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.
Search portal for all six ABC-Clio websites covering American Government, American History, United States Geography, World Geography, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, and World History: Modern Era. Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number and PIN handy for access outside the library.
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
From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today’s headlines, American History investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution. 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.
Bookflix – connect from a library | connect remotely
A literacy resource for grades PreK-3 that pairs classic fictional video storybooks with related eBooks. Animation, audio and interactive games are designed to reinforce core reading skills.
Brainfuse offers a comprehensive suite of online academic services designed to support many learning needs and styles for students and adult learners.
Choose an audience level (children, young adult, or the Reference Center for high school and adult researchers) and then search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and web sites. Switch to Britannica Academic for college level or browse the country comparisons and statistics.
Explore learning materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features – all at the appropriate grade level. Includes resources for PreK-2 (Fundamentals), PreK-5 (Elementary), Grades 6-8 (Compton’s), and Grades 9-12.
Culturegrams provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world’s people.
Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
Connecting educators and students to the best online resources using videos, timelines, journals, pictures, newspapers, and websites.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (World Book Kids in Spanish)
Offers World Book’s excellent editorial content, rich media, and interactive features in Spanish. A browse feature helps visual learners and uncertain spellers navigate the site by clicking through the topics, starting with the Demos un vistazo feature on the homepage. Available to Campbell County library cardholders. Have your library card number and PIN handy for access outside the library.
A research portal for middle grade researchers. Combines content from Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra – School ed., and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
A general research database designed for students in grades K-5. Incorporates content from Primary Search, MAS Ultra, American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
Global Issues (Gale In Context)
Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. Supporting material includes reference books, image collections, maps, & flags.
Middle School (Gale In Context)
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Articles from popular, middle school magazines. Find biographies, historical essays, reference books, the Encyclopedia of Animals, an image collection, maps and flags. Articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile).
NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. Use it to find just the right books for every reader.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
A one-stop source for information on today’s most important social issues.
Access the full text for popular, elementary school magazines. Additional content includes the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, images, maps and flags. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile).
A literature database specifically for K-12 students. Find authors, criticism, study guides, multimedia and more.
A multidisciplinary database specifically designed for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. The collection includes integrated educational Websites and reference materials such as the Compton’s by Britannica encyclopedia and DK Eyewitness books.
Brings together articles on current issues, arts & culture, government information, and more.