Accessing Databases

Access the numerous databases available is easy. To browse the complete list or to choose which one(s) you want, just go to the complete WYLD list and have your library card ready to log in.

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General Topics

EBSCOHost provides access to full text articles of academic, general interest, business and health nature.

Wilson Web offers full-test articles from business, education, science and arts magazines and journals from 1994 to the present.

Sirs Researcher is general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring a variety of issues. Articles and graphics are carefully selected from 1,600 domestic and international publications according to strict criteria with regard to content and age appropriateness.

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.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia contains over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online is a complete encyclopedia, a dictionary, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Additional resources include Gateway to the Classics, a selection of 225 works by 140 authors introduces you to the great writing and ideas of the Western world.

WorldCat is the world's foremost bibliographic database, with over 54 million bibliographic records.

Additional sources found on the web:

WYLD Network Union List of Periodicals

WYLD Libraries eJournal Portal

Historic Wyoming Newspapers

The Wyoming Newspapers Project is an online searchable archive of Wyoming's historical newspapers. Over 340 newspapers dating from 1849 to 1922 are now available, with more being added as the project grows.

Search only Sublette County newspapers here.

View an alphabatized list of newspapers currently available here.

Health & Flu

Keep updated on the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza and concerns about the 2009/2010 flu season with a free EBSCO resource available for doctors, nurses, and the general public to learn about the H1N1 viris, as well as the regular influenza virus.

Visit http://www.ebscohost.com/flu.

Also from the Centers for Desease Control (CDC), see the most recent seasonal influenza activity map for the entire country as well as the activity levels from previous weeks in the current flu season:

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Test how accurate your knowledge about the flu is with this quiz provided by the CDC:

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Health Source: Consumer Edition. This resource provides access to more than 130 full text consumer health magazines. Also includes searchable full text for pamphlets and health reference books. 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 drugs.

Cochrane Medical Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases.

Medline Plus is the National Library of Medicine's site for quality, up-to-date, and totally private consumer health information. Clinical trials, drug information, encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories and news are included.

Additional health sources found on the web:

MayoClinic.com

WebMD

Genealogy

HeritageQuest Online provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture.

Ancestry Library (in library use only). Approximately 4,000 databases including U.S. Census information 1790-1930; 1,000+ historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage; Social Security Death Index; WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.

The Wyoming Newspapers Project is an online searchable archive of Wyoming's historical newspapers. Over 340 newspapers dating from 1849 to 1922 are now available, with more being added as the project grows.

Search only Sublette County newspapers here.

View an alphabatized list of newspapers currently available here.

Other Genealogy resources:

GoWYLD Wyoming Genealogical Information

Car Repair

Chilton Library. Automotive repair information available to car owners. Thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus specialty models. Note: This database is not compatible with the Safari web browser on MacOS. Mac users are encouraged to use the Firefox web browser.

en Español

Medic Latina is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.

Esta base de datos única proporciona el acceso al texto completo para casi 100 par-repaso' los diarios médicos en español nativo.

Fuente Academica is a unique collection of scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This multi-disciplinary database offers full text content to a variety of academic topics. This database provides full text for 260 scholarly Spanish language journals.

Esta base de datos proporciona el texto completo para 260 diarios españoles de estudiante de la lengua.

Law & Government

GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version.

LexisNexis® Congressional Documents is the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. Abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, member biographies, and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.

Foreign Language

Mango® is a free online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. You will need your library card number and PIN to access it. Mango® is available as a free trial until May of 2011.

Wyoming & History Day

Wyoming Biography Database is an Index to books that contain biographical profiles of Wyoming people. Currently, there are 7,128 entries from 22 books (most of these books are available through the interlibrary loan service (ILL).

Wyoming Inventors Database. This database covers United States patents issued to Wyoming inventors from 1867-present.

Wyoming Union List of Periodicals. Search for print holdings for serials (magazines, periodicals, & journals) in WYLD libraries.

GoWYLD Wyoming History. A comprehensive collection of web sites offering information about Wyoming history, including transportation, cultural and military history.

Patent and Trademark Depository Library
Browse information sources focusing on Wyoming innovations such as patents and trademarks issued from the late 1700s to the present.

Wyoming Place Names Wiki. Research the history of various Wyoming place names.

Wyoming Authors Wiki. Browse fiction and nonfiction, by Wyoming authors. Searchable by author, county, and genre.

See also: Wyoming Newspapers

Miscellaneous Resources

Mango Online Language, Mango is a free online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. The system is completely web-based and remotely accessible, so you can learn anywhere you have an internet connection.

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides digital access to Sanborn fire insurance maps for Wyoming cities and towns. Information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors.

LearningExpress Library. Practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

GeoRef is a comprehensive geoscience resource containing over 2.6 million bibliographic records covering subjects such as mineralogy and crystallography, general mineralogy, mineralogy of silicates, and mineralogy of non-silicates. Bibliographic records, journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.

For Teachers

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a resource of education research and information, providing access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature indexed from 1966 to the present.

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. 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.

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.