Covers themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
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Reaches back nearly 5,000 years to chronicle the rise and fall of cultures and societies across all continents and eras. Includes rare primary sources and reliable references.
Provides access to approximately 1.8 million pages (over 28 million articles) of primary source newspaper content from the nineteenth century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. Titles were selected by leading scholars of the nineteenth century American press, and headnotes have been included for the individual titles.
Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
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Whether you are going back to school, switching jobs or just want to brush up on an academic skill, the Adult Learning Center will help you achieve your goals. It offers live tutoring, skills building, writing lab and test center, such as GED and US Citizenship.
AllData (All Data) provides current and comprehensive automotive repair information including engine-specific diagnostic and repair procedures, electrical diagrams, maintenance schedules and more. This database requires IE, Firefox, or Opera.
This database is only available at the East, Fountain, Library 21c, Penrose, Ruth Holley, and Sand Creek Libraries.
Includes the complete electronic editions of more than 2,000 U.S. newspapers and news video clips including The Gazette.
AmericanAncestors.org provides access to 1.4+ billion records spanning the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond, including one of the most extensive online collections of early American genealogical records, the largest searchable collection of published genealogical research journals and magazines, and the only online source for records from Boston's Catholic Archdiocese.
This database is only available at PPLD Libraries.
Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resources to the library. It’s an unprecedented online collection of individuals from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more. Using the more than 7,000 available databases, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.
This database is only available at PPLD Libraries.
Featuring original equipment manufacturers content from MOTOR. The product includes service and repair procedures, wiring diagrams, technical service bulletins and recalls, maintenance schedules, specifications, diagnostic trouble codes, labor estimates, parts pricing, and component locations – everything needed to keep your vehicle running smoothly.
Biography Reference Center provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete text of Biography and Biography Today.
Find your next great read with BookBrowse! Get reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and more. Sign up for the BookBrowse newsletter here! Access to full content on the site is provided by the Friends of PPLD.
Provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications with some titles dating back to 1985. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Provides training, technical assistance and consultation to nonprofits and community-based organizations in Colorado and across the country.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
A comprehensive full-text resource for consumer-oriented health content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Find product reviews and ratings on thousands of products. Click on the full-text link to search.
As a library user, you have access to all the valuable content on Consumer Reports through your library membership.
- Unlimited access to unbiased ratings and reviews for over 8,500 products and services
- Test scores on performance, safety and reliability
- Shopping advice to save you time and money
- Expert buying guides and how-to videos
- Latest news on recalls, health, money & food
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Includes over 200 reports on countries and cultures and state reports outlining the diversity and history of each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Designed for upper elementary-aged children.
Learn by doing, not just watching training videos. Take interactive classes and earn certificates for training in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); Google apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Classroom); email systems (Outlook, Gmail); virtual platforms (Google Meet, Skype, Teams, Zoom) and much more. New users need to create an account.
Data Axle contains information on 44 Million Businesses, 4.1 New Businesses, and 148 Million Residents Data Axle now includes lifestyle and consumer data on over 60 market segments to help identify new market opportunities. Data Axle also includes 2.5 million job and internship postings. U.S. Consumers / Lifestyles Tutorial Download the App for iPad
Delivers the data you need to make sound business decisions. With Demographics Now you can analyze the demographic and market potential of any geography in the U.S. Includes mapping.
Select the Denver Post image format from the list to view the newspaper as it appears in print.
Contains images depicting Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak region, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain West and the Southwest. Images "born digital" increasingly are being added to the collections.
Provides detailed studies of tribes from all over the United States and Canada, including small tribes and some that no longer exist.
An introduction for students into the topic of weather and natural disasters for students.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Comprehensive Coverage for Environmental Studies including agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and affiliated areas of study.
This book discusses epidemics and pandemics, their impact on public health, and how they shape and are shaped by political, economic, and social forces.
This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It contains a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies and primary source documents.
Designed for elementary school students, students can look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.
Find articles and facts from the world’s leading magazines and reference books in one search.
Designed for high school students, students can look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.
Discover your family history through the vast resources of the world’s largest genealogical library. Search the extensive FamilySearch records database, join their collaborative family tree, or learn more about genealogical research, locations, and records using the Research Wiki. Regional History & Genealogy at Penrose Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Affiliate library locations have access to certain collections that are unavailable remotely.
Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K. and other international records.
This database is only available at PPLD Libraries.
Candid is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Access Foundation Directory's Professional database to research funders, grants, grant recipients, and organizations.
This database is only available at Penrose Library.Step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit.
Includes Encyclopedia of Associations (National, International, Regional, State and Local)
Gale In Context: Elementary, formerly Kids InfoBits, gradually lets elementary school children gain comfort with research by delivering age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of subjects taught in the classroom like animals, arts and music, social studies, and more.
Searches our entire collection of Gale eBooks on a variety of subjects, including history, science, government, and more.
This database is only available inside Library facilities.
