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Consumer Reports
Creativebug
Flipster
Hoopla
Kanopy
Mango Languages
Newspaper Archive
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Scholarly multi-disciplinary research database including full-text periodicals including peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals.
Contains records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library. Research agricultural information dating back to 1970 such as agricultural trade and marketing, rural information, and animal welfare.
Research database focusing on alternative and holistic approaches to health care providing full-text peer-reviewed articles, journals, reports, and international information.
Search for New England ancestors using a multitude of searchable resources of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Highlights include vital, probate, cemetery, church, and other records for New England, New York, Canada, and beyond.
Provided by the Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas residents can access Kansas-specific resources in Ancestry.com by verifying their residency with your Kansas driver’s license or state ID number. Includes millions of Kansas records from the State Archives and Research Collections.
Ancestry Library Edition is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. It provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from North America, the U.K., Europe, Australia, and more.
Contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983.
Comprehensive resource for abstracts of art information dating back to 1984.
This database features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts from an international array of publications. It is a comprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture and much more.
This database contains do-it-yourself repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, technical service bulletins, and updates are added to the database on a regular basis.
Includes critical essays, author biographies, interviews, and profiles, as well as character analyses. More than 1,000 poetry and classic works of literature are available in full-text. Essays on how to write papers, full-length videos of classic stage performances, and film adaptions of literary works. Extensive database on Shakespeare and his works.
This contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,500 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full-text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more. Lexile searching enabled.
BookFLIX pairs animated stories with real-world concepts for early readers up to 3rd grade. Animated stories and interactive games keep young readers engaged and help build vocabulary.
Encuentra respuestas a tu tarea con la Enciclopedia Britannica Edición Escolar en Español. Explora información interesante: biografías, bellas artes, ciencias naturales, ciencias sociales, tecnología, deportes, geografía, matemáticas, etc. Accesa mapas a través del Atlas del Mundo. Los artículos estan enfocados a nivel de educación primaria y secundaria.
La enciclopedia Britannica Moderna versión en Español esta dirigida a lectores adultos y permite explorar artículos destacados organizados de manera alfabética. Da acceso a mapas a través del Atlas del Mundo. Permite mantenerse actualizado con noticias y videos relevantes en Español a través de BBC Mundo.
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most popular business research database, featuring the full text for more than 2,200 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
Contains nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines covering the latest information and current trends in high technology including computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
The single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Consumer Reports is the largest, most trusted independent product testing organization in the world. Access thousands of expert reviews and ratings.
Access thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
Feed child curiosity and provide additional sources for research with Britannica’s trusted, highly acclaimed, non-fiction e-books for PreK-12th grade.
Research new and used cars including car prices, view incentives and dealer inventory listings, compare vehicles, get car buying advice and reviews at Edmunds.com
Providing indexing and abstracts for hundreds of periodicals, books and yearbooks, this database covers a broad range of subjects pertaining to education and is invaluable for education students, professionals and policy makers.
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides access to educational literature and resources.
This database contains more than 32,000 records, and covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples.
Allows you to examine historical records for details about your ancestors. These resources include official church (for example: birth, marriage, death) and governmental (for example: census) records. Provides additional digital records through our library subscription.
Browse and download full-color, interactive versions of your favorite magazines with your library card. No waiting and no limit to the number of downloads you can have.
A resource for genealogists, historians, veterans and their families. It provides access to US military records, including stories, photos, and personal documents of those who served, Revolutionary War-present.
Más de 450 revistas científicas de América Latina, Portugal y España. Todas las materias principales están cubiertas con especial énfasis en la agricultura, ciencias biológicas, economía, historia, derecho, literatura, filosofía, psicología, administración pública, religión y sociología. La base de datos se actualiza semanalmente.
Gale Genealogy Connect makes it easy for users to access genealogical content and discover the information most meaningful to their research. Designed specifically to empower researchers, this advanced online tool also instructs users in proper research methods, helping them organize and define goals to build the best possible family tree. Includes full text genealogy reference and research books.
GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
Includes in-depth coverage of body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, and procedures, as well as health and nutrition information specific to men, women, children, teens, and seniors.
