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These links are to special databases for which the library has a paid subscription. All can be accessed from within the library and some can be accessed from outside the library using a valid Indian River County library card number.

Biographies | Books and Authors | Business | Cars | Children | Computers | Education & Testing |
Encyclopedias | Genealogy | General Information | Health | History | Legal | Newspapers | Obituaries

Note: Databases marked with a red asterisk (*) may only be accessed from within the Indian River County Main Library due to licensing restrictions. Databases marked with a special - Home Access - tag will require you to click on that special link to access the site from your home or office. All others are accessible from anywhere.

Biographies

  • Biography Resource Center & The Complete Marquis Who's Who - Combines over 400,000 biographies on nearly 275,000 people from more than 700 volumes of over 90 respected Gale Group sources with full-text articles from more than 250 magazines. The Complete Marquis Who's Who® contains more than 1.3 million thumbnail biographies from 20 respected Marquis sources, encompassing print volumes published from 1985 to the present.

    Books and Authors

  • Books in Print - Home Access - The first place to find books, audios, & videos.

  • Literature Resource Center - Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120, 000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

  • Magill on Literature & Magill on Authors - Home Access - The definitive, online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature, as well as access to information on notable authors.

  • Novelist - Home Access - Guide to fiction.

  • What Do I Read Next? - Includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 56,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 561 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles.

  • WilsonWeb - The electronic editions of Wilson's Fiction Catalog and Public Library Catalog.

    Business

  • General Business File ASAP - Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.

  • ReferenceUSA - Directory of more than 12 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households.

    Cars

  • Mitchell On-Demand * - Comprehensive resource for auto service, repair and estimating.

  • Chilton Auto Repair Database - Home Access - Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on every major manufacturer of domestic and imported vehicles with repair manuals for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954.

    Children

  • InfoTrac Junior Edition - This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, and contains information from magazines, newspapers and reference books.

  • InfoTrac Kid's Edition - This periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

  • Kids InfoBits - Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5.

    Computers

  • Computer Database - Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

    Education & Testing

  • Rosetta Stone Online - Rosetta Stone's award-winning method uses thousands of real-life images, written text and voices of native speakers to teach you like a native learner. Available in English only!

  • Ebsco Education Journals - Home Access - Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles.

  • Expanded Academic ASAP - Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images.

  • Professional Collection - A collection of educational journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for today's professional.

  • InfoTrac Student Edition - This database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books.

  • Learning Express Library - Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests, tutorial course series, immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

    Encyclopedias

  • Grolier Online - Home Access - Access to Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Knowledge, the New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and Peoples.

    Genealogy

    - A list of Genealogy databases can be found at http://www.irclibrary.org/bookmarks/bookmark.htm.

    General Information

  • Facts.com - Brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years.

  • General Reference Center Gold - Use to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images.

  • Informe - Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

  • InfoTrac OneFile - A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

  • Serials Directory - Home Access - Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.

    Health

  • Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module - Use this Resource Center to 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, etc.

  • Health Reference Center Academic - Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.

    History

  • Thomson-Gale Cival War Digital Archive * - Consisting of about 500 titles. Click on Browse to view subjects and titles.

    Legal

  • Galegroup Legal Forms - Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.

    Newspapers/Obituaries

  • Proquest New York Times * - Search from the years 1851 to 2004.

  • Newsbank Infoweb - Home Access -
    • America's Genealogy Bank (Historical Newspapers 1690-1977; Historical Books 1801-1900; Historical Documents 1789-1980);
    • America's Obituaries Death Notices (Includes Vero Beach Press Journal 1997-Present);
    • Newsbank Public Library Collection (U.S. and international newspapers, wire services, broadcasts, magazines, and documents);
    • Business Newsbank 1993-Current;
    • StatBank; Access World News;
    • America's News Magazines
  • Indian River County Obituary Index - The library's index of obituaries from the Vero Beach Press Journal spanning from September 18, 1919 to September 19, 2001.

  • Indian River County Obituary Index - 2002-2005 (Excel format)

  • ProQuest Obituaries * - Search: Atlanta Journal Constitution; Boston Globe; Chicago Defender; Chicago Tribune; Los Angeles Times, New York Times; Washington Post

  • Thomson-Gale Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers - Home Access - find digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers.