10 Most Popular Databases
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- 1. Ancestry Library Edition: The ultimate source for genealogy, family trees and family history records online.
- 2. Tutor.com: Get a live tutor to help you with writing, Science, Math, History and more! Help is available for students from grade school through college, as well as adults who need help with resumes, GED prep and more. Now available only to Westland residents.
- 3. Opposing Viewpoints: A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues organized by reading level.
- 4. Legal Forms: Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others.
- 5. LearningExpress Library*: Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help test takers succeed on academic or licensing tests.
- 6. General Reference Center Gold*: One-stop access to general interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, maps, historical images, and newspaper articles. Mostly full-text.
- 7. Health and Wellness Resource Center*: Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.
- 8. Reference USA: Contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households.
- 9. Chilton Library*: Covers authoritative automotive repair information on thousands of year, make, and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
- 10. Newstand*: A collection of more than 1,000 newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the New York Times (1985-current). All full text.
*MeL Databases
These databases are part of MeL which is a project of the Library of Michigan, an agency of the state government. The Library of Michigan contracts with MCLS and partners with a number of Michigan organizations and institutions to provide MeL services. This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.