Research Tools
Research Tools Listed A to Z
Academic Search Complete
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.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Agricola
Description: Contains citations for articles on agriculture.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
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.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Alt-PressWatch
Description: Contains articles from alternative press publications.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Middle School & Above
American FactFinder
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.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
AnnualCreditReport.com
Description: Obtain a copy of your credit report from one or more the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
AutoMate
Description: Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Biography in Context
Description: Contains biographical articles from reference books and journals.
(Gale)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Britannica Academic Edition
Description: A rich combination of the insightful Encyclopædia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools
(Britannica)
Audience: High School & Above
Britannica Annals of American History
Description: A year-by-year documentary of Amercian thought and action through primary source documents.
(Britannica)
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica Enciclopedia Moderna
Description: Spanish language reference center, featuring article, images, a dictionary, atlas and timelines.
(Britannica)
Audience: High School & Above
Britannica Escolar Online
Description: This site offers encyclopedic resources in Spanish for students in primary (Primaria) and middle school (Secundaria).
(Britannica)
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica Learning Zone
Description: Age-appropriate, play-based activities for ages 4-7.
(Britannica)
Audience: Preschool & Elementary School
Britannica Library
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.
(Britannica)
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica School
Description: For Pre-K through 12 classrooms and libraries.
(Britannica)
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Britannica World Data Analyst
Description: An interactive research tool, complete with facts and figures, to study and compare the countries of the world.
(Britannica)
Audience: Elementary Schools & Above
Business First of Louisville
Description: Business First is a source for local business news and information for Greater Louisville.
(Business First)
Audience: High School & Above
Business ReferenceUSA
Description: Contains company profiles, company directory information, and newsfeeds about companies.
(InfoUSA)
Audience: High School & Above
Business Source Premier
Description: Contains general business and academic journal articles on business, management, and economic topics.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
CAMIO
Description: A premiere resource of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums.
(OCLC)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Career and Technical Education
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.
(ProQuest)
Audience: High School & Above
Children's Core Collection
Description: Provides librarian-selected titles chosen specifically for readers from preschool through grade five.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
CINAHL with Full Text
Description: Contains citations for articles in nursing and allied health journals.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Cincinnati Enquirer Historical
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.
(ProQuest)
Audience: High School & Above
Consumer Health Complete
Description: Supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics in key areas of health and wellness.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Consumer Reports
Description: Search full text content of Consumer Reports from 1991 - present.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Consumer Search
Description: Contains analysis of and citations to product reviews. Recommends best picks on a wide variety of appliances and other products.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
Courier-Journal
Description: Contains full-text articles from Louisville's Courier-Journal, covering the years from 2008 to the current year. (For CJ coverage from 1830-2000, please use the Courier-Journal Historical database. For coverage from 2000-2008, use US Newsstream.)
(ProQuest)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Courier-Journal Digital Microfilm
Description: Provides microfilm reproductions of Louisville's Courier-Journal, covering the years from 2008 to the current year.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Courier-Journal Historical
Description: Searchable collection of articles published in Louisville's Courier-Journal, covering the years from 1830 to 2000.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
CultureGrams
Description: Contains state and country profiles, photographs, biographical articles, and recipes from around the world.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
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Edmunds.com
Description: Contains price values for new and used cars, as well as, reviews, tips and advice.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
ERIC
Description: Contains digests of popular educational topics and citations to educational resources.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Explora Educator's Edition
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward teachers and other educators.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Explora for Primary Schools
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward elementary school students.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Explora for Public Libraries
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward students of all ages.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Explora for Secondary Schools
Description: Combines encyclopedia and article searching in a single database, geared toward middle and high school students.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Federal Government Tax Forms
Description: Contains IRS tax forms and publications.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
Fiction Core Collection
Description: Provides librarian-recommended titles for a general adult audience.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Foreign Service Institute Language Courses
Description: Contains MP3s of language learning audio tapes and PDFs of student textbooks that have entered the public domain. Over twenty languages are represented.
(Web)
Audience: Middle School & Above
FuelEconomy.gov
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.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Description: Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of topics.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Graphic Novels Core Collection
Description: Provides librarian-recommended titles for all age levels with descriptive and evaluative annotations, cover art, review excerpts and awards the title has won.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
GreenFILE
Description: Provides scholarly and general-interest sources covering the connections between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Description: Contains reference and journal articles on health topics.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
HeritageQuest Online
Description: Contains census records, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's bank records, and citations for genealogy books and journals.
(ProQuest)
Audience: High School & Above
Hospital Compare
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.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
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JSTOR
Description: Contains academic journal articles on a broad range of topics.
(JSTOR)
Audience: High School & Above
Kelley Blue Book
Description: Contains blue book values for new and used cars, motorcycles, personal watercraft, and snowmobiles, as well as, car reviews and ratings.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
Kentucky Digital Library
Description: Contains oral histories, photographs, maps, and digitized primary documents from Kentucky archive collections.
