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The library offers access to databases on a wide variety of subjects. Just click the tab for the type of information you're looking for to see a list of the databases that will help you find it.

Several databases are licensed for use in Wyoming libraries only and require a password if you are not accessing these databases from within a library. To use these databases from home, provide your library card and PIN when they are requested.

All Databases

Agriculture

  • Agricola (part of EBSCOHost) - Containing records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.3 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
  • GreenFILE (part of EBSCOHost) - GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

Animals

  • Ebsco Animals (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - A completely revised and updated version incorporating recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
  • Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Offering broad, comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals. This student edition includes photos and illustrations, pronunciations and definitions within the text, and the Species List by Biome and Species List by Geographic Range.

Antiques & Collectibles

  • MyLibraryDV - The Wyoming State Library has partnered with Recorded Books to bring Wyoming Library users MyLibraryDV, a unique on-demand video service. You can access hundreds of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies and more.Checkout regular and special episodes of Antiques Roadshow.
  • Price It! Antiques & Collectibles - An online price guide for art, antiques & collectibles.

 

Arts & Humanities

  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • MyLibraryDV - The Wyoming State Library has partnered with Recorded Books to bring Wyoming Library users MyLibraryDV, a unique on-demand video service. You can access hundreds of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies and more.
  • OmniFILE Full Text Select (part of Wilson Web) - A multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts with coverage beginning in 1994.

Auto Repair

  • AllData Library Edition (Gillette library only) - A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
  • ChiltonLibrary.com - Offering some of the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners with thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. NOTE: This database is not compatible with the Safari web browser on MacOS. Mac users are encouraged to use the Firefox web browser.

Biographical Information

  • American Men and Women of Science 22nd ed. (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists in the physical, biological, and related sciences.
  • Biography Resource Center - Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
  • Current Biography Illustrated (part of Wilson Web) - Contains more than 15,000 full text biographies and more than 9,400 obituaries, with photographs, from 1940 to the present. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
  • Encyclopedia of Lesbian - Gay - Bisexual and Transgender History in America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. Includes approximately 545 articles ranging from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same sex institutions, and AIDS.
  • Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Covers recent and historical phenomena, topics, concepts, cults, personalities, organizations, and publications associated with the fields of occultism and parapsychology. Includes over 2,000 biographies of prominent individuals and personalities in these fields; country entries on the development of occultism and parapsychology; and pro and con narrative on some of the controversial topics.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
  • Literature Criticism Online - Offering access to the Contemporary Literary Criticism series, which profiles novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. The profiles provide full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text, prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries include an author portrait.
  • Literature Resource Center - Find 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. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • Middle Search Plus (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text for 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • Searchasaurus (part of EBSCOHost) - Searchasaurus is a fun and friendly interface for younger users that makes it easy to search by providing visual cues to help with keyword or topic searches. Includes Teacher Resources, an encyclopedia, dictionary, and over 235,000 dynamic and education images.
  • Student Research Center (part of EBSCOHost) - EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
  • Witchcraft in America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Covering the history of witchcraft in the United States from the hysteria that facilitated the witch hunts during the Colonial Period to modern day followers of Wicca. Chapters include full text or excerpts from trial transcripts, diary entries, public notices, and many other primary sources. Biographical essays highlight prominent figures related to the Salem witch trials.-
  • Wyoming Authors Wiki - Includes fiction and nonfiction, by Wyoming authors. Searchable by author, county, and genre.
  • Wyoming Biography Database - Index to books that contain biographical profiles of Wyoming people. Currently, there are 7,128 entries from 22 books (most of these books are available through the interlibrary loan service of your local library). The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are best represented although there are some contemporary figures.

Business

  • Business Source Elite (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, of which nearly 500 are peer-reviewed. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. Updated daily.
  • GoWYLD: Wyoming Business - Wyoming Business Information Resources
  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • ReferenceUSA - A nationwide telephone directory/database containing detailed information on 14 million U.S. businesses and 210 million U.S. households.
  • Regional Business News (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.

Careers

  • Career Internet Database (Limited access outside of the library) - This looks at career requirements of education and training and salaries and the job market.
    Contact the library for assistance at 687-0115 or 464-0500.
  • Also see our Jobs & Careers page.

 

Current Events...

  • CQ Researcher - In-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues. Updated weekly.
  • eLibrary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.

  • Britannica Online - Academic Edition - Complete encyclopedia, a dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Additional resources include Gateway to the Classics, a selection of 225 works by 140 authors introduces you to the great writing and ideas of the Western world.

