Ref USA

Designed for use as a reference and research tool for students, job seakers, and researchers.

Universal Class

Learn something new. Choose from hundreds of online, self-paced classes FREE with your library card!

Prepare for upcoming standardized tests with Testing & Education Reference Center from Gale. This valuable resource includes full-length practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, U.S. citizenship, and more.

Find scholarly ebooks in multiple subjects from world-renowned publishers

Kanopy

Stream thousands of movies for free with your library card! 

Libby

Libby is a more user-friendly version of OverDrive. Click here to learn how to download Libby!

Adding New Libraries to Libby

Overdrive

Download eaudiobooks and ebooks for free with your library card.

Access the New York Times website for free from in the library or the comfort of your home.

Duke Reporters' Lab: Fact Check

Includes a database of global fact-checking sites, which can be viewed as a map or as a list; also includes how they identify fact-checkers.

FactCheck.org

"FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania....a nonpartisan, nonprofit 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

FlackCheck.org

"Headquartered at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. The site provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular."

International Fact-Checking Network

The International Fact-Checking Network "is a forum for fact-checkers worldwide hosted by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies."

Ad Fontes Media's Media Bias Chart

OpenSecrets.org

"Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy."

Politifact

Pulitzer Prize winning site run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times (Florida) newspaper. "PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.... The PolitiFact state sites are run by news organizations that have partnered with the Times." Read about their principles under 'About Us.'

Snopes

"The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation."

Washington Post Fact Checker

"The purpose of this Web site, and an accompanying column in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post, is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."

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Research your family history for free with your library card! Currently available anywhere.

Tools for career exploration, resume, and job hunting.

Test taking and job seeking resources.

Mango Languages

Online language learning for over 30 languages, including English!

OneFile

Full-text, scholarly articles from the world's leading journals.

Arizonans can explore thousands of online articles and images from popular magazines, scholarly journals, current newspapers, and other reference works.

Multi-source content on key figures from history to present day.

A way to explore readers' advisory by topic, genre, and more.

Britannica Library

With Britannica Library, it's easy to choose an age-appropriate level for conducting research, completing homework assignments, and working on special projects in the library or at home.

Con la Biblioteca Britannica, es fácil elegir un nivel apropiado para su edad para realizar investigaciones, completar tareas y trabarajar en proyectos especiales en la biblioteca o en el hogar.

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Repair, maintenance and recall information about automobiles including step by step instructions, wiring diagrams, and trouble shooting.

A comprehensive collection of more than 100 million items including travel guides, NPR programs, video files from many news television shows, and articles from magazines.

Ties together news, global viewpoints, reference, country information, primary source documents, videos, and statistics to analyze critical global issues.

A collection of U.S. State law with more than 100 million pages of legal history available in an online, fully-searchable, image-based format.

Full text and multimedia information on topics throughout the curriculum.

Research information for primary school age. Also has worksheets that teachers may print off and use in the classroom.

LegalForms

Create accurate and reliable legal documents.

Articles by and about writers and their works.

Full-text resource for over 1,100 regional, national, local, and international newspapers.

NoveList

NoveList K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations, specifically for younger readers.

NoveList

Provides access to information on 155,000 fiction titles, but it also offers a wide range of feature content including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists, and more.

Pros and cons on various topics of current interest.

Search all Gale reference resources through this one search platform.

Integrates science ideas by topic using headlines and videos. Spotlights simple to complex science experiments and projects.

Help with test preparation (GED, SAT, GRE, etc.), career exploration, and job applications.

Coverage of United States historical topics using reference tools, multimedia sources, and primary documents.

Video, audio, and printed sources covering 5,000 years of world history.