Premium Online Resources

Below you'll find a subset of the databases that we subscribe to or get through the Michigan eLibrary. Be sure to view the full list to see all the resources available.

• Ancestry Library Edition is the premier web site for genealogical information.
  
  
• Business and Company Resource Center provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers, and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews.
  
  
• CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is a premiere resource of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use.
  
  
• Chilton Library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make, and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.
  
  
• Health and Wellness Resource Center provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles.
  
  
• HeritageQuest includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 22,000 digitized book titles, including early family histories and local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records and more.
  
  
• InfoTrac Custom Newspapers is a collection of full text newspapers from around the Country and the World. Includes the last 12 months of the New York Times and the Grand Rapids Press (1996-current)
  
  
• LearningExpress provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
  
  
• NewsBank Michigan Newspapers provides full text of the Detroit News (1/1/1999-Current), Grand Rapids Press (2002-Current), and Lansing State Journal (1/1/1999-Current).
  
  
• NoveList helps to find the next best fiction book to read. Search by author, title, series, plots, or even books like the one you just finished. Browse lists of award winners, lists of genres, and lists based on age. Create and save lists of your own favorites. Find book discussion guides and more.
  
  
• SIRS Discoverer - Recommended for: K-9. All full-text. A children's database of articles, books, video, audio on all topics. The interface is appropriate to children and includes reading levels, teacher's help pages, and more.
  
  
• What Do I Read Next? - A database to help you decide what to read next. Search by character, topic, setting, time period, genre, title, author and series. Will also make recommendations based upon likes and dislikes.
  
  
• World Almanacs contains the full text of Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac for Kids, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., and The World Almanac of U.S. Politics.

Selected Internet Resources

Topics

• Almanacs and General Facts
• Calendars and Time
• Colleges and Universities
• Consumer Information
• Directories (Business and People)
• Electronic Books
• Encyclopedias
• Entertainment
• Finance
• Genealogy
• Health and Wellness
• Internet Directories
• Legal Resources
• Libraries and Special Collections
• Michigan Government Information
• Science
• Statistics
• U.S. Government Information
• Weather
• Other

Almanacs and General Facts [back to top]

• CIA World Factbook
• Country Studies - from the Library of Congress
• Infoplease

Calendars and Time [back to top]

• Calendars of Different World Cultures
• World Clock Time Zones

Colleges and Universities [back to top]

• CollegeNET - Provides basic information about colleges and universities in the U.S.
• FinAid - Student guide to financial aid

Consumer Information [back to top]

• U.S. Consumer Action Web Site
• Consumer Reports - some free information, some subscription only
• Kelley Blue Book - New car pricing, used car values

Directories (Business and People) [back to top]

• AnyWho
• Yahoo! People Search
• Switchboard

Electronic Books [back to top]

• The University of Virginia Electronic Text Center - Approximately 70,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in thirteen languages, with more than 350,000 related images.
• The Online Books Page - a web site at the University of Pennsylvania that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.
• Project Gutenburg - an archive of more than 13,000 free electronic books.
• Dear Reader - receive a free sample of a new book every day in your email.

Encyclopedias [back to top]

• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Encarta
• Wikipedia

Entertainment [back to top]

• Internet Movie Database
• FreeDB - Audio CD index

Finance [back to top]

• AnnualCreditReport.com
• Bankrate - wide variety of financial information
• MarketCenter - Stock information
• Foreign Exchange Currency Converter

Genealogy [back to top]

• CyndisList
• Michigan Death Index

Health and Wellness [back to top]

• NIH Clinical Alerts and Advisories
• MedlinePlus
• National Cancer Institute
• PubMed Central
• ClinicalTrials.gov - provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
• Internet Drug Index
• HealthFinder - a Service of the National Health Information Center
• Kid's Health

Internet Directories [back to top]

• MeL Internet Collection (No logon required) - A collection of sites on the Internet, selected by experts in their fields and organized by subject.
• Yahoo! Directory
• Google Directory
• The Open Directory Project

Legal Resources [back to top]

• FindLaw
• Legal Dictionary
• U.S. Legal Forms
• American Bar Association's LawInfo
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Equal Employment Oppotunity Commission

Libraries and Special Collections [back to top]

• ibiblio - An online public library and digital archive.
• The Library of Congress
• The Smithsonian Institution
• The Public Library of Science
• Making of America - a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, located at the University of Michigan.
• The Internet Archive
• The New York Public Library Digital Gallery
• Digital Projects at the Detroit Public Library

Michigan Government Information [back to top]

• Publius - Michigan Voter information and registration
• State of Michigan
  • Michigan Statistics
    
• Michigan Works
• Michigan Legislature
• Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Science [back to top]

• EurekAlert - "The premier web site for science news since 1996."
• Hubble Space Telescope Pictures

Statistics [back to top]

• Kids Count Annual Data Book - from the Annie E. Casie Foundation
  • Kids Count in Michigan
    
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Guide to state statistical abstracts
• FedStats - gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. governmental agencies
• UNESCO Statistics
• Statistical Resources on the Web - a comprehensive list from the University of Michigan
• State Health Facts

U.S. Government Information [back to top]

• FirstGov - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
• Federal Citizen Information Center
• GPO Access - Portal to U.S. government publications
• 50States.com - basic information on all 50 states and their capitals
• National Technical Information Service
• Tax Forms for all states
• Thomas - U.S. legislative information
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Medicare

Weather [back to top]

• The National Weather Service
• World Weather Information Service

Other [back to top]

• The Quotations Page - famous quotations
• How Stuff Works
• Great Web Sites for Kids - from the American Library Association
• FindArticles - a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
• Citation Style for Research Papers - comparison of APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, and AMA citation styles