Databases A-Z « Delta County Libraries

Databases A-Z

Not all of Delta County Libraries resources are on the shelves: an endless world of information can be accessed through our online resources as well. Through Delta County Library online, you gain access to thousands of articles, images and more.

Academic Search Premier
Designed specifically for academic institutions, Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

Ancestry Library
Images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, immigration lists and thousands of other databases. Not available for remote users.

Ask Colorado
An online information service provided by Colorado libraries.

Auto Repair Reference Center
Auto Repair Reference Center (ARRC) is the most comprehensive collection of automobile repair reference information and contains repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. All of the content in ARRC has been created by ASE certified technicians.

BookFlix, Home Access

BookFlix, In Library Access

Scholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning.

Business Source Premier
Designed specifically for academic institutions, Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

Colorado Government Publications
Catalog of the Colorado State Publications Library. Documents can be found at the Library. Many are available online.

Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Historic Colorado newspapers

Colorado Revised Statutes
Search or browse the full-text of the Colorado Revised Statutes and Colorado Court Rules.

Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients’ information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Consumer Reports
Consumers Union (CU) is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves.

Delta County Libraries Catalog
Browse and place holds on books, audio and video items. Get library materials delivered to your local branch.

EbscoHost
Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers – many with full-text and images.

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.

GreenFile
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 the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.

Grolier Online, At Home Access

Grolier Online, In Library Access

Grolier Online includes eight encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples,Amazing Animals and The New Book of Popular Science.

Heritage Quest: Home Access

Heritage Quest: In-Library Access

HeritageQuest provides online and film products including census records, for genealogy and family history research.
This essential collection of unique material is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.

History Reference Center
History Reference Center is the world’s most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.

Kids Search
Students can search by keyword or by topics such as animals, geography, math or in the news.

Law Check
Lawchek is a user-friendly reference product designed for both the layperson and the attorney, offering simple answers to everyday legal questions.

Learning Express
Practice tests for GED, GRE, SAT, ACT, civil service exams and citizenship, ESL courses for Spanish-speakers, Advanced Placement practice exams, Job and Career Help Center and practice for TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).

Legal Information Reference Center
Providing exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Reference Center contains more than 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms, with more content being added on a regular basis. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.

Mango Languages
Mango is an online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. Through fun and engaging interactive lessons, Mango makes learning a new language fast, easy and incredibly effective.

MAS Ultra
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 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

MasterFile Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Medline Plus
Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.

Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Nolo Legal Books – Online
Here, you can read selected Nolo books online—in their entirety, for free.
These books are available online for free because Nolo wants to make the valuable information they contain as widely available as possible. Look for more books to be added in the future.

NoveList
NoveList is a comprehensive readers’ advisory solution for fiction lovers. With its intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList will help you to answer the question of what to read next.

NoveList K-8 Plus
NoveList K-8 Plus is geared toward students and young readers. NoveList K-8 Plus has prepared fiction and nonfiction book lists for all grade levels and for all curricular areas.

OneClick Digital
Searchable downloadable audiobooks. Create an account to download audiobooks to your computer or portable device.

Optimal Resume
Online resume builder with interactive resume websites offered to the public.

OverDrive
OverDrive offeres eBooks and eAudiobooks to checkout and download to your device.

Points of View Reference Center
The Points of View Reference Center is an interface intended for public, academic, and high school libraries. Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
The Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database providing nearly 560 full text publications. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Regional Business News
Regional Business News incorporates more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain’s New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.

Science Reference Center
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student’s science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.

Searchasaurus
An easy way for elementary school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center
It is intended for public library patrons, as well as public school teachers and students, seeking reference and instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair. SERRC contains the full set of small engine repair manuals from Clymer (http://www.clymer.com/).

Student Resource Center
Reference essays, magazine and journal articles, newspaper articles and primary source documents, historical timelines, biographies, and classroom topics. Great for homework.