Online Resources

 

Continuing Education

  • Mango Languages
    Learn and practice over 70 languages, including ESL for 20 different native languages.
     
  • Niche Academy
    Video tutorials on library skills for both staff and patrons, as well as computer skills, grant writing, genealogy research, and more.
     
  • Rocket Languages
    Rocket Languages offer courses for 14 languages at different difficulty levels to fit your learning needs.

Digital Media

  • Academic Search Complete
    EBSCOhost (ebscohost.com) serves thousands of libraries and other institutions with premium content in every subject area.
     
  • Academic Search Premier
    This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 3,100 journals, including full text for nearly 2,700 peer-reviewed titles.
     
  • Beanstack
    Track your reading and earn virtual badges based on your completed activities and reading accomplishments.
     
  • Ethnic NewsWatch
    Ethnic NewsWatch provides full-text access to journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority press providing researchers with a different point-of-view. It also includes access to historical Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
     
  • Hoopla
    Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card.
     
  • Kanopy
    Kanopy is a streaming service for movies, documentaries, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos.
     
  • Library2Go/Libby
    Downloadable e-books, e-audiobooks, and e-magazines. These items can also be accessed through the Libby app.
     
  • News OneFile
    Full-text for U.S., international, and regional newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts.
     
  • Newspaper Source
    Full-text for U.S., international, and regional newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts. Includes Agweek, Bismarck Tribune, Dickinson Press, Grand Forks Herald, Indian Country Today, Jamestown Sun.
     
  • NoveList
    Enter a favorite novel or author to receive read-alike recommendations. For all ages.
     
  • U.S. Newsstream
    Search articles back to the 1980s from newspapers and trade journals around the United States, including the Bismarck Tribune (2003-present), Fargo Forum (1993-1997), and the Grand Forks Herald (1991-2015).
     

Genealogy

  • Ancestry Library Edition
    Family history research tool with records from around the world.
     
  • Digital Horizons
    Digital archive with thousands of images, documents, video, and oral histories depicting life on the Northern Plains from the late 1800s to today.
     
  • Digital Public Library of America
    Digitized historic images, documents, videos, sounds, and virtual exhibits including North Dakota, Minnesota, The Smithsonian Institution, National Archives, and more.

General Research

  • Britannica Library Edition
    Online encyclopedia for students of all ages and for the general public.
     
  • Digital Public Library of America - Primary Resources
    Teaching guides to primary resources from institutions such as The Smithsonian and the National Archives.
     
  • Explora Public Library
    Provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world's leading magazines and reference books, grouped into easy-to-browse categories.
     
  • GreenFILE
    Scholarly, government, and general-interest articles on all aspects of human impact to the environment.
     
  • Informe Académico
    Full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.
     
  • Science OneFile
    Research papers on science and technology updated daily.
     
  • Science Reference Center
    Science Reference Center™ is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every students science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
     
  • World Politics Review
    Analysis of global trends for policymakers, businesspeople, and academics.
     
  • WorldCat (FirstSearch)
    Global library catalog.
     

Health

Music

  • Hoopla
    Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card.
     

Students

Teachers