Databases

A New World Power

This e-book chronicles the political and social history of the United States in the aftermath of one world war through its engagement in another.

Academic Search Premier

Scholarly, multidiscipline, full text database for academic research. Covers the academic disciplines being offered in colleges and universities.

AGRICOLA

In-depth coverage of all agricultural subjects from food & human nutrition to agricultural engineering & technology, to earth & environmental sciences.

Alt HealthWatch

Focuses on many perspectives of complementary, holisitic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Alternative Energy

This e-book introduces students to issues surrounding current energy sources and alternative energy options

America Between the Civil War and the 20th Century: 1865-1900

This e-book looks at American history between the Civil War and the 20th century and includes firsthand accounts that reveal the prevailing ideologies of the time and shed light on significant people and events.

American Decades Primary Sources: 2000-2009

This e-book volume covers the first decade of the twenty-first century from monumental events and groundbreaking individuals to the details of Americans’ daily lives. Topics include world events, the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law and justice, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.

American Decades: 1900-1999

A cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school users who need to analyze periods of contemporary American social history. (e-book)

American Decades: 2010-19

American Eras, Primary Sources: Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles and individuals important to the Civil War and Reconstruction Era in U.S. history.

American Eras, Primary Sources: Development of a Nation (1783-1815)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes primary sources documenting events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the early Republic period in U.S. History.

American Eras, Primary Sources: Development of the Industrial United States (1878-1899)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the era of industrial development in U.S. history.

American Eras, Primary Sources: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the era of early American civilizations and exploration before 1600.

American Eras, Primary Sources: Reform Era & Eastern US Development (1815-1850)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the Reform Era and Eastern United States development in U.S. history.

American Eras, Primary Sources: Revolutionary Era (1754-1783)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the Revolutionary Era in U.S. history.

American Eras, Primary Sources: The Colonial Era (1600-1754)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the American colonial era.

American Eras, Primary Sources: Westward Expansion (1800-1860)

A student-friendly reference offering full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events from the era. This e-book includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to the Westward Expansion Era in U.S. history.

Awesome Animals and the Places They Live

This e-book discusses some awesome animals and where they live, featuring animals from the land, sky, and sea. Readers will take a trip around the world to discover unique and interesting facts about animals from the depths of rainforests, the icy polar regions, the dry desert, underground tunnels, and even endangered and extinct animals.

Bard Database

Digital titles available for download. Use limited to registered users of the Talking Book Service. Contact [email protected] for eligibility information.

Beating the Workplace Bully: A Tactical Guide to Taking Charge

This book shows those dealing with a workplace bully how to fight back and out-strategize them. Whether the bully is a boss or a coworker, whether you’re the target of manipulation, intimidation, verbal abuse, or deliberate humiliation, this book will be your personal coach and show you how to avoid bully traps, remain calm during any confrontation, keep your dignity intact, and understand the steps that your employer or supervisors can take to address the issue.

Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion

This book suggests women blaze their own trail through stories and supportive data that explore workplace sexism, career changes, marriage, child-rearing, existential crises, and more. It includes how to embrace your journey, feel less alone, and change or make different choices.

Blue Collar Resumes

This e-book provides the latest tips and strategies regarding social network sites such as LinkedIn, personal networking, and interviewing to shorten your job search, advance your career, and increase your income. It includes a special section of resume examples for military veterans returning to the workforce.

Business Source Premier

Find content from journals covering all areas of business including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. Includes company profiles with SWOT analyses.

Career Courage: Discover Your Passion, Step Out of Your Comfort Zone, and Create the Success You Want

This book serves as a personal coach through the soul-searching and planning process ahead, whether you’re a college grad contemplating choices, a seasoned professional seeking new directions, or a stay-at-home mom preparing to reenter the workplace. Packed with exercises and stories of inspiring second acts, the book poses tough questions about motivation, confidence, character, risk tolerance, and more.

Career Information Center

This e-book provides the most current information available on careers in the United States and Canada to people of all ages and all stages of career development. Each volume covers a career cluster and its common career pathways. Job profiles cover the following: job facts, nature of work, work environment, education, licenses, certification and training, job outlook, similar occupations, and sources of additional information such as books, audio/visual materials, and organizations.

Career Match: Connecting Who You Are With What You’ll Love To Do

This e-book is designed to help people discover their ideal work. Using the author’s revealing ten-minute self-assessment, the book helps readers determine their personality style and then walks them through the range of career choices best for them.

Chilton Library

Step-by-step instructions for your auto repair needs. Includes videos and animations, close-up images, wiring diagrams, diagnostic information, and maintenance and specification tables.

Cities of the United States

This e-book provides vital information on 199 of America’s top cities – those fastest-growing, as well as those with a particular historical, political, industrial, and/or commercial significance. City-specific profiles organize pertinent facts, data, and figures related to demographic, economic, cultural, geographic, social, and recreational conditions.

CIV ED: A Guide to Idaho Politics and Civic Engagement

In CIV ED: A Guide to Idaho Politics and Civic Engagement, we explore public participation in the state government, how bills become Idaho law, Idaho’s Constitution, taxes and the Idaho state budget, and the role of media in Idaho.

