Databases A-Z

Arizona Statewide Databases
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library

In addition to the many resources listed on this page, a wealth of material from additional databases provided by the Arizona State Library is also available. This includes 6 different Grolier encyclopedias; a wellness information database which includes alternative health materials; subject oriented databases for business, law and computer science; and databases specifically designed for research on current controversial issues.

ARRC Auto Repair Reference Center
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
An online center for car repair and information, AARC covers vehicles from 1945 through present. An interactive graphic interface that shows all parts of an automobile, inside and out.  Includes tips and suggestions for care and troubleshooting, as well as recall notices by make, model and year.

(Select Auto Repair Reference Center from list of resources.)

Biography Reference Center
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Search biographies by name or category. 

Consumer Reports
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Renowned for product reviews from the Consumers Union, an expert, independent nonprofit organization. From this link you can obtain full text of articles published since 1991 for free. Please note the publisher restricts articles from the most recent three months, which must be obtained for a charge from their web site. Keep in mind that the library will have the most current issue and back issues in print. For a comprehensive search of product reviews, try MasterFILE Premier, Newsbank and Newspaper Source.

eBooks
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Sedona Public Library provides free access to over 4,000 eBooks (full-text electronic books) through eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary).

ERIC
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

(Select ERIC from the list of FirstSearch Databases.)

Heritage Quest
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Heritage Quest is rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories.  It offers a robust search interface, easy-to-use document management tools and full-screen, black and white images enhanced for crisp readability and quick download.  With census record coverage back to the late 1700s Heritage Quest is a comprehensive database of American genealogical sources.  You can keep track of your searches, save your images, and take notes online with the handy notebook feature.

Literary Reference Center
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Full text  plot summaries, books, poetry, short stories, literary journals & criticisms, along with author biographical information.

Mango Languages
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages, also offering text translation. Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. You'll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you'll learn how to communicate.

MasterFILE Premier
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, it also includes full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Newspaper Source
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
EBSCO Newspaper Source provides selected full text for over 25 national and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts from CBS, FOX News, NPR, etc., and selected full text for more than 260 regional newspapers, including the Arizona Republic, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), and Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff). This database is updated regularly by EBSCOhost. 

Novelist
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
This resource will help you find novel series and browse best fiction lists at the levels of pre-school, middle school, high school and adult. You can also do a search to find a book with certain plot lines or character descriptions.

Reference USA
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Find businesses in US and Canada, as well as physicians and dentists.  Also contains residential addresses and telephone numbers for individuals in the US and Canada. Search by name, yellow page heading, location and more.
Has reverse phone and address look-up.

Student Research Center
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
A search interface designed specifically for secondary education students. 

WorldCat FirstSearch
Within Sedona Public Library                    Outside Sedona Public Library
Literally a catalog of the holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide. You can order books, recordings, articles, musical scores and more online with our Interlibrary (ILL) link.  This resource provides seamless electronic access to dozens of databases and more than 10 million full-text and full-image articles.

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