What are you looking for?
Browse our Subject Guides for internet resources on Travel, Home & Garden, Sports, News & Weather, Career, Genealogy, Taxes, Elections, and a variety of other topics.
If you like to use Google and Wikipedia for research, combine your internet searching with information from some of the trusted electronic resources our library offers:
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Use EBSCOhost to find magazine, journal, & newspaper articles.
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Use your library card number to access Encyclopedia Britannica and research people, places, events, etc.
- Chronicling America: Search America's historic newspapers pages or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
- ABDO eBooks on the Fifty States (school level) - ask the library for login info.
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Use Iowa Locator or WorldCat to find books, CDs, DVDs and other items in libraries
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Use HealthInfoIowa or Medline's Iowa Go Local to start your search for health information specialized for Iowans.
- Use People Smart to search a database of free public records for the county.
For local history and research, check out:
Iowa Heritage Project and Iowa Publications Online can help you dig deep into all things Iowa.
Explore the links in the menu on the left to find more great resources.
