Research Tools
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ABCMouse.com (ABCMouse.com)
Description: With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCmouse.com's award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners, ages 2‑8. (In-library use only)
Audience: Preschool & Elementary School
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Description: Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
Audience: High School & Above
Agricola (EBSCO)
Description: Contains citations for articles on agriculture.
Audience: High School & Above
AHFS Consumer Medication Information (EBSCO)
Description: A trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish, AHFS includes more than one thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers.
Audience: High School & Above
Alt-PressWatch (ProQuest)
Description: Contains articles from alternative press publications.
Audience: Middle School & Above
America's News (NewsBank)
Description: Features access to a variety of Kentucky newspapers including the Lexington Herald Leader.
Audience: Middle School & Above
American FactFinder (Web)
Description: A product of the US Census Bureau, American FactFinder provides access to community data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
Audience: High School & Above
American Physical Society Journals (APS)
Description: Archive of publications in physics from the American Physical Society.
Audience: High School & Above
Ancestry.com (ProQuest)
Description: Contains census, immigration, military, birth, marriage & death records. This resource is only available within the library.
Audience: High School & Above
AnnualCreditReport.com (Web)
Description: Obtain a copy of your credit report from one or more the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
Audience: High School & Above
APA PsycInfo® (EBSCO)
Description: Contains citations to articles from psychology and behavioral science journals.
Audience: High School & Above
AtoZdatabases (DatabaseUSA)
Description: Contains business & executive profiles. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research and employment opportunities.
Audience: High School & Above
Auto Repair Source (EBSCO)
Description: Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, Auto Repair Source provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
Audience: High School & Above
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Biography in Context (Gale)
Description: Contains biographical articles from reference books and journals.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Black Freedom Struggle in the US (ProQuest)
Description: Contains select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Brainfuse HelpNow (BrainFuse)
Description: Comprehensive learning suite, consisting of tutoring, collaboration, and study tools on your computer or mobile device. Live homework help for grades K-12 is available from 2pm-11pm daily with professional tutors.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Britannica Academic Edition (Britannica)
Description: A rich combination of the insightful Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools
Audience: High School & Above
Britannica Annals of American History (Britannica)
Description: A year-by-year documentary of Amercian thought and action through primary source documents.
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna (Britannica)
Description: Spanish language reference center, featuring article, images, a dictionary, atlas and timelines.
Audience: High School & Above
Britannica Escolar Online (Britannica)
Description: This site offers encyclopedic resources in Spanish for students in primary (Primaria) and middle school (Secundaria).
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica Fundamentals (Britannica)
Description: Age-appropriate, play-based activities for ages 4-7.
Audience: Preschool & Elementary School
Britannica Library (Britannica)
Description: A premier library resource for all ages to conduct research and complete school assignments, with dedicated sites for Children, Young Adults and a Reference Center for older students.
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica School (Britannica)
Description: For Pre-K through 12 classrooms and libraries.
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Business First of Louisville (Business First)
Description: Business First is a source for local business news and information for Greater Louisville.
Audience: High School & Above
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Description: Contains general business and academic journal articles on business, management, and economic topics.
Audience: High School & Above
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Career and Technical Education (ProQuest)
Description: The definitive source for vocational information. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic.
Audience: High School & Above
Children's Core Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Provides librarian-selected titles chosen specifically for readers from preschool through grade five.
Audience: High School & Above
CINAHL with Full Text (EBSCO)
Description: Contains citations for articles in nursing and allied health journals.
Audience: High School & Above
Cincinnati Enquirer Historical (ProQuest)
Description: The Cincinnati Enquirer (1841 - 1922). This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Audience: High School & Above
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
Description: Supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics in key areas of health and wellness.
Audience: High School & Above
Consumer Reports (EBSCO)
Description: Search full text content of Consumer Reports from 1991 - present.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Consumer Search (Web)
Description: Contains analysis of and citations to product reviews. Recommends best picks on a wide variety of appliances and other products.
Audience: High School & Above
Courier-Journal (ProQuest)
Description: Contains full-text articles from the Courier-Journal, covering the years from 2008 to 2 weeks prior to today. (For CJ coverage from 1830-2000, please use the Courier-Journal Historical database. For coverage from 2000-present, use US Newsstream.)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Courier-Journal Historical (ProQuest)
Description: Searchable collection of articles published in Louisville's Courier-Journal, covering the years from 1830 to 2000.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
CultureGrams (ProQuest)
Description: Contains state and country profiles, photographs, biographical articles, and recipes from around the world.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
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Edmunds.com (Web)
Description: Contains price values for new and used cars, as well as, reviews, tips and advice.
