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.
AAS Historical Periodicals Collection
This digital archive documents the life of America’s people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, providing digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
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.
Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.
A multi-disciplinary database supporting scholarly research as well as general interest.
A collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organized according to each saint’s feast day, and runs from the two January volumes published in 1643 to the Propylaeum to December published in 1940.
African American Heritage (ProQuest)
A genealogy resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.
A comprehensive source of information in agriculture and life sciences.
Agriculture (Gale OneFile)
Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.
A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information. This paid subscription resource is available in the library only.
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
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.
This unique collection of documents brings to life American History from the times of the earliest settlers until the end of World War II. The collections feature over 60,000 primary source documents, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, books, newspapers, photographs, maps, and more.
American Indian Histories & Cultures
Manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from early contact with European settlers to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century.
Database of historic pressings and contemporary periodicals of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada.
This historic full-text archive reproduces selected manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material and rare printed materials from the Everett D. Graff collection at the Newberry Library.
Databases and primary source material to support genealogical research. This paid subscription resource is available in the library only.
A year-by-year record of British and world events, published annually since 1758. This classic reference work provides historians and students with information on the major and minor events of the past 250+ years, with historical context and perspective and a mass of biographical information.
A directory of 5,750 repositories and 206,000 collections of primary source material housed across the United States and United Kingdom.
Archives Unbound (Gale Primary Sources)
Gain access to rare primary source documents with these topically focused digital collections. Supports academic research.
Associated Press Collections Online (Gale Primary Sources)
Search the Associated Press Corporate Archive for events, people, and trends from the mid-1800s through the twentieth century.
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.
Discover information on the world’s most influential people. This resource merges reference content with periodicals and multimedia. Users can browse or search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword.
This website has been developed to focus on Black Freedom, featuring select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Materials support a wide range of students, as well independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it.
Brings together essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans. Includes the Black Abolitionist Papers (1830-1865) a collection of primary sources from African Americans actively involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States. Also included is History Makers, video recordings of interviews with influential, contemporary African Americans, the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, and material from newspapers, dissertations and journals.