This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Men’s Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. Also included in this database is searchable full text for current health-related pamphlets and more than 100 full-text health reference books, including books published by the People’s Medical Society.
This resource provides over 500 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from leading professional nursing journals.
Heritage Quest is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes census records, full text books, Revolutionary War pension records, and more.
Designed for academic research, this database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books. This content comes from leading history publishers such as Branden Publishing, Compass Point Books, Houghton Mifflin, Lerner Publishing Group, Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds Inc., Oliver Press, Oxford University Press, Rourke Publishing LLC, Salem Press, Stackpole Books, and Toucan Valley Publications.
You can use Hoopla to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV!
Presents articles in pro/con format that are supported by statistics, timelines, and primary sources. Many issues feature original videos and educator resources, as well as debate videos, newspaper editorials, audio content, and breaking news.
Job & Career Accelerator puts everything you need to land a job in one place. Discover the career that’s best for you by exploring over 1,000 different occupations, search local and national job and internship postings, create professional resumes and cover letters, and organize and track your job-search progress.
Nearly 30,000 movies and other videos that inspire, educate and entertain, from Kanopy. Free to cardholders, Kanopy’s unique selection offers something for everyone, from award winning indie films to important and timely documentaries, to foreign films, popular cinema, children’s shows and more.
This database provides a core of primary source documents for the study of Kansas history, packaged with an engaging user interface that provides students and researchers multiple ways of accessing the content.
Check car prices and values when buying and selling new or used vehicles. Find expert reviews and ratings, explore latest car news, get an Instant Cash Offer, and 5-Year Cost to Own information on KBB.com.
EBSCO's LearningExpress Library offers eBooks, practice exams, test preparation, courses, guides, and skills improvement related to college, computers, software, citizenship and employment.
Containing full text for hundreds of the world’s most respected, scholarly law journals, Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
This database provides cover-to-cover indexing of over 400 journals, including popular library and information science periodicals covering as far back as 1980.
Contains indexes to core journals, priority journals, and selective journals, as well as books, research reports, and proceedings extending back as far as the mid-1960s. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
A teacher-created, editor-reviewed resource in print and online. Resources include worksheets, crafts, forms, songs, games, and graphic organizers and more for pre-k to grade 6.
Learn a new language with this interactive database that provides step by step lesson plans for 71 different languages.
Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra School Edition contains full text for hundreds of popular high school magazines covering a wide-range of subject areas including history, science, careers, and more.
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier provides full text for magazines, reference books, and primary source documents. This database also provides an Image Collection containing photos, maps & flags.
Una colección única de la investigación médica y revistas de investigación de renombrados editores latinoamericanos y españoles. Esta base de datos en español contiene el texto completo de 130 revistas especializadas de medicina en español nativo.
This authoritative database provides full text, cover-to-cover indexing for journals indexed in MEDLINE. These top journals cover a wide range of subjects within the biomedical and health fields containing information needed by doctors, nurses, health professionals and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development.
The Manual contains general medical information about thousands of diseases and symptoms in all fields of medicine. The Manuals are the product of collaboration between hundreds of medical experts worldwide, an independent editorial board of peer reviewers, and our editorial staff of physicians and professional medical writers.
The Vet Manual contains signs, diagnoses, and treatments for diseases and disorders in all fields of veterinary medicine, in addition to information on management, nutrition, public health, and a range of other topics. The Vet Manual is the product of collaboration between hundreds of veterinary experts worldwide, an independent editorial board, and our editorial staff. The Manual is continually updated with new content and new features.
Designed to offer current news through a collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs for all branches of the military and government. This collection provides full text for hundreds journals and periodicals as well as indexing and abstracts for hundreds of journals.
Research the latest new car prices, deals, used car values, specs and more. NADA Guides is the leader in accurate vehicle pricing and vehicle information.
Explore Kansas newspapers, including the Salina Journal in full text: 1951-2016 with some missing dates. Search results are scans of actual papers, so researchers can see the original news layout.
Salina Journal in Full Text: 2002-present
Provided by the Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas residents can access Newspapers.com by verifying their residency with your Kansas driver’s license or state ID number. Collection of newspapers from the 1700s-2000s with over 3,300 newspapers from the United States.