Foundation Grants to Individuals includes profiles of 10,000 grantmakers with details on funders that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and a wide range of financial support to individuals.
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment from scholarly and general-interest titles. Includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
This ebook offers broad, comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals.
Live homework help and skills building from expert tutors in math, science, social studies and English plus writing and reading assistance. Designed for grades K - Adults. Tutors available online Monday - Sunday from 2 - 11 p.m.
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HeritageQuest is a comprehensive treasury of American and international genealogical records—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. With remote, at-home access and billions of records, it delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources (with coverage dating back to the 1700s) including federal census records, city directories, local histories, genealogical publications, full sets of Revolutionary War pension records, Freedman's Bank records, and more.
Features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books; full text for 200+ history periodicals; nearly 57,000 historical documents and much more. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
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This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.
Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides do-it-yourselfers with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.
Get LIVE job coaching, resume assistance and more. Assistance available online Monday - Sunday from 2 - 11 p.m.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the foods and recipes from 70 representative countries and culture groups worldwide.
Provides access to thousands of customizable online legal documents that are designed for Colorado residents.
Contains hundreds of full-text publications including reference books provided by Nolo and thousands of legal forms. Search over 12,800 state-specific legal forms. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
This database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting of nearly 400 journals, including key library and information science periodicals, and full-text coverage of over 160 journals.
Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning offers online video tutorials to help you learn software, creative, and business skills.
For users who download the LinkedIn Learning app onto their device please select "Sign in with your library card" option. At the "Enter the Library ID" page add "pikespeak" to the end of the URL and then tap on "Continue".
Literary Reference Center is a full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.
Includes biographical information on 122,000 authors and literary criticism on their works.
Learn a new language! Choose from 70 languages, including 21 English as a Second Language (ESL) options.
Provides full text for over 460 general interest and current events magazines.
Provides full text for more than 1,700 periodicals and 500 reference books with coverage dating as far back as 1975 and covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
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Provides full text for over 120 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students.
Provides analysts’ independent opinion on 1,700 stocks, 2,200 mutual funds, and 300 exchange rated funds plus accurate, up-to-date data on 35,000 stocks and funds, along with industry and market data.
My Heritage is a diverse genealogy database providing access to billions of historical documents from 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes and additional resources that span the past five centuries.
Enjoy access to the online edition of The New York Times newspaper in English, Spanish, or Chinese
NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content. NewspaperARCHIVE.com adds one newspaper page every second - that's over 80,000 images a day!
Northstar Digital Literacy uses self-directed learning modules and assessments to help you learn the basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online for daily life and employment. Verify your skills and earn certificates and digital badges in areas like Essential Computer Skills, Essential Software Skills, and Using Technology in Daily Life. New users need to create an account.
Search fiction and nonfiction titles for children and teens for read-alikes, series, genres, authors and subjects and browse lists of award winning titles
Search fiction and nonfiction titles for read-alikes, series, genres, authors and subjects and browse lists of award winning titles
Social issues database of current event topics - the facts as well as the arguments of each topic’s proponents and detractors.
Practice tests to help prepare for higher education and the working world plus information on private high schools, undergraduate and graduate programs and executive education programs, searchable by location, major, tuition, sports. Includes scholarship information.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center is a full-text database containing thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets.
Contains resources that present multiple sides of an issue, helping students develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
PPLD's Digital Collections features historic photographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, oral histories, films and more that highlight the rich history of the Pikes Peak area. The materials come from the Regional History & Genealogy of the Pikes Peak Library District, housed in the 1905 Carnegie Library in downtown Colorado Springs.
Covers children's magazines and pamphlets designed for the elementary school student.
Covers topics on emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Includes full text for more than 560 journals. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
A full-text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world.
Religion & Philosophy Collection is a full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Provides easy access to a multitude of full-text, science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for 732+ science encyclopedias and reference books, 195 periodicals, 519 science videos and other sources. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
Provides users with detailed repair guides for all manner of small engines.
Covers the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies and more.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Includes information on almost 2,000 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics.
Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology.
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Download the EBSCO App for iOS and Android!
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Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
Animated, talking picture books, eBooks, Spanish and French books and more always available. Best for K-6.
Richard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes annual business reference eBooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each eBook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. In addition to in-depth analyses, the eBooks include links to hundreds of websites for additional information.
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune. The current day’s content is available by 8 a.m. each day.
This database is only available at the Penrose Library. Please click the 'sign out' button when you have finished your session.World Almanac for Kids (for elementary-middle school students) and World Almanac for Elementary (for younger elementary students) both provide a wealth of trusted content—including engaging illustrated articles, videos, interactives, Fun Facts, and more—in a colorful, kid-friendly format perfect for students who are developing online research skills.
After evaluating current database subscriptions based on usage, cost effectiveness, and availability of information from other sources, PPLD has decided not to renew our subscription for World Almanac Elementary. Access to this database will end in June 2024. Databases you can use to access similar information include World Almanac for Kids and Gale In Context: Elementary.