Academic Search Premier contains indexing and abstracts for over 8,450 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full-text coverage in biology , chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
Use Academic Search Premier to access Consumer Reports. Type in "Consumer Reports" in the "Publication" box, type in the topic you are searching in the search box near the top of the page, and click the "Search" button. Or, use "Advanced Search."
Ancestry Library Edition provides access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. Please note that remote access is not available. This database can only be used in the library.
AskColorado is a free online information service provided by Colorado libraries. Chat live with a librarian. Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library participates in this program.
Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. It also includes wiring diagrams and technical service bulletins.
Business-Reference USA contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses including business telephone numbers. The custom search allows specifying employees, sales volume, primary industry, SIC, NAICS and more.
Business Seaching Interface provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research, and then use the results as limiters in a keyword search, if desired.
Business Source Premier features the full text for more than 2,150 journals. Full text is provided back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Regional Business News is updated daily and provides full text for regional US and Canadian business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Regional Business News has full text for more than 80 sources.
Byki, short for “Before You Know It,” is a rapid language learning system. The Byki learning method takes users through a series of simple steps to memorize words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings and proper pronunciation, in the shortest possible time.
Available for learning over 80 languages, library patrons can access the Byki Online system from inside or outside of the library with their library card.
Please use a capital D when entering your library barcode to set up your account.
Career Library contains detailed information on more than 2,500 occupations, including interest and skills assessments, connecting results to the appropriate career cluster and/or occupation list. The surveys and assessments are based on the 16 federal career clusters (in English and Spanish). The system also includes state-specific resources, a resumé builder, and an Occupation Video Library (in English and Spanish).
Children’s Magazine Guide Online provides fast access to a wealth of carefully annotated citations of recent articles (fiction and nonfiction) from more than 27 children's magazines carried at our library, plus Web sites. Please use the following to login: User name: childrens Password: magazines
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923. CHNC contains over 477,000 digitized pages and is a joint endeavor of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historical Society, and generous donors throughout the state.
The Colorado Senior Law Handbook is a consumer-oriented guide that addresses issues facing Colorado's older citizens. Informative chapters address such issues as age discrimination, protecting against fraud, grandparents' rights, and employment issues.
Colorado Virtual Library is a cooperative project of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado library community to provide access to other libraries collections, resources for kid and teachers, and AskColorado. This website also provides digital collections, historic papers, geospatial data and interlibrary loan.
Consumer Reports ~ To access Consumer Reports, click Academic Search Premier here. Type in "Consumer Reports" in the "Publication" box, type in the topic you are searching in the search box near the top of the page, and click the "Search" button. Or, use "Advanced Search."
CultureGrams World Edition provides information that ranges from mile-high views of a nation, its society, and institutions to close-up views of communities, families, and individuals. Culture Grams also provides the World Edition, Kids Edition, States Edition, Famous People, Photo Gallery and the Recipe Collection. Click here for a helpful brochure.
EBSCO offers a broad range of full text and bibliographic databases including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Novelist and the Auto Repair Reference Center. EBSCO offers also offers a broad range of databases for Kids & Teens including Student Research Center, Kids Search, Searchasaurus, and Novelist K-8.
Encyclopedia of Animals provides thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs, and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal, including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images. Encyclopedia of Animals is now available through Middle Search Plus and Primary Search.
Facts On File's Science Online offers biographies, essays, definitions, diagrams, experiments, timelines and more representing significant achievements, discoveries, or natural phenomena related to the development of science.
Famous Quotes & Authors - quotations and sayings by famous people from the past and the present.
Front Range Downloadable Library provides 24/7 convenient online access to audio books and music. To check out materials, patrons browse the collection, select a title, and then enter a valid library card number to download the digital book. If a title is not immediately available, users can place a hold and will receive an email notification when it is ready for checkout.
Funk Wagnalls New Encyclopedia is a SIRS Discoverer encyclopedia that is suitable for children and adults. Click on Encyclopedia at the bottom of the page in the Reference box.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, for students and adults alike, indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually.
Gale Databases - Select from General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center Academic, Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module, or LitFinder
General Reference Center Gold provides access to hundreds of full-text periodicals, newspapers, general interest sources and major reference books.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is packed with the sights and sounds that make learning fun! This encyclopedia is appropriate for younger students.
Grolier Online is a collection of reference databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre.
Health Reference Center Academic provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information.
