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Access the Louisville Defender and many more historical Black Newspapers in the U.S. These offer essential primary source content and editorial perspectives.

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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.

Contains academic journal articles on a broad range of topics.

Contains blue book values for new and used cars, motorcycles, personal watercraft, and snowmobiles, as well as, car reviews and ratings.

Contains oral histories, photographs, maps, and digitized primary documents from Kentucky archive collections.

Prepare yourself for the Kentucky car, motorcycle and CDL written tests with this collection of free practice tests and handbooks.

Contains links to research tools on a broad range of topics.

Contains practice exams for academic and career tests (SAT, ACT, GED, ASVAB, GRE, LSAT, Postal Exam, etc.)

Contains KY and US legal forms. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy forms, divorce forms, landlord tenant contracts and more.

Contains public domain books, poetry, and dramatic works read by volunteers.

Contains literary criticism, writer biographies, and reference and journal articles on literary topics.

This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.

Contains articles on health topics.

Selected and recommended by collection development specialists at 3 recommendation levels, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth.

Contains articles from middle school magazines on a broad range of topics and the text of important historical US documents.

Contains stock and mutual fund analysis and reports.

Contains price values for new and used cars, classic cars, motorcycles/ATVs, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, boats, and recreation vehicles.

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.

Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics. Includes articles between 1851 and 2008.

Access the New York Times for original, quality journalism, varied perspectives and practical advice on nearly every topic — from the vital issues shaping our world to the simple pleasures that make everyday life better.

Contains newspaper articles on a comprehensive range of topics.

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.

Contains reader's advisory aids, such as, author read-alike suggestions, book discussion guides, awards lists, genre lists, and author bibliographies.

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Contains records for more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.

Provides informed, differing views on today's hottest social issues.

Louisville Free Public Library provides free, unabridged, downloadable audio books via Overdrive.

Contains public domain books that have been digitized, also human read and computer generated audio books.

Contains articles from psychology, anthropology, and behavioral science journals.

Provides titles at 3 recommendation levels of the most highly-recommended reference and non-fiction books for adults.

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.

Contains articles from regional business magazines and newspapers.

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.

Provides electronic access to large-scale historical maps of more than 130 Kentucky towns and cities.

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.

Comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business.

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.

Contains articles from sociology journals.

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.

Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 200 peer-reviewed journals covering topics of interest to educators.

TeenBookCloud is an online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos and audio books, which includes access to an amazing range of content for all reading levels.

Contains newspaper and magazine articles on current events and popular issues.

Explore a new language at the library, at home, or on the go using any Internet-connected device. Available in 110+ languages, including ESL/ELL.

TumbleBookLibrary has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French.

US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content (including the Courier Journal), as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.

"The Value Line Investment Survey" is a stock analysis newsletter serves as a comprehensive, multifaceted investment management solution.

Contains newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.

A single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering insurance, banks, mutual funds and stocks.

Contains library catalog records from around the world.