Databases by Category
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- Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier contains full-text articles for nearly 4,500 journals including 3,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals.
- Asian Life in America
From the first commercial trade through modern times, people of Asian heritage have shaped the geography, arts, culture, and civil discourse of the United States in immeasurable ways. This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Asian American history and daily life – as well as the ways popular culture has portrayed and perceived people of Asian descent.
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- Biography Reference Center
Biography Reference Sources provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. IN addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject, occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more.
- Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.
- CollegeNow
Brainfuse's new service that provides patrons with access to college admissions services through online guidance counselors and resources for applications, financial aid, and admissions interviews.
- EBSCO
Ebsco offers comprehensive full-text content across academic disciplines, including business (Business Source), education, and environmental studies
- Educate Station
Educate Station contains full curriculum Pre-k through Fifth Grade. Perfect for homeschool families, early learners, or to supplement pre-k through 5th grade educational needs.
- Encyclopedia Britannica
Tap into the knowledge of experts from around the globe, including historians and Nobel Prize winners. Add in Britannica's in-house editorial proficiency and fact checking combined with the experience of curriculum specialists.
- Environment Complete
EBSCO Environment Complete is a leading full-text database for environmental studies. It provides hundreds of top environment journals covering ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental policy, sustainability and other related subjects.
- Ethnic Diversity Source
This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, e-books, biographies, and primary source documents.
- Explora - Elementary School ExploraEBSCO Explora Elementary is a safe, user-friendly search interface designed for K-5 students, educators, and libraries. It provides curated, reliable content - including articles , encyclopedias, and images - designed for research and homework.
- Explora - General ResearchEBSCO Explora - General Research is a dedicated, user-friendly search interface designed for schools and public libraries to provide curated, reliable content. It supports research with full-text articles, e-books, and multimedia, offering tailored experiences for students and educators through simple searches, topic browsing and Lexile Reading Level filters.
- Explora - High School Explora
EBSCO Explora High School is a tailored, user-friendly search interface designed for 9 - 12 grade students and educators. It provides quick access to reliable, full-text articles, e-books, primary sources, and curated topics in science, literature, history, and social studies.
- Explora - Middle School Explora
EBSCO Explora Middle School is a tailored, user-friendly search interface designed for grades 5-8, providing access to reliable, age-appropriate content such as magazines, journals, encyclopedias, and videos.
- Exploring Race in Society
Designed for High School and undergraduate students, Exploring Race in Society provides context and solutions-oriented points of view within a scholarly collection of proprietary and licensed content on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness. It includes essays, articles, reports and other reliable sources.
- Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database is a comprehensive, annually updated general reference source containing over 25,000 full-text records. It provides concise, reliable, and accessible information on a wide range of subjects, including science, history, and technology. It is designed for students, middle school age and up.
- GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
- HelpNow
Provides assistance with tutoring in elementary, middle school, high school, intro college, and adult education. Live online tutors will be available daily from 2:00-11:00 pm while you’re at the library or at home. HelpNow includes a writing lab, SAT/ACT/GED test prep, virtual group workrooms, and live help with English, Social Studies, Science, and Math.
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- Hispanic Life in America
From the earliest days of the colonial era through modern times, people of Spanish-
speaking heritage have shaped the geography, arts, culture, and civil discourse of
the United States in immeasurable ways. This primary source collection offers an
expansive window into centuries of Hispanic American history, culture, and daily life
– as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of
Hispanic descent.Visit Hispanic Life in America
- History Reference Center
History Reference Center features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. Also includes access to a number of history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, and 77,000 biographies.
- Indigenous Life in America
The experience and impact of Indigenous Americans as recorded by the news media, 1690 to today.
- LGBTQ+ Life
LGBTQ+ Life provides indexing and abstracts for traditional academic, cultural, lifestyle and regional publications, as well as many historically significant titles. It also includes an LGBTQ+ thesaurus of nearly 9,500 terms.
- Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive literary database that serves students, educators, and researchers engaged in the study of literature across various genres and time periods. It offers thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals, and author biographies. It also includes full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems.
- MAS Ultra
MAS Ultra contains full-text for more than 500 popular high school magazines, more than 360 full-text reference books, 84,774 biographies,100,554 primary source documents, and an image collection of 293,480 photos, maps & flags.
- Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full-text for 140 popular middle school magazines as well as 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents and an image collection of 293,480 photos, maps and flags.
- NewsBank Lesson Plans
Explore over 5,000 lesson plans in all curricular areas, including Art, English, Government, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and more. Lesson Plans include connections to relevant educational standards, academic work and projects, related reading suggestions for further research, and presentation/assessment options.
- OERColorado
OERColorado is an openly licensed digital library of free curriculum and educational resources for Colorado's PK-12 education community.
- Poetry and Short Story Reference Center
The Poetry and Short Story Reference Center is a comprehensive full-text database that offers access to a vast collection of classic and contemporary poetry, short stories, biographies, essays, and various educational resources. Designed for researchers as well as students, it can be utilized as a scholarly resource or for leisurely enjoyment.
- Points of View Reference Center
Contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
Provides information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
- Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.
- Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center contains full-text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Subjects include biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
- Social Science Full Text Review
Covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies and more.
- Topic Search
Topic Search is a current events database that includes social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. It contains over 105,000 full-text articles from 1,622 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
- World Cat Discovery
WorldCat Discovery helps people easily find and get resources available at your library and in libraries worldwide through a single search of WorldCat and familiar, authoritative e-content collections. It also connects users to your collections via popular websites where people typically start their research.