POWERSEARCH

• Gale PowerSearch
  Search for any term to find articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, books and video or podcast content from numerous outfits. Simply type your search term into the space below, and select any or all of the cross-searchable databases. Gale PowerSearch will find any articles containing your search term across an array of formats.
  
  Or, conduct your own search in an individual database by clicking the box next to it, then click Continue to use the search interface for that specific database. Click Change Databases link to return to original Gale PowerSearch page.

GRANT RESOURCES

• Foundation Directory Online Professional
  This database of over 80,000 grantmakers allows you to search for foundations and granting agencies and to find grant money for your organization or research project.
  

• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
  Geared toward individuals and small organizations seeking grant money, this database includes over 7700 foundations and public charity programs. You can read about specific grants, and learn how to increase your chances of success.
  

• Philanthropy In/Sight
  An interactive mapping tool that creates maps to reveal patterns of foundation giving and funding relationships, both locally and worldwide. This database plots locations of grantmakers and recipients, and enables you to view aggregated grant data and to overlay that data with maps of demographic areas.
  

SPECIAL INTEREST

• AccessScience (McGraw-Hill) - Continuously updated science information from over 5,000 researchers, supported by the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. The Study Center offers learning resources including Advance Placement study guides for biology, chemistry, environmental science, and physics.
• Chilton Auto Repair - Quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today.
• Gale Legal Forms - Legal Forms provides access to thousands of customizable state-specific legal forms. Legal subject areas include bankruptcy, bill of sale, contracts, divorce, employment, living wills, name change and much more.
• Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center (Ebsco) - This database offers detailed "how to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.
• LearningExpress Library offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want - at school, at work, or in life.
• LegalTrac (InfoTrac) - Law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, international legal journals, plus law-related articles from business and general interest journals.
• Mango Languages - Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
• Military and Intelligence Database (InfoTrac) - Journals that are related to military and intelligence topics.
• Religion and Philosophy Database (InfoTrac) - Journals that are related to religion and philosophy.
• Small Engine Repair Reference Center (Ebsco) - repair, maintenance and
  service information for small engines. Engine types include: ATVs, boat motors, generators, lawn mowers, motorcycles, personal water craft, snowmobiles, snow blowers, tractors, and more.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• Audio Books, Music & More - You can browse and search hundreds of great titles and download them to your computer, transfer them to a portable device, or burn onto a CD for your reading and listening pleasure anywhere, anytime.
• Kansas Library Catalog - Search holdings of 900 Kansas libraries.
• Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac) - Biographies, bibliographies, & critical analyses of authors from every age & literary discipline including fiction, poetry, essays, & journalism.
• NoveList - Readers' advisory resource, providing subject access to fiction titles, authors, reading lists, read-alikes and more.
• Talking Book Catalog - Books, magazines and other materials available to qualified patrons through the Talking Books program.
• WorldCat (FirstSearch) - OCLC catalog of books & other materials in libraries worldwide.

BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT

• Business and Company Resource Center (InfoTrac) - Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies & periodicals. [full text and images]
• Business & Company ASAP (InfoTrac) - Information on companies, markets & industries, market trends, mergers & acquisitions, current management theory & company overviews.
• Barron's - Barron's is America's premire finacial magazine. Providing in-depth analysis and commentary on markets, and is updated daily.
• Computer Database (InfoTrac) - Computer-related product introductions, news & reviews on hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications & the application of technology.
• Kansas City Star - Read today's full issue and browse past issues.
• ReferenceUSA databases contain detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses and 115 million households. Business listings can be searched by name, address, phone number, company name, industry, geography, and other special selections. Details on businesses include toll free and fax numbers, sales volume, number of employees, ticker symbols, and owner/executive names. The Custom Search feature allows user to create and download customized lists. The Lifestyles option is a useful marketing tool, offering 19 categories with subheadings to identify consumers based on their lifestyles, hobbies, and interests. Users may search specific geographic areas for potential customers who have interests in your products or services. Economic factors such as median home income and median home value can also be incorporated into the search. Accessible from your home or business with your Lawrence Public Library card.

GENEALOGY

• Ancestry Library Edition (ProQuest) - Genealogy database with over 1.2 billion records, including the Passenger and Immigration Lists Index and much more. [Library access only]
• Searchable Cemetery Records - The City of Lawrence offers a searchable online database containing burial records from Dec 1832 to present day, for all city-owned cemeteries.
• Heritage Quest (ProQuest) - Research materials for tracing family history & American culture.
• Historical Newspapers: New York Times (Proquest) - Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue (1851-2006). [full text and images]
• Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 (ProQuest) - Digital access to Sanborn fire insurance maps for Missouri and Kansas. Useful for urban specialists, social historians, architects, genealogists, environmentalists and planners. [text and images]

GENERAL REFERENCE

• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) - Peer-reviewed articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, including the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
• Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) - Scholarly journals, news magazines, & newspapers on the arts, humanities, social sciences, and more.
• General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) - General interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) - Encyclopedias, almanacs, & specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
• Historical Newspapers - New York Times (Proquest) - Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. [1851-2003]
• Informe - articles from Spanish & bilingual magazines & newspapers from 1994 to present.
• Lawrence Journal-World Archives - Full-text articles from the LJW, 1989 to current. Full text, no photographs or graphics.
• Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac) - Biographies, bibliographies, & critical analyses of authors from every age & literary discipline including fiction, poetry, essays, & journalism.
• OneFile (InfoTrac) - News & periodical articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, humanities, law, literature, art, politics, science, social science, sports, & technology. [full-text, updated daily]

• InfoTrac Junior Edition: A database of magazine, newspaper and reference book articles for middle school students.
• InfoTrac Student Edition: Millions of articles from magazines, newspapers, podcasts and reference books, for high school students.
• Kids InfoBits: Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten though grade 5. Appropriate, graphic interface highlighting a subject-based topic tree search.
• Learning Express: Learning Centers (elementary through college levels) plus computer skills, GED and workplace skills training.
• Novelist - NoveList -Your Guide to Fiction. Search by title, author, reading level, reviews, awards, curriculum.

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

• Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac) - Information on health & wellness from magazines, journals, newspapers & directories.
• Health Reference Center Academic (InfoTrac) - Articles on Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc.
• Kansas Health Online - Tools to compare hospitals, find doctors and information about healthy lifestyles to help you make healthful choices.
• Nursing & Allied Health Source (Proquest) - Full text articles and abstracts from leading nursing publications and many other medical periodicals, for professional and consumer research.