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The library provides access to premium online resources (library card may be required) as well as hand selected websites to help you find the information you need.

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Academic Search Premier

This collection of full text articles and journals offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Ancestry Library

Provides coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom. Its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest Online. (Library use only)

A to Z Maps Online

The worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps.

A to Z World Travel

Find useful information about 202 cities around the world: where to stay, where to eat, what to see, etc. Includes accurate currency converter. User can choose to print specific sections.

America's News

Search state and national full-text articles including print and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Explore a specific issue or event or compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as business, health, education, government, history, politics and more including Boulder’s Daily Camera, Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today.

Associations Unlimited

Auto Repair Reference Center

Repair information on more than 33,800 domestic and imported vehicles, from 1945 to present. Includes drawings, step-by-step photographs, wiring diagrams, technical service bulletins & recalls, maintenance schedules, and more.

Booklist

(Library use only)

Books In Print

Your book information authority for over 135 years. Search for book,audiobook, video, author, or publisher information. From the Books in Print homepage you will see links to Fiction Connection and NonFiction Connection, readers' advisory tools; to access these supplemental databases from home, please use the individual database links in the listings.

Boulder Daily Camera

Search full-text articles covering business, entertainment, local and state news, issues, events, and sports.(5/2/01 to Current)

Britannica for KIDS

Jump to the KIDS edition of Encyclopedia Britannica after you log in using your library card by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner of the page.

Business Searching Interface

Search and browse information including country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.

Business Source Premier

This premier resource provides access to over 1,000 business publications general magazines to trade publications and top management journals as well as over 10,000 company profiles.

Christian Science Monitor

Search full-text articles covering the arts, business, national and international news (1987 - Current)

Colorado Springs Gazette

Search full-text articles covering business, entertainment, local and state news, issues, events, and sports. (4/2/88 to Current)

Consumer Health Complete

The single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, CHC is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

Consumer Reports

Contemporary Authors

Provides biographical and bibliographical information and references on many U.S. and international authors.

Denver Post

Search full-text articles covering business, the arts and entertainments, local and state, news, issues, events, and sports.(6/1/89 to Current)

EBSCOhost Web

Search one, selected or all databases offered by EBSCO through State of Colorado funding.

eLibrary! (was Bigchalk)

General reference tool geared for students. Allows searches of magazines, newspapers, transcripts, photos and more. (Library use only)

Encyclopedia Britannica

Access the Encyclopedia Britannica online!

ePrep

Expert SAT, PSAT and ACT test preperation. A revolutionary suite of online, video-based study programs. This program offer patrons the opportunity to improve SAT, ACT, and PSAT scores without paying the excessive fees associated with private tutoring or classroom courses.

eDiscover the Classics with Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free eBooks with over 36,000 available titles. In 2011 a group of Colorado libraries collected over 400 of Project Gutenberg's most popular eBook and eAudiobook titles and made them available for free through library catalogs.You can read or listen to any of these "E-discover the Classics" books online or download them onto your favorite devices. Access hundreds of these titles from the library catalog or search Project Gutenberg for additional titles.

Fiction Connection

Reader's advisory tool from Bowker, the Books in Print people. Search for a title, author, or isbn. Use the word cloud to browse or refine your search.

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia

Access to thousands of encyclopedia entries on a variety of topics.

GreenFILE

Comprised of more than 600 scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

HathiTrust

HathiTrust is a collection of digitized titles made available by a partnership between major research institutions and libraries. Over one million titles are contained in this collection of ebook titles.

HeritageQuest Online

Use HeritageQuest Online to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled. (Click here for access from home | Click here for library only access)

HeritageQuest Video Tutorials

Watch videos to help you navigate your genealogy searches in HeritageQuest.

History Reference Center

This database features full text from more than 1900 reference books, encyclopedias and non fiction books PLUS 200 history periodicals.

Kids Search

EBSCO Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-5. Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by magazines, reference books, photos, flags, and more.

Kirkus Reviews

(Library use only)

Kiplingers

(Library use only)

Law Depot

Allows you to create your own legal documents by having you answer questions pertinent to the document and your specific situation. Legal assistance is also available. Law Depot also stores your documents in your account. Watch a video to get an overview of the Law Depot service. Create your account for future access when you visit for the first time.

Learning Express Library

This valuable service is available 24/7 from any Internet-enabled computer—in your library and from your home! Follow this link to Learning Express Library. (Available from home).

Legal Information Reference Center

This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues. Users can search over 12,800 state-specific legal forms–searchable by all 50 U.S. states and by top subject areas, including Adoption, Bankruptcy, Name Changes and more.

Library Information Science and Technology Abstracts

LISTA covers librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Literary Reference Center

Contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.

Mango Languages

Learn a language from the following list: Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, AND English for Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish speakers.

MAS Ultra School Edition

Specifically designed to provide high school students with full text access to periodicals, reference books, primary source documents, biographies, and more.

MasterFILE Premier

MasterFILE™ Premier contains nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Also find nearly 500 full text reference books and biographies. Also use this resource to access Consumer Reports online for free.

Middle Search Plus

Middle school students can access biographies, historical essays, encyclopedias, and popular, middle school magazines. Provides access to full text for more than 140 middle school magazines, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285,912 photos, maps and flags.

Morningstar

Investment research website. (Library use only)

National Library of Medicine

Discover a wealth of information at the National Library of Medicine. Beside links to Medline and other free databases, there are links to historical medical documents, historical photos, videos, books, journals and historical medical statistics.

Newspaper Source

Selected full text from national and regional US newspapers including the Denver Post, Greeley Tribune and Pueblo Chieftain, and transcripts from TV and radio news.

Non-Fiction Connection

Reader's advisory tool for nonfiction titles from Bowker, the Books in Print people. Search title, author, or isbn. Use the wordcloud to browse or refine your search.

NoveList K-8 Plus

This reader's advisory tool for students also contains author information.

NoveList Plus

This is a fiction database that provides 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. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.

One-Click-Digital

OneClickdigital offers over 2500 digital audiobooks, including exclusive content from Recorded Books, as well as titles from all major publishers. New titles are added monthly. Most titles are always available. Watch tutorials on all the steps of seting up an account and downloading titles with OneClickDigital.

Optimal Resume

Use this website to create resumes and cover letters, take skills assessments, practice interviewing, and post your resume to a job board at no cost to you.

OverDrive AudioBooks, eBooks, Video and Music

Download audio books, ebooks, videos and music from Overdrive using your Town of Vail PL library card. Access to the Overdrive platform is shared between 20 Western Slope libraries and our patrons can browse for titles, check out titles, place holds and renew titles all within Overdrive. Vail PL patrons can check out an 5 titles through OverDrive using their library card account number.

Getting Started and Support from Overdrive - This link takes you to the Overdrive help pages. This is where you can find Overdrive platform help, including help for e-audiobooks and ebooks.

Points of View

This excellent resource helps students research multiple sides of current issues including affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, and much more.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences

This premier resource contains full text for more than 560 journals concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Primary Search

Access to articles and information from popular, elementary school magazines, encyclopedias, and dictionaries.

Regional Business News

This premier resource provides access to 50 regional business publications.

Science Reference Center

Designed to meet every student's science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Topics covered include biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, and more.

Searchasaurus

Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search skills.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center

Small Engine Repair Reference Center is your 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), snow blowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. Library card required to use from home