Alphabetical Listing of Databases for Online Research
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African American Experience
Contains 500 full-text reference and scholarly articles and over 4,000 slave narratives. Includes primary documents, maps and images, lesson plans, searchable timelines, and Web links.
African American Studies Center
Contains over 5,000 biographies, more than 7,500 articles, and hundreds of maps, documents, images, timelines, Web sites, and charts and tables of African-American life, history and culture.
American History: DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering all aspects of U.S. History.
Art Full Text: WilsonWeb: In Library | Home or Office
Offers full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews and feminist criticism.
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
Profiles milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music and religion. Each volume in this set helps researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume.
Baltimore Sun – Historical
Offers full page and article images of the newspaper from 1837-1985. Full text search access to diverse regional perspectives and coverage on events that shaped the 19th and 20th century.
Biography: DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks, geared toward children and teens, offering biographical entries on a wide range of people.
Biography Resource Center
Integrates biographies with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as thousands of images and links to hand-picked Web sites. Search for people—both current and historic from all eras—based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places or gender.
Black Studies Center, Abolitionist Papers, History Makers, and BSC Dissertations: In Library | Home or Office
Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
Black Studies: DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks, geared toward children and teens, covering many aspects of African-American History and Culture.
BookFlix: In Library | Home or Office
Pairs high-quality children's video storybooks with factual ebooks for pre-schoolers, kindergartners and beginning readers. Related games and puzzles reinforce early reading skills and build curiosity about the world. Some titles in Spanish. Algunos títulos en español.
Books and Authors
The latest genre fiction, essential nonfiction and the authors behind the titles. Browse books, authors and genres, using tools that make finding them and remembering them easy. Create a custom account and rate books, write reviews, post bookmarks and create custom lists.
Business and Company Resource Center
Brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and news magazines.
Checks and Balances: The Three Branches of the American Government
Offers easy-to-understand information about the U.S. federal government’s inner workings. Provides historical overviews and examinations of the day-to-day operations of each branch, including information on each branch’s constitutional duties and obligations; elections, election eligibility and appointed positions; and the future of each branch.
Consumers' Checkbook: In Library Only
Provides consumers with information about local suppliers and service providers to help them get high-quality services and products at the best possible prices. This nonprofit website covers approximately 80 topics, including prescription drug shopping, movers, auto repair shops and more.
D.C. Municipal Regulations and D.C. Register
The District of Columbia Municipal Regulations is a compilation of the rules and regulations issued by District agencies and the Council of the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia Register is a weekly publication of the operations of the District's government.
District of Columbia Official Code
Offers District laws online.
Downloadable Language Learning Audio from Overdrive
The library provides a number of downloadable audio titles through Overdrive. These audio titles provide language learning in multiple languages, including German, Italian, Japanese, Arabic and English. The titles are available for download to PCs, laptops and an array of Windows Media-compatible portable devices.
Dun & Bradstreet's Global Reach:In Library | Home or Office
Find any U.S. and Canadian company plus 8 million international businesses all in one database. Research individual companies worldwide, and view essential contact details. Conduct online market/industry research, and view corporate family trees.
eLibrary: In Library | Home or Office
Designed for students K-12. Consists of more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books and transcripts—plus more than 1,000 maps, Web sites, audio-video files and pictures.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online: In Library | Home or Office
Offers comprehensive multimedia content, including maps, video clips, quotations and more. Create and personalize your own pages to collect and disseminate research.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Covers all academic disciplines, including arts and the humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Access scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images.
General Reference Center Gold
Integrates a variety of general interest sources: newspapers, reference books, magazines and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies and more.
Geography - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering U.S. and World geography topics. Search eBooks as a group or individually.
Global Issues in Context
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and current events.
Government Information Online
A free online information service supported by nearly 20 public, state and academic libraries throughout the United States. You can email or chat with government information librarians, who are experts at finding information from government agencies of all levels (local, state, regional, national and international) on almost any subject.
Graphic Novelist
Introduces researchers to the authors and illustrators behind these works, taking care to define and explore the distinction between comic books and graphic novels. Covers approximately 75 authors and illustrators in detail.
Grzimek’s Animal Life
Internationally renowned for its scientific reporting, coverage and illustrations. Serves as a major point of reference for researchers and students studying the animal kingdom.
Health and Medicine - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering a broad range of health and medical topics.
Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternate Health Module
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments. Included are links to diet, cancer and health assessment sites as well as government databases.
Heritage Quest
Covers more than 25,000 family and local histories and includes the complete U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), the Revolutionary War Pension Applications & Bounty Land Warrant Applications, and the Freedman's Bank Records.
Historic Black Newspapers
Full historic content from three major black newspapers: The Chicago Defender (1909-75), The New York Amsterdam News (1922-93) The Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003) and The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988).
History Reference Center
Contains full text for thousands of history encyclopedias, reference books, leading periodicals and other sources. Features nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 37,400 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Informe
A collection of Hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
InfoTrac OneFile
Provides daily updates for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology and many general interest topics.
Latino American Experience
Over 200 volumes of content, from encyclopedias to biographies. Also includes maps, images, audio clips, interviews, music files, speeches, documents, and other material in English and Spanish. Sobre 200 volúmenes de contenido, de las enciclopedias a las biografías. También incluye los mapas, las imágenes, los clips audios, las entrevistas, los archivos de la música, los discursos, los documentos, y el otro material en inglés y español.
