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These databases are free for patrons of the Daniel Boone Regional Library. You can use them from home with your DBRL card number. Tips for accessing library databases.

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Animated Books | Books & Authors | Business & Investing | Career, Education & Learning | Culture & Religion | Directories | Encyclopedias | Genealogy | Health & Medicine | History & Geography | Home, Garden & Auto | Language | Legal | Periodicals | Science | Social Issues | Students | Travel

Animated Books

  • MightyBookJr
    MightyBookJr has award-winning children's animated read-aloud books, story songs, lesson plans, games and puzzles that promote early childhood literacy. There are over 850 books to choose from and new books are added monthly. The books are for children ages 2-10 years old and are available in English and Spanish.
  • TumbleBookLibrary
    TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks--animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

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Books & Authors

  • Books & Authors
    Find a new author or a whole new series tailored to your reading taste.
  • Books in Print
    Search for books, audios and videos currently available or about to be released. Includes book reviews and a directory of publishers.
  • EBSCOHost E-book Collection (NetLibrary)
    Online collection of 22,500 (non-downloadable) eBooks.
  • Literature Resource Center
    Critical essays and biographical/bibliographical information on more than 120,000 authors.
  • LitFINDER
    Search poetry, stories, essays, plays and speeches.
  • Novelist Plus
    Search for works by a favorite author, readalikes and book discussion guides. Includes a tutorial on how to use the many features.
  • WorldCat/Show-Me the World
    Search for books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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Business & Investing

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Career, Education & Learning

  • ERIC
    The Education Resource Information Center provides bibliographic records of education-related journal articles and materials from other sources such as scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations and state and federal agencies.
  • Job & Career Accelerator
    Job & Career Accelerator combines everything you need for a successful job search. Explore different occupations, search local and national job postings, create professional resumes and cover letters, improve interviewing skills and conveniently organize and track your job-search progress.
  • LearningExpress Library
    LearningExpress Library provides test preparation materials for elementary through adult level. Includes the ACT, ASVAB, Civil Service, Cosmetology, EMS, Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Law Enforcement, Paramedic, PPST, Real Estate, SAT, United States Citizenship and more.
  • Optimal Resume
    An in-depth web service that provides a suite of self-directed career tools for creating resumés, cover letters, portfolios and video introductions.
  • Professional Development Collection
    Includes full text for nearly 520 high-quality education journals.
  • Universal Class
    UniversalClass offers over 500 online continuing education courses taught by real instructors with remote, 24/7 access so you can study on your schedule.

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Culture & Religion

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Directories

  • Reference USA
    Search 14 million U.S. businesses and 135 million U.S. residents for up to date information. The U.S. Business database may be searched by business type, size and geographic location.

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Encyclopedias

  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
    Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database also contains various images and brief biographies.
  • World Book Online Reference Center
    Every article from the print encyclopedia enhanced with state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, editor-reviewed web sites, and more. Includes Spanish Student Discovery Encyclopedia, World Book Kids and World Book Reference Center.

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Genealogy

  • Ancestry.com
    Census data, genealogy and family research. (Due to license restrictions, this resource is only available for use within the library.)
  • Heritage Quest Online
    Search the US census 1790-1930, selected Revolutionary War Records, a variety of local and family histories plus articles of interest to genealogy researchers.

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Health & Medicine

  • Consumer Health Complete
    Meets the information needs of patients, providing content from periodicals, pamphlets and reference works covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
  • MEDLINE
    Provides authoritative citations from over 4,800 journals on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and much more.
  • The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
    eBook, 2nd edition, 4v, 2005
  • The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health
    eBook, 2nd edition, 2v, 2008

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History & Geography

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Home, Garden & Auto

  • Auto Repair Reference Center
    Car and truck maintenance and repair for vehicles 1945 to the present. Includes wiring diagrams, service bulletins and recall information.
  • Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
    Read articles from more than 500 magazines and books about crafts, hobbies and recreation activities. You can also watch hundreds of how-to videos on various hobbies.
  • Home Improvement Reference Center
    Search or browse through the contents of 26 major reference texts, full-text magazines, and videos about home maintenance, electrical work, plumbing, carpentry, decorating, landscaping and more.
  • Small Engine Repair Reference Center
    Find assistance with maintaining and repairing motorcycles, boats, mowers, tractors, tillers, generators and other small engines with the contents of more than 410 reference texts with original photos and illustrations.

