies resources for individuals seeking legal information. This list of resources does not constitute legal advice or answers to questions of law.
Legal Forms
Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code covering basic legal needs--wills, power of attorney, landlord/tenant, and lots more. Includes a comprehensive section of templates for small businesses including: invoices, leases, sales agreements, contracts, and more. In order to access this service, please type your library card number into the password box.
Eastern Shore of Virginia Heritage Center
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Heritage Center of the Eastern Shore Public Library collects, preserves, and makes available to the public documents, images and rare published materials that record the rich and complex history of Accomack and Northampton Counties.
Ancestry.com Library Edition
Access Ancestry.com Library Edition on any of the public computers at one of our four ESPL library locations: Chincoteague, Parksley, Nassawadox, or Cape Charles. This resource can only be used in the library.
FamilySearch
Bring your laptop or sign in to FamilySearch from one of the public computers at any of our four ESPL library locations: Chincoteague, Parksley, Nassawadox, or Cape Charles. Signing in to FamilySearch at ESPL allows access to additional records that are only available at Affiliate libraries.