(Kentucky Digital Library)
Audience: High School & Above
Kentucky Driving Tests
Description: Prepare yourself for the Kentucky car, motorcycle and CDL written tests with this collection of free practice tests and handbooks.
(Driving-Tests.org)
Audience: High School & Above
Kentucky Encyclopedia
Description: Contains encyclopedia articles on a broad range of Kentucky topics: places, people, events, and more.
(University of Kentucky Press)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Kentucky Virtual Library
Description: Contains links to research tools on a broad range of topics.
(KYVL)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Learning Express Library.com
Description: Contains practice exams for academic and career tests (SAT, ACT, GED, ASVAB, GRE, LSAT, Postal Exam, etc.)
(LearningExpressLibrary.com)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Legal Forms
Description: Contains KY and US legal forms. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy forms, divorce forms, landlord tenant contracts and more.
(Gale)
Audience: High School & Above
LibriVox
Description: Contains public domain books, poetry, and dramatic works read by volunteers.
(Web)
Audience: Middle School & Above
LINCS
Description: Contains website links to online resources on adult education and family literacy.
(National Institute for Literacy)
Audience: High School & Above
LISTA [Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts]
Description: Indexes more than 600 core journals in the LIS field, extending as far back as the mid-1960s.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Literature Resource Center
Description: Contains literary criticism, writer biographies, and reference and journal articles on literary topics.
(Gale)
Audience: High School & Above
lynda.com
Description: Contains an extensive library of video courses on topics ranging from business and web design to photography and video production.
(lynda.com)
Audience: High School & Above
MAS Ultra
Description: Contains reference, journal and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
MasterFILE Premier
Description: This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
MEDLINE
Description: Contains articles on health topics.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Middle and Junior High Core Collection
Description: Selected and recommended by collection development specialists at 3 recommendation levels, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Middle Search Plus
Description: Contains articles from middle school magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Description: Contains stock and mutual fund analysis and reports.
(Morningstar)
Audience: High School & Above
NADA Price Guide
Description: Contains price values for new and used cars, classic cars, motorcycles/ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, boats, and recreation vehicles.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
Nashville Tennessean Historical
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.
(ProQuest)
Audience: High School & Above
New York Times
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a comprehensive range of topics.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Middle School & Above
New York Times Historical
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics. Includes articles between 1851 and 2008.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Newspaper Source
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.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
NoveList Plus
Description: Contains reader's advisory aids, such as, author read-alike suggestions, book discussion guides, awards lists, genre lists, and author bibliographies.
(EBSCO)
Audience:
OpenDissertations
Description: Contains records for more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.
(EBSCO)
Audience:
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Description: Provides informed, differing views on today's hottest social issues.
(Gale)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Podiobooks.com
Description: Contains serialized audiobooks available through direct download or RSS feeds.
(Web)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Primary Search
Description: Contains articles from elementary school reference books and magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Project Gutenberg
Description: Contains public domain books that have been digitized, also human read and computer generated audio books.
(Web)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Description: Contains articles from psychology, anthropology, and behavioral science journals.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
PsycInfo
Description: Contains citations to articles from psychology and behavioral science journals.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction
Description: Provides titles—at 3 recommendation levels—of the most highly-recommended reference and non-fiction books for adults.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
PVA Property Search (Jefferson County)
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.
(Property Valuation Administrator)
Audience: High School & Above
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RBdigital
Description: Louisville Free Public Library now provides free, unabridged, downloadable audio books via RBdigital. These are high quality recordings. Many new and popular audio books are available.
(Recorded Books)
Audience: High School & Above
Regional Business News
Description: Contains articles from regional business magazines and newspapers.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Safercar.gov
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.
(Web)
Audience: High School & Above
Scholastic Go!
Description: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.
(Grolier)
Audience: Elementary School & Above
Senior High Core Collection
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.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Small Business Reference Center
Description: Comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
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.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Sociological Collection
Description: Contains articles from sociology journals.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
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.
(ProQuest)
Audience: High School & Above
Teacher Reference Center
Description: Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 200 peer-reviewed journals covering topics of interest to educators.
(EBSCO)
Audience: High School & Above
TOPICSearch
Description: Contains newspaper and magazine articles on current events and popular issues.
(EBSCO)
Audience: Middle School & Above
US Newsstream
Description: US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Value Line Research Center
Description: "The Value Line Investment Survey" is a stock analysis newsletter serves as a comprehensive, multifaceted investment management solution.
(Value Line)
Audience: High School & Above
Wall Street Journal
Description: Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
(ProQuest)
Audience: Middle School & Above
Weiss Financial Ratings
Description: A single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering insurance, banks, mutual funds and stocks.
(Weiss)
Audience: High School & Above
WorldCat
Description: Contains library catalog records from around the world.
(OCLC)
Audience: High School & Above
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