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Find USGS topo maps, climate, politic maps and more.

Academic Search Elite - [Link from home]
Contains indexing and abstracts for over 8,450 journals, with full text for more than 4,650 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.

+ Over 8,450 Abstracted and Indexed Journals

+ More than 4,650 Full Text Journals

+ Nearly 7,400 Peer-Reviewed, Abstracted and Indexed Journals

+ More than 3,900 Peer-Reviewed, Full Text Journals

Ancestry Library
A premier genealogy tool. Meet the family firsthand, see how they lived and record your history with census records, birth marriage and death records, military records and court, land and tax records. Includes directories, photos and more.

This database is for in-library use only.

Auto Repair Reference Center - [Link from home]
More than 33,800 vehicles covered from 1945 to present, nearly 800,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs, approximately 83,200 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer, over 99,800 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing, specifications & maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ, Quick Tips. a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance, unlimited remote access.

+ Nearly 800,000 Drawings and Step-by-Step Photographs

+ Approximately 83,200 Technical Services Bulletins & Recalls

+ Over 99,800 Wiring Diagrams

+ Labor Time Guide & Estimator

+ Specifications & Maintenance Schedules

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BookLetters
Sign-up for any number Wilkinson Public Library's custom e-newsletters.

Business Source Elite - [Link from home]
Business Source® Premier, the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text is provided back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
    + Full Text for more than 2,300 journals
    + Full text dating back to 1886
    + Company Profiles

+ Country Reports

+ Industry Reports

+ Market Research Reports

+ Searchable cited references dating back to 1998

+ SWOT Analyses

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Career Cruising - [Link from Home]
An interactive fun way to assess your skills and find the career just right for you. This is the ultimate career guidance resource.

Career Shift - [Link from Home]

Search, store & record every job listing at every job board & company with job postings
Get inside contact information immediately, including email addresses, for millions of companies
Access in-depth information about any contact & company posting jobs & record your history of correspondences
Create personal marketing campaigns including unlimited resumes & cover letters & save them to access, print or email anytime
Manage your confidential CareerShift account securely from any computer, work or home, 24/7, to update & maintain your organized and recorded job search
...and much more, for your successful job hunting!

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Colorado Grants Guide
Through this database, the Community Resource Center of Colorado aims to provide opportunities, tools and strategies for nonprofit organizations and community groups

Colorado Historical Newspapers
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923. CHNC contains over 477,000 digitized pages and is a joint endeavor of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historical Society, and generous donors throughout the state.

Consumer Reports- [Link from home]
Product reviews and Ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more from Consumer Reports.

Contemporary Authors
A wealth of biographical information on over 120,000 US and international authors. Includes lists of authors' works, a helpful tool for anyone looking for the next book in a series.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
This database is the definitive destination for critical essays on contemporary authors.

Country Watch - [Link from Home]
A n information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.

The Country Watch Youth Edition - [Link from Home]
Is tailored to young students exploring the countries of the world and global events.

Culture Grams - [Link from Home]
A great resource if your studies call for information on countries around the world. Browse the photo gallery, biographies of famous nationals, & authentic recipes. This database includes a targeted Kids Edition.

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eLibrary - [Link from Home]
This user-friendly database delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed to support every range of user, including elementary students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators. Educators can even search for resources that correlate to state and national standards.

ERIC - [Link from Home]
The Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

ePrep
Create a free account using your library card and a create a customized study schedule to prepare for PSAT, SAT, ACT, PLAN and other standardized tests. This program helps you to analyze your individual strengths and weaknesses as you complete a personalized course of study.

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Foundation Directory - In-library use only, requires username and password
Looking for funding? Search foundations with this premier grant-seeking database. Full directory available for searching in the Library.

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Global Road Warrior - [Link from Home]
Social, cultural and international business information on more than 175 countries. Provides rich, colorful content. Learn before you go!

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Health Source Consumer - [Link from Home]
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide. This resource provides access to more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines and a vast collection of health reference books & academic journals.

HeritageQuest - [Link from Home]
This online database is an essential collection of census & public records material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s.

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Investors’ Business Daily - Password required call 728-4519 ext. 33
For up to the minute stocks, bonds and investment information

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Knowledge Source - [Link from Home]
Relevant selected resources for research on today’s hottest and most controversial social, scientific, global, political and economic issues. Great for learning more, preparing reports or just satisfying curiosity.

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LawDepot: Trusted Do-It-Yourself Legal
Create legal documents in minutes, including leases, wills and other materials.

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Mango Languages
Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Whether you're learning how to order a pizza or ask when the game starts, Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 12 different language courses.

MasterFile Elite -[Link from Home]
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 440,000 photos, maps & flags.

+ Nearly 1,750 full text periodicals

+ Over 440,000 photos, maps and flags

+ Over 164,400 primary source documents

+ Nearly 500 full text reference books

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The New York Times historical database
This amazing resource provides digital reproductions of every page from every available issue between 1851-2001.

Novelist - [Link from Home]
NoveList, a readers' advisory service, not only provides access to 155,000 fiction titles, but it also offers a wide range of feature content that will expand your staff's ability to serve fiction readers of all ages and increase the reach of your library's program including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.
+ Readers' advisory service

+ The option to sort by popularity and/or Lexile scores

+ Curriculum-driven material designed to help integrate in the classroom

+ Feature articles by notable librarians and subject matter experts

+ Hand-crafted Recommended Reads reading lists for adults, teens and kids.

+ Book Discussion Guides including questions and answers.

+ Coverage of thousands of fiction series

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ReferenceUSA
Offers verified details on 14 million U.S. businesses and 210 million U.S. residents. We bring that information directly to library patrons, making it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.

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Sanborn Maps
Large-scale plans of Colorado cities & towns drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. Track the development of Telluride between the years 1886-1922.

Student Research Center - [Link from Home]
Provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases. Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search.

Shmoop
Refreshing, fun, plain-spoken study guides and teacher resources.

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Teen Health and Wellness
Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the inaugural database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

Testing Education Reference Center
Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.

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Verbalearn
Study vocabulary for the SAT, ACT, and GRE with VerbaLearn for free. Review customized vocabulary lists online or listen to customized vocabulary lists.

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WorldCat
Comprehensive catalog of books from libraries across the world.

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		Find USGS topo maps, climate, politic maps and more.



		Academic Search Elite - [Link from home] Contains indexing and abstracts for over 8,450 journals, with full text for more than 4,650 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
		+ Over 8,450 Abstracted and Indexed Journals
		+ More than 4,650 Full Text Journals
		+ Nearly 7,400 Peer-Reviewed, Abstracted and Indexed Journals
		+ More than 3,900 Peer-Reviewed, Full Text Journals

		Ancestry Library A premier genealogy tool. Meet the family firsthand, see how they lived and record your history with census records, birth marriage and death records, military records and court, land and tax records. Includes directories, photos and more. This database is for in-library use only.
		Auto Repair Reference Center - [Link from home] More than 33,800 vehicles covered from 1945 to present, nearly 800,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs, approximately 83,200 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer, over 99,800 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing, specifications & maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ, Quick Tips. a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance, unlimited remote access.
		+ Nearly 800,000 Drawings and Step-by-Step Photographs
		+ Approximately 83,200 Technical Services Bulletins & Recalls
		+ Over 99,800 Wiring Diagrams
		+ Labor Time Guide & Estimator
		+ Specifications & Maintenance Schedules

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		BookLetters Sign-up for any number Wilkinson Public Library's custom e-newsletters.

		Business Source Elite - [Link from home] Business Source® Premier, the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text is provided back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. + Full Text for more than 2,300 journals + Full text dating back to 1886 + Company Profiles
		+ Country Reports
		+ Industry Reports
		+ Market Research Reports
		+ Searchable cited references dating back to 1998
		+ SWOT Analyses
Back To Top
		Career Cruising - [Link from Home] An interactive fun way to assess your skills and find the career just right for you. This is the ultimate career guidance resource.
		Career Shift - [Link from Home] Search, store & record every job listing at every job board & company with job postings Get inside contact information immediately, including email addresses, for millions of companies Access in-depth information about any contact & company posting jobs & record your history of correspondences Create personal marketing campaigns including unlimited resumes & cover letters & save them to access, print or email anytime Manage your confidential CareerShift account securely from any computer, work or home, 24/7, to update & maintain your organized and recorded job search ...and much more, for your successful job hunting!
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		Colorado Grants Guide Through this database, the Community Resource Center of Colorado aims to provide opportunities, tools and strategies for nonprofit organizations and community groups

		Colorado Historical Newspapers The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923. CHNC contains over 477,000 digitized pages and is a joint endeavor of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historical Society, and generous donors throughout the state.

