KYVL
  Kentucky Virtual Library
Tutor.com
  Library Card needed for access.
Learning Express Library

Leaning Express e-book library

Ancestry.com
  Available in library only
Heritage Quest
  Library Card needed for access.
Auto Repair Reference Center
  Library Card needed for access.
Thomas Register
Business Week
  Available in library only
PC World
  Available in Library Only

 

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.
These databases provide the full text of periodical articles from popular magazines and academic journals. 
NoveList is a database that provides information about fiction series titles and fiction genres.
These databases are provided to the citizens of Kentucky by funds from the state and from participating libraries.
Current KY library card required for ID and password.
Ask your librarian.

 

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.
You must have a library card to access this site.

 

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! 

 

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.

 

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.

 

Auto Repair Reference Center

Content includes:

  • Approximately 25,000 vehicles covered from 1954 to present
  • More than 60,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer
  • Wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing
  • Labor time guide and estimator
  • Specifications and maintenance schedules
  • Quick tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance
  • Over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs

 

Thomas Register

The Thomas Register is a source book used for research, manufacturing,  and industry development.

 

Magazine Subscriber Access

Subscriber content available in library only for:

PC World

Business Week

Courier Journal