NoveList Plus is the premiere database for reading recommendations, reviews, annotations, and much more. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. Lexile searching enabled.
Designed for professional educators, the Professional Development Collection is the most beneficial and most significant collection of full-text education journals in the world.
Leading nursing journals are provided alongside videos, dissertations, e-books, and study paths, making it easier to make connections between complex theoretical information and applying the acquired knowledge to practical settings.
This comprehensive resource is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students, providing extensive full-text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
Presents adapted reading material for a variety of subjects, with resources to help build background knowledge, conduct research, and improve study skills.
This database covers more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
With more than 300 full text journals, this database is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
View the Salina Journal newspaper on any library computer. View recent editions or search through Salina Journal Archives for the current month.
This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
Sunflower eLibrary (OverDrive/Libby) gives you free access to thousands of ebooks and audiobooks with your library card.
This database provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.
Teachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom.
An online collection of electronic children’s books accessible through the library’s website. Animation, sound, music and narration are added to existing picture books to produce an electronic book which you can read, or have read to you.
Universal Class for libraries is an online educational service providing a diverse offering of learning courses for people interested in the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.
Provides national and regional news sources from the U.S. and includes popular titles such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.
This database offers vocational and technical libraries top-quality resources for servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions, and the general public. Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals.
Provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, as well as support materials for teachers.
Provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, as well as support materials for teachers. Includes videos, games, and other resources.
Provides over 300,000 original summaries and essays on current events.
WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog.
Academic & Specialized
Scholarly multi-disciplinary research database including full-text periodicals including peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals.
Contains records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library. Research agricultural information dating back to 1970 such as agricultural trade and marketing, rural information, and animal welfare.
Contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983.
Contains nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines covering the latest information and current trends in high technology including computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
This database provides cover-to-cover indexing of over 400 journals, including popular library and information science periodicals covering as far back as 1980.
Contains indexes to core journals, priority journals, and selective journals, as well as books, research reports, and proceedings extending back as far as the mid-1960s. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
With more than 300 full text journals, this database is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
Teachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom.
Art
Comprehensive resource for abstracts of art information dating back to 1984.
This database features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts from an international array of publications. It is a comprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture and much more.
Access thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
Automotive
This database contains do-it-yourself repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, technical service bulletins, and updates are added to the database on a regular basis.
Research new and used cars including car prices, view incentives and dealer inventory listings, compare vehicles, get car buying advice and reviews at Edmunds.com
Check car prices and values when buying and selling new or used vehicles. Find expert reviews and ratings, explore latest car news, get an Instant Cash Offer, and 5-Year Cost to Own information on KBB.com.
Research the latest new car prices, deals, used car values, specs and more. NADA Guides is the leader in accurate vehicle pricing and vehicle information.
Books & Literature
Includes critical essays, author biographies, interviews, and profiles, as well as character analyses. More than 1,000 poetry and classic works of literature are available in full-text. Essays on how to write papers, full-length videos of classic stage performances, and film adaptions of literary works. Extensive database on Shakespeare and his works.
This contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,500 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full-text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more. Lexile searching enabled.
BookFLIX pairs animated stories with real-world concepts for early readers up to 3rd grade. Animated stories and interactive games keep young readers engaged and help build vocabulary.
Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
NoveList Plus is the premiere database for reading recommendations, reviews, annotations, and much more. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. Lexile searching enabled.
An online collection of electronic children’s books accessible through the library’s website. Animation, sound, music and narration are added to existing picture books to produce an electronic book which you can read, or have read to you.
WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog.
Business & Investments
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most popular business research database, featuring the full text for more than 2,200 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
This database covers more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.
Careers
Job & Career Accelerator puts everything you need to land a job in one place. Discover the career that’s best for you by exploring over 1,000 different occupations, search local and national job and internship postings, create professional resumes and cover letters, and organize and track your job-search progress.
Designed for professional educators, the Professional Development Collection is the most beneficial and most significant collection of full-text education journals in the world.
This database offers vocational and technical libraries top-quality resources for servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions, and the general public. Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals.
Consumer Information & Legal
Consumer Reports is the largest, most trusted independent product testing organization in the world. Access thousands of expert reviews and ratings.
GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
Containing full text for hundreds of the world’s most respected, scholarly law journals, Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Education & School Resources
Providing indexing and abstracts for hundreds of periodicals, books and yearbooks, this database covers a broad range of subjects pertaining to education and is invaluable for education students, professionals and policy makers.
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides access to educational literature and resources.
A teacher-created, editor-reviewed resource in print and online. Resources include worksheets, crafts, forms, songs, games, and graphic organizers and more for pre-k to grade 6.
Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra School Edition contains full text for hundreds of popular high school magazines covering a wide-range of subject areas including history, science, careers, and more.
This database provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.
Provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, as well as support materials for teachers.
Provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, as well as support materials for teachers. Includes videos, games, and other resources.
En Espanol
Encuentra respuestas a tu tarea con la Enciclopedia Britannica Edición Escolar en Español. Explora información interesante: biografías, bellas artes, ciencias naturales, ciencias sociales, tecnología, deportes, geografía, matemáticas, etc. Accesa mapas a través del Atlas del Mundo. Los artículos estan enfocados a nivel de educación primaria y secundaria.
La enciclopedia Britannica Moderna versión en Español esta dirigida a lectores adultos y permite explorar artículos destacados organizados de manera alfabética. Da acceso a mapas a través del Atlas del Mundo. Permite mantenerse actualizado con noticias y videos relevantes en Español a través de BBC Mundo.
Más de 450 revistas científicas de América Latina, Portugal y España. Todas las materias principales están cubiertas con especial énfasis en la agricultura, ciencias biológicas, economía, historia, derecho, literatura, filosofía, psicología, administración pública, religión y sociología. La base de datos se actualiza semanalmente.
Una colección única de la investigación médica y revistas de investigación de renombrados editores latinoamericanos y españoles. Esta base de datos en español contiene el texto completo de 130 revistas especializadas de medicina en español nativo.
Genealogy
Search for New England ancestors using a multitude of searchable resources of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Highlights include vital, probate, cemetery, church, and other records for New England, New York, Canada, and beyond.
Provided by the Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas residents can access Kansas-specific resources in Ancestry.com by verifying their residency with your Kansas driver’s license or state ID number. Includes millions of Kansas records from the State Archives and Research Collections.
Ancestry Library Edition is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. It provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from North America, the U.K., Europe, Australia, and more.
Allows you to examine historical records for details about your ancestors. These resources include official church (for example: birth, marriage, death) and governmental (for example: census) records. Provides additional digital records through our library subscription.
A resource for genealogists, historians, veterans and their families. It provides access to US military records, including stories, photos, and personal documents of those who served, Revolutionary War-present.
Gale Genealogy Connect makes it easy for users to access genealogical content and discover the information most meaningful to their research. Designed specifically to empower researchers, this advanced online tool also instructs users in proper research methods, helping them organize and define goals to build the best possible family tree. Includes full text genealogy reference and research books.
Heritage Quest is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Includes census records, full text books, Revolutionary War pension records, and more.
Health & Wellness
Research database focusing on alternative and holistic approaches to health care providing full-text peer-reviewed articles, journals, reports, and international information.
The single-most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Includes in-depth coverage of body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, and procedures, as well as health and nutrition information specific to men, women, children, teens, and seniors.
This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Men’s Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. Also included in this database is searchable full text for current health-related pamphlets and more than 100 full-text health reference books, including books published by the People’s Medical Society.
This resource provides over 500 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from leading professional nursing journals.
This authoritative database provides full text, cover-to-cover indexing for journals indexed in MEDLINE. These top journals cover a wide range of subjects within the biomedical and health fields containing information needed by doctors, nurses, health professionals and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development.
The Manual contains general medical information about thousands of diseases and symptoms in all fields of medicine. The Manuals are the product of collaboration between hundreds of medical experts worldwide, an independent editorial board of peer reviewers, and our editorial staff of physicians and professional medical writers.
The Vet Manual contains signs, diagnoses, and treatments for diseases and disorders in all fields of veterinary medicine, in addition to information on management, nutrition, public health, and a range of other topics. The Vet Manual is the product of collaboration between hundreds of veterinary experts worldwide, an independent editorial board, and our editorial staff. The Manual is continually updated with new content and new features.
