Databases A-Z
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- A multi-disciplinary, full-text, academic journals database.
- Comprehensive, a great 1st choice for college-level research
- This Guide created by the Alaska State Library offers a basic list of Alaska related genealogy resources available to researchers.
- Not intended to be comprehensive in its coverage. Sources listed may be available in other Alaska libraries or through interlibrary loan at your local library.
Alaska Native Languages Resources 
- Great resources curated by the Sealaska Heritage Institute.
- Tlingit and Haida Dictionaries and language learning curriculum.
- Clan Names, games, interactive bi-lingual picture books, vocabulary tools and more.
- Weekly Tlingit Language Lesson: 5-minute weekly lessons, audio (mp3) by Marsha Hotch. Produced by KHNS-FM (Haines).
- Search the full-text archives of Alaska’s 8 major newspapers (includes Juneau Empire 1998-Current, text only).
- Answer questions like: When was the last special session of the Alaska Legislature? Who won the "Wearable Art Show" in 2009?
- Complementary, holistic and integrated‚ health care and wellness information.
- Answer questions like: Can I use herbs to treat cancer?
- Comprehensive online family history resource.
- Search over 7 billion genealogical records from across the globe.
- Now includes the 1940 US Census.
- Access limited to in-library networks (including WiFi).
- Based upon the trusted Chilton's Repair Manuals.
- Save time and money, do-it-yourself.
- Print your instructions, keep them in your glovebox!
- Search more than 4,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
- The more you know, the more you know!
- Short videos featuring animated characters help introduce new topics and illustrate complex concepts from Science and Technology to music and more!
- Checkout the new GameUp feature for great educational games.
- BrainPOP supports individual, team, and whole-class learning.
- To request a password in Alaska, call 1-800-440-2919
- Spanish language animated videos.
- Features topics on science, social studies, math, engineering & tech, health and arts & music and English and Spanish (differences between languages).
- Where learning gets animated!
- Same great BrainPop educational content but targeted at K-3 students.
- BrainPOP supports individual, team, and whole-class learning.
- To request a password in Alaska, call 1-800-440-2919
- General business articles
- Designed specifically for business schools and libraries, provides information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.
- Complete, current, Code of Ordinances.
- Gain a better understanding of local government and the laws that regulate your community.
CBJ Reports and Studies Archive
- The CBJ Reports and Studies Archive is a continually growing database of documents produced by and for the City and Borough of Juneau. The database includes reports going back to before the incorporation of the City and covering 20 different departments, and lists physical locations for where the documents are held, including URLs for electronic documents.
- City and Borough of Juneau documents and reports.
- Browse by Department or by report Title.
- Pre-1960 to current.
- Computer Source provides coverage of the latest information and current trends in computer science and technology.
- Includes popular titles like Macworld, PC World and Technology Review.
- Collected health information from Health Source, Alt HealthWatch, and many others.
- Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
- E-Books only.
- Access to Academic Complete e-books, a growing collection spanning all academic subject areas.
- Read e-books in web browser or download chapters as pdf documents for offline reading.
- Download options.
- Read on the go with mobile apps for iOS and Android devices.
- Read ebook from the Ebrary collection on the go with mobile apps for iOS and Android devices.
- E-Books only
- Extensive selection of e-books on non-fiction topics like; Information Science and Technology, Health, Travel and the popular "Complete Idiot's Guides".
- In order to download/checkout ebooks (for offline reading), create an account by following the "sign in" link in the upper right corner of any Ebsco webpage. Not all titles are available for download.
- Educational Resource Information Center.
- Access to education literature.
- Professional development for educators.
- Take the fundraising power of the Foundation Directory Online home with you!
- Just download the FD Mobile app, connect to our Wi-Fi network (at the Downtown Library) and get started!
- You'll stay signed-in for 24 hours — even after you leave the location!
- Get the app for iOS, Anroid.
- Complete and accurate information on thousands of grantmaking organizations.
- Instruction on funding research.
- Help with proposal writing.
- Tools for locating prospective funders.
- News and research from the field of philanthropy as well as information on training classes at the library.
- Take FDO access home from the library with you, get the Foundation Directory Mobile APP (iOS only).
Foundation Grants to Individuals 
- Find foundations that give grants to individuals.
- Access the online training course, "Grantseeking Basics for Individuals".
- E-Books only.
- No more waiting for eBooks!
- More than 20,000 titles always available, no holds lists.
- Cardholders receive 4 tokens per week to use for ebook downloads. Tokens refresh Monday morning and can carryover for 4 weeks.
