Description of Library Databases
The following is a brief description of the research databases offered by the Oldham County Public Library. If you are interested in learning how to use any of these services, please consider taking the free Library Database class offered through the computer lab at the Main Library in LaGrange. Click here for more information.
Kentucky Virtual Library |
Britanica, Worldbook Encyclopedia, Novelist, EBSCOHost, ProQuest The Kentucky Virtual Library is a group of databases that provide information for academic research, for life-long learning, and for entertainment and enlightenment.
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Tutor.com |
Tutor.com provides live tutoring from teachers across the United States. It is available everyday from 2-11pm for students from kindergarten through college. Tutoring is offered in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. Editing and revision help is available for papers. Tutor.com also features Career Center, which has tutoring help for GED studies, citizenship tests, interview assistance, and resume help. The Skill Center resource center is available 24/7 and has worksheets and practice problems available for multiple subjects.
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Learning Express Library |
Practice tests @ your library With Learning Express Library students and career seekers are able to take advantage of unlimited access to online practice exams and learn at their own pace. Take the 4th & 8th grade basic skills, SAT, GED 2002, GRE, GMAT, Praxis I PPST, ASVAB, among other Academic and Career Placement tests and get instant scoring and customized evaluation. Available at all the libraries or work from home using your library card number. Your library is providing this service to you!
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Ancestory.com |
ProQuest has partnered with MyFamily.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the U.S. and the U.K., including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. This collection of more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names is essential to having a complete genealogy collection and its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest Online. This resource is only available in the library only. It may not be accessed from a personal computer.
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Heritage Quest |
A resource for census data, family records and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials. An ongoing project (new content is added weekly), HeritageQuest Online will grow to encompass obituaries, Freedman's Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant index and additional materials. Oldham County Public Library patrons can access this collection using computers in the library or elsewhere. You will need to have a library card to log in.
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Auto Repair Reference Center |
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Thomas Register |
The Thomas Register is a source book used for research, manufacturing, and industry development.
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Magazine Subscriber Access |
Subscriber content available in library only for: Courier Journal |