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.
- Access World NewsExplore and stay informed on local, national and international topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner, including The Pueblo Chieftain, Denver Post, USA TODAY and more. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
- 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.
Visit Asian Life in America
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Harvard Business Review
A bi-monthly publication put out by Harvard Business School. It provides insights for professionals about business management, analysis, and practices.
- 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.
- MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 1,750 general periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general 105,787 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 293,480 photos, maps and flags.science, multicultural issues and much more. It also includes 86,019 biographies.
- 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.
- Primary Search
Primary Search includes full-text articles for 70 popular elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). It also includes an image collection of over 293,840 photos, maps and flags.
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
Provides information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
- Pueblo Library Digital Collections
Pueblo City-County Library Digital Collections of archived photos.
- 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.