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Full Database List

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All Decatur Public Library Databases

  • A to Z Databases
    This great database allows you to search people, jobs, get mailing lists, find sales leads, perform market research, and much more!
  • Academic Search Premier
    Academic Search Premier
  • America's Newspapers
    Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, real estate, and sports from over 2,000 U.S. newspapers.
  • Ancestry Library Edition (Library Access Only)
    Stop in to the library and search more than 2 billion names, images, records, passenger lists, military records, immigration records, and much more.
  • Auto Repair Source
    Auto Repair Source
  • Birth Records
    Search birth records from the Herald & Review by father or mother's first or last names.
  • Black Life in America
    The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
  • Business Source Premier
    Business Source Premier
  • ConsumerReports.org
    ConsumerReports.org
  • EBSCO Discovery Service - Research
    Getting started on your research can be tricky, but we have tools to help you. When you search the library for a popular topic or keyword, our Research Starter feature will help.
  • Ebsco Explora (recommended general search)
    Ebsco Explora (recommended general search)
  • EBSCO Flipster
    Your go-to resource for the best selling digital magazines.
  • EBSCO's Learning Express
    LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use e-learning platform featuring online tutorials, practice tests, quizzes and e-books to help you achieve your educational and professional goals. In addition to helping you improve your reading, writing, math and basic science skills, LearningExpress Library offers tools and resources to help you search for jobs, build workplace skills and prepare for career certification exams. You'll also find college and grad school admissions test prep, GED® test prep, U.S. citizenship test prep and much more.
  • Ebsco Literary Reference Center Plus
    Ebsco Literary Reference Center Plus
  • Ebsco Legal Information Reference Center
    Ebsco Legal Information Reference Center
  • Ebsco Consumer Health Complete
    Ebsco Consumer Health Complete
  • Ebsco Business Source Complete
    Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals
  • Ebsco All Databases
    Ebsco All Databases
  • Fold3
    Get access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served and combine records found on Fold3 with what you have to create an online memorial for someone who served.
  • Gale Religions of America
    Discover the history and unique character of religious movements that originated in the United States and Canada.
  • Gale Women's Studies
    Understand historical, social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
  • Gale Political Extremism and Radicalism
    Explore diverse content covering fringe political movements, including campaign materials, periodicals, propaganda, and more.
  • Gale Archives of Sexuality and Gender
    Research a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.
  • Gale Slavery and Anti-Slavery
    Research, study, and discover endless teaching possibilities on understanding slavery from a multinational perspective.
  • Gale Indigenous People of North America
    Gain insight into the cultural, political, and social history of Native Peoples from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
  • Herald & Review
    Find articles on local news, issues, events, people, and much more from current and archived issues of the Herald & Review.
  • HeritageHub
    Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.
  • Heritage Quest Online
    Provides searchable records for the U.S. Federal Census, PERSI genealogical and local history periodicals, Revolutionary War Pension records, 25,000+ family and local history books, and more.
  • Heritage Quest Online (Library Access Only)
    Anyone within the Decatur Public Library can search records, periodicals, family and local history books, and more to learn more to explore heritage.
  • Hispanic Life in America
    The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
  • La Vida Hispana en América
    La experiencia e impacto de los Hispano Américanos como ha sido escrita por los medios de comunicación del 1704 al presente.
  • Local History Collection
    With thousands of searchable items available, it is easier than ever to find old photos of friends and family.
  • Middle Search Plus
    Middle Search Plus
  • Novelist Plus
    For fiction reading suggestions, NoveList provides reviews, annotations, book discussions, articles and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles.
  • Novelist K-8 Plus
    Whether you’re hungry for a story about starting school, superheroes, or not-so-scary monsters, our Recommended Reads lists will keep your to-be-read pile filled. Happy Reading!
  • Obituary Records
    Find local obituaries from 1878 to the present from area newspaper sources.
  • OCLC First Search
    Find out-of-system books, journals, periodicals, government documents, conference proceedings, and more from libraries worldwide.
  • Points of View Reference Center
    Points of View Reference Center
  • Primary Search
    Primary Search
  • Science Reference Center
    Science Reference Center
  • NewspaperARCHIVE Library Edition (Inside of Library)
    Provides searchable access to over 6,000 newspapers throughout North America, the UK, and other select countries worldwide dating back to the 17th century. (Use this link if you are inside of the Library)
  • NewspaperARCHIVE Library Edition (Outside of Library)
    Provides searchable access to over 6,000 newspapers throughout North America, the UK, and other select countries worldwide dating back to the 17th century. (Use this link if you are outside of the Library)
  • Yearbooks
    Find digital versions of local yearbooks up to 1977.

Helpful Resources

  • Research Database Tutorials
    If you are new to our databases and need a little help getting started, some of our databases have tutorials.

Research Database Tutorials

If you are new to our databases and need a little help getting started, some of our databases have tutorials.

Check them out now!  →