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Business & Company Databases
Business Source Elite
This business database provides full text for more than 1,125 scholarly business journals, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
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.
Value LineA research company that collects data and analyzes performance of approximately 8,000 stocks, 13,000 mutual funds, 80,000 options and other securities. Value Line is one of the largest independent research staffs of investment analysts and statisticians in the world.
Reference USA ReferenceUSA is a research and reference tool licensed to libraries, educational institutions and government agencies.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Biography Resource Center Biography Resource Center combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites. Search for current or historic figures based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Fully integrated, the Lives & Perspectives Collection module offers nearly 160,000 concise and in-depth biographies drawn from subject encyclopedias published under the highly respected Macmillan, Scribner and Gale imprints.
Encyclopedia of Animals
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.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
World Book OnlineDesigned to make reference resources and research tools accessible at all learning levels, World Book Online covers the needs of students from grade school to grad school.
Directories
Reference USA ReferenceUSA is a research and reference tool licensed to libraries,
educational institutions and government agencies.
Education Databases
ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
See also Learning Express Practice Tests in Jobs & Careers Databases
Genealogy & Local History Databases
Ancestry Library Edition IN LIBRARY USE ONLYWith over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. Included in Ancestry Library Edition are the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and much more.
QC Memory
Davenport Public Library's local history and genealogy website, which include vital records indexes and more.
HeritageQuest OnlineHeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s.
Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive
An extensive collection of digitized photos from the local Quad-Cities area, ca. 1880s - 1970s.
Geography & Countries Databases
Country Watch
Includes Country Reviews, which provide a political,economic, demographic, and cultural survey for each of the 192 countries of the world, which is updated continuously, and Country Wire -- an on-line information update from ten respected international news organizations, as well as periodic data updates which provides the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental news on a country by country basis as it occurs.
Health & Medicine Databases
Health & Wellness Resource Center
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, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
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. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing 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 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Jobs & Career Databases
Iowa Jobs
Iowa Workforce Development's IowaJobs has thousands of jobs posted each business day. IowaJobs gives you 24-hour access to all of the job listings in IWD's statewide system.
Learning Express Practice Tests Learning Express Library contains skills development assistance and practice tests, such as GED, ACT, SAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, and TOEFL. There are also practice tests for civil service jobs, EMS, firefighter, law enforcement, and the military (ASVAB).
Vocational & Career CollectionVocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Magazine Article Databases
Academic Search EliteAcademic Search Elite offers full text for nearly 2,050 scholarly journals, including nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 100 journals have PDF images back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
MAS Ultra SchoolDesigned specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 650 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 541 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,100 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 650 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 150 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 92,700 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals.
Newspapers, News & Current Events Databases
America’s Newspapers
Local, regional and national U.S. newspapers, providing unique coverage of local and regional news, companies, industries, politics, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads excluded.
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Gazette
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Gazette newspaper provides coverage of local and regional news, companies, industries, politics, cultural activities, and people in the community. It is not full-text.
Country Wire
The Country WireTM provides daily news coverage for 192 countries and features up-to-date articles from regional news wire services across the globe. These news wire services run the gamut from well-known international agencies, such as United Press International, to insightful indigenous news agencies, such as the Caribbean News Agency. The myriad of news services from across the world, often espousing varied cultural and political perspectives, means that the Country WireTM offers a rich tapestry of news coverage. In so doing, news readers are afforded a comparative framework for understanding the complexity of the global landscape not available within the mainstream American media.
Des Moines Register
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.
Global News Update
The Global News Update is a weekly written report of significant political news stories around the world. The news update is written and produced by CountryWatch's editor on a weekly basis, and is intended to inform CountryWatch users of important political events evolving in the world.
Historical New York Times and Chicago Tribune
These full-text ProQuest sources let you read the content of these historic periodicals exactly as they were presented to the reading public on the day they were originally printed, including news of national and international interest, local news, photographs, maps, editorials, advertisements, obituaries, and book reviews. The Historical New York Times includes content from the years 1851 through 2004. The Historical Chicago Tribune covers the years 1849 through 1986.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
See also Regional Business News in Business & Company Databases
Readers Corner
Books & AuthorsExplore the latest genre fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles. Browse these and other works, using tools that make finding them and remembering them easy.
BookfixScholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Dear Reader Online Book Clubs
Join one of 11 book clubs and every morning you'll be sent a portion of a book in your email. After you've read two or three chapters from a book, you'll start receiving a new book in your email. It's free and you can read at more than one club. Join today and start taking a five minute reading break every day. (11 Book Clubs: Fiction, Nonfiction, Business, Teen, Good News, Romance, Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction, Audio, and Pre-Publication)
NetLibrary Provides a collection of more than five thousand full-text online books for you to browse, read, or check out. NetLibrary now offers a large collection of downloadable recorded books that you can listen to on your computer or portable listening device. (2 collections: The eBook Collection and the Audiobook Collection)
Wilbor
Download great audio book titles day or night--your library never sleeps! Listen to them on your computer or transfer them to a compatible device. WILBOR is managed by Central Iowa Library Service Area, Southwest Library Service Area, Southeast Library Service Area, and Northwest Iowa Library Services.
Science & Technology Databases
Automobile Repair Reference
A full-text database of information car repair, covering all automobiles from Acura to Volvo, 1954-present.
Home Improvement Reference
A full-text database of information dedicated to home improvement. The database covers such topics as decorating, electrical, remodeling, and more.
Small Engine Repair Reference
A full-text database of information on repairing small enginges, covering ATV's, outdoor power equipment, boat motors, and much more.
Science Resource Center
Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.