		Consumer Reports- [Link from home] Product reviews and Ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more from Consumer Reports.

		Contemporary Authors A wealth of biographical information on over 120,000 US and international authors. Includes lists of authors' works, a helpful tool for anyone looking for the next book in a series.

		Contemporary Literary Criticism Select This database is the definitive destination for critical essays on contemporary authors.

		Country Watch - [Link from Home] A n information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.

		The Country Watch Youth Edition - [Link from Home] Is tailored to young students exploring the countries of the world and global events.

		Culture Grams - [Link from Home] A great resource if your studies call for information on countries around the world. Browse the photo gallery, biographies of famous nationals, & authentic recipes. This database includes a targeted Kids Edition.

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		eLibrary - [Link from Home] This user-friendly database delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed to support every range of user, including elementary students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators. Educators can even search for resources that correlate to state and national standards.

		ERIC - [Link from Home] The Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

		ePrep Create a free account using your library card and a create a customized study schedule to prepare for PSAT, SAT, ACT, PLAN and other standardized tests. This program helps you to analyze your individual strengths and weaknesses as you complete a personalized course of study.
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		Foundation Directory - In-library use only, requires username and password Looking for funding? Search foundations with this premier grant-seeking database. Full directory available for searching in the Library.

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		Global Road Warrior - [Link from Home] Social, cultural and international business information on more than 175 countries. Provides rich, colorful content. Learn before you go!
Back To Top
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		Health Source Consumer - [Link from Home] This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide. This resource provides access to more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines and a vast collection of health reference books & academic journals.

		HeritageQuest - [Link from Home] This online database is an essential collection of census & public records material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s.

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		Investors’ Business Daily - Password required call 728-4519 ext. 33 For up to the minute stocks, bonds and investment information

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		Knowledge Source - [Link from Home] Relevant selected resources for research on today’s hottest and most controversial social, scientific, global, political and economic issues. Great for learning more, preparing reports or just satisfying curiosity.

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		LawDepot: Trusted Do-It-Yourself Legal Create legal documents in minutes, including leases, wills and other materials.
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		Mango Languages Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Whether you're learning how to order a pizza or ask when the game starts, Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 12 different language courses.

		MasterFile Elite -[Link from Home] Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 440,000 photos, maps & flags.
		+ Nearly 1,750 full text periodicals
		+ Over 440,000 photos, maps and flags
		+ Over 164,400 primary source documents
		+ Nearly 500 full text reference books

Back To Top
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		The New York Times historical database This amazing resource provides digital reproductions of every page from every available issue between 1851-2001.
		Novelist - [Link from Home] NoveList, a readers' advisory service, not only provides access to 155,000 fiction titles, but it also offers a wide range of feature content that will expand your staff's ability to serve fiction readers of all ages and increase the reach of your library's program including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more. + Readers' advisory service
		+ The option to sort by popularity and/or Lexile scores
		+ Curriculum-driven material designed to help integrate in the classroom
		+ Feature articles by notable librarians and subject matter experts
		+ Hand-crafted Recommended Reads reading lists for adults, teens and kids.
		+ Book Discussion Guides including questions and answers.
		+ Coverage of thousands of fiction series

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		ReferenceUSA Offers verified details on 14 million U.S. businesses and 210 million U.S. residents. We bring that information directly to library patrons, making it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
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		Sanborn Maps Large-scale plans of Colorado cities & towns drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. Track the development of Telluride between the years 1886-1922.

		Student Research Center - [Link from Home] Provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases. Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search.

		Shmoop Refreshing, fun, plain-spoken study guides and teacher resources.
Back To Top
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		Teen Health and Wellness Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the inaugural database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.

		Testing Education Reference Center Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.

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		Verbalearn Study vocabulary for the SAT, ACT, and GRE with VerbaLearn for free. Review customized vocabulary lists online or listen to customized vocabulary lists.

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		WorldCat Comprehensive catalog of books from libraries across the world.
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