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Using our Research Services
With just your library card, you can access dozens of premium information services that aren’t available for free any place but libraries.
Many of our online services require that you input your library card number and PIN in order to gain access, and two of our databases are only available from within the Library.
Research Services A-Z
See the table below for databases and resources in alphabetical order.
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco database)
Journals: Provides full text for more than 4,500 journals.
AllData Repair
Automotive repair: It puts the latest, unedited OEM repair information right at your fingertips, covering more than 44,000 engine-specific vehicles. Can only be used on a Library computer or on Library Wi-Fi.
Ancestry.com
Genealogy: Search military records, census data, photographs, and a host of other genealogy and historical information. Can only be used on a Library computer or on Library Wi-Fi.
Automotive repair: Contains repair and maintenance information on most manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles.
BlueBird
Language learning: Designed specifically for mobile devices, Bluebird offers 163 languages with 12.6 million interactive audio lessons, plus unlimited personalized courses.
Business Source Premier (Ebsco database)
Business: Full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics.
Colorado Resource Center’s Grants Guide
Grants: More than 770 profiles of local foundations, trusts, corporations, national funders, and government agencies that support Colorado nonprofit organizations. Can only be used on a Library computer or on Library Wi-Fi.
Consumer Health Complete (Ebsco database)
Health & Science: Health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Consumer Reports
Consumer information: Articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics, and the judicial and regulatory actions that affect consumers.
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
Newspapers: More than 690,000 digitized pages from more than 200 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado between 1859 and 1923, includes some Longmont newspapers.
Data Axle
Business: Information on more than 20 million businesses in the U.S. and Canada. Demographics and charts. 2.5 million job postings.
Family Search
Genealogy: The largest genealogy organization in the world with access of thousands of family histories. Can only be used on a Library computer or on Library Wi-Fi.
Gale Legal Forms
Legal: Thousands of legal forms available with more forms being added daily. Official, State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Some Colorado specific and many fillable.
GreenFILE (Ebsco database)
Environment: Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Heritage Quest
Genealogy: Digital images of family and local history books, Revolutionary War Pension Files, Freedman’s Bank records, and U.S. Federal Census records. Plus, search PERSI, the largest and best subject index of genealogy and family history articles.
History Reference Center (EBSCO database)
History: More than 1,600 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,00 historical documents, more than 37,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Learning Express Online Test Prep
Education: Prepare and practice for test such as GED, college admission, civil service, citizenship, career preparation, and more.
MasterFILE Premier (Ebsco database)
Journals: Includes nearly 500 full text reference books, more than 160,000 full text primary source documents, and nearly 600,000 images of photos, maps and flags.
Merck Manuals
(also known as MSD Manuals)
Health & Science: One of the world’s most widely used medical information resources – consumer and professional access.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Business & Investing: Comprehensive financial information on NASDAQ, NYSE and ASE stocks. Information on mutual funds and ETFs.
NOTE: Morningstar will be unavailable through the Longmont Library after Sept. 12.
NewsBank
Newspapers: Providing access to all Longmont Times Call articles 2004 to present through an indexed search. Reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
Novelist
Reader Advisory: Find new authors and titles based on topics of interest or other books enjoyed.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO database)
Health & Science: Emotional and Behavioral Characteristics, Psychiatry & Psychology, Mental Processes, Anthropology, and Observational and Experimental Methods.
Pronunciator
Language learning: Language classes featuring hundreds of languages. ESL for speakers of many languages.
Science Reference Center (EBSCO database)
Health & Science: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science, Health and Medicine, History of Science, Life Science, Physics, Science & Society, Technology, and Wildlife.
Tutor.com
Education: On-demand tutoring, homework help, test preparation and writing assistance for students in grades Kindergarten-Adult in more than 60 subjects.
World Book Online
Encyclopedia: Timely, reliable, and readable encyclopedic information. Thousands of articles, as well as hundreds of maps, videos, and other media.
Value Line
Business & Investing: Unbiased, independent investment research. Solutions covering a range of investor needs and a depth and breadth of proprietary research investors can’t find anywhere else.
Wall Street Journal
Newspapers: Breaking news and current headlines from the U.S. and around the world.
Washington Post
Newspapers: Digital articles, watch videos, listen to podcasts, access live-streaming of Washington Post LIVE.
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