Idaho Public Television is committed to building civic literacy and citizenship in our state. One way to do that is to showcase state and national efforts to break down political and social polarization, to model constructive conversations, and to promote civic literacy and civil dialogue.
 
Civic literacy reflects our ability to stay informed, to understand the ways information is shared as well as manipulated, to be familiar with the workings of our government and society, and to know the rights and responsibilities we all have as citizens. It’s about having the tools to be full participants in a democracy.
 
Civil dialogue is not about being polite. It means engaging in conversations on topics that are important to us, sharing our views, and listening to others’ views in honest and productive ways. 

Complete Human Diseases and Conditions

This e-book presents information on numerous diseases and conditions. Articles include a definition of the disease or condition, an explanation of how it works in the body, information on causes, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment or cure, and lifestyles.

Computer Source

Covers many subject areas around computing: electronics, the internet, telecommunications, computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.

Consumer Health Complete

Comprehensive resources for consumer-oriented health content. Designed to support the needs of patient and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Covers all areas of health and wellness.

Consumer Reports

Presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers.

Consumer Reports Buying Guides

These invaluable guides bring you 2000+ expert reviews, ratings and advice on electronics, home appliances, cars, and more. Plus, you’ll have fingertip access to brand repair histories and shopping strategies to help make the most informed buying decisions wherever you go.

Contemporary Novelists

This e-book includes biographies, bibliographies, and critical essays on approximately 650 contemporary writers.

Contemporary Poets

This e-book provides bibliographies and biographical information on 787 of the world’s most important contemporary English-language poets.

Core Collection en Espanol

Core Collection en Español provides impartial collection development guidance, assisting libraries faced with the challenges of growing and establishing a collection for their Spanish-language readers.

Spanish-language titles are recommended for all ages and reading levels and are given one of three recommendation levels, allowing libraries to determine which materials to select based on their community’s needs.

Core Collection: Adult Fiction

The selective list presented in this collection features classic and contemporary works of fiction recommended for a general adult audience, written in or translated into English. The best authors and their most widely-read works in literary and popular fiction—old and new—are listed, including mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, Westerns, and romance.

Core Collection: Adult Non-Fiction

Nonfiction Core Collection (formerly called Public Library Core Collection: Non-Fiction) is a collection development tool for identifying the highest quality nonfiction books for the general adult reader. Tens of thousands of recommendations herein were each selected for librarians by librarians. It includes complete bibliographic data and full textbook reviews from Book Review Digest Plus. Collection development, acquisitions, and reference librarians as well as school media specialists and catalogers can all use this reliable guide to building and maintaining a well-rounded collection of the most highly recommended reference, poetry, plays, and non-fiction books for adults.

Core Collection: Children’s

This rich resource covers fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books, and magazines recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade. Professional literature for the children’s librarian—both periodicals and books—is also covered. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists, books within the Children’s Core Collection encompass a wide variety of topics, including social sciences, science, math, and reading.

Core Collection: Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels Core Collection highlights recommended titles with descriptive and evaluative annotations, plus cover art.

Features include:

• Comprehensive annotations, including review excerpts and awards the title has won
• All titles searchable by author, title, subject, genre, and grade level
• Applied standards for rating material by age appropriateness
• Cover art
• Important insights into the suitability of each novel

Core Collection: Middle & Junior High

This Collection is a selective list of fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents (grades 5 through 9), along with review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists in library service to young people, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth.

Core Collection: Senior High

Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection, a selective list of books recommended for young people in grades 9 through 12 is invaluable for collection development and maintenance, reader’s advisory, and curriculum support in the high school library. Senior High School Core Collection lists review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.

Core Collections

Core Collections, brought to you by H.W. Wilson company & EBSCO, combines 6 distinct collections that identify the best and most current material available to your library. The seven collections include Graphic Novels, Children’s, Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Middle & Junior High School, and Senior High. Use these databases to build your library’s collection with any budget. Curated lists of essential, recommended, and supplemental titles are available, as well as full-text book reviews, weeding checklists, and more.

Createid: Exploring Creativity and the Arts in Idaho

Idaho is rich with artists, creators, and makers moved by the rugged beauty of the state and their own interior landscapes to produce compelling work of all kinds.

Creative people and projects can lift, energize, and galvanize us. They can spark important conversations, inspire a sense of belonging, and provide new perspectives. The seeds for our own ideas are nourished by the creativity of others, sparking our own ingenuity.

With its award-winning producers and videographers and our commitment to sensitive and artistic storytelling, createid brings these stories to a wide audience.

Day By Day Idaho

You and your child can embark on an adventure together through books and reading and many fun-filled activities every day of the year by accessing the resources available for free from this website.

Digital Public Library of America

Discover 33,092,706 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

Drugs & Controlled Substances: Info for Students

This single-volume e-book provides detailed information on the physiological and psychological effects of addictive drugs and substances, from illegal drugs to commonly abused classes of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Arranged alphabetically by drug name, each entry follows a standard format, allowing researchers to find the information they need easily and also to facilitate comparison between drugs.

