Washington County Library
Electronic Reference Titles: An Alphabetical List
Academic Search Premier
Contains indexing for nearly 8,500 publications, with full text coverage in more than 4,600 of those titles. Subject areas covered are biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology and more.
ALLDATA Online
Resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information covering 1982 to present. Available only on Library workstations.
Alt HealthWatch
In-depth coverage across the subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine.
Ancestry Library Edition
Most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. Included are the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and more. Available only on Library workstations.
ArchiveGrid
Search through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.
Biography in Context
Combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Also includes full text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
BookFlix (Washington County)
Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. This engaging resource will help early readers develop and practice essential reading skills and introduces students to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Britannica Online
Business and Company Resource Center
This database includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Business Source Premier
Database designed specifically for business researchers, provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.
Byki Online
Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system. It locks foreign language words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever.
CAMIO
CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is a collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of 24 prominent museums including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center.
Consumer Health Complete
Information on health and medical topics.
Discovering Collection
Aimed at grades 6-12, provides in-depth content in six areas: geography & culture, history, literature, multimedia, biography, and science & health. Thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.
EBSCO eBook Collection
Browse the collection and view on your screen.
Educator's Reference Complete
Covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and includes every educational specialty, such as bilingual studies, health, technology and testing. Also included are resources on issues related to administration, funding and policy in education.
Expanded Academic ASAP
More the 4,200 indexed and more then 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others.
FirstSearch
OCLC WorldCat is an online catalog of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide.
Available databases include...
- WorldCat-Books and other materials in libraries
- Ebooks-Catalog of online electronic books
- ArticleFirst-Journal articles
- ECO-Collection of scholarly journals
- ClasePeriodica-Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities
- ERIC-Journal articles and reports in education
- GPO-U.S. government publications
- MEDLINE-All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
- OAIster-Union catalog of digital resources
- PapersFirst-Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
- Proceedings-Index of worldwide conference proceedings
- WorldCatDissertations-Dissertations and theses
Gale Virtual Reference Library
(Washington County)
A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General Science Collection
Over 200 journals, including Archaeology, Astronomy, Discover, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
The Historical Minneapolis Tribune
Search The Historical Minneapolis Tribune using ProQuest.
Content includes the Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1908); Minneapolis, Minn. and Minneapolis Morning Tribune (1909-1922); Minneapolis, Minn.,
Enter your search term and press the "Search" button.
Every issue of each title includes the complete paper cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
(Subscription purchased with funds provided to Minnesota State Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) through the Institute of Museums and Library Services.)
The Historical New York Times
Search The Historical New York Times using ProQuest.
Enter your search term and press the "Search" button.
(Subscription provided by MELSA.)
Informe
A collection of full text Hispanic magazines covering business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects.
Informe (Espanol/Spanish Interface)
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
InfoTrac Junior Edition (Middle Schools)
Designed for junior high and middle school students, use to search magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health and more.
InfoTrac Student Edition (High Schools)
Designed for high school students. Use to search magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health and more.
JobNow!
Job Now functions as an online job coach that library customers access from any computer from 1-11 PM using their library card account. This innovative tool will help customers write their resume and get feedback, plus assist with a job search and prepare users for the all-important job interview. It also includes a jobs and careers subject guide pathfinder that is customized with local Twin Cities resources and web links.
Junior Reference Collection
A comprehensive, cross-curricular database covering science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places.
Kids InfoBits
Aimed at kids K-5. A reference and periodical resource, gives children easy access to magazines, reference books, and newspaper articles that have been selected just for their age group.
Kids Search
For middle and elementary school students.
Learning Express Library (Washington County)
Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorials designed to help users succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Just some of the practice tests included: AP, Civil Service, EMS, GED, Nursing, Real Estate, TOEFL, US Citizenship.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings with coverage dating back to the mid-1960s.
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelist, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most studied authors.
LitFinder (Washington County)
Search full text poems, stories, essays, speeches and plays.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. Full text is also available for 85,670 biographies and 105,786 primary source documents. Also contains more than 360 reference books.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries and K-12 schools, contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more. Also contains: full text for more than 350 reference books, plus thousands of biographies, primary source documents, and images.
MegaFILE
Search the combined contents of Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier and Regional Business News.
Middle Search Plus
Contains full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Also contains primary source documents.
MnLINK
Search multiple library catalogs at the same time. Provides access to Minnesota public, college and government library catalogs. Provides indexes and full text of magazines, newspapers and more. Use MnLink to request items NOT OWNED by Washington County Library.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Financial data on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs, and buy/sell guidance on more than 1,900 stocks and 2,100 mutual funds.
NewsBank
Includes archives from Duluth News-Tribune, St. Cloud Times, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Star Tribune. Available only on Library workstations.
NoveList K-8 Plus
A comprehensive reading resource that helps young readers find new books - both fiction and nonfiction - based on other books they've enjoyed or topics in which they're interested.
NoveList Plus
A readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on other books they've enjoyed or topics in which they're interested. Both fiction and nonfiction titles included.
Downloadable eBooks, made available through OverDrive
Check out popular and classic fiction and nonfiction titles and read them on a computer, eReader, or mobile device.
Quick Guide to WCL eBooks (2 pages)
OverDrive compatible devices
(Subscription paid by Washington County.)
Pioneer Press
Articles published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press within the last week.
Points of View Reference Center
Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
Price It! Antiques & Collectibles
(Washington County)
A research tool for pricing and identifying art, antiques & collectibles. Looks at thousands of antiques and collectibles to help you find realistic values.
Primary Search
Contains full text for more than 70 popular elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Professional Collection
Custom selection of over 300 full text journals for educators. Offers balanced coverage in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
Professional Development Collection
Comprehensive collection of full text education journals.
ProQuest Newspapers
Database with citations and abstracts from over 350 newspapers, over 250 of which provide full text. Coverage, updated daily, of local, state, regional, national and international newspapers is available, including full text access to 27 major newspapers: The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Barron's and USA Today, to name a few.
ReferenceUSA
A directory of U.S. businesses. Features commercial and residential information.
Regional Business News
Supplemental database for customers of Business Source Premier. Provides comprehensive full text for more than 60 regional business publications.
Science Reference Center
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
Searchasaurus
For elementary school students.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
(Washington County)
Online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.
StarTribune.com
Articles published in the Star Tribune within the last week.
Student Research Center
For middle and senior high school students.
Student Resources in Context
Provides a selection of reference, thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia.
Funding for electronic references is provided by:
ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network
MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency) with funding from state and federal revenues, and
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