Research
AtoZ Food America
Hungry to learn about American cuisine? Visit AtoZ Food America to learn about foods around the country.
AtoZ Maps Online
The world at your fingertips, more than 100,000 ways of seeing the world.
AtoZ the USA
Get to know America the Beautiful. Learn about the United States.
AtoZ World Food
Hungry to learn about internation cuisine? Visit AtoZ World Food to learn about foods from around the world.
AtoZ World Travel
AtoZ World Travel was designed for world travelers, schools and universities, global businesses, and anyone who wants to prepare for their trip abroad. This new library resource includes 202 world city travel guides covering 67 topics each. The travel guides cover a multitude of topics that are of interest to those planning their international travel.
Black Life In America
Explore the experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.
Britannica Online
The world’s most reliable encyclopedia available on computer, tablet, or smart phone.
Chilton Auto Repair Library
Chilton Auto Repair Library provides access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today, as well as many new vehicles. This continuously updated resource provides step-by-step repair procedures, troubleshooting guides, diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and multimedia (videos and animations) to simplify even the most complicated tasks.
Explora Public Libraries
EBSCO’s Explora is a user-friendly search tool that supports both research and instruction.
Explora Secondary Schools
Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with age-appropriate content for middle and high school learners with an easy-to-use interface and great accessibility tools, including translation and text to sound.
Gale in Context: Elementary
Gale In Context: Elementary meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through grade 5, with age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers, and reference materials, covering current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Global Road Warrior
Learn about the many different cultures around the world.
Legal Forms
Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code covering basic legal needs--wills, power of attorney, landlord/tenant, and lots more. Includes a comprehensive section of templates for small businesses including: invoices, leases, sales agreements, contracts, and more.
NewsBank
Consolidates current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles, as well as newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications.
Oxford University Press
Explore over 180 core resources on a wide range of subjects carefully selected to be authoritative and up to date.
Salem Press
Discover literature, history, and health information.
World News Digest
For more than 75 years, World News Digest has been a go-to resource for context and background on key issues of both historical events and breaking news. With more than 300,000 original articles and a vast archive covering every major event since its inception, this database offers concise summaries of current events and clearly written essays on the top issues of the day.