| Reference Databases | ||
| Database | Audience | Description |
| AtoZ the USA | Everyone | AtoZ the USA is a web-based encyclopedia of detailed editorial content and images for 56 U.S. states and territories. It covers more than 100 topics for each state, including maps, demographics, crime statistics, weather and climate, education and government and politics. Each state's history, flag and official symbols are also included. Great resource for students that need various information about countries for school reports. |
| AtoZ World Travel | Everyone | AtoZ World Travel provides travel information for over 150 world cities. Perfect database to check out before your next trip! You will find city views, facts, insider’s travel guides and recommendations for activities, restaurants and much more. Great resource for students that need various information about countries for school reports. |
| Wilson Web | Everyone | In addition to regularly updated, comprehensive content from key scholarly and newsstand sources, WilsonWeb is tailored to get the most from Wilson’s precise indexing, detailed abstracts plus all the images and full-text content. WilsonWeb offers a wide range of search parameters – pinpointing the information you need is easy thanks to access by subject terms, keywords, journal titles, author, personal names, dates, proximity and Boolean operators, or any combination of elements! Physical descriptions, content codes and searching by type of content (i.e. podcasts) allow maximum satisfaction. WilsonWeb brings your library a host of features and benefits: Readspeaker text-to-speech, full-text language translations, My WilsonWeb customization, Search Widget, MLA auto-citing, and more. |
| Grolier Online Kids | Useful for Elementary School Kids | Another great resource for finding facts and information about both historical and current news and events. |
| Kids InfoBits | Kindergarten through Grade 5 | Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. 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. |
| Grolier Online Passport | Useful for middle and high school students. | Grolier Online is a one-stop resource for online encyclopedias and reference resources. What does it provide? • Profiles: Biographies of famous, infamous and influential people. • Journal: A searchable news database with current event information and media. • The Encyclopedia: Browse or keyword search for your topic. • Editors Picks: Engaging introductions to research topics. |
| Grolier Lands & People | Useful for middle and high school students. | An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events. |
| World Book Discover | Useful for middle and high school students. | An online version of one of the most trusted resources. Search people, places, science and math, world religions, plants and animals, history and government, arts, sports and hobbies. This database also includes a dictionary, atlas, timelines and helpful research and citation tips and tools. |
| World Book Info Finder | Useful for middle and high school students. | Search world newspapers, find information about current events, explore science projects, search for images and videos and even search the biography center by occupation/area of interest, gender, nationality, and time period. |
| World Book for Kids | Useful for Elementatry School Students | The same valuable information found in the World Book database, but simplified and understandable for elementary grades. |
| World Book Online Reference Center | Everyone | Current events and research tools, as well as computer and web tutorials, useful how to guides and links to government resources. |
| World Book Spanish Language Encyclopedia | Everyone | |
| GALE Databases | Everyone | Search in over 50 databases, each dedicated to a certain subject area such as science, diversity, pop culture, military, U.S. and World History, careers and vocations, agriculture, criminal justice and dozens more. Choose one database to search in or cross search information across multiple databases. Once you enter, you will need to click on the proceed button. You can search the database that appears or you can click on change databases in the upper right corner. |
| NoveList & NoveList K-8 | Everyone | Not sure what to read next? Use this database to find helpful suggestions and recommendations for books you might like to read. Search by title, author, genre, or series. To begin you need a user ID use BVS. The password is BVS. |
| SWAN Catalog | Everyone | Search other libraries for an item you are looking for. Use Library Catalog Online to search our catalog located on our library homepage. |
