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Bettendorf Public Library Information Center

Welcome to the Electronic Branch of the Bettendorf Public Library. These resources are available to Bettendorf Library cardholders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week wherever there is internet access. These are subscription only databases paid with funds from the Bettendorf Library, the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation and the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library. For most databases, your password is your Bettendorf Library card number.

Thanks to the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation for their support and funding of Ancestry Library Edition, the EBSCOhost databases and eLibrary.
Thanks to the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library for their support and funding of the Grolier Online databases and SIRS Researcher®.

Databases by Subject  
   
Address and Phone Directory Genealogy
Audiobooks (downloadable) Geography & Countries
Biography Health & Medicine
Business Jobs & Careers
Children's Databases Magazines & Newspapers
E-Books Reader's Advisory
Education Student Research
Encyclopedias  
   
Databases by Name  

Address and Phone Directory

ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA is an electronic database of Business and Residential phone numbers and addresses.

 Audiobooks (downloadable)

netLibrary - Browse, check out, or download eBooks
netLibrary is a collection of electronic books, making it possible for you to access a wide range of research, reference, and reading materials online.

 Biography

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains 95,000 biographies and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects.

See also Contemporary Authors in Reader's Advisory

 Business

Business & Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center provides up-to-date business, company and industry information for more than 300,000 companies.

Business Source Elite
This business database provides full text for more than 1,120 business publications. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

Morningstar
Get stock and mutual fund quotes, research reports and tools for making better investing and 401k decisions. The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA is an electronic database of Business and Residential phone numbers and addresses.

Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 Children's Databases

EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. After entering your library card number, click on EBSCOhost, login and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

Kids Search
Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-5 - powered by EBSCOhost.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

Searchasaurus
Kid friendly searching. Includes Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Encyclopedia of Animals and a General Encyclopedia - powered by EBSCOhost.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 E-Books

netLibrary - Browse, check out, or download eBooks
netLibrary is a collection of electronic books, making it possible for you to access a wide range of research, reference, and reading materials online.

 Education

ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

LearningExpressLibrary.com
Provides online practice tests for all kinds of exams including ACT, SAT, Civil Service exams, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship and more. There are also tests to improve your reading, writing, math or grammar skills.

Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia Americana contains over 45,000 articles and is targeted at grades 8 and above.
The Friends of the Bettendorf Library pay for this subscription.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Grolier Encyclopedia is based on the Academic American Encyclopedia and is targeted at grades 5 and above. The Friends of the Bettendorf Library pay for this subscription.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 Genealogy

HeritageQuest Online
A growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture with over 25,000 family and local histories, the entire U.S. Federal Census, and other expanding collections.

Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Use Only)
Ancestry® Library Edition is one of the most important genealogical collections available today. This collection has more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names. Included are the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and much more.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 Geography and Countries

Lands and Peoples Online
Lands and Peoples is an encyclopedia of countries, cultures, geography and current events around the world. The Friends of the Bettendorf Library pay for this subscription.

 Health and Medicine

Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health and Wellness Resource Center offers access to authoritative health information, including full-text medical encyclopedias, several hundred medical and general interest periodicals, and more than 800 pamphlets.

Health Source - Consumer Edition
This database is a rich collection of consumer health information providing information on many health topics. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 Jobs and Careers

LearningExpressLibrary.com
Provides online practice tests for all kinds of exams including ACT, SAT, Civil Service exams, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship and more. There are also tests to improve your reading, writing, math or grammar skills.

Vocational and Career Collection
This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

 Magazines and Newspapers

America's Newspapers
The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.

Chicago Tribune
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Date range: 1985 - current.

Des Moines Register
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Date range: 1/1/1999 - current.

EBSCOhost - Broad range of periodical databases
EBSCOhost is an online system offering access to a wide variety of full-text and bibliographic databases. The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

New York Times
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Date range: 1/1/2000 - current.

Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

SIRS Researcher®
SIRS Researcher® is a general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
The Friends of the Bettendorf Library pay for this subscription.

 Reader's Advisory

Contemporary Authors
Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select contains critical essays and biographical information on more than 600 authors that are now living or have died since January 1, 2000. There is an emphasis on authors studied in high school and college literature courses.

Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center contains biographical and critical information on literary figures from all time periods. Both fiction and nonfiction authors are included in this current and comprehensive database.

netLibrary - Browse, check out, or download eBooks
netLibrary is a collection of electronic books, making it possible for you to access a wide range of research, reference, and reading materials online.

NoveList
NoveList helps readers find other books to read based on titles they've liked or topics they are interested in.

 Student Research

Academic Search Elite
Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

eLibrary - Full-text reference database
eLibrary contains full-text articles from magazines, newspapers and reference books, as well as transcripts of radio and television programs, photographs, and maps. The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

Lands and Peoples Online
Lands and Peoples is an encyclopedia of countries, cultures, geography and current events around the world. The Friends of the Bettendorf Library pay for this subscription.

MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school students, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed. The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.

SIRS Researcher®
SIRS Researcher® is a general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
The Friends of the Bettendorf Library pay for this subscription.

TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. After entering your library card number, login and click on EBSCOhost and choose this database from the ones listed.
The Library Foundation pays for this subscription.



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