Online Resources A-Z

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Curriculum for young learners ages 2-6 with interactive books,  games, puzzles and other activities.  In Library Use Only.

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This service offers automotive repair information covering vehicles from 1982 to the present. In Library Use Only.

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Start your genealogy search here!  In Library Use Only.

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This website offers reading challenges to get people engaged in books.You can track your reading minutes or books, write reviews, and participate in fun activities to earn digital tickets and badges!

 

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This website features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. 

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Provides homework help, homeschool support, and reader's advisory, along with much more.

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With carefully scrutinized resources and rigorously screened navigator, it ensures veterans get the help they need, when they need it.

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Learn the basics of computers: searching the Internet, word processing, creating spreadsheets and databases, implementing design, and more.

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Content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.

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Empower learners with digital citizenship skills to navigate today’s virtual landscape.

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This service provides free practice tests for the Missouri written driver's permit exam.

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View and download 28,000+ eBooks for children and adults.

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Search for magazines, newspapers, eBooks and other research materials all from one spot.  Get the app!

Easily search these academic-level resources: Academic Search Elite, ERIC, Professional Development Collection, and eBook Open Access Monographic Collection. 

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Search tool to locate materials in EBSCOHost designated for K-5th grade students.

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Search tool to locate materials in EBSCOHost designated for general research projects. 

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Search tool to locate materials in EBSCOHost designated for 9th-12th grade students.

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Search tool to locate materials in EBSCOHost designated for 6th-8th grade students.

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Research your family history at this free genealogy site.  

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Learn to manage credit and debt, save and invest with confidence, plan for college and retirement and avoid fraud and scams.

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Access current issues of popular magazines to read on your computer, tablet, or phone.  iOS or Android app.  Help Center?

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Discover your family's military past

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Missouri legal forms covering areas such as landlord-tenant relations, divorce agreements, business relationships and end-of-life issues. 

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Genealogy Podcast: Murder and Mayhem

Listen to stories about murder and scandals from Jefferson County's past on your favorite podcast venue. Available on buzzsprout, Spotify, iHeart radio, Google podcasts, and more. Look for jeffcomomurderandmayhem. 


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This collection assembles every available US federal census, family genealogies, local histories and more.

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Movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, phone or TV.  Five checkouts per month per user.  FAQ

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Stream your favorite content online through the library's subscription to Kanopy, unlocking access to hundreds of top films.


"Kanopy Kids" includes over 1,400 titles! Parental controls and age ratings are available for those who wish to use them.

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Study materials and practice tests . Information on career and professional development as well.

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Mango offers access to 60 foreign language courses and 17 English courses for ESL learners.

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Mango Languages now offers additional courses through ASL inside, with practical lessons to enable patrons carry on basic ASL conversations.

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The latest treatments, information on a drug or supplement,  meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations.

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Search millions of records on Missouri's past and gain access to thousands of digitized primary source materials.  

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Missouri Evergreen

Search for books, movies, music and more directly from your mobile device with our new Missouri Evergreen mobile app. You can also place holds, view account information, and renew items. The app will create a digital library card that can be used to checkout with the staff or at the self check units while in the library.


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Downloadable eBooks, eAudiobooks, & eMagazines. 

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Search millions of records on Missouri's past and gain access to thousands of digitized primary source materials.  

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Indexes names of residents found in local historical newspapers that are microfilmed and housed in the Northwest Branch Special Collection.   

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Full text articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other American news magazines.

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Full text articles from national and international newspapers and selective regional newspapers.  

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5,600+ historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations.

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Is especially for younger readers with reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction.

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Discover good books, sign up for new book alerts, and build your own reading lists. 

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Connects people to appropriate occupations with resources like the Career Exploration Tools and O*NET OnLine

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For middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects.

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A business directory that collects information on every open, active business in the United States.

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Takes you step-by-step through the resume and cover letter creation process.

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Access content from history, literature and science reference books.  

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Community issues and events, business, education, government, sports, obituaries and more from (1988-present).

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Database of multimedia resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K-12 environment. In Library Use Only. 

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Provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, self-help support.

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Provides access to the The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal

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A centralized, one-stop governmental site to make it easier for businesses to access services to help them grow and hire

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Ratings of stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, banks, credit unions and insurance companies

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Search libraries around the world for items that JCL does not carry that can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.