Kids Search - Middle and Elementary School makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre is the only full-length online encyclopedia conceived and developed with the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas as its focus.
Lands and Peoples provide descriptions of the country's land, people, economy, history, and government, as well as a Facts and Figures box and a full-color map. Click on Lands and People in the left column.
LearningExpress Library provides access to interactive skill-building courses and a broad range of practice tests based on such official exams as the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exams.
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LitFinder provides a wealth of primary literature content, including full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, full-text essays, full-text speeches, and full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.
Magill's Literary Annual covers recent works of fiction and nonfiction across subjects, genres, and countries. Each year, Magill's Literary Annual critically evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. 30+ years are available through this online database.
MAS Ultra - School Edition is specifically designed for high school students with full text for nearly 500 popular high school magazines, including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American History, Arachaeology, Astronomy, Bioscience, Careers & Colleges, Civil War Times, Congressional Digest, Discover, Economist, History Today, Nation, National Review, New Republic, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, Smithsonian, World War II, etc. All full -text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for 85, 670 biographies and 105, 786 primary source documents. Also included are more than 360 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts), an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, & flags, color PDFs and expanded full-text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & 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, Saturday Evening Post, etc.
*Science News is available in HTML back to 1975.
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents, including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin, the Encyclopedia of Animals, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags.
I saw it on TV
MOTOR monitors titles featured on television, radio, newspapers & magazines and provides a comprehensive newsletter
and on-line reference listing of books, music and video featured in the media. MOTOR Online Search is an online archive of information
that includes publisher, format, publication date, notes detailing how the title was presented plus links to WorldCat and MORE!
The New Book of Popular Science is a leading science encyclopedia geared to student readers. Click on The New Book of Popular Science in the left column.
NewsBank contains information from newspapers and newswires including the Daily Camera, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and the Broomfield Enterprise. Features include special reports and current events-hot topics. NewsBank also covers of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and science and technology from familiar magazines such as Time, Fortune and Popular Science.
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 45 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
NoveList Plus is a fiction and nonfiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.
NoveList K-8 Plus allows you to discover the fiction and nonfiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. You can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels through Explore Fiction, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or with teacher resource materials. You can also access the Learning Center by clicking on its link in the left hand column of your screen.
Primary Search contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Reference USA - use this database of over 100 million U.S. residents to conduct market research and locate friends and relatives.
ReferenceUSA can assist small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job seekers researching companies. Researchers have access to company information such as, but not limited to, address, telephone number(s), number of employees, sales volume, maps, credit rating, and nearby competing businesses. This information is particularly helpful for potential small business owners to research if there are competing companies in the area of where h/she may want to open up shop. Or perhaps a job seeker wants to locate all the construction companies in the area so h/she can get contact information.
Regional Business News is updated daily and provides full text for more than 80 regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).
Science Online offers biographies, essays, definitions, diagrams, experiments, timelines and more representing significant achievements, discoveries, or natural phenomena related to the development of science.
Seachasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.
SIRS Discoverer is a research database designed for children and young adults. Its special features include: Current Events, Spotlight of the Month, World Almanac for Kids, and Funk Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
Student Research Center - High School and Middle School makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Teen Health and Wellness provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more. Developed for teens, with their unique concerns and perspective in mind. Login and password mdepl.
TOPICsearch allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms, including controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICSearch contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources, including international and regional newspapers, and EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
The World Book Online Reference Center contains every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. It also features multimedia, maps, editor-reviewed websites, Special Reports, and Back in Time (a you-are-there chronicle of events from the World Book Year Book that begins in 1922 and unfolds in the distinctive voice and perspective of each successive year). Find here:
World Book Kids - includes thousands of easy-to-read articles, engaging images, maps and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and great teacher resources.
World Book Advanced - features primary source documents and ebooks fully integrated with the encyclopedia content. Research and teaching tools include timelines, citation builder, and saved research. Tailored for students in grade 8 and up.
World Book Student - includes a biography center, dictionary, atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor selected websites and much more.
World Book Discover - includes great resources for both research and life and learning skills. Contains activities and interactive video. Click on "World Book Explains" in the reference tools for some great video clips on many subjects.
Estudiantil Hallazhgos en Lines - La Enciclopedia estudiantil hallazgos en línea es una enciclopedia de conocimientos generales. Contiene información sobre gente, lugares, objetos, acontecimientos e ideas.
WorldCat is the OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide.