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Requires Library CardAmerica's News provides access to information on people, issues and events in the local area and around the country. This comprehensive resource offers hundreds of millions of current and archived full-text articles from news sources nationwide in a single, fully searchable online database. It includes the electronic editions of more than 3,000 U.S. news sources.
Ancestry.com is the world's largest online resource for family history. Search 7 billion historical records, millions of family trees, and 65 million photos.In Library Only
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Requires Library CardMulti-media encyclopedias and dictionaries for all ages. Includes thousands of images, videos, and links to reliable internet resources.
Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
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Municipal Code for the City of Council Bluffs.
The Library’s Digital Archive contains digital editions of materials from our Special Collections. Browse hundreds of local historic photographs, documents, yearbooks and more. New materials are added regularly, so check back often to be sure you are not missing out on anything!
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Requires Library CardExplore local history with full-text articles of the Daily Nonpareil from 1857-present. Read about community issues and events, business, education, government, sports and more.
Requires Library CardBrowse historic maps of Council Bluffs and other Iowa cities and towns. Sanborn fire insurance maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
newRequires Library CardERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Requires Library CardFirstSearch provides electronic access to many databases covering a wide range of topics and formats. Underlying FirstSearch is the WorldCat database, used for locating materials from libraries around the world.
FDO makes it easy to turn foundations into funders. It’s the only resource you need to search for the foundations most likely to give you grants and manage your prospects through to funding.
newRequires Library CardSearch thousands of magazines, journals, and articles all in one place. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, Gale Databases are both authoritative and comprehensive.
Requires Library CardKids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Requires Library CardReference e-Books that can download or read online. Areas of emphasis include business plans, travel books, biographies, current events, encyclopedias, and much more.
General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.
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MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand.
Be the first to know when new titles arrive at the library. Browse and discover new materials at the library. Book Descriptions, reviews, and direct links to the library catalog make finding and reserving new books easier than ever.
Requires Library CardDiscover new books with Novelist, a reader advisory service that provides access to information on thousands of fiction titles and offers a wide range of featured content to serve fiction readers of all ages.
newRequires Library CardExplore the Omaha World-Herald with full-text articles from 1983 to present. Read about community issues and events, business, education, government, sports and more.
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newRequires Library CardThis business database is ideal for identifying sales leads, creating mailing lists, doing market research, and much more. With accurate data on 52 million businesses and 290 consumers, reference solutions is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market, offering the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels.
Requires Library CardCreated specifically for middle-schoolers, Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
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Investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles. Value Line is an investment management solution that enables both new and experienced investors to make timely, better-informed decisions using in-depth financial information.In Library Only