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Language

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Periodicals

  • Academic Search Elite
    This scholarly collection provides full-text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature and more.
  • Consumer Reports
    Get unbiased ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services like appliances, cars, electronics, computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel. Read selections from the latest issue of the magazine or search through four years of archives.
  • EBSCO MasterFILE Premier
    Provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. It also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 86,017 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an image collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.
  • General OneFile (Infotrac)
    Access to periodical and news information on the complete range of general interest topics; includes nearly 12,000 titles; full-text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present; also, 500 travel guides including every Fodor's title; more than 20 acclaimed reference sets; and more.
  • Historical New York Times
    The New York Times 1851-2005 offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
  • NewsBank
    Full text articles from over 600 American newspapers including the Columbia Daily Tribune, Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, New York Post and The New York Times. Updated daily.
  • Newspaper Source
    Cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national and international newspapers as well as selective full text for more than 370 regional papers, including the Columbia Daily Tribune.

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Science

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Social Issues

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Students

  • Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary Edition
    Search the full text of more than 1,300 popular nonfiction books for elementary school students on subjects like animals, weather, holidays, sports, Native Americans and more.
  • Book Collection: Nonfiction - High School Edition
    Search the full text of more than 2,450 popular nonfiction books for high school students on subjects like careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, sports, technology, history, science and more.
  • Book Collection: Nonfiction - Middle School Edition
    Search the full text of more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books for middle school students on subjects like health, life skills, ethnicity, sports, adventure, technology, history, science and more.
  • CultureGrams Online
    CultureGrams Online offers World, Kids, Canadian Provinces and U.S. States editions in which you'll find maps, statistics, photo galleries, famous people and recipe collections. Plus, you can create customizable data tables to help put dozens of facts into perspective.
  • Discovering Collection
    Search reference works and magazines on a wide range of topics relevant to student research.
  • Early World of Learning
    Through narrated stories with word-by-word highlighting, interactive games and reference material, young learners can build vocabulary, comprehension, phonics and reading fluency.
  • Kids Search
    This EBSCOhost search interface is designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. The Kids Search interface provides a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is fun to use.
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition
    Designed for high school students, this database contains full text articles, biographies. primary source documents, reference books and images on topics ranging from science, history and literature to political science, career exploration and more.
  • Middle Search Plus
    Designed for junior high and middle school students, this database features full text for magazines, biographies and historical essays; primary sources documents; the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia; American Heritage Dictionary; and photos, maps and flags.
  • Searchasaurus
    Designed for users in elementary or middle schools. It is an animated interface to EBSCOhost with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials.
  • Student Research Center
    A search interface to EBSCOhost designed specifically for secondary school students, according to their needs and search abilities.

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  • A to Z the USA
    Information about each state and U.S. territory, including history, climate, weather, demographics, geography, history and historical images.
  • A to Z World Travel
    Travel guides and resources for over 200 cities around the world.
  • Academic Search Elite
    This scholarly collection provides full-text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature and more.
  • Access Science
    McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
  • African-American History Online
    Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.
  • American History Online
    Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
  • American Incomes: Demographics of Who Has Money
    6th edition, 2007
  • American Indian History Online
    Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage.
  • American Women's History Online
    Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States.
  • Ancestry.com
    Census data, genealogy and family research. (Due to license restrictions, this resource is only available for use within the library.)
  • Ancient and Medieval History Online
    Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
  • Auto Repair Reference Center
    Car and truck maintenance and repair for vehicles 1945 to the present. Includes wiring diagrams, service bulletins and recall information.