  • Britannica Online - Public Library Edition - Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. You can also explore the Britannica Reference Center for high school age researchers or Britannica Kids for elementary or middle school students.

  • Britannica Online - School Edition - Explore learning materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features -- all at the appropriate grade level. Includes targeted resources for PreK-2 (Learning Zone), PreK-5 (Elementary), Grades 6-8 (Compton's), and Grades 9-12.
  • NewsBank - Comprehensive news and issue resource with full text news articles from regional, national, and international sources.
  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues featuring viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to web sites.
  • Regional Business News (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.
  • SIRS Researcher - A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles from 1,600 domestic and international publications exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.

Do It Yourself

  • AllData Library Edition (Gillette library only) - A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
  • ChiltonLibrary.com - Offering some of the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners with thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. NOTE: This database is not compatible with the Safari web browser on MacOS. Mac users are encouraged to use the Firefox web browser.
  • MyLibraryDV - The Wyoming State Library has partnered with Recorded Books to bring Wyoming Library users MyLibraryDV, a unique on-demand video service. You can access hundreds of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies and more.

  • eAudioBooks via NetLibrary

    Library users can preview, download and listen to eAudiobooks through the NetLibrary platform via the Internet. You can download up to 10 eAudiobooks, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. eAudiobook files are "checked out" for 21 days and can be renewed at any time.

    eAudiobooks can be played on any desktop, laptop or portable device supporting Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 or higher, Musicmatch Jukebox 8.2 or higher, or Nullsoft Winamp 5 or higher. NetLibrary eAudiobooks cannot be played on either iPods or Microsoft's Zune devices at this time. Check here for help with connecting & downloading.

    You can also transfer titles to a wide range of portable devices, including portable music players, portable media centers, Pocket PCs and even select smartphone devices that support the WMA file format. Additionally, peripheral devices can be purchased for many portable players to allow you to listen to files through your car radio.

Downloadable Media...

  • eAudioBooks via NetLibrary

    Library users can preview, download and listen to eAudiobooks through the NetLibrary platform via the Internet. You can download up to 10 eAudiobooks, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. eAudiobook files are "checked out" for 21 days and can be renewed at any time.

    eAudiobooks can be played on any desktop, laptop or portable device supporting Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 or higher, Musicmatch Jukebox 8.2 or higher, or Nullsoft Winamp 5 or higher. NetLibrary eAudiobooks cannot be played on either iPods or Microsoft's Zune devices at this time. Check here for help with connecting & downloading.

    You can also transfer titles to a wide range of portable devices, including portable music players, portable media centers, Pocket PCs and even select smartphone devices that support the WMA file format. Additionally, peripheral devices can be purchased for many portable players to allow you to listen to files through your car radio.

  • MyLibraryDV - The Wyoming State Library has partnered with Recorded Books to bring Wyoming Library users MyLibraryDV, a unique on-demand video service. You can access hundreds of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies and more.

eAudiobooks

eAudioBooks via NetLibrary

Library users can preview, download and listen to eAudiobooks through the NetLibrary platform via the Internet. You can download up to 10 eAudiobooks, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. eAudiobook files are "checked out" for 21 days and can be renewed at any time.

eAudiobooks can be played on any desktop, laptop or portable device supporting Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 or higher, Musicmatch Jukebox 8.2 or higher, or Nullsoft Winamp 5 or higher. NetLibrary eAudiobooks cannot be played on either iPods or Microsoft's Zune devices at this time. Check here for help with connecting & downloading.

You can also transfer titles to a wide range of portable devices, including portable music players, portable media centers, Pocket PCs and even select smartphone devices that support the WMA file format. Additionally, peripheral devices can be purchased for many portable players to allow you to listen to files through your car radio.

 

