What are research databases?

Research databases are subscription-based websites featuring quality content you can trust. Access to these premium sites is free with your library card! Access to most of our databases requires login with a library card number and PIN.          

Ancestry Library Edition (Ancestry.com) EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS

• Explore your family history! Includes coverage of the U.S., U.K., Canada and more. Contains more than 4,000 databases covering the 1300s to the present.

Chilton Automotive Library

• ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site. 

Data Axle 

• Helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds and locate people. Our database selections and real-time access to more than 20 Million Businesses, 222 Million Consumers, U.S. New Businesses, U.S. New Homeowners and Movers, make research easy and fast.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica Escolar

Gale - Academic OneFile

• Free full-text access to academic/peer-reviewed, consumer & trade magazine, and newspaper articles; reference book chapters; radio & television news archives with transcripts; and images. 

Gale - Biography

• Improve your research using thousands of biographies with supporting videos, audio, and photos.

Gale - Books & Authors

• Book reviews, plot summaries, read-alike recommendations, and author biographies

Gale - Elementary

• Research articles on a variety of subjects, age appropriate for students in kindergarten to 5th grade.

Gale - General OneFile

• A one-stop source for news and periodical articles.
• Home to Consumer Reports January 1, 1999 - June 1, 2009

Gale - Global Issues

• Global issues and current events    

Gale - High School

• Hundreds of the most popular research topics focused on high school aged students and researchers. Aligned to national and state curriculum standards.

Gale - Legal Forms

• Access to downloadable Arizona and federal legal forms.   

Gale Literature - Resource Center

• Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Gale Literature - Scribner Writer Series

• Original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.

Gale Literature - Twayne's Author Series

• In-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements.

Gale - News OneFile

• Full-text newspaper database searchable by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields.  

Gale - Opposing Viewpoints

• Online library of current event topics--facts and arguments for and against each topic. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Gale - PowerSearch

•  A search platform providing a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information. 

Gale Presents - Peterson's Test & Career Prep

• Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice.

Gale - Science

• Vetted sources on earth & life sciences, space, technology, and more.
• More than 200 experiments and projects from U*X*L Experiment Central  

Gale - U.S. History

• Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History.                                

Gale - World History

• Full-text periodicals, reference materials, primary source documents, and more in a searchable history collection.

HeritageQuest Online EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS

• Includes maps, information from U.S. Census, books, cemeteries, city directories, military records, immigration records, and more. 

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center

• Detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas for hobby enthusiast.

Home Improvement Reference Center

• Detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.

Library Speakers Consortium

• Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders.
• Register for upcoming speakers and ask them a question or watch any of the recorded talks.

Northstar Digital Literacy

• Create an account to take digital literacy assessments, computer classes, practice computer skills and more.

Mitchell ProDemand EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS

• Click the LOGIN button on the top right of the page if your library computer does not automatically let you in.
• Common repair & part replacement lists, wiring diagrams. maintenance procedures, and service manuals

 NoveList Plus (EBSCOhost)

• Readers' advisory service providing access to information on 155,000 fiction titles including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.

Reading Arizona

• Free eBook and eAudiobook collection of books about Arizona and by Arizonans.

Rocket Languages

• Self-paced language courses in Spanish, English, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, American Sign Language (ASL), Korean, Portuguese, Inglés para hispanohablantes, and 英文課程.

Value Line

• Investment research tool that offers accurate, reliable, unbiased investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. Also helps new investors get started with educational guides, videos, and a glossary.