Library Closure
The Chesapeake City Branch Library will be temporarily closed for updates from Monday, December 1, 2025, through Saturday, January 3, 2026. The Branch will reopen on Monday, January 5, and will be open 6 days per week. For assistance during the closure, please call (410) 996-5600 or email ask@cecilcountylibrary.org.
Resources
American Sign Language (ASL)
JobNow
Live job assistance, including up-to-date nation-wide and local job search engines, professional resume critique, and proven interview techniques.
HelpNow
Connect with expert live tutors (2-11 pm daily) based on your student's grade level and subject for homework help.
Engage with skill-building, language learning, and studying activities.
VetNow
Connect with an expert to learn more about eligible VA benefits and community resources.
FamilySearch
World’s largest online repository of free genealogical records. As an affiliate library, enhanced digital content can be accessed by using within any CCPL library branch.
Foundation Directory Online
Nonprofits can connect with the resources they need, including research information, funding sources, and training opportunities.
LinkedIn Learning
Gale Courses
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Peterson's Test and Career Prep helps students and adults be better prepared down the road for both college and their careers. Discover comprehensive test prep and career solutions from Peterson's, a world-leading educational provider.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
eBooks and encyclopedias on a wide variety of topics that support research and education for students and teachers.
Issues and Controversies
In depth investigations of 800 current issues and controversies from politics to popular culture.
U.S. History in Context
Search by person, subject or time period for primary documents, reference titles, magazine articles, images and maps. Covers pre-Colonial times to the present.
World History in Context
Search by person, subject or time period for primary documents, reference titles, magazine articles, images and maps. Includes ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance.
Business Resource Center
Offers a variety of small business information in a searchable format, such as industry research, financial planning, marketing, franchising, and business plans.
Reference Solutions
Reference Solutions: Business Database is a directory database of over 11 million U.S. businesses. Search by company name, type, size or location of a business or a combination. Parent/subsidiary information is also available.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Provides complete reports for approximately 2,000 funds and 1,000 stocks. Quicktake Reports, which include portfolio, risk, performance, and management information, are available for approximately 13,000 funds and 8,000 stocks.
Business and Economics
Provides magazine articles focusing on topics in economics, plus regular feeds of video from Forbes.com that contain business news coverage and interviews with CEOs.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Quick and accurate medical information, including magazine articles, links to trusted medical websites, an Alternative Health Module, and a Disease Profiler module.
MedLinePlus
Brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
Nursing and Allied Health Database
Including nearly 900 CINAHL journals in full-text, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both nursing professionals and students.
Magazine & Journal Articles
Access to full-text articles from magazines and reference sources, as well as primary source documents and images. Updated daily, articles range from 1975 to present day.
Newspapers
Selected full-text coverage of U.S. and international newspapers and newswires. Includes full-text of the New York Times and Baltimore Sun, as well as newspapers ranging from Mexico to India and the United Kingdom.
Academic OneFile
This database covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences.
Science in Context
Supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Science In Context features authoritative information covering all major science topics.
Agricultural Collection
Provides magazine articles focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
Books and Authors
Cecil County Community Services & Resource Directory
The Community Services & Resource Directory is provided as a service to the visitors of Cecil County's website who would like information on local businesses and services.
Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)
Maryland Community Services Locator
Maryland Law Code and Rules of Procedure
Maryland MVA Online Driver Tutorial
Online Driver Tutorial Online tutorial to help new drivers prepare for the written driving tests in Maryland.
MVA Practice Tests
Maryland's Peoples Law Library
Information on Maryland laws, courts and how to find legal help, written in everyday language.
Western Maryland History Online
A searchable website (search by person or location) that offers historical and genealogical information concerning Maryland Revolutionary War soldiers and "military lots" - maps/locations awarded to Maryland soldiers.
Cooking Collection
Includes 250 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes and restaurant reviews.
Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture
A collection of more than 100 magazines focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping and other areas of horticulture.
Home Improvement Collection
This collection of more than 200 home improvement focused magazine titles covers topics such as achitectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and much more. For hobbyists and professionals.
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
Access to citations and bibliographic records for journals, reports and research on topics related to the field of education. If full-text is not provided, contact us to determine availability.
Heritage Quest
HeritageQuest includes federal census records, source documents, and indexes. Rich with demographic and genealogical detail, the collection contains personal data such as education, place of birth, language, occupation, veteran status.
Mango Languages
Gale Legal Forms: Maryland
Gale Legal Forms helps people understand common legal procedures and provides access to thousands of customizable legal documents.