Audience: High School & Above
ERIC (EBSCO)
Description: Contains digests of popular educational topics and citations to educational resources.
Audience: High School & Above
Explora Educator's Edition (EBSCO)
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward teachers and other educators.
Audience: High School & Above
Explora for Primary Schools (EBSCO)
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward elementary school students.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Explora for Public Libraries (EBSCO)
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward students of all ages.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Explora for Secondary Schools (EBSCO)
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward middle and high school students.
Audience: Middle School & Above
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Federal Government Tax Forms (Web)
Description: Contains IRS tax forms and publications.
Audience: High School & Above
Fiction Core Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Provides librarian-recommended titles for a general adult audience.
Audience: High School & Above
Foreign Service Institute Language Courses (Web)
Description: Contains MP3s of language learning audio tapes and PDFs of student textbooks that have entered the public domain. Over twenty languages are represented.
Audience: Middle School & Above
FuelEconomy.gov (Web)
Description: Find and compare the gas mileage, greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution ratings of different cars. This site also includes fuel economy guide, ratings, and tips as well as links to gasoline price data in cities across the US.
Audience: High School & Above
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Description: Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience: Middle School & Above
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Graphic Novels Core Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Provides librarian-recommended titles for all age levels with descriptive and evaluative annotations, cover art, review excerpts and awards the title has won.
Audience: High School & Above
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Description: Provides scholarly and general-interest sources covering the connections between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Audience: High School & Above
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Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Description: Contains reference and journal articles on health topics.
Audience: Middle School & Above
HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)
Description: Contains census records, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's bank records, and citations for genealogy books and journals.
Audience: High School & Above
hoopla (hoopla)
Description: hoopla provides free access to streaming movies, popular music, bestselling audiobooks, and more – with no wait! Content is available from PBS, The Great Courses, DC, Marvel, Acorn, A&E, and more.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Hospital Compare (Web)
Description: Compare hospitals based upon quality measures for treatment of heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgery. Produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and by the Hospital Quality Alliance.
Audience: High School & Above
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JSTOR (JSTOR)
Description: Contains academic journal articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience: High School & Above
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Kelley Blue Book (Web)
Description: Contains blue book values for new and used cars, motorcycles, personal watercraft, and snowmobiles, as well as, car reviews and ratings.
Audience: High School & Above
Kentucky Digital Library (Kentucky Digital Library)
Description: Contains oral histories, photographs, maps, and digitized primary documents from Kentucky archive collections.
Audience: High School & Above
Kentucky Driving Tests (Driving-Tests.org)
Description: Prepare yourself for the Kentucky car, motorcycle and CDL written tests with this collection of free practice tests and handbooks.
Audience: High School & Above
Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL)
Description: Contains links to research tools on a broad range of topics.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
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LearningExpress (EBSCO)
Description: Contains practice exams for academic and career tests (SAT, ACT, GED, ASVAB, GRE, LSAT, Postal Exam, etc.)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Legal Forms (Gale)
Description: Contains KY and US legal forms. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy forms, divorce forms, landlord tenant contracts and more.
Audience: High School & Above
LibriVox (Web)
Description: Contains public domain books, poetry, and dramatic works read by volunteers.
Audience: Middle School & Above
LINCS (National Institute for Literacy)
Description: Contains website links to online resources on adult education and family literacy.
Audience: High School & Above
LinkedIn Learning (LinkedIn Learning)
Description: Contains an extensive library of video courses on topics ranging from business and web design to photography and video production.
Audience: High School & Above
LISTA [Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts] (EBSCO)
Description: Indexes more than 600 core journals in the LIS field, extending as far back as the mid-1960s.
Audience: High School & Above
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Description: Contains literary criticism, writer biographies, and reference and journal articles on literary topics.
Audience: High School & Above
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MAS Ultra (EBSCO)
Description: Contains reference, journal and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience: High School & Above
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
Description: This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
Audience: High School & Above
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Description: Contains articles on health topics.
Audience: High School & Above
Middle and Junior High Core Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Selected and recommended by collection development specialists at 3 recommendation levels, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth.