eBooks - Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library

  • American Decades (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - American Decades is a cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.
  • American Men and Women of Science 22nd ed. (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists in the physical, biological, and related sciences.
  • Dictionary of American History (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Comprehensive revision of this classic reference source, originally published in 1940, featuring updated and revised entries from previous editions, as well as more than 800 new entries covering recent events and topics not covered previously. This authoritative work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.
  • Encyclopedia of Lesbian - Gay - Bisexual and Transgender History in America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. Includes approximately 545 articles ranging from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same sex institutions, and AIDS.
  • Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Covers recent and historical phenomena, topics, concepts, cults, personalities, organizations, and publications associated with the fields of occultism and parapsychology. Includes over 2,000 biographies of prominent individuals and personalities in these fields; country entries on the development of occultism and parapsychology; and pro and con narrative on some of the controversial topics.
  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy - 2nd ed. (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - English-language reference source for philosophy lauded for its clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects for general readers, students and educators.
  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Contains approximately 3000 contributions from academics, lawyers, and judges concerning key constitutional law cases and legislative developments relating to constitutional issues. Cross references allow readers to pursue related and additional items throughout this outstanding work.
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - A completely revised and updated version incorporating recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
  • Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Offering broad, comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals. This student edition includes photos and illustrations, pronunciations and definitions within the text, and the Species List by Biome and Species List by Geographic Range.
  • Witchcraft in America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Covering the history of witchcraft in the United States from the hysteria that facilitated the witch hunts during the Colonial Period to modern day followers of Wicca. Chapters include full text or excerpts from trial transcripts, diary entries, public notices, and many other primary sources. Biographical essays highlight prominent figures related to the Salem witch trials.

Education

  • Britannica Online - Academic Edition - Complete encyclopedia, a dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Additional resources include Gateway to the Classics, a selection of 225 works by 140 authors introduces you to the great writing and ideas of the Western world.

  • Britannica Online - Public Library Edition - Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. You can also explore the Britannica Reference Center for high school age researchers or Britannica Kids for elementary or middle school students.

  • Britannica Online - School Edition - Explore learning materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features -- all at the appropriate grade level. Includes targeted resources for PreK-2 (Learning Zone), PreK-5 (Elementary), Grades 6-8 (Compton's), and Grades 9-12.
  • Educators Reference Desk - The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings you the resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
  • ERIC - Education Resources Information Center - Provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of documents and journal articles on education research and practice going back to 1966 and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
  • Kids Search (part of EBSCOHost) - Kids Search is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades K through 8. Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases.
  • Learning Express Library - Providing a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.
  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • National Science Digital Library - NSDL is the Nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.
  • Searchasaurus (part of EBSCOHost) - Searchasaurus is a fun and friendly interface for younger users that makes it easy to search by providing visual cues to help with keyword or topic searches. Includes Teacher Resources, an encyclopedia, dictionary, and over 235,000 dynamic and education images.
  • Student Research Center (part of EBSCOHost) - EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
  • Teacher Reference Center (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Encyclopedias

  • Britannica Online - Academic Edition - Complete encyclopedia, a dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Additional resources include Gateway to the Classics, a selection of 225 works by 140 authors introduces you to the great writing and ideas of the Western world.

  • Britannica Online - Public Library Edition - Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. You can also explore the Britannica Reference Center for high school age researchers or Britannica Kids for elementary or middle school students.

  • Britannica Online - School Edition - Explore learning materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features -- all at the appropriate grade level. Includes targeted resources for PreK-2 (Learning Zone), PreK-5 (Elementary), Grades 6-8 (Compton's), and Grades 9-12.
  • Ebsco Animals (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
  • eLibrary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.
  • eLibrary Elementary - A database tailored for the young reader and researcher. Students use the colorful, graphical search interface to find the answers they need from more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video titles, all selected as appropriate for elementary school studies.
  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (part of EBSCOHost) - This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - A completely revised and updated version incorporating recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
  • Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Offering broad, comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals. This student edition includes photos and illustrations, pronunciations and definitions within the text, and the Species List by Biome and Species List by Geographic Range.
  • MEDLINEplus - The National Library of Medicine's site for quality, up-to-date, and totally private consumer health information. Clinical trials, MEDLINE searches, drug information, encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories and news are included.
  • Searchasaurus (part of EBSCOHost) - Searchasaurus is a fun and friendly interface for younger users that makes it easy to search by providing visual cues to help with keyword or topic searches. Includes Teacher Resources, an encyclopedia, dictionary, and over 235,000 dynamic and education images.
  • Student Research Center (part of EBSCOHost) - EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
  • World Book Online - A great online encyclopedia for younger users featuring clearly written text and interesting illustrations, an interactive atlas, integrated dictionary, and background information about current events.

Environment

  • Agricola (part of EBSCOHost) - Containing records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.3 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
  • Ebsco Animals (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
  • GeoRef (part of EBSCOHost) - Produced by the American Geological Institute, this is a comprehensive geosciences database containing over 2.8 million bibliographic records to the geoscience literature of the world. Over 3,500 journals are reviewed for indexing in the GeoRef database as well as books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations.
  • GreenFILE (part of EBSCOHost) - GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - A completely revised and updated version incorporating recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
  • Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Offering broad, comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals. This student edition includes photos and illustrations, pronunciations and definitions within the text, and the Species List by Biome and Species List by Geographic Range.
  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues featuring viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to web sites.

