Databases A-Z

The Lee County Library System subscribes to electronic databases and indexes, many of which contain full text articles from magazines, newspapers and other periodicals. Some of these databases are available only if you are in a library, some are available inside the library and outside the library with your Library Card Barcode.

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ABC Clio Social Studies		Library	Home
A collection of databases including: American Government, American History, State Geography, United States at War, World History-Ancient and Medieval Eras, World History-Modern Era and World Geography.
African American History Online (from Facts on File)		Library	Home
Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history. When accessing from outside the library, click the "Facts on File link to get to this resource.
ALL Data		Library
Resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
Ancestry Library		Library
Genealogy research tool. Sources include United States Census, military records; court, land and probate records, vital and church records/ directories and passenger lists.
Auralog TellMeMore		Library	Home
New! You will need your library card barcode to use this resource. Auralog’s TELLMEMORE is an in depth language instructional program covering all major areas of language learning: Speaking, Listening, Comprehension, and Reading. Languages available through Lee County Library System include: ESL/English, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Dutch . Requires Internet Explorer. Online help resources: Quick Start Guide Setup Guide FAQ * Please note: Auralog does offer speech recognition activities as part of its language instructional program. These activities require microphone hardware. Microphones are not available for use in the libraries, but they are recommended for home users to take full advantage of the program.
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Biography Resource Center		Library	Home
Find current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text.
Business and Company Resource Center		Library	Home
This fully integrated resource brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
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Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database		Library	Home
This database is a resource for an extensive array of information about children's books, video and audio recordings, film strips and other children-focused media.
CultureGrams		Library	Home
World edition, Kids' Edition, and States Edition and contains cultural and geographical information supplemented with maps, images and recipes.
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Download Depot		Library	Home
Download Audio Books and Videos to play on your PC or portable device (Pocket PC, MP3 player or smart phone) or copy to CD and DVDs for enjoyment on-the-go.
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ELibrary		Library	Home
An index of many full text magazine and newspaper articles, as well as television and radio transcripts, pictures, maps and more.
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Facts for Learning		Library	Home
For elementary and middle school students. Includes fact resources such as The World Almanac, Weekly Reader (grades 2-12), maps from Maps.com, The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia and The Wordsmyth Children's Dictionary.
Facts on File-Issues & Controversies		Library	Home
Find the pros and cons of approximately 600 controversial topics in the news. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information provide balanced and accurate coverage of current and historical issues.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (from Facts on File)		Library	Home
Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 48,000 resource entries, and much more! When accessing from outside the library, click the "Facts on File link to get to this resource.
Fiction Connection		Library	Home
Locate book suggestions based on a title you already enjoy. Take advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre, setting, character, location and time frame.
First Search		Library	Home
Connect to information in a wide range of subjects in 25 databases including ArticleFirst, ECO, World Cat and ERIC.
Florida Electronic Library		Library	Home
Collection of resources providing articles in a variety of subject areas- including business, health, current events, environment, etc. Resources are available for all age groups as well as for Spanish language users. These resources are provided by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services and funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act in partnership with your local library.
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Gale Reference Resources (from Florida Electronic Library)		Library	Home
Similar to Florida Electronic Library, but limited to those resources from Gale Publishing provided through the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Service
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Library	Home
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Grolier Online Reference Collection		Library	Home

