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Help keep Kirkwood Public Library the best library around!
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Research Databases |
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If you have a valid Kirkwood Public Library card, these databases are available to you. Please follow the appropriate instructions. Be sure to enter your entire card number without the spaces.
To visit any of the sites below, simply click the appropriate logo. |
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World Book Online Reference Center, the premier online reference source-containing every article from the 22-volume print setplus thousands more. With state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, editor-reviewed Web sites, and more - we are convinced that you will find the World Book Online Reference Center to be a valuable resource! |
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Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. The online learning system is so easy to use and it uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. |
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Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogy research tool created for library users. It gives patrons instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes records from the United States census; military records; court, land, and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists, and more |
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Antiques (Prices 4 Antiques) Real market- based information about your antiques, artwork and family treasures! If you are in the library, click on the icon to access the database. Home access is available with your library card number (click on the Home Access link). |
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ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site. Since this library subscribes to ChiltonLibrary, you are now equipped with decades of data to maintain your vehicle. |
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Gale's Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic. Provide your students award-winning reference content from Gale and they will develop their critical-thinking skills by placing people, places, events and primary documents in context. |
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Gale PowerSearch is a platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated, yet simple, solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference and primary source information. Moreover, PowerSearch provides your patrons with access to all the Gale content in your library's collection through one, single search query. |
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HeritageQuest Online allows you to search images of the U.S. Federal census records from 1790 up to 1930. This database offers users over 20,000 book titles that inlude 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. |
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Learning Express offers access to free interactive skill-building courses and a broad range of practice tests. |
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Through the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative, the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Library, in partnership with the State Historical Society of Missouri, are assisting institutions across the state in digitizing their records and placing them online for easy access. We invite you to explore our website and to join with us in celebrating our collective past. |
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You can now easily search across multiple resources for quick subject and database searching on a single page! This search includes some of the databases listed below such as Business Source and Discovering Collection. Additionally the search will include the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Kansas City Star and other databases. |
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Search newspapers and magazines online. Titles include the St. Louis Post Dispatch,Time, U.S. News and World Report, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Fortune, Money, Real Simple, People, Parenting, and In Style. Also contains content for children: Time for Kids, Teen People and Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Note: This database is only accessible from the library. |
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NoveList Plus - Your Guide to Reading. More than 150,000 fiction titles, 50,000 nonfiction titles and over 4,000 custom created articles and lists! Find information by author, title, read-a-likes, genre or subject.
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Online Book Clubs Every Monday through Friday, a 5-minute portion of a book will be emailed to you. By week's end you will have read 2-3 chapters. If you like the book, you can then check it out from the Library. |
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Plunkett Research Online provides access to industry-specific research portals for the most important business sectors, such as automotive, consulting, E-commerce, entertainment & media, finance, and investments. Also included are such vital industries as health care, retail, energy and information technology. |
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Sorkins provides business search capabilities and in-depth profiles for companies, subsidiaries, and organizations in the ST. LOUIS, Kansas City, and Chicago metropolitan areas, and the surrounding counties in: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MO, WI.
Note: This database is only accessible from the library. |
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Student Research Center For students in grades 6 through 12. Search by keyword or by topic in magazines, newspapers, radio and TV, primary source documents, encyclopedias, state and providence reports, photos, maps and flags. |
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Web Libraries |
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The following sites are for general research. All are professionally reviewed and maintained.
To visit any of the sites below, simply click the appropriate logo. |
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