News Sources
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Explore St. Louis history through local news, events, and people with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
America's News
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people, and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.
Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
EBSCOhost
Search for articles in hundreds magazines, journals, and newspapers.
HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest Online allows you to search images of the U.S. Federal census records from 1790 up to 1930. This database offers users over 20,000 book titles that inlude 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories.
Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library contains practice test tutorials, basic skills courses, and computer software tutorials. Improve your reading, writing , business or math skills. It allows you to answer, save, return to and score questions on practice versions of such standard tests as FCAT, SAT, ACT, GED, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship and a range of academic and career tests.
Rosen Digital Literacy
This database empowers learners with digital citizenship skills to navigate today’s virtual landscape. Interactive activities guide students through project-based learning activities using digital tools to create podcasts, multimedia presentations, social media campaigns, and more. Database articles explore cyberbullying, digital research skills, citizen journalism, and more.
Rosen Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy is an online economics and personal finance resource specifically designed for students in grades 7–12, but can easily benefit adults. Users will learn to manage credit and debt, save and invest with confidence, plan for college and retirement and avoid fraud and scams.
Rosen Teen Health and Wellness
This award-winning resource provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, self-help support. Articles are correlated to state, national and provincial standards. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying and LGBTQ+ information. It has recently been updated to meet the needs of today’s teens and with new content on bullying, suicide, vaping, opioid abuse, gender identity, school safety, sexual harassment, COVID-19 and more.
Teaching Books
TeachingBooks is an engaging collection of resources that help children and youth connect to the books and authors that they love. It is free to all Missouri residents, and includes many tools for librarians, teachers, and parents looking for ways to promote high quality books to children. Resources include author and illustrator interviews, book trailers and readings, lesson plan and library programming ideas, book promotion tools, and much more.
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VetNow
Tools and resources for Veterans! Get free online job help, resume services, academic assistance, and much more with your library card.
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