- Apps available for iOS and Android.
- Frequently Asked Questions.
- Download and enjoy ebooks from the Juneau Freading ebook collection anytime, anywhere on your mobile device.
- Android
- iOS
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.
- Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display.
- Contains images, brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Great reference titles available 24/7.
- Including, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Science of Everyday Things, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained.
- Save, print or use the ReadSpeaker technology (text-to-speech) to have content read aloud or download in MP3 format.
- A subset of content from the makers of the Foundation Directory Online (Foundation Center).
- The place for grantseekers to:
- EXPLORE in-depth content.
- ENGAGE with a community of peers and experts.
- ENERGIZE your fundraising efforts.
- View video discussions with grantmakers.
- Listen to podcasts featuring experts in the field.
Health Source- Nursing/Academic Edition
- Access hundreds of full-text,peer-reviewed, scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
- Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses, Nursing, Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more.
Health Source-Consumer Edition
- Health articles for the average person, includes drug index and reports.
- Covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health, etc.
- Nearly 300 full text, consumer health periodicals, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and more.
- Discover your unique family history.
- A wealth of genealogy materials including fulltext e-books (can be downloaded), articles, wills, and records.
- Of particular interest are records from the Revolution Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application files and the Freedman's Bank.
- New materials at the Juneau Public Libraries.
- Over ten years' worth of reviews written by library staff member Kathy Ward and featured in her weekly column in the Juneau Empire.
- Fully searchable and includes adult and juvenile materials, including audiobooks and DVDs.
- Utilizing a powerful search engine this resource will apply your search across all our electronic resources.
- Your one stop search tool.
- Please note that searching all resources takes longer to produce a results list than while searching one resource.
- A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
- Students can make use of an extensive video library, interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with access to the web.
- Videos cover K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
- Powerful search, kid-friendly design, fun to use.
- Great for elementary school research and reports.
- E-Books and Audiobooks.
- Choose your checkout period, between 7-21 days.
- No late fees, no need to return digital items to library.
- E-Books in ePub, PDF and Kindle formats. To read on your computer or transfer to your ebook reader you will need to install Adobe Digital Editions, get it here.
- Audiobooks in MP3 (works on PC, MacOS and mobile devices) and WMA (works only on PC). Requires using the Overdrive Media Console, get it here.
- Get Mobile Apps and download ebook and audiobooks on your device!
- Live Tutors available seven days a week from 1 PM to Midnight Alaska Time, other resources available 24/7.
- Available as a service to Alaskan students in grades K-12 and intro-level college students.
- Requires a PC or Mac and internet access.
- Compatible with a variety of browsers Check here for details.
- Requires Flash on your computer with pop-up blockers turned off.
- Learning a language should be fun! Each lesson incorporates interactive tools and rich imagery that eliminates boredom and keeps you engaged.
- 37 Mango Basic Courses (22 Foreign Languages including Tagalog + 15 ESL Courses) 29 Mango Complete Courses (16 Foreign Languages and 13 ESL Courses.
- Unlimited download of the Mango Languages Mobile App. for access on your device (Android and iOS only at this time).
- Available for Android and iOS.
- Full access to all Mango courses offered by the Alaska Library Network.
- Interactive phonetic spellings.
- Grammar notes.
- Cultural notes.
- Requires: Valid library account and a free account with Mango (set up through the library website).
- Frequently Asked Questions.
- Information on a broad variety of topics in magazines and journals.
- Full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
- Full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
- Created by the National Library of Medicine to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
- Real-time data, portfolio tools, and a wealth of stock, fund, and ETF data and market analysis.
- Explore your investment ideas using this powerful investment database created by industry professionals.
- Tutorials
- Investors should note that the Value Line investment survey (see entry below) is also available in print at both the Downtown and Valley Libraries. We also have a single-user license to access Value Line online from within any of our libraries.
- More than 900 full-text newspapers, providing more than 36 million full-text articles.
- Includes The Seattle Times, New York Times, USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post and The Times (London).
- Full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, and more..
- This resource will help you decide what to read next, help engage your younger readers and encourage reading success!
- Fiction and nonfiction titles for children and teens.
- Expert reading recommendations from librarians and school media specialists.
- Connections to curriculum requirements for reading, listening, and writing.
- Read-alikes for every title, author, and series.
- This resource will help you decide what to read next, help you pick books for your book club, and help you guide your children’s reading.
- NoveList can:
- Match a Favorite Author.
- Match a Favorite Title – Find similar titles.