Leading nursing journals are provided alongside videos, dissertations, e-books, and study paths, making it easier to make connections between complex theoretical information and applying the acquired knowledge to practical settings.
This comprehensive resource is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students, providing extensive full-text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
History & Government
This database contains more than 32,000 records, and covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples.
A resource for genealogists, historians, veterans and their families. It provides access to US military records, including stories, photos, and personal documents of those who served, Revolutionary War-present.
Designed for academic research, this database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books. This content comes from leading history publishers such as Branden Publishing, Compass Point Books, Houghton Mifflin, Lerner Publishing Group, Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds Inc., Oliver Press, Oxford University Press, Rourke Publishing LLC, Salem Press, Stackpole Books, and Toucan Valley Publications.
This database provides a core of primary source documents for the study of Kansas history, packaged with an engaging user interface that provides students and researchers multiple ways of accessing the content.
Designed to offer current news through a collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs for all branches of the military and government. This collection provides full text for hundreds journals and periodicals as well as indexing and abstracts for hundreds of journals.
Homework Help
Feed child curiosity and provide additional sources for research with Britannica’s trusted, highly acclaimed, non-fiction e-books for PreK-12th grade.
EBSCO's LearningExpress Library offers eBooks, practice exams, test preparation, courses, guides, and skills improvement related to college, computers, software, citizenship and employment.
Universal Class for libraries is an online educational service providing a diverse offering of learning courses for people interested in the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.
Provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, as well as support materials for teachers.
Provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, as well as support materials for teachers. Includes videos, games, and other resources.
Languages and Culture
Access thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
Learn a new language with this interactive database that provides step by step lesson plans for 71 different languages.
Lifelong Learning
EBSCO's LearningExpress Library offers eBooks, practice exams, test preparation, courses, guides, and skills improvement related to college, computers, software, citizenship and employment.
Learn a new language with this interactive database that provides step by step lesson plans for 71 different languages.
Universal Class for libraries is an online educational service providing a diverse offering of learning courses for people interested in the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.
Local History
This database provides a core of primary source documents for the study of Kansas history, packaged with an engaging user interface that provides students and researchers multiple ways of accessing the content.
Newspapers and Magazines
Browse and download full-color, interactive versions of your favorite magazines with your library card. No waiting and no limit to the number of downloads you can have.
Explore Kansas newspapers, including the Salina Journal in full text: 1951-2016 with some missing dates. Search results are scans of actual papers, so researchers can see the original news layout.
Salina Journal in Full Text: 2002-present
Provided by the Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas residents can access Newspapers.com by verifying their residency with your Kansas driver’s license or state ID number. Collection of newspapers from the 1700s-2000s with over 3,300 newspapers from the United States.
View the Salina Journal newspaper on any library computer. View recent editions or search through Salina Journal Archives for the current month.
Provides national and regional news sources from the U.S. and includes popular titles such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.
Reference and Research
Presents articles in pro/con format that are supported by statistics, timelines, and primary sources. Many issues feature original videos and educator resources, as well as debate videos, newspaper editorials, audio content, and breaking news.
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier provides full text for magazines, reference books, and primary source documents. This database also provides an Image Collection containing photos, maps & flags.
Presents adapted reading material for a variety of subjects, with resources to help build background knowledge, conduct research, and improve study skills.
Provides over 300,000 original summaries and essays on current events.
Video Streaming
You can use Hoopla to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV!
Nearly 30,000 movies and other videos that inspire, educate and entertain, from Kanopy. Free to cardholders, Kanopy’s unique selection offers something for everyone, from award winning indie films to important and timely documentaries, to foreign films, popular cinema, children’s shows and more.
eBooks and Audiobooks
Feed child curiosity and provide additional sources for research with Britannica’s trusted, highly acclaimed, non-fiction e-books for PreK-12th grade.
You can use Hoopla to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV!
Sunflower eLibrary (OverDrive/Libby) gives you free access to thousands of ebooks and audiobooks with your library card.
An online collection of electronic children’s books accessible through the library’s website. Animation, sound, music and narration are added to existing picture books to produce an electronic book which you can read, or have read to you.