 

Fiction Guides

  • Bookflix - Bookflix is a new literacy resource for grades PreK-3 that pairs classic fictional video storybooks with related eBooks. Animation, audio and interactive games are designed to reinforce core reading skills.NOTE: This database is not compatible with the Safari web browser on MacOS. Mac users are encouraged to use the Firefox web browser.
  • Dear Reader Online Book Clubs - Each day we'll email you a 5-minute portion of a book. During the week you can read 2-3 chapters and decide if you want to check the book out of the library. Every Monday we start new books. Sign up and start reading.
  • Literature Criticism Online - Offering access to the Contemporary Literary Criticism series, which profiles novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. The profiles provide full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text, prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries include an author portrait.
  • Literature Resource Center - Find 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. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
  • NoveList (part of EBSCOHost) - If you've ever wondered "What do I read next?", or tried to find another book like one by your favorite author, this database will help you just as a favorite librarian.
  • NoveList K-8 (part of EBSCOHost) - A fiction database, is designed especially for elementary and middle schools.

Food

  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • MyLibraryDV - The Wyoming State Library has partnered with Recorded Books to bring Wyoming Library users MyLibraryDV, a unique on-demand video service. You can access hundreds of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies and more.Checkout episodes of America's Test Kitchen, Michael Chiarello's Napa and Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home.
  • OmniFILE Full Text Select (part of Wilson Web) - A multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts with coverage beginning in 1994.

Genealogy

  • Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Only) - Comprehensive online source of information for genealogical and local history research with a collection of more than 4,000 databases and two billion names.
  • GoWYLD: Genealogy - Wyoming Genealogy Resources
  • HeritageQuest Online - Provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture.
  • Also see our Local Genealogy page.

General Information

  • Academic Search Elite (part of EBSCOHost) - Academic Search Elite provides indexing and abstracts for over 3,400 journals with full text for more than 2,000 of them. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study with full text as far back as 1985. Updated daily.

  • Britannica Online - Public Library Edition - Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. You can also explore the Britannica Reference Center for high school age researchers or Britannica Kids for elementary or middle school students.

  • Current Biography Illustrated (part of Wilson Web) - Contains more than 15,000 full text biographies and more than 9,400 obituaries, with photographs, from 1940 to the present. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
  • eLibrary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.
  • Fuente Academica (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text (including PDF) for 260 scholarly Spanish language journals covering many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.
  • Kids Search (part of EBSCOHost) - Kids Search is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades K through 8. Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases.
  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • Middle Search Plus (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text for 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • OmniFILE Full Text Select (part of Wilson Web) - A multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts with coverage beginning in 1994.
  • Primary Search (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Updated daily.
  • Searchasaurus (part of EBSCOHost) - Searchasaurus is a fun and friendly interface for younger users that makes it easy to search by providing visual cues to help with keyword or topic searches. Includes Teacher Resources, an encyclopedia, dictionary, and over 235,000 dynamic and education images.
  • SIRS Researcher - A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles from 1,600 domestic and international publications exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
  • Student Research Center (part of EBSCOHost) - EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
  • WorldCat - WorldCat is the world's foremost bibliographic database, with over 54 million bibliographic records.
  • Wyoming Union List of Periodicals - A database of the magazines held in Wyoming Libraries.

Geography & Maps

  • eLibrary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.
  • eLibrary Elementary - A database tailored for the young reader and researcher. Students use the colorful, graphical search interface to find the answers they need from more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video titles, all selected as appropriate for elementary school studies.
  • GeoRef (part of EBSCOHost) - Produced by the American Geological Institute, this is a comprehensive geosciences database containing over 2.8 million bibliographic records to the geoscience literature of the world. Over 3,500 journals are reviewed for indexing in the GeoRef database as well as books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations.
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • MasterFILE Premier (part of EBSCOHost) - Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • Middle Search Plus (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text for 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
  • Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Provides digital access to Sanborn fire insurance maps for Wyoming cities and towns.
  • Searchasaurus (part of EBSCOHost) - Searchasaurus is a fun and friendly interface for younger users that makes it easy to search by providing visual cues to help with keyword or topic searches. Includes Teacher Resources, an encyclopedia, dictionary, and over 235,000 dynamic and education images.
  • SIRS Researcher - A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles from 1,600 domestic and international publications exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
  • United States Geography - All your state geography needs in one place.
  • World Book Online - A great online encyclopedia for younger users featuring clearly written text and interesting illustrations, an interactive atlas, integrated dictionary, and background information about current events.
  • World Geography - Comprehensive, current, authoritative, and accessible, this flagship collection of geography resources does more than just inform—it helps develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and understanding of global issues.

