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Databases from the State Library of Kansas - available to all Kansans
Ancestry Library Edition
- genealogy resources, available on computers used inside the Library
EbscoHost
- Auto Repair Reference Center - find vehicle repair information, including wiring diagrams
- Business Searching using Business Source Premier - full text for more than 2,100 business journals
- Consumer Health Complete - consumer-oriented information on health-related topics
- EBSCOhost Espanol - information in Spanish
- EBSCOhost Research Databases - the full list of provided EBSCO databases
- History Reference Center - comprehensive full text history reference database
- Kids Search - a child-friendly, graphically-rich design for finding information
- Literary Reference Center - information on thousands of authors and their works
- NoveList K-8 - 60,000 fiction titles for this age group, includes full-text reviews
- NoveList - reader’s advisory
- NoveList Plus - reader’s advisory, includes nonfiction
- Searchasaurus - an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching
- Small Business Reference Center - information on topics related to starting a company, operations management, sales, and growing or rescuing a business
- Student Research Center - students may search by keyword or by topic to find magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Good Reads
- best seller lists, award winners, featured books, plus links to NPL’s catalog
Good Reads in Your Inbox
- sign up to receive e-mail updates and reviews on what’s new in your favorite genres
HRSimple.com
- use username and password: 363046 to access updates to American Chamber of Commerce Resources
Kansas Library Catalog
- search holdings of 900 Kansas libraries
Learning Express
- academic and career-oriented resources, including practice tests, tutorials, and job-search and career-guidance information
Mango Language Learning
- online language-learning system teaching conversation skills for a wide variety of languages, available to NPL cardholders
National Geographic Magazine 1888 to Present, including People, Animals, and the World
- log in with your Newton Public Library card to access the magazine that’s been an inspiration since 1888, as well as a topic database
Sunflower eLibrary
- through a contract with OverDrive, audio books, ebooks, music and videos are available, using your Newton Public Library card
Zinio Digital Magazines
- use your Newton Public Library card to read your favorite magazines online, cover to cover