Research Databases

Ancestry Plus - Research your family history. (Available from within the library only)

Biography Resource Center - Information on more than 220,000 people throughout history.
(Remote users will need to enter the first five digits of their library card number)

Books and Authors - Find your next great book!
(Remote users will need to enter their library card number)
 
ChiltonLibrary.com - ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make, and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.
 
Computer Database - Computer related product introductions, news and reviews. 
 
Expanded Academic ASAP - Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.
 
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Search hundreds of E-Book Reference titles with one search!
(Remote users will need to enter the first five digits of their library card number)
 
General Business File ASAP - Abstracts and full text for business and trade publications. Directory listings for companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.
 
General Reference Center Gold - Full text articles from magazines and reference books on all subjects.
 
Health and Wellness Resource Center - Medical sources, including the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and full-text periodicals.
 
Health Reference Center Academic - Designed for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health researchers, it includes general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.

Heritage Quest Online - Research your family history with images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790-1930 federal censuses.

 
General OneFile - General interest magazines, business and industry journals, newspaper articles, reference books, maps and historical images.
 
InfoTrac Junior Edition - For junior high school students, it includes full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.
 
InfoTrac Student Edition -For high school students, it includes full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

Job & Career Accelerator - Job & Career Accelerator is the industry's most comprehensive, online job search system that puts job seekers on the Fast Track to getting hired.

 
Kids InfoBits - For students in Kindergarten through Grade 5, it includes full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

Learn a Test - Test preparation for the ACT, ASVAB, Civil Service, EMS, Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Law Enforcement, Praxis/PPST, Real Estate, SAT, U.S. Citizenship and more.

 
Literature Resource Center - Includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Shakespeare Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and much more.
(Remote users will need to enter their library card number) 

Mango Language Learning Center - Choose from over 30 languages to study.  English courses for ESL learners are also available. (Remote users will need to enter their library card number)

 

Making of Modern Michigan

- A digital collection of historical information about the state of Michigan.
 
Michigan Authors and Illustrators - A database of Michigan artists.
 
Morningstar - Research stocks and mutual funds.
Morningstar Remote Access - Morningstar.com for our remote access patrons.
 
 
Science Resource Center - Covers Earth, Life, Space and Physical Sciences, the History of Science, Science and Technology and much more!
(Remote users will need to enter their library card number)
 
SIRS Discoverer - For grades K-9, covers full text articles selected from 1000 magazines.

Value Line - Stock analysis, investment research and more.

Value Line Remote Access - Value Line for our remote access patrons.  Patrons will need to enter their entire barcode number to sign in.

 
 
World Book Online - An online version of the very popular World Book Encyclopedia. (Available from within the library only).