Park County Library System

The Wyoming library system provides access to a wealth of online information through databases that are mostly not freely available on the web. Every database is a little bit different, and many offer overlapping coverage. If your search comes up with nothing in one database, you may want to try another one. The Wyoming State Library has created guides to many of these databases, which may be helpful. If you need additional assistance, advice, or instruction, ask a librarian!

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NAVIGATION

General Reference Sources

encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, and journals

Reference Sources for Particular Audiences

teachers, students, Spanish speakers

Reference Sources by Topic

genealogy, business, health, law, government, etc.

General Reference Sources

• Encyclopedias
  • Funk & Wagnalls
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • EBSCOhost Animals
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (includes Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion; Encyclopedia of Food and Culture; St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture; West’s Encyclopedia of American Law; Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior; Encyclopedia of Religion; Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy; and the Dictionary of American History
• Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, etc.
  • Magazines, journals, and newspapers in Wyoming libraries
  • Electronic magazines, journals, and newspapers
  • EBSCOhost Web, including MasterFILE Premier, Academic Search Elite, History Reference Center, and Fuente Academica
  • WilsonWeb
  • SIRS Researcher
  • eLibrary
  • CQ Researcher

Reference Sources for Particular Audiences

• Teachers
  • Teacher Reference Center
  • Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
  • Recommended Websites for Teachers, compiled by the Meeteetse Branch Library
  • Literature Resource Center
  • NoveList K-8
• Students
  • EBSCOhost Web, especially Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, and MAS Ultra School Edition
  • Literature Resource Center
  • NoveList K-8
  • Searchasaurus
  • Student Research Center
  • SIRS Researcher
  • Opposing Viewpoints Research Center
  • Kids Search
  • eLibrary Elementary
  • Learning Express Library
• Spanish Language Speakers
  • MedicLatina
  • Fuente Academica

Reference Sources by Topic

• Genealogy
  • Ancestry.com (in-library use only)
  • Heritage Quest
  • Genealogy Collection at Laramie County Library
  • GoWYLD Wyoming Geneaological Information
• Health
  • EBSCOhost Web, including Health Source-Consumer Edition, Health Source-Nursing Edition, and Alternative Health Watch
  • Cochrane Library
  • Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
  • MEDLINEPlus
  • MedicLatina
  • Various medical resources from Planetree
• Law
  • Hein Online (available for in-library use only in Powell and Cody)
  • GPO Access
  • West’s Encyclopedia of American Law
  • Legal Forms
• Business
  • Business Source Elite
  • Regional Business News
  • Agricola (also available via EBSCOhost Web)
  • GoWYLD Wyoming Business
• Biography
  • Contemporary Biography Illustrated
  • Wyoming Authors Wiki
  • Wyoming Biography Database
• Wyoming
  • GoWYLD History
  • GoWYLD Business
  • Greater Yellowstone Bibliography from the University of Wyoming
  • Wyoming Authors Wiki
  • Wyoming Biography Database
  • Wyoming Inventors Database
  • Wyoming Places Wiki
• Government
  • Government Information Resources
• Miscellaneous
  • Digital Sanborn Maps
  • Learning Express Library (practice exams for college entrance, civil service, real estate, nursing, citizenship, and many more)
  • ChiltonLibrary.com
  • GeoRef
  • MyLibraryDV
  • GreenFILE
• Library Catalogs & Books
  • WorldCat
  • Prospector
  • NoveList
  • Literature Resource Center
  • BookFlix