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Genealogy / History 
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY | With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more! | 
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY | Footnote.com is a place where original historical documents are combined with social networking. Collections feature documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more. | 
IN LIBRARY USE | This collection assembles every available U.S. federal census; family genealogies; local histories; tax lists; city directories; land and probate records; birth, marriage and death records; genealogical and local history serials; and more. |
AT HOME USE | At Home Use:
Enter your library card without any spaces on the login page. Then choose HeritageQuest from the online resources listed. |  | The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative is a collaborative effort that dramatically expands the amount of information available online about Missouri’s past. Teachers, parents, and students can retrieve educational materials directly from the website. |
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Magazines / Newspapers| | Search 18 magazine / newspaper databases in one search. | 
IN LIBRARY USE | Search Kansas City Star (1991-Current), New York Times (2000-Current), and St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1988-Current). Also includes America’s News Magazines featuring articles from Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, and Fortune. |
AT HOME USE | At Home Use:
Enter your library card without any spaces on the login page. Then choose NewsBank from the online resources listed. |
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Business  | Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. |  | The ReferenceUSA database contains detailed information on more than 14 million US businesses, 210 million US residents. This database can serve as an online criss-cross directory. | 
Small Business Resource Center | Search the Small Business Resource Center to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites. |  | With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, the Business Economics and Theory collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research. |  | Business and Company ASAP provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images. |
Top Ebooks / Literature Ebooks
IN LIBRARY USE
| Provides access to more than 6,500 electronic books on a wide variety of topics. You must be a JCL patron to set up your own account to be able to check out EBooks. Ebooks may be browsed from public access Internet computers at any library branch. | Ebooks
AT HOME USE | Enter your library card without any spaces on the login page. Then choose netLibrary from the online resources listed |  | The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, TumbleQuizzes and TumbleResources. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which have been licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. |  Books & Authors | Explore the latest genre fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles with Gale Books and Authors. |  | Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements make it easy for students to research papers and class assignments in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies. |  IN LIBRARY USE | An Interlibrary Loan Database of public and academic libraries located in the U.S. which contains all of the catalog records from OCLC member libraries. Materials cataloged include books, computer data files, computer programs, films and slides, journals, magazines, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings and videotapes. | | AT HOME USE | Enter your library card without any spaces on the login page. Then choose WorldCat from the online resources listed |
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General Reference
IN LIBRARY USE | Covers vehicles from 1982 to the present with technical support for vehicles back to 1967. Engine-specific diagnostic and repair procedures, electrical diagrams, maintenance schedules, technical service bulletins and recalls are all included. | | Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements make it easy for students to research papers and class assignments in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies. |  | Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. | 
IN LIBRARY USE | Learning Express Library is designed to help people succeed on the tests they must pass to gain citizenship, improve their testing skills or to further their education or career. Over 300 online academic and licensing practice tests including SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, Advanced Placement, civil service, military, real estate, law enforcement, citizenship, TOEFL, ESL and basic skills for elementary, middle and high school skills improvement and much more. |
AT HOME USE | At Home Use:
Enter your library card without any spaces on the login page. Then choose Learning Express Library from the online resources listed. | | | The ReferenceUSA database contains detailed information on more than 14 million US businesses, 210 million US residents. This database can serve as an online criss-cross directory. | 
IN LIBRARY USE | Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works. | 
IN LIBRARY USE | Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed Salem History reference sets. | 
IN LIBRARY USE | Salem Science is an online database that includes the complete content of printed Salem Science reference sets. | | | |
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For Kids 
Infotrac | Now with over 1100 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, Infotrac: Student Edition is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. | 
Infotrac | Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, Infotrac: Junior Edition is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. | 
Kids InfoBits | Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. | | | The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, TumbleQuizzes and TumbleResources. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which have been licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format. |
Other Links
St. Louis Post
Search the St. Louis Post Dispatch here. You can find Missouri newspapers and some national papers as well. Homework Spot
Find the best K-12 homework resources organized by subject and grade-level. The Beehive School
Homework help for ages K-12. Includes information regarding colleges. Math!
Offers free math lessons and homework help, with an emphasis on geometry, algebra, statistics, and much more. National Geographic
Offers pictures, articles, maps, and multimedia presentations on an array of subjects. |
