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Welcome
to the Electronic Branch of the Bettendorf Public Library.
These resources are available to Bettendorf Library cardholders
24 hours a day, 7 days a week wherever there is internet access.
These are subscription only databases paid with funds from
the Bettendorf Library, the Bettendorf Public Library
Foundation and the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.
For most databases, your password is your Bettendorf Library
card number.
Address
and Phone Directory
ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA is an electronic database of Business and Residential
phone numbers and addresses.
Antiques
Antiques
Reference Database
p4a Antiques
Reference gives prices for a wide variety of antiques. Information
in the database is drawn from about fifty leading regional
auction houses located throughout the United States, plus
other selected specialist auctions.
Audiobooks
(downloadable)
netLibrary - Browse, check out, or
download eBooks
netLibrary
is a collection of electronic books, making it possible
for you to access a wide range of research, reference, and
reading materials online.
Biography
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
Wilson Biographies
Plus Illustrated contains 95,000 biographies and more than
26,000 photographs of the subjects.
See
also Contemporary Authors in Reader's
Advisory
Business
Business & Company Resource Center
Business
and Company Resource Center provides up-to-date business,
company and industry information for more than 300,000 companies.
Business
Source Elite
This business database provides full text for more than
1,120 business publications. After entering your library
card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this
database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Morningstar
Get stock and mutual fund quotes, research reports and tools
for making better investing and 401k decisions. The Library
Foundation pays for this subscription.
ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA is an electronic database of Business and Residential
phone numbers and addresses.
Regional
Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage
for regional business publications. After entering your
library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose
this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Children's
Databases
EBSCO
Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating
to animals. After entering your library card number, click
on EBSCOhost, login and choose this database from the ones
listed. The Library
Foundation pays for this subscription.
Kids Search
Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-5
- powered by EBSCOhost. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Searchasaurus
Kid friendly searching. Includes Primary Search, Middle
Search Plus, Encyclopedia of Animals and a General Encyclopedia
- powered by EBSCOhost. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
E-Books
netLibrary - Browse, check out, or
download eBooks
netLibrary
is a collection of electronic books, making it possible
for you to access a wide range of research, reference, and
reading materials online.
Education
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 1,000
educational and education-related journals. After entering
your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and
choose this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation
pays for this subscription.
LearningExpressLibrary.com
Provides
online practice tests for all kinds of exams including ACT,
SAT, Civil Service exams, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship and more.
There are also tests to improve your reading, writing, math
or grammar skills.
Professional
Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, Professional Development
Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full
text education journals in the world. After entering your
library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose
this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia Americana contains over 45,000 articles
and is targeted at grades 8 and above. The
Friends of the Bettendorf
Library pay for this subscription.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Grolier
Encyclopedia is based on the Academic American Encyclopedia
and is targeted at grades 5 and above. The
Friends of the Bettendorf
Library pay for this subscription.
Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries
covering a variety of subject areas. After entering your
library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose
this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Genealogy
HeritageQuest Online
A
growing collection of research materials for tracing family
history and American culture with over 25,000 family and
local histories, the entire U.S. Federal Census, and other
expanding collections.
Ancestry
Library Edition (In Library Use Only)
Ancestry® Library Edition is one of the most important
genealogical collections available today. This collection
has more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names. Included
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. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Geography
and Countries
Lands and Peoples Online
Lands
and Peoples is an encyclopedia of countries, cultures, geography
and current events around the world. The
Friends of the Bettendorf
Library pay for this subscription.
Health
and Medicine
Clinical
Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology provides access to up-to-date, concise
and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription
drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements,
over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.
After entering your library card number, login and click
on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library
Foundation pays for this subscription.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health
and Wellness Resource Center offers access to authoritative
health information, including full-text medical encyclopedias,
several hundred medical and general interest periodicals,
and more than 800 pamphlets.
Health
Source - Consumer Edition
This database is a rich collection of consumer health information
providing information on many health topics. After entering
your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and
choose this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals
focusing on many medical disciplines. After entering your
library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose
this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Jobs
and Careers
LearningExpressLibrary.com
Provides
online practice tests for all kinds of exams including ACT,
SAT, Civil Service exams, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship and more.
There are also tests to improve your reading, writing, math
or grammar skills.
Vocational
and Career Collection
This collection provides full text coverage for more than
350 trade and industry-related periodicals. After entering
your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and
choose this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Magazines
and Newspapers
America's
Newspapers
The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional,
and national U.S. newspapers. 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.
Chicago
Tribune
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.
Date range: 1985 - current.
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.
Date range: 1/1/1999 - current.
EBSCOhost - Broad range of periodical
databases
EBSCOhost
is an online system offering access to a wide variety of
full-text and bibliographic databases. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
New
York Times
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.
Date range: 1/1/2000 - current.
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. After entering your library card number, login
and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the
ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
SIRS Researcher®
SIRS Researcher® is a general reference database
containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social,
scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political
and global issues. The
Friends of the Bettendorf
Library pay for this subscription.
Reader's
Advisory
Contemporary Authors
Contemporary
Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical
information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and
international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select contains critical essays and biographical
information on more than 600 authors that are now living
or have died since January 1, 2000. There is an emphasis
on authors studied in high school and college literature
courses.
Literature
Resource Center
Literature Resource Center contains biographical and critical
information on literary figures from all time periods. Both
fiction and nonfiction authors are included in this current
and comprehensive database.
netLibrary - Browse, check out, or
download eBooks
netLibrary
is a collection of electronic books, making it possible
for you to access a wide range of research, reference, and
reading materials online.
NoveList
NoveList
helps readers find other books to read based on titles they've
liked or topics they are interested in.
Student
Research
Academic
Search Elite
Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,000
scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed
titles. After entering your library card number, login and
click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones
listed. The Library
Foundation pays for this subscription.
eLibrary - Full-text reference database
eLibrary
contains full-text articles from magazines, newspapers and
reference books, as well as transcripts of radio and television
programs, photographs, and maps. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
Lands and Peoples Online
Lands
and Peoples is an encyclopedia of countries, cultures, geography
and current events around the world. The
Friends of the Bettendorf
Library pay for this subscription.
MAS
Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school students, this database
provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest
and current events publications. After
entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost
and choose this database from the ones listed. The
Library Foundation pays
for this subscription.
SIRS Researcher®
SIRS Researcher® is a general reference database
containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social,
scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political
and global issues. The
Friends of the Bettendorf
Library pay for this subscription.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore
social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries
and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
After entering your library card number, login and click
on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library
Foundation pays for this subscription.
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