Reference Resources

The Truro Library staff provide basic reference services to all library patrons looking for information or materials.

If you would like a librarian to assist you in your research, please provide information about your inquiry and call 508-487-1125 or email the Library.

Digital Resources

For your research and entertainment needs, you can access digital reference materials from the links below. Most sites will require your library card. Please do not hesitate to ask for help with any of this material, in person or over the phone. We are pleased to offer these services and want you to be comfortable using them.

Most of these services have to be accessed through our website. You can make a "bookmark" or "favorite" from your computer or device for faster access next time.

• Cape Cod Times
• Consumer Reports
• Gale Databases
• Oxford English Dictionary
• LinkedIn Learning (Over 16,000 courses in 7 languages are now available for your personal of career-track learning.)
• Transparent Language Online (Language learners can build vocabulary, practice skills, and maintain what they have learned with Transparent Language Online, available anytime, anywhere in 110+ languages.)

Genealogy

The Library has a small collection of basic books and reference materials on genealogy for the researcher. In addition, we have a number of reference resources specific to the early settlers of Truro and their families. Researchers are welcome to use these materials in the Library. An index to the Town cemeteries is available online. Early Vital Records of many Massachusetts towns are available as compilations on the Mayflower descendants, early marriage records, Truro Annual Town Reports dating from 1894, and various local histories.

If you would like to reserve the Cobb Room for Genealogical research, please call the Library at 508-487-1125 to make an appointment.

Ancestry Library Edition, for in Library Use Only

Provided by ProQuest and MyFamily.com, this genealogical collection covers U.S. and the U.K. census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. It contains more than 4,000 databases, 1.5 billion names, as well as over 1,000 historical maps. Coverage: 1300 to present