You can access these databases from virtually any computer, anywhere.  Click on the links below and enter your valid 14-digit Lafayette Public Library card number when prompted. 

Academic
Academic Search Premier
A large academic multi-disciplinary database. help
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Learning Express

• Computer skills -- learn Microsoft products, Photoshop & more!
• Practice for occupational tests including:  Civil Service, EMT, Firefighter, Nursing, Real Estate, Teaching, Commercial Drivers License & more!
• Get ready for the GED test - take courses & practice the tests (tests offered in Spanish, too)
• Find more than 130 eBooks (pdf format) to help you succeed!  help

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Business
Business Source Premier
Provides the full text for many journals, comprehensive coverage in all disciplines of business.help
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Job & Career Accelerator

Regional Business News
Provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications.help
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Kids Search
A child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use. Includes Encyclopedia of Animals which provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals. help
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Novelist K-8
Contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles for students in grades K-8. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. help
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Primary Search
Contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines and an iImage collection of 285,912 photos, maps and flags.help
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Teacher Research Center
Teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books provides coverage on key education topics.
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Tumblebooks
An online library of picture books and chapter book classics that you can listen to or read online.
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General
Academic Search Premier
A large academic multi-disciplinary database. help
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Job & Career Accelerator

Learning Express

• Computer skills -- learn Microsoft products, Photoshop & more!
• Practice for occupational tests including:  Civil Service, EMT, Firefighter, Nursing, Real Estate, Teaching, Commercial Drivers License & more!
• Get ready for the GED test - take courses & practice the tests (tests offered in Spanish, too)
• Find more than 130 eBooks (pdf format) to help you succeed!  help

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MasterFILE Premier
Covers virtually every subject area of general interest, includes nearly 500 full text reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.  help
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Topic Search
A current events database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.help
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WorldCat
Searchable catalog of books, videos, DVDs, Web resources and other library materials owned by libraries worldwide.
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Literature & Reading
Novelist
Fiction readers - find new authors and titles based on topics of interest or other books enjoyed.help
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Novelist K-8
Contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles for students in grades K-8. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. help
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Newspaper   
Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 national (U.S.) & international newspapers.help
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Encyclopedia of Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals.help
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary atabase.help
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History Reference Center
Comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. help
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Learning Express

• Computer skills -- learn Microsoft products, Photoshop & more!
• Practice for occupational tests including:  Civil Service, EMT, Firefighter, Nursing, Real Estate, Teaching, Commercial Drivers License & more!
• Get ready for the GED test - take courses & practice the tests (tests offered in Spanish, too)
• Find more than 130 eBooks (pdf format) to help you succeed!  help

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MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school students, contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines.   help
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Middle Search Plus
Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines and an iImage collection of 285,912 photos, maps and flags.help
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Novelist K-8
Contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. help
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Science Reference Center
Contains full text for science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.help
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Topic Search
A current events database to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.help
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