Databases & Online Resources
The library offers access to databases and online resources on a wide variety of subjects. Some resources are licensed for use in Wyoming or Campbell County libraries only and require a password if you are not accessing them from within a library. To use these resources from home, provide your library card and PIN when they are requested.
American Government provides a complete, multifaceted examination of the foundations of our government and political system that supports any curriculum or research project focused on the government of the United States. Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number and PIN handy for access outside the library
Ben’s Guide to U. S. Government for Kids
This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities. And, just as GPO Access provides locator services to U.S. Government sites, Ben’s Guide provides a similar service to U.S. Government Web sites developed for kids.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The central point for locating new and historical Government publications with over 500,000 publications listed.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19
Information on COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Offers interdisciplinary content that reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
Congress.gov (Library of Congress) is a primary source for federal legislative information. Find full text of the Congressional Record, recent bills, congressional committee information, and congressional member profiles.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – GOV.INFO
Links to enacted legislation, legislative activity, Presidential documents and regulatory documents related to COVID-19.
COVID Data Tracker (CDC)
Information on COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Digital National Security Archive
Curated by the National Security Archive, this collection presents declassified government documents covering U.S policy toward critical world events – including military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions – from 1945 to the present.
The Federal Digital System (FDSys) is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information produced by the Federal Government.
Search multiple Gale Digital archival and reference collections at the same time. Includes Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Collections, Associated Press Collections, Sabin Americana and more.
A digital repository containing millions of public domain and in copyright volumes digitized from partnering institution libraries.
Library of Congress – Government, Law, & Politics
Collections from the Library of Congress including: Records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875 (A Century of Lawmaking), Voices from the Days of Slavery, Civil War Maps, Documents from the Continental Congress, and more. Browse all collections at The Library of Congress.
Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises (Gale Primary Sources)
Search this comprehensive collection of legal treatises on U.S. and British law published from 1800 through 1926.
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources (Gale Primary Sources)
Find state and municipal codes, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other American legal history resources.
Making of Modern Law: Trials (Gale Primary Sources)
Read through full-text documents from Anglo-American trials, including transcripts, printed accounts, arbitrations, and books.
MetaLib is a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. MetaLib searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
Military and Intelligence (Gale OneFile)
Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily.
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The premier source to identify high-value U.S. documents created by all three branches of the U.S. government from 1895 through 1976.
National Science Digital Library
NSDL is the Nation’s online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.