 

Geologic Information

  • GeoRef (part of EBSCOHost) - Produced by the American Geological Institute, this is a comprehensive geosciences database containing over 2.8 million bibliographic records to the geoscience literature of the world. Over 3,500 journals are reviewed for indexing in the GeoRef database as well as books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations.

Government Information

  • American Government - Providing impeccable content, helpful study tools, and innovative ways of matching current events with enduring themes of American politics and public policy at all levels - from grassroots activism to the White House.
  • Ben's Guide to U. S. Government for Kids (part of GPO Access) - Providing learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers on how our government works.
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (part of GPO Access) - The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.
  • CQ Researcher - In-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues. Updated weekly.
  • eLibrary - Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.
  • Fuente Academica (part of EBSCOHost) - Provides full text (including PDF) for 260 scholarly Spanish language journals covering many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.
  • GPO Access - A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.
  • Hein Online (In Library Only) - Online resource covering four centuries of legal research which includes history, law, political science, business, public policy, government, and criminal justice.
  • LexisNexis Congressional Documents - Explore Congress in action with the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. This databases provides access to the full text of publications dating back as far as the late eighteenth century. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest. The basic subscription includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.
  • Wyoming Inventors Database - This database covers United States patents issued to Wyoming inventors from 1867 - Present.

Grant Information

History

  • American Decades (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - American Decades is a cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.
  • American History - From the first explorers in the New World to the developments in today's headlines, investigate the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution.
  • Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Only) - Comprehensive online source of information for genealogical and local history research with a collection of more than 4,000 databases and two billion names.

  • Britannica Online - Public Library Edition - Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. You can also explore the Britannica Reference Center for high school age researchers or Britannica Kids for elementary or middle school students.

  • Dictionary of American History (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Comprehensive revision of this classic reference source, originally published in 1940, featuring updated and revised entries from previous editions, as well as more than 800 new entries covering recent events and topics not covered previously. This authoritative work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.
  • Encyclopedia of Lesbian - Gay - Bisexual and Transgender History in America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Provides a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. Includes approximately 545 articles ranging from short biographical entries to longer essays surveying topics such as the Stonewall riots, federal law and policy, same sex institutions, and AIDS.
  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Contains approximately 3000 contributions from academics, lawyers, and judges concerning key constitutional law cases and legislative developments relating to constitutional issues. Cross references allow readers to pursue related and additional items throughout this outstanding work.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
  • GoWYLD: History - Wyoming History Resources
  • Greater Yellowstone Bibliography - The Greater Yellowstone Bibliography (GYB) contains over 28,900 bibliographic citations to scholarly, popular, professional, and creative literature about the greater Yellowstone region of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The GYB includes citations to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; books; book chapters; conference papers; state and federal government documents; theses; maps; CDs and CD-ROMs; sheet music; and promotional brochures and souvenirs.
  • HeritageQuest Online - Provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture.
  • History Reference Center (part of EBSCOHost) - Offers full text from more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 120 history periodicals, more than 59,600 historical documents, 49,600 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
  • LexisNexis Congressional Documents - Explore Congress in action with the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. This databases provides access to the full text of publications dating back as far as the late eighteenth century. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest. The basic subscription includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.
  • Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Provides digital access to Sanborn fire insurance maps for Wyoming cities and towns.
  • United States at War: Understanding Conflict and Society - Developed by a team of military historians and expert educators, this online resource focuses on the conflict periods that have defined the nation from its earliest beginnings to today. Packed with over 10,000 primary and secondary sources, weekly news on current conflicts, and balanced expert analysis with pro/con perspectives.
  • Witchcraft in America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Covering the history of witchcraft in the United States from the hysteria that facilitated the witch hunts during the Colonial Period to modern day followers of Wicca. Chapters include full text or excerpts from trial transcripts, diary entries, public notices, and many other primary sources. Biographical essays highlight prominent figures related to the Salem witch trials.
  • World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras - Human history in all corners of the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
  • World History: Modern Era - Spanning the globe from 1500 to the present.
  • Wyoming Biography Database - Index to books that contain biographical profiles of Wyoming people. Currently, there are 7,128 entries from 22 books (most of these books are available thr