Automotive

  • Auto Repair Reference Center
    Find auto repair information for your late model car, truck, or van.
  • Chilton Library
    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. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
  • Small Engine Repair Reference Center
    Search information about all terrain vehicles, generators, marine/boat motors, motorcycles, outdoor power equipment, and more.

Biographies

  • Biography in Context - Gale Group
    Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, or gender.
  • Literature Resource Center- Gale
    Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.line.

Books/Literature

  • Novelist Plus
    Locate authors and titles of interest. In addition, three powerful search techniques allow readers to look for books by entering descriptive terms that appear in subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records.
  • WorldCat
    WorldCat is the world’s largest network of library content and services.

Business & Investments

  • Business and Company Resource Ctr.
    Search this database to find detailed business, company and industry news and information.
  • Business Decision
    Empowers local businesses with data, reports, and maps used by the nation’s leading companies.
  • D&B’s Million Dollar Database 
    The D&B Million Dollar Database spans all industries and business, providing vital information on over 1.6 million companies with sales of one million dollars or more, or 20+ employees, or branches with 50+ employees.
  • Reference USA
    Search for companies in the United States by size, geographically, and by type of business. Also find Telephone numbers for those businesses.
  • Small Business Reference Center
    Search business areas, find information by business type, learn about business basics, and more.
  • Morningstar Investment Research Center
    Morningstar Investment Research Center helps you make smart investment decisions. Find a stock or fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings, or see how your investments fit together.
  • Value Line (In-Library Use Only)
    Online version of the popular print resource.

Consumers

ebooks

  • Overdrive
    The Library has ebooks and digital audibooks for your enjoyment. Now you can browse and search hundreds of great titles and download them to your computer, transfer them to a portable device, or burn onto a CD for your reading and listening pleasure anywhere, anytime.

Education/School stuff

  • CultureGrams
  • Find quick, reliable information on the world’s peoples, customs, and lifestyle.
  • Infotrac Junior Edition
    Periodical database for middle school students with over 330 titles, cross-searchable with e-books. .
  • Infotrac Student Edition
    Periodical database for high school students with over 1,100 titles, cross searchable with e-books.
  • Kids InfoBits
    Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten though grade 5. Appropriate, graphic interface highlighting a subject-based topic tree search.
  • Muzzy
    Muzzy is a comprehensive, interactive and fun way to learn a second language.

Genealogy

  • Ancestry Library Edition (In-Library Use Only)
    Ancestry Library Edition is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available.
  • America’s Obituaries
    The largest and most comprehensive newspaper collection of obituaries and death notices with an easy-to-use interface. Search by name, date range, or text such as residence, occupation, hobbies, family members, or other personal information. Part of the Arthur J. Carruth Newspaper Collection
  • HeritageQuest Online – Proquest
    Includes family histories, genealogical serials, local histories. Resources on towns and families from all 50 states as well as Canada and the British Isles.

General

  • Academic OneFile
    Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
    From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.
  • MasterFILE Premier - Ebsco
    This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 390 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975 for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review and Natural History.
  • One File – Infotrac
    Use InfoTrac OneFile to access periodical and news content as well as indexing from a variety of general and specialized journals – from the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor to refereed academic journals.
  • Readers Guide Retrospective
    Subjects Covered: Aeronautics, African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biographies, Business, Children, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Gardening, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel. Readers’ Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.

Geography

  • State Geography – ABC-CLIO (In-Library Use Only)
    Find stories focusing on national and state events. Search for reference and curriculum resources by text, state, and/or category.
  • United States Geography - ABC-CLIO
    This interactive database helps students better understand the geographic, historic, social, political, cultural, and economic landscape of the United States, as well as the complexities underlying the challenges facing the nation and individual states.

Government/Politics

  • CQ Researcher (In-Library Use Only)
    The award-winning CQ Researcher explores a single “hot” issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Gale
    Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.

Grants

  • Foundation Directory Online (In-Library Use Only)
    The Foundation Directory Online provides information on over 78,000 U.S. foundations. In addition to all-known U.S. foundations, it features two categories of funders – direct corporate giving programs and grantmaking public charities. It is an excellent tool for persons searching for grants.
  • Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (In-Library Use Only)
    Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards, and other financial support with the only online resource devoted exclusively to foundations that fund individuals! For assistance with this database find a library staff member.

Health

Hispanic

  • ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) - Gale
    Informe! es una coleccion de revistas hispanas con texto completo. Contiene negocios, salud, tecnologia, cultura, temas actuales y otros temas.

History

  • American History - ABC-CLIO
    Choose this link for American History resources for the scholar, student, teacher, and librarian in universities and secondary schools.
  • Kansas History, Territorial through Civil War Years, 1854 – 1865
    This digital archive documents state history. Drawn from the Sabin collection and other Gale sources, the archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, legal treatises and children’s books.
  • Sanborn Maps – Proquest
    Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides digital access to most Kansas towns.
  • World History in Context
    For middle and high school students, full-text scholarly articles, primary sources, mages, maps and charts. Over 1800 primary sources and 27 reference titles.

Hobbies & Crafts

Legal

  • Kansas Legal Services Free Legal Forms
    Kansas Legal Services provides forms as a service to low income Kansans and to assist overburdened Kansas courts.
  • LegalTrac – Gale
    Use this database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. Included are articles on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation.

Music

  • Freegal
    The Freegal Music Service is a download music service sold to Libraries for free use by its registered cardholders.

Newspapers

  • America’s Newspapers
    The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers–all in one easy-to-search database. This database may contain the entire collection, or a selection of local, regional, and national newspapers chosen by your librarian. Each newspaper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Display ads, classifieds and syndicated columnists are excluded from many papers. Limited photos and graphics are included for some papers. Part of the Arthur J. Carruth Newspaper Collection
  • Chicago Tribune Backfile
    Backfile of the Chicago Tribune
  • Emporia Gazette Backfile
    Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Part of the Arthur J. Carruth Newspaper Collection
  • Infotrac Newsstand (Gale)
    Over 160 U.S. and international (English-language) newspapers. Search specific sections – e.g., business, lifestyle, sports – and retrieve full-text articles arranged by section.
  • Kansas City Star Backfile
    Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
  • Lawrence Journal World Backfile
    Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Part of the Arthur J. Carruth Newspaper Collection
  • Manhattan Mercury Backfile
    Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
  • National Newspaper Index
    National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America’s top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
  • New York Times (Current) (In-Library Use Only)
    Coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions and presidential press conference transcripts.
  • New York Times – Historical Newspapers Extra Edition (In-Library Use Only)
    The complete run of the New York Times reproduced in cover-to-cover full-page image—from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements.
  • New York Times Deep Backfile (In-Library Use Only)
    Archive of the New York Times.
  • Topeka Capital-Journal Backfile
    Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Due to archiving irregularities, the data contains some formatting inconstancies. Paid advertisements are excluded. This database is provided by the Arthur J. Carruth Newspaper Collection.
  • Wichita Eagle Backfile
    Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

Reference

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
  • General Reference Center (MI) – INFOTRAC
    A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center to find articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, many with full-text and images.

Testing

  • LearningExpress Library
    Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library’s resources will help you succeed. Each of the Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life.