Research & Resources

Databases & Online Resources

Access quality resources you can't find anywhere else on the web, free with your library card.

  • Get your card ready. Pima County residents will need a valid library card to connect to these databases from home. Some of the databases on this list are not available outside the library.
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Articles from Magazines and Journals

  • A to Z Magazines — Alphabetical list of online magazines and where to find them
  • Academic Search Complete — Scholarly periodicals and peer-reviewed journals plus reports, conference proceedings, and more
  • Bibliography of Native North Americans — All aspects of native North American culture, history, and life
  • Alt Health Watch — Perspectives on complementary, Holistic and integrated approaches to health from international and peer-reviewed journals
  • Ebsco MasterFile Premier — Full-text magazine articles and more
  • EBSCO Español — Artículos de revistas en español
  • Education Research Complete — Scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education
  • Health Source Consumer Edition — Consumer health magazines, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books
  • Humanities International Complete — Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world
  • MAS Ultra — Full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines, plus biographies and primary source documents
  • Middle Search — Full text popular, middle school magazines, plus primary source documents, reference books and a collection of photos, maps and flags
  • Primary Search — Full text popular, elementary school magazines, plus reference books, and a collection of photos, maps and flags
  • Professional Development Collection — Full text education journals
  • Referencia Latina — Artículos de revistas en español
  • TOPICsearch — Social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics, including controversial opinions and viewpoints.

Auto Repair

Biographies

Books & Literature

Business

Jobs & Job Preparation

  • LearningExpressLibrary — Practice tests for Civil Services, CDL, and other career and professional exams, plus job search and workplace skills courses.
  • Learning Express Job Search & Workplace Skills— Includes a wide variety of resources that will prepare you for career success, from the job search to interviewing and beyond.
  • Optimal Résumé — A career management platform to help you determine your career goals, create résumés, manage your documents and credentials, and find job postings in your field of interest.
  • Skills Tutor — Improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, mathematics, language, algebra, science, information and workforce readiness skills.
  • Tucson Local News Portal — An up-to-the-minute local news feed with local job postings, from NewsBank.

Countries & Cultures

Education

  • Education Research Complete — Scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education
  • ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) — Literature and resources about education
  • Professional Development Collection — Full text education journals
  • Universal Class — Video-based Adult Education courses in a collaborative learning environment, covering a wide range of subjects. Graded lesson tests, certificates of achievement, and available Continuing Education Units help you master and document your educational goals.

Encyclopedias and Almanacs

General

Subject

Environment & Nature

  • Alternative Energy (eBook) — Issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options
  • Bunny (eBook) — Follows the growth and development of a bunny from birth to six weeks old
  • DK Animals (eBook) — Introduces toddlers to different kinds of animals
  • DK Baby Animals (eBook) — Introduces toddlers to different kinds of baby animals
  • DK Eyewitness: Gorilla, Monkey & Ape (eBook) — Details the behavior, family life, and intelligence of gorillas and other primates
  • DK Eyewitness: Jungle (eBook) — Examines the plants, animals, and insects found in the world's tropical rain forests
  • DK Farm (eBook) — Introduces toddlers to different things one can find on a farm.
  • Endangered Species (eBook) — Information about the many species threatened by extinction
  • Environment Complete — Ecology and environment index with many full-text articles
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (eBook) — Descriptions, distribution, habitat, behavior, and relationship to humans
  • Plant Sciences (eBook) — All aspects of plant sciences, including articles on careers and important individuals
  • Pollution A to Z (eBook) — Pollution issues including sources, disposal, remediation, legal & ethical issues, careers, and more
  • The Role of the Individual (eBook) — Explores the range of challenges the planet faces as a result of global warming, with focus on the role of the individual.
  • Science Reference Center — Full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering biology, earth science, environment, wildlife, and more

Genealogy

  • HeritageQuest — Historical census information, Freedman's Bank records, Revolutionary War pensions, and more
  • America's Obituaries — Obituaries & death notices from hundreds of newspapers from across the country

Grants & Nonprofits

Available inside the library only

Find grants for nonprofit organizations

Find grants for individuals

Health & Wellnesss

History

Hobbies & Do-It-Yourself

  • Auto Repair Reference Center — Technical service bulletins, recall notices, and auto repair directions
  • HeritageQuest — Historical census information, Freedman's Bank records, Revolutionary War pensions, and more
  • Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center — Detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast, featuring extensive information on over 140 topics
  • Home Improvement Reference Center — The definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including maintenance, remodeling, electrical, plumbing, decorating, home & garden, and more
  • Small Engine Repair Reference Center — Information on routine maintenance and extensive repairs for ATVs, tractors, generators, motorcycles, power equipment, and other small engines
  • Universal Class — Self-paced online education courses covering a wide range of subjects, including cooking, gardening and much more. Master and document your goals with online courses and progress tests.

Homework Help

Tutoring, Skills-Building & Test Preparation

Research

  • Academic Search Complete — Scholarly periodicals and peer-reviewed journals plus reports, conference proceedings, and more
  • Kids Search — Designed for elementary school students to find subjects of interest across all applicable databases simultaneously
  • Middle Search Plus — Designed for middle school students to find subjects of interest across all applicable databases simultaneously
  • Searchasaurus — An animated interface with a dinosaur theme for users in elementary schools
  • Student Research Center — The most appropriate research tools for middle and high school students to easily obtain information from our EBSCO databases

Language Learning

  • Mango Languages — An easy conversation-based system to help you learn 23 languages including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Arabic, & English for non-native speakers.

Law & Legal

Literacy

  • Skills Tutor — Improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, mathematics, language, algebra, science, information and workforce readiness skills
  • Mango Languages — An easy conversation-based system to help you learn 23different languages including English for non-native speakers.
  • Tumblebooks — Animated, talking picture books which you can read, or have read to you

Newspapers

Religion

Science

  • DK Eyewitness: Evolution (eBook) — Covers animals, plants, bones, and fossils to reveal the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the natural world and how life began
  • DK Eyewitness: Water (eBook) — Looks at the role of water in our bodies, our cultures, and our world
  • Mathematics (eBook) — Explores the function of math in daily life, as well as in measurement, data analysis, and technology
  • Science Reference Center — Full text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering biology, chemistry, earth science, environment, health & medicine, physics, technology, wildlife, and more

Society & Current Events

Tutoring, Skills-Building & Test Preparation

  • Brainfuse Online Tutoring — Live tutors, plus tutorials, skills-building and test prep
  • LearningExpressLibrary — Practice tests for SAT, GED, ASVAB & more
  • Universal Class — Video-based Adult-Education courses in a collaborative learning environment, covering a wide range of subjects. Graded lesson tests, certificates of achievement, and available Continuing Education Units help you master and document your educational goals.
  • Skills Tutor — Improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, mathematics, language, algebra, science, information and workforce readiness skills