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July

Resources - NCSD Online Databases


The following databases are accessible by going to the gowyld.net website. This is just a sampling - there are many more resources available not included in this list. When accessing the databases from home, you will need to enter the Login ID and Password - contact your local library.

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WYLD
Material collections of public libraries and community college libraries in Wyoming. Includes a link to the online databases described here.
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EBSCO (access to many databases) Indexes academic, general interest, business and health magazines with many full text articles. Includes two full-text Spanish language databases. Includes History Reference Center, Alternative Health Watch, Agricola, American Humanities Index, Business Source Elite, Communications and Mass Media, EBSCO Animals, and Health Source.
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Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition brings together the world-renowned content of the encyclopedia, with the speed and convenience of the Internet. Some of the features of the site include World Data, Notable Quotations, Timeline Browse, Dictionary, and Gateway to the Classics.
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CQ Researcher
Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each weekly issue provides up-to-date information on controversial subjects written by CQ's staff of experienced reporters.
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Heritage Quest   HeritageQuest Online provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture.
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eLibrary Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts - plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.
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eLibrary Elementary   eLibrary Elementary tailors all the media types and search functionality of eLibrary for the young reader and researcher. Students use the colorful, graphical search interface to find the answers they need from more than 130 magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, images, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video titles, all selected as appropriate for elementary school studies.
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Literature Resource Center Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
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Learning Express Library LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons-students and adult learners-succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.  ASVAB, ACT, SAT, AP, CNA, and many more.
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Ancestry Library The Ancestry 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.
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Chilton Library ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
 
NOTE: This database is not compatible with the Safari web browser on MacOS. Mac users are encouraged to use the Firefox web browser.
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Medline Plus The National Library of Medicine's site for quality, up-to-date, and totally private consumer health information. Clinical trials, MEDLINE searches, drug information, encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories and news are included.
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NoveList NoveList 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.
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NoveList K-8 NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of your students. Users can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels through Explore Fiction, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a source for information on today's hottest social issues. OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, podcasts, and more. Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search are included.
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SIRS Researcher
A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Articles and graphics are selected from 1,600 domestic and international publications and are indexed.
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SIRS Discoverer Offers information from newspapers, magazines, U.S. Government publications, and journals and features domestic/international events.
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Wilson Web Full-text database of business, education, science and the arts magazines and journals from 1994 to the present. Also includes Current Biography™ 1940-present.


The following resources are provided by Natrona County School District but are are not part of the WYLD resource list.
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ProQuest ProQuest provides seamless access to and navigation of more than 125 billion digital pages of the world's scholarship, delivering it to the desktop and into the workflow of serious researchers in multiple fields, from arts, literature, and social science to science, technology, and medicine. ProQuest's content includes the world's largest digital newspaper archive; periodical databases, the preeminent dissertation collection, and various other scholarly collections.
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CultureGrams
Provides information about the life, culture, history, customs, recipes, pictures, and lifestyles of the countries of the world and states of the United States.
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Worldbook Encyclopedia Since 1917, World Book, Inc., has set the standard for providing accuracy, objectivity, and reliability in research materials for both children and adults. World Book has been committed to publishing encyclopedias and other reference products that meet the highest standards of editorial excellence.
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NetTrekker
netTrekker d.i. is an educational search engine for K-12 students, teachers, librarians, and parents. There are more than 180,000 handselected, educator-approved sites, organized by readability level and aligned with state standards - safe, reliable resources for every student’s learning needs.
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Wyoming Education Gateway Resources and content that is educationally sound, age-appropriate, subject-specific, and aligned with Wyoming teaching standards. Information for teachers, students, and parents. This portal is currently being re-evluated by the WDE. Use this link to gain access to the original WEdGate.



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