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  • Consumer Health Complete
    Meets the information needs of patients, providing content from periodicals, pamphlets and reference works covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
  • Consumer Reports
    Get unbiased ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services like appliances, cars, electronics, computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel. Read selections from the latest issue of the magazine or search through four years of archives.
  • CultureGrams Online
    CultureGrams Online offers World, Kids, Canadian Provinces and U.S. States editions in which you'll find maps, statistics, photo galleries, famous people and recipe collections. Plus, you can create customizable data tables to help put dozens of facts into perspective.

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  • Job & Career Accelerator
    Job & Career Accelerator combines everything you need for a successful job search. Explore different occupations, search local and national job postings, create professional resumes and cover letters, improve interviewing skills and conveniently organize and track your job-search progress.

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  • Kids Search
    This EBSCOhost search interface is designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. The Kids Search interface provides a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is fun to use.

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  • LearningExpress Library
    LearningExpress Library provides test preparation materials for elementary through adult level. Includes the ACT, ASVAB, Civil Service, Cosmetology, EMS, Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Law Enforcement, Paramedic, PPST, Real Estate, SAT, United States Citizenship and more.
  • Literature Resource Center
    Critical essays and biographical/bibliographical information on more than 120,000 authors.
  • LitFINDER
    Search poetry, stories, essays, plays and speeches.

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  • MAS Ultra - School Edition
    Designed for high school students, this database contains full text articles, biographies. primary source documents, reference books and images on topics ranging from science, history and literature to political science, career exploration and more.
  • MEDLINE
    Provides authoritative citations from over 4,800 journals on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and much more.
  • Middle Search Plus
    Designed for junior high and middle school students, this database features full text for magazines, biographies and historical essays; primary sources documents; the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia; American Heritage Dictionary; and photos, maps and flags.
  • MightyBookJr
    MightyBookJr has award-winning children's animated read-aloud books, story songs, lesson plans, games and puzzles that promote early childhood literacy. There are over 850 books to choose from and new books are added monthly. The books are for children ages 2-10 years old and are available in English and Spanish.
  • Modern World History Online
    Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history--from mid-15th century to the present.

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  • NewsBank
    Full text articles from over 600 American newspapers including the Columbia Daily Tribune, Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, New York Post and The New York Times. Updated daily.
  • Newspaper Source
    Cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national and international newspapers as well as selective full text for more than 370 regional papers, including the Columbia Daily Tribune.
  • Novelist Plus
    Search for works by a favorite author, readalikes and book discussion guides. Includes a tutorial on how to use the many features.

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  • Reference USA
    Search 14 million U.S. businesses and 135 million U.S. residents for up to date information. The U.S. Business database may be searched by business type, size and geographic location.

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  • Science Reference Center
    Contains full-text content from encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources on topics from biology and chemistry to environmental science and technology.
  • Searchasaurus
    Designed for users in elementary or middle schools. It is an animated interface to EBSCOhost with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials.
  • SIRS Researcher
    General reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
  • Small Business Resource Center
    Includes information on all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, taxes, business plans and more.
  • Small Engine Repair Reference Center
    Find assistance with maintaining and repairing motorcycles, boats, mowers, tractors, tillers, generators and other small engines with the contents of more than 410 reference texts with original photos and illustrations.
  • Social Change in America: The Historical Handbook 2006
    2006 edition
  • Student Research Center
    A search interface to EBSCOhost designed specifically for secondary school students, according to their needs and search abilities.

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  • U.S. Government Online
    Presents in-depth information on the structure and function of the U.S. government and its everyday role in the lives of citizens.
  • U.S. Legal Forms
    Search a wide selection of Missouri legal forms by category or title. Provides an attorney directory and a dictionary of legal definitions.
  • Universal Class
    UniversalClass offers over 500 online continuing education courses taught by real instructors with remote, 24/7 access so you can study on your schedule.

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  • Value Line Investment Survey
    See full-page reports, analyst commentaries and Value Line's trademark rankings of all stocks covered by the print edition.

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