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Arts and Humanities
Home Access Available  Grove Art - Articles and images on all aspects of the visual arts, from prehistory to the present.
Home Access Available  Grove Music - Full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians plus links to musical sites around the world.

Books and Literature
Home Access Available  Contemporary Authors - provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Library Access Only  Books in Print - PatronBooksInPrint.comTM is the industry's largest Web-based bibliographic resource, now with patron-focused features. Find what you're looking for quickly and easily, using our unbiased and comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles.
Home Access Available  Contemporary Literary Criticism - collects more than 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works and further study information.
Home Access Available  Granger's Encyclopedia of Poetry - An online poetry index that includes 23,000 poems in full text and 250,000 poetry citations. The database includes commentaries, biographies, notes on form and a glossary of terms.
Library Access Only  Horn Book Guide Online - Database of short, critical reviews of virtually every hardcover trade book published in the United States for young people. Contains more than 53,000 reviews published between 1989 and 2003. The reviews identify strengths and weaknesses and rate the books on a scale from one to six.
Home Access Available  netLibrary - A collection of downloadable audiobooks in electronic format.
Home Access Available  NoveList - An Online Service to help you find books to read.
Home Access Available  Read the Books! - Looking for great children’s book suggestions? Text or 3-D animated sound-enhanced book-review videos in 50+ categories link to our library’s catalog holdings. This very entertaining site is for kids looking for a good book to read, parents and teachers looking for ideas for their children’s reading, grandparents looking for gift ideas, etc. Vote for your favorite books, check some school reading lists, and play games that link to books.
Home Access Available  WorldCat (FirstSearch) - OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide.

Business and Investments
Home Access Available  EBSCO Business Source Premier - As the world's largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 3,600 scholarly business journals, including full text for nearly 1,050 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Home Access Available  EBSCO Regional Business News - This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Library Access Only  Morningstar Mutual Funds - Provides fast and easy access to Morningstar Mutual Funds. Due to licensing restrictions, this site is not available for at-home use. Please see a librarian for help in accessing this site.
Home Access Available  Price It! - is a comprehensive antique and collectible identification, research and pricing tool with more than 20 million realized prices, 10 million images and 125 searchable categories.
Library Access Only  Reference USA (use in Library) - A directory of businesses in the United States and Canada.
Home Access Available  Reference USA (use from Home) - A directory of businesses in the United States and Canada.
Home Access Available  Small Business Resource Center - The Small Business Resource Center houses periodical and reference content for use by business students and current and future entrepreneurs—from conducting industry research to financial planning. This comprehensive database offers content that covers the major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more.
Library Access Only  Value Line - Information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. Due to licensing restrictions, this site is not available for at-home use. Please see a librarian for help in accessing this site.

Education
Home Access Available  ERIC (EBSCO) - ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center database, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests.
Home Access Available  JSTOR - includes the Arts & Sciences IV Collection backfile (3 years old and older) of over 100 full text titles in EDUCATION, law, psychology, and public policy and business; and the Biological Sciences Collection (a backfile of science topics).
Home Access Available  LearningExpress - Access to interactive skill-building courses and a broad range of practice tests based on such official exams as the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exams.
Home Access Available  Professional Development Collection (EBSCO) - Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 450 full text journals, designed for professional educators.

Genealogy and Local History
Library Access Only  Ancestry.com Library Edition - The Ancestry.com Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Due to licensing restrictions, this site is not available for at-home use.
Library Access Only  Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and throughout the world.
Home Access Available  Cemetery Information - Cemetery maps and records about the deceased that are buried in Roselawn or Grandview cemeteries in Fort Collins.
Home Access Available  Fort Collins History and Photograph Database - An online history and photograph database for Fort Collins and Larimer County.
Home Access Available  HeritageQuest - Family histories, genealogical serials, local history, and primary sources.
Library Access Only  New England Ancestors - This database is available only at the Main Library. New England Ancestors is a major genealogy research website with numerous resources and over 110 million names.
Home Access Available  Sanborn Maps - Fire insurance maps that show locations of businesses and residences in downtown areas of major towns in Colorado. Maps depict the size and footprints of the buildings.
Library Access Only  Select Families of New Mexico - This genealogical database contains over 500,000 individuals mainly of Spanish and Native American heritage. It was compiled by Ladeane Miller. Due to licensing restrictions, this site is not available for at-home use.