Audience: High School & Above
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Description: Contains articles from middle school magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Morningstar Investment Research Center (Morningstar)
Description: Contains stock and mutual fund analysis and reports.
Audience: High School & Above
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NADA Price Guide (Web)
Description: Contains price values for new and used cars, classic cars, motorcycles/ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, boats, and recreation vehicles.
Audience: High School & Above
Nashville Tennessean Historical (ProQuest)
Description: The Nashville Tennessean (1812-1922). This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Audience: High School & Above
New York Times (ProQuest)
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a comprehensive range of topics.
Audience: Middle School & Above
New York Times Historical (ProQuest)
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics. Includes articles between 1851 and 2008.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics. Includes national newspapers, such as USA Today, and regional newspapers, like the Bowling Green Daily News.
Audience: Middle School & Above
NoveList Plus (EBSCO)
Description: Contains reader's advisory aids, such as, author read-alike suggestions, book discussion guides, awards lists, genre lists, and author bibliographies.
Audience:
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OpenDissertations (EBSCO)
Description: Contains records for more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.
Audience: High School & Above
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Description: Provides informed, differing views on today's hottest social issues.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Overdrive (Overdrive)
Description: Louisville Free Public Library provides free, unabridged, downloadable audio books via Overdrive.
Audience: High School & Above
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Podiobooks.com (Web)
Description: Contains serialized audiobooks available through direct download or RSS feeds.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Primary Search (EBSCO)
Description: Contains articles from elementary school reference books and magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Project Gutenberg (Web)
Description: Contains public domain books that have been digitized, also human read and computer generated audio books.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Contains articles from psychology, anthropology, and behavioral science journals.
Audience: High School & Above
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction (EBSCO)
Description: Provides titles at 3 recommendation levels of the most highly-recommended reference and non-fiction books for adults.
Audience: High School & Above
PVA Property Search (Jefferson County) (Property Valuation Administrator)
Description: Contains information about properties in Jefferson County, including information about the owners, the assessed value, the building characteristics, the sales history and more. It is only available for use at the library.
Audience: High School & Above
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Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Description: Contains articles from regional business magazines and newspapers.
Audience: High School & Above
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Safercar.gov (Web)
Description: Find crash test and rollover ratings for vehicles, tire ratings and safety information, air bag and rollover safety information. File a safety complaint. Check for recalls and find information on ongoing investigations.
Audience: High School & Above
Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (ProQuest)
Description: Provides electronic access to large-scale historical maps of more than 130 Kentucky towns and cities.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Senior High Core Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Provides a selective list of fiction and non-fiction titles recommended by collection development specialists for high school students (grades 9 through 12), along with review sources and other professional aids.
Audience: High School & Above
Small Business Reference Center (EBSCO)
Description: Comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business.
Audience: High School & Above
Small Engine Repair Reference Center (EBSCO)
Description: These manuals contain thousands of accurate and concise step-by-step maintenance and repair instructions for hundreds of small engine machines and their supporting components.
Audience: High School & Above
Sociological Collection (EBSCO)
Description: Contains articles from sociology journals.
Audience: High School & Above
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (ProQuest)
Description: The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a one-volume, comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Audience: High School & Above
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Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
Description: Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 200 peer-reviewed journals covering topics of interest to educators.
Audience: High School & Above
TeenBookCloud (Tumblebooks)
Description: US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content (including the Courier Journal), as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires and blogs in full-text format.
Audience: Middle School & Above
TOPICSearch (EBSCO)
Description: Contains newspaper and magazine articles on current events and popular issues.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Transparent Language (Transparent Language)
Description: Explore a new language at the library, at home, or on the go using any Internet-connected device. Available in 110+ languages, including ESL/ELL.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Tumblebooks (Tumblebooks)
Description: TumbleBookLibrary has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French.
Audience: Elementary School & Above
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US Newsstream (ProQuest)
Description: US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content (including the Courier Journal), as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
Audience: Middle School & Above
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Value Line Research Center (Value Line)
Description: "The Value Line Investment Survey" is a stock analysis newsletter serves as a comprehensive, multifaceted investment management solution.
Audience: High School & Above
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Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
Audience: Middle School & Above
Weiss Financial Ratings (Weiss)
Description: A single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering insurance, banks, mutual funds and stocks.
Audience: High School & Above
WorldCat (OCLC)
Description: Contains library catalog records from around the world.
Audience: High School & Above
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