Online Databases

Ancestry Library Edition -- The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U. S. federal Census images  and indexes from 1790 to 1930. There are almost 1,000 historical maps, vital records, church records, court, and immigration records from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.  In all, over 2 billion names are included.  

Antique Appraisal: Residents of Norfolk and the surrounding area now need not wait for the Antiques Roadshow to come to town to get real market based information about their antiques, artwork and family treasures. This link will get you to a page where you may enter your library card number for authentication and be passed on to the database itself.

Career Link Learn about careers. Find our what skills you need, where the jobs are in Nebraska and who to contact for job information.  It's all here, and there's something for anyone planning a career or looking for a job.  So, if you are a student, or have been in the workforce for a while, use this site to get a leg up on the competition.

EBSCO Auto Repair, Small Engine Repair, Hobbies and Crafts Reference, and Home Repair Reference

Foundation Directory Online is designed to meet the funding research needs of small, medium and larger nonprofit organizations.  It features comprehensive data on 80,000 U.S. foundations, corporate giving programs, and grant making public charities, and a database of half a million recently awarded grants.  

Gale Cengage Learning -- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Gale Legal Forms, Gale Biography in Context, Something About the Author Online, Career Transitions, and Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia.

LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. 

Mango is the most effective way to learn to speak a foreign language. 48 different languages. It's fast. It's fun. It's free through your library!

NebraskAccess provides Nebraska citizens with free online access to thousands of current full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, genealogy, business information and much more. The Nebraska Library Commission purchases access to these resources with funding from the State of Nebraska.  Web Sites Include: eLibrary, Wilson Web Magazines, HeritageQuest, Wilson Biographies, World Cat, FirstSearch, Kiplinger Letter, and Books in Print. 

Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.  The Core Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.

Reference USA contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents. 

Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works.  The first reference set included is Salem Press’ bestselling Magill’s Medical Guide.  In its printed form, the current edition of the Guide has grown to five volumes and 3,500 pages. Even better, the purchase of the printed set entitles a school or library to free online access to the Medical Guide’s content through 12/31/10.

Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, free. Purchasing printed reference delivers online access at no additional cost. Salem currently offers this service with three series of historical reference:  Milestone Documents, The Decades and Great Lives from History

Teen Health and Wellness is an extensive database designed for teenaged users.  It covers a very broad variety of topics such as physical development, drugs and alcohol, eating disorders, friendship and dating, body image, diversity, and many others.

Weiss Financial Ratings Database: An independent provider of bank, credit union and insurance company financial strength ratings and sovereign debt ratings.