- Explore Fiction.
- Explore Best Books.
Overdrive Media Console Mobile
- Download and enjoy digital titles from the ListenAlaska collection anytime, anywhere with OverDrive Media Console Mobile App.
- Mobile supports EPUB eBooks & MP3 Audiobooks.
- Available for:
- Android™
- BlackBerry®
- iOS (iPhone®/iPad®/iPod touch®)
- Windows® Phone 7
- The definitive record of the English language.
- Features a word of the day.
- Search, browse and explore word origins, chronicles of word use in literature and more.
- Subscribe to the Word of the Day via email or RSS.
Oxford Premium Reference Collection
- More than 100 reference titles (ebooks) and 50,000 entries (articles) from the Oxford Companion series.
- Interdisciplinary subject area coverage.
- Includes criticism guides on American, African, English, Classical Irish Literature and more.
Professional Development Collection
- Professional and academic education resources.
- Search 75 U.S. business journals and newspapers.
- Emphasis on local and regional business news.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
- Topics coverage includes; world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
- Great or researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
- Easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content including full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias and reference books.
- Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, technology and wildlife.
- Searchasaurus is a colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students.
- Accesses three popular elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search, Middle Search Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction).
Small Business Reference Center
- Wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas.
- Including a help and advice section, start-up information and how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
- Archived video of lectures from the Faculty at Harvard Business School complete with accompanying slides and notes.
- Based on the Clymer small engine repair manuals.
- These manuals contain thousands of accurate and concise step-by-step maintenance and repair instructions for hundreds of small engine machines and their supporting components.
- From marine motors and snowmachines to snow-blowers, save yourself money, do it yourself!
- Checkout some of the our favorites!
- Picks include fiction, non-fiction, DVSs and audiobooks.
- Interested in writing your own reviews? We share patron reviews on the library blog.
- Especially for grades 6-12, searches multiple databases (Health Source – Consumer Edition, Image Collection, MAS Ultra – School Edition, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, TOPICSearch, the American Heritage Dictionary and Columbia Encyclopedia).
- The Teachers Resources section covers Academic Search Premier, ERIC, and the Professional Development Collection.
- Abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
- Real life, real answers.
- Personal stories from teens.
- Advice from Dr. Jan, psychologist.
- Great resource for teens to get confidential info about sexual health, suicide, eating disorders and more difficult topics.
- Mobile access using the Teen Hotlines App.
Testing and Education Reference Center
- Find colleges, graduate schools, specialty and career programs, and test prep materials.
- Test prep and practice tests for ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, PRAXIS, ASVAB, TOEFL, ASE, U.S. Citizenship and more.
- Get help with your resume, prepare for an interview and more in the Virtual Career Library section.
- Animated, talking e-books for kids.
- Over 300 titles including 100 titles in French and Spanish.
- TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
- Select titles are iPad compatible.
- TumbleBooks require the free Macromedia Flash plugin .
- Career Center includes resume writing help and job interview guidelines and tips for job-seekers.
- Live Tutors available seven days a week from 1 PM to Midnight Alaska Time, other resources available 24/7.
- Access Tutors on the Go with the Mobile App (iOS only).
- Available as a service to Alaskan students in grades K-12 and intro-level college students.
- Requires a PC or Mac and internet access.
- Compatible with a variety of browsers Check here for details.
- Requires Flash on your computer with pop-up blockers turned off.
- iOS only, Tutor.com works on Android mobile devices through the web browser, no app required.
- ON A COMPUTER: Create a free account (at top of page). Access to Tutor.com doesn’t require login on a computer but does for the mobile app in order to associate the user with a subscribing library. An account will let you save favorite tutors, store assignments and save and review previous tutoring sessions in your Locker.
- Launch the app on your iOS device and sign in using the account you just created.
- The online service is only accessible from within the Downtown and Valley libraries (ask a librarian to log you in).
- Available in print in the Reference Section of the Downtown and Mendenhall Valley libraries.
- Valueline is a complete, multidimensional investment management solution that enables both new and experienced investors to make timely, better-informed decisions.
- Access a wealth of in-depth financial information, intelligently presented, plus objective research, insightful commentary, proven price projections, and advanced analytical tools.
- Can't find it in the Juneau Public Libraries catalog? Try searching the world's libraries!
- Interlibrary-loan (ILL) service is available free of charge to our patrons and we are often able to borrow items on your behalf from libraries throughout the United States.
- To request an item, you may call 586-0437 or create an account to submit your own request.
- More info on ILL.