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Health and Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module		Library	Home
Instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thompson Gale reference titles.
Heritage Quest		Library	Home
A collection of 25,000+ family and local history books that are searchable. Every page of each book can be downloaded or copied. Material is included from all 50 states and Canada. The complete U.S. census from 1790-1930 is also available. It can be searched by name, place of birth, age or ethnicity. Also included are full-text entries for obituaries from over 150 newspapers in the ProQuest database.
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InfoTrac OneFile		Library	Home
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education , environmental issues, healthcare hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.
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Kids InfoBits (Gale)		Library	Home
Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5, covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Library Literature and Information Science Full Text (from WilsonWeb)		Library
Find fulltext library and information science journal articles.
Literature Resource Center - LRC & Scribner Writers Series Online		Library	Home
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,00 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Supplemented by scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series.
Lit Finder		Library
Find poems, short stories, essays, plays and speeches. Searchable by title, author, subject, nationality , genre and more. Many available in full text.
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Mango Languages		Library	Home
Mango Languages offers over 1,100 common high frequency words in each of the 11 language courses. Learn grammar the natural way and learn to put those words together to engage in meaningful conversation. Hear native male and female voices clearly pronouncing words and phrases so that you can learn to understand native pronunciation.
Medline Plus		Library	Home
Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online		Library	Home
Contains over 1 million entries and consists of nine references: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Collegiate Dictionary; Collegiate Encyclopeida; Collegiate Thesaurus; a Spanish/English dictionary; a French/English dictionary; a medical dictionary and a style guide.
Morningstar		Library	Home
Search stocks, bonds, mutual funds and ETFs. Learn about investments, see reports and create portfolios.
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NetLibrary E-books		Library	Home
Check out and read electronic books on your computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The collection is searchable by keyword, author, title and full text and includes more than 48,000 reference and non-fiction titles on a wide range of subjects. Go to the FAQs for more information on using these e-books.
NewsBank		Library	Home
NewsBank includes America’s Newspapers, a database of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers, including the Fort Myers News-Press, (1/1/1999-Current.)Included within the database are special reports on current events providing ready-made access to relevant articles. An exact digital reproduction of the printed New York Times Book Review is also provided.
NewsBank – Ft. Myers News-Press		Library	Home
Provides direct access to the Fort Myers News-Press (1/1/1999-Current).
NewsBank – Naples Daily News		Library	Home
Provides direct access to the Naples Daily News (01/1/1998-present).
Newsstand (Proquest Newspapers)		Library	Home
Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Use the first drop down box to select "News-ProQuest Newspapers."
Novelist		Library	Home
An informative database with access to over 100,000 fiction titles. You can find books based on author, title, or description; browse genre and/or award lists; search for reviews; read book discussion guides.
Novelist K-8		Library	Home
NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom.
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P4Antiques		Library	Home
The p4A Antiques Reference database has over 250,000 records. Each record includes pricing information, at least one color picture and a text description. The antiques are organized into 1,280 different subjects including furniture, glass, pottery and porcelain, paintings, prints, clocks, toys, dolls, advertising collectibles, books, autographs, lamps, silver, firearms and historical documents.
Peterson’s Testing & Education Resource Center		Library	Home
Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Find thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take online practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.
Price It! Antiques and Collectibles		Library	Home
Contains more than 23 million records with over 10 million images for identifying and pricing art, antiques and collectibles. Includes online sources such as eBay and GoAntiques.
ProQuest		Library	Home
An index of journal, magazine and newspaper articles going back to 1986. Many are full-text. Once in the database, you may choose to search ProQuest General Reference or ProQuest Newspapers Enter your search terms:
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Reference USA		Library	Home
The Business database contains company names, phone numbers, addresses, key executive names, SIC and NAICS codes, employee size, sales volume and more. The Residential database contains resident names, addresses, phone numbers, income and median home values.
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Science Online		Library	Home
A comprehensive and authoritative overview of the sciences. Diagrams, essays, definitions and biographies are arranged by topic. More than 600 experiments are indexed by grade and are searchable using keyword or phrase. Organized by the National Science Education Standards for grades 6-12.
SIRS Discoverer		Library	Home
An informative database of full-text articles designed with the young researcher in mind. Contains a thesaurus, dictionary, maps, pictures, biographies, photo essays, 2001 World Almanac for Kids, encyclopedia, and current event articles.
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Teen Health and Wellness		Library	Home
A resource full of self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, and fitness. National 24 hour hotlines listed for teens in crisis.
TellMeMore		Library	Home
New! You will need your library card barcode to use this resource. Auralog’s TELLMEMORE is an in depth language instructional program covering all major areas of language learning: Speaking, Listening, Comprehension, and Reading. Languages available through Lee County Library System include: ESL/English, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Dutch. Requires Internet Explorer. Online help resources: Quick Start Guide Setup Guide FAQ * Please note: Auralog does offer speech recognition activities as part of its language instructional program. These activities require microphone hardware. Microphones are not available for use in the libraries, but they are recommended for home users to take full advantage of the program.
Thomson Gale Legal Forms		Library	Home
A wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also includes a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
Tumblebook Library (ebooks for kids)		Library	Home
View these animated, talking picture books at the library or on your home computer. The collection also contains TumblePuzzles, TumbleGames and TumbleQuizzes based on the picture books.
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What Do I Read Next?		Library	Home
Over 125,000 recommended titles, more than 67,900 plot summaries and information for 568 awards. Uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites and discover award-winning titles. Find by genre, subject, author, title, series and more. Monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.
Wilson Web		Library
A collection of databases including Children's Catalog, Fiction Catalog, Junior Authors and Illustrators, Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Public Library Catalog, Senior High School Catalog, Library Literature and Short Story Index 1984-1997.
WorldBook Online		Library	Home
Search primary source documents, e-books, encyclopedia articles, images, and more in a single, integrated interface.
World Book Kids		Library	Home
People, Places, Science and Mathematics, World Religions, Plants and Animals, Hostory and Government, Arts, and Sports and Hobbies - all in kid-friendly format..

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