Law and the Constitution - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering law in general and the U.S. Constitution. Search eBooks as a group or individually.
Learning Express Library
Offers practice tests and courses designed to help students and adult learners improve skills and pass academic and licensing tests.
Legal Forms Online
Designed to simplify access to standard legal forms. The database provides legal forms specifically drafted by attorneys for the District of Columbia, as well as federal forms and other documents applicable across the nation. Most forms can be customized by users. Subject areas include bankruptcy, bill of sale, contracts, divorce, employment, landlord tenant, living wills, name change, power of attorney, real estate, taxes, and last will and testament.
Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers of all disciplines, from all time periods from around the world.
Middle East - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering Middle Eastern current events, history and culture.
Minority Presses
Provides full-text coverage of more than 250 publications from the ethnic and minority press. The collection totals over one million newspaper, magazine and journal articles. Coverage dates back to 1990. Nearly one-quarter of the articles are presented in Spanish. Casi un cuarto de los artículos se presenta en español.
Morningstar Library Edition: In Library | Home or Office
Identify stocks, mutual funds and ETFs that meet your needs. Morningstar Library Edition combines all the fund and stock information necessary for in-depth research and smart portfolio construction. Each fund and stock report is loaded with critical data and decisive analysis.
National Newspaper Core
New York Times (full text backfile to 1980, Book Review and Magazine are included in PDF format), Los Angeles Times (full text backfile to 1985), Wall Street Journal (full text backfile to 1984), Christian Science Monitor (full text backfile to 1988) and The Washington Post (full text backfile to 1987). Search as a group or individually.
New York Times
Full text backfile to 1980, Book Review and Magazine are included in PDF format.
NoveList
A fiction database with subject heading access, reviews, annotations and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks and Annotated Book Lists.
NoveList K-8
Covers fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in the classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet your students’ reading needs. You can access the Learning Center by clicking on its link in the left-hand column of your screen.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Covers the hottest social issues from terrorism to endangered species, stem cell research to gun control. Brings together all the information that's needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, 140 full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, and links to hand-selected Web sites.
Oxford Art Online
The entire 34 volumes of The Dictionary of Art, including updates of text and over 22,000 links to art images in galleries and museums around the world. Topics covered include the fine arts (architecture, painting and sculpture) and decorative arts (ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry, interior design and textiles) of world cultures, countries and regions.
Oxford Music Online
The full text of the printed editions of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. It also includes notated music examples and links to images and sound. Articles are reviewed regularly to reflect the most current advances in music scholarship.
Powerspeak Languages
Learn Spanish, French, Mandarin, German or English for Spanish speakers. Simulates gradual immersion into a new language through a series of stories, activities and learning exercises.
Reference USA
Database of 14 million U.S. businesses and 220 million U.S. residents. Perfect for conducting job searches, searching for business opportunities and suppliers, tracking down addresses and phone numbers, locating out-of-town companies, corporate linkage, and conducting market and patent research.
Religion and Beliefs - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering religion and belief systems. Search the eBooks as a group or individually.
Science - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Fifteen searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering all aspects of science, including physics, astrology, biology, technology, chemistry, weather, geology, etc. Search eBooks as a group or individually.
Science in Context
Covers the latest scientific developments with thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations, with articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality websites, videos, audio files and podcasts.
Science Reference Center
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Topics covered include biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Social Sciences Full Text: In Library | Home or Office
Covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Student Resource Center Gold
Offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, Student Resource Center Gold provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.
Teen Health and Wellness
Got questions? Get answers. From asthma to activism and bullying to braces, Teen Health & Wellness has what you need to know on physical and emotional health, eating disorders and fitness, drugs and alcohol, sexuality and dating, life skills and money matters, and more.
Testing and Education Reference Center
Prepare for tests, plan for higher education, explore career paths, build a resume, and find job interview tools and tips.
Tumblebooks for Children
Offers animated, talking picture books, which are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books. A parent can read to the child, or the book can be “read” to the child online.
Value Line Research Center: In MLK Library Only (Visit Business Division for access.)
Includes online access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. This database includes the Value Line Investment Survey, Standard Edition.
The Wall Street Journal
Access to the financial newspaper of record, with in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first-rate coverage of hard news. Full text backfile to 1984.
The Washington Post, Current and Historic
1977-Present - The full-text electronic edition.
1877 to 1994 - Digital edition with full text searching of each page, individual articles and images.
Washington Times, 1990-Current
As an alternative voice to The Washington Post, the Washington Times covers events in Washington, D.C., the nation, and the world. Established in 1982, the newspaper is the full-text electronic edition of record of the publication.
Who's Who Among African Americans
Provides biographical and career details on more than 20,000 notable African-American individuals, including leaders from sports, the arts, business, religion and more.
Witchcraft in America
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering the practice of witchcraft in America. Search eBooks as a group or individually.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Online version of the popular encyclopedia available in Spanish. Versión en línea de la enciclopedia popular disponible en español.
World Book Encyclopedia
Online version of the popular encyclopedia. Features include a separate entry point for children, current headline news, educators’ tools, an atlas, a dictionary and an Explore Washington, D.C., section.
World Cultures - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering World Cultures.
World History - DCPL Virtual Reference Collection
Searchable eBooks geared toward children and teens covering many aspects of world history.