Health
Home Access Available  Alt-HealthWatch (EBSCO General Health) - This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries an immediate resource of full text articles from more than 170 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, association and consumer newsletters, plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
Home Access Available  CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO General Health) - CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937.
Home Access Available  Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO General Health) - Searches for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 160 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 180 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
Home Access Available  Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO General Health) - Provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 570 journals.
Home Access Available  MedicLatina (EBSCO Salud General) - es una colección en español de investigaciones médicas y revistas investigadoras publicadas por editoriales latino-americanas de renombre. Esta base de datos excepcional provee acceso al texto completo de casi 125 publicaciones periódicas, incluyendo más de 50 publicaciones médicas con reseñas por iguales. Los artículos están en español pero el buscador está en inglés. (Medic Latina is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers)
Home Access Available  Medline (FirstSearch) - All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
Home Access Available  Medline Plus - Database created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health. It includes authoritative health information and carefully selected links to Web resources with health information.
Home Access Available  Medline Plus en ESPAÑOL - Información de Salud. (Spanish version of Medlineplus)

Homework
Home Access Available  Biography Resource Center - contains more than 435,000 biographies on more than 340,000 people gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of more than 135 award-winning Gale reference sources as well as full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines specifically chosen for their value to biographical research.
Home Access Available  Culturegrams - concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 187 cultures of the world. An nsider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
Home Access Available  EBSCO Animals (EBSCO Youth Reference) - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Home Access Available  EBSCO Topic Search - Articles and reports on social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other current topics.
Home Access Available  Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO Youth Reference) - Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.
Home Access Available  LearningExpress - Access to interactive skill-building courses and a broad range of practice tests based on such official exams as the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exams.
Home Access Available  Middle Search Plus (EBSCO Youth Reference) - Provides full text for nearly 120 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students.
Home Access Available  Points of View - A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
Home Access Available  Primary Search (EBSCO Youth Reference) - Provides full text for over 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.
Home Access Available  Searchasaurus - Find current magazine articles on lots of topics for school-age children.
Home Access Available  World Almanac - The World Almanacs - fundamental reference resources.

Magazines, Journals, Newspapers, Reports
Home Access Available  America's Newspapers/Newsbank - The electronic editions of record for selected local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.
Home Access Available  Agricola (EBSCO General Health) - This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1979 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. Now a full text database.
Library Access Only  CQ Researcher - Articles that give pros and cons of current and controversial topics.
Home Access Available  EBSCO Academic Search Premier - Full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Home Access Available  EBSCO MAS Ultra - Provides full text for over 450 general interest and current events magazines.
Home Access Available  EBSCO Topic Search - Articles and reports on social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other current topics.
Home Access Available  Fort Collins Coloradoan - Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. (1999 - current)
Home Access Available  Fuente Académica (EBSCO Salud General) - Fuente Académica es una colección excepcional de publicaciones periódicas de gran erudición de casas editoriales de Latino América, Sudamérica y España. Esta base de datos provee texto completo (incluyendo PDF) para más de 150 publicaciones periódicas del campo académico. El contenido, en español, surge de casas editoriales de renombre por todo el mundo. Los artículos están en español pero el buscador está en inglés. (Fuente Academica is a unique Spanish language collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American, South American and Spanish publishers)
Home Access Available  JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV Collection - includes the Arts & Sciences IV Collection backfile (3 years old and older) of over 100 full text titles in education, law, psychology, and public policy and business; and the Biological Sciences Collection (a backfile of science topics).
Home Access Available  Middle Search Plus (EBSCO Youth Reference) - Provides full text for nearly 120 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students.
Home Access Available  Newspaper Source (EBSCO) - Provides full text for 159 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, and nine newspaper columns, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times (for a total of 194 full text newspapers and other sources).
Home Access Available  Points of View - A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
Home Access Available  Price It! - is a comprehensive antique and collectible identification, research and pricing tool with more than 20 million realized prices, 10 million images and 125 searchable categories.
Home Access Available  Primary Search (EBSCO Youth Reference) - Provides full text for over 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.
Home Access Available  Searchasaurus - Find current magazine articles on lots of topics for school-age children.
Home Access Available  SIRS - SIRS Researcher contains articles and reports on current topics such as racism, poverty, welfare, environment, immigration, women's rights, and criminal justice. Government Reporter is a source for federal government statistical and summary reports on a wide variety of topics.

People
Home Access Available  Biography Resource Center - contains more than 435,000 biographies on more than 340,000 people gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of more than 135 award-winning Gale reference sources as well as full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines specifically chosen for their value to biographical research.
Home Access Available  Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and throughout the world.
Home Access Available  Contemporary Authors - A bio-bibliographical guide to 90,000 current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields.

Science and Technology
Library Access Only  ALLDATA Online (car repair) - A comprehensive resource for auto repair. Due to licensing restrictions, this site is not available for at-home use.
Home Access Available  JSTOR - includes the Biological Sciences Collection backfile (3 years old and older) of approximately 100 full text titles in fields such as biodiversity, conservation, paleontology, plant science, cell biology and zoology; and the Arts & Science IV Collection (a backfile of more general topics).
Home Access Available  ProQuest Science Journal and ProQuest Set for Science - ProQuest Science Journals contains almost 400 full text journals related to both applied and general sciences, including physics, engineering, astronomy, biology, earth science, chemistry, and other scientific fields. ProQuest Set for Science contains almost 400 full text journals with a focus on earth, life, physical, medical, and applied sciences. Both of these science databases can be searched simultaneously.
Home Access Available  Small Engine Repair - An online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines..

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