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform with quality databases and search features to help researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast. The updated User Interface offers updated accessibility features and is mobile-friendly.

Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse

This e-book covers the full range of illegal and legal drugs and how they impact society. Taking a global perspective, this new title looks at the worldwide drug trade and the effects of drug abuse in countries and cultures around the world, as well as in the United States.

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

This three-volume e-book is a survey of food, and its place in human culture and society presented through 600 alphabetically sorted entries. Features multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others. Includes photographs, illustrations, sidebars, recipes, menus, and timelines. For students and general readers.

Encyclopedia of Recreation & Leisure in America

This two-volume e-book encyclopedia provides a comprehensive survey of American pastimes from the Colonial era to the present.

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology & Ethics

This e-book encyclopedia considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society. This broad coverage supports the numerous courses in applied and professional ethics and policy related to the practice of science and technology in education.

Encyclopedia of the New American Nation

A three-volume survey of the formative years of the United States, starting just prior to the American Revolution and ending with the inauguration of Andrew Jackson in 1829. Presents 671 alphabetically arranged entries focusing on the major political markers and milestones, as well as the art, music, literature, and daily life of this period. For secondary and college students, researchers, and general readers.

ERIC – Educational Resource Information Center

Content includes content from educational journals and other resources.

Ethics, Science, Technology and Engineering: A Global Resource

This e-book considers both the professional ethics of science and technology and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society. This broad coverage supports the numerous courses in applied and professional ethics and policy related to the practice of science and technology in education, including new analytical and interpretive essays on events, scholarship, people, and legal decisions.

Excuse Me: The Survival Guide to Modern Business Etiquette

Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, this book spotlights dozens of puzzling situations with suggestions for bridging divides. It untangles the nuances of meeting etiquette, interview expectations, proper office attire, electronic manners, privacy in tight spaces, eye contact and nonverbal cues, small talk, business dining, social media use, working remotely and flexibly, and more.

Explora Educator’s Edition

Designed for educators, Explora Educator’s Edition has lesson plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources. This database includes full-text articles from thousands of academic journals and professional magazines on a wide variety of educational topics.

Explora Middle School

Explora Primary

Designed for elementary school libraries, Explora Primary is a full-text database providing popular children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries, and a vast image collection. Students can learn about a variety of topics, including endangered species, famous musicians, fitness, and space exploration.

Explora Public Libraries

Explora Public Library offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, and other highly regarded sources from the world’s leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.

Explora Secondary

Designed specifically for high school libraries, Explora Secondary is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books, and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science, and health. It also includes over a million photos, maps, and flags.

Exploring Science Through Science Fiction

The material in this e-book forms the basis of an interdisciplinary, college-level course that uses science fiction films as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. The science content is arranged according to major themes in science fiction, with a progression from the highly objective and discipline-specific to the multi-disciplinary and thought-provoking.

Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages

This e-book provides facts and information about the cultural, religious, and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century.

Food: In Context

This e-book examines food in relationship to nutrition, world health issues, agriculture, environmental concerns, current events and political decision-making.

Fuente Academica

Colección de revistas académicas de América Latina, Portugal y España, que abarcan todas las áreas temáticas.

Gale Ebooks

A collection of electronic specialized encyclopedias and reference books on a wide variety of subject areas that can be searched individually or as a whole.

Gale Encyclopedia of Diets

This e-book covers special diets, popular weight-loss programs, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and some effects of a person’s dietary choices on one’s health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly.

Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Food Labels

This guide provides a unique source of information on food, nutrition, food labels, and associated legislation, organizations, and diseases and conditions. Coverage includes various topics related to nutrition and food labels.

Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Common Medications

This encyclopedia features entries on the most commonly prescribed drugs. It describes potential side effects, drug and food interactions, recommended dosages, and warnings/precautions.

Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual & Unexplained

This e-book has information on topics relating to magic, witchcraft, the supernatural, and other mysterious phenomena with a thorough look at the history of each topic, people and practices, popular literature, television programs, and movies related to the subject.

Gale Encyclopedia of US Economic History, 2nd Edition

This e-book was designed to answer such key questions as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the consequences of Prohibition on consumer behavior? It presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiles, geographic profiles, and more.

GreenFILE

Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles with content drawing on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines.

Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia: Extinction

Grzimek’s Animal Life Encycolpedia

This e-book features articles that familiarize readers with animals found everywhere on the globe, detailing their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology, and much more.

Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia: Evolution

This e-book covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution.

Health Source: Consumer Edition

Content from consumer health magazines, current health-related pamphlets, and full text health reference books.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines, with strong coverage of nursing and allied health content.

History Reference Source

Full-text content of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, video, and other history reference materials.

Human Diseases and Conditions, 3rd ed., 2017:

This e-book presents information on numerous diseases and conditions. Articles include a definition of the disease or condition, an explanation of how it works in the body, information on causes, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment or cure, and lifestyles.

Human Geography: People and the Environment

This e-book provides insight into both regional and global issues by addressing fundamental and advanced topics critical to the study of human geography and places special emphasis on exploring the impact of human habitation and economic activity on the environment.

Idaho Court Assistance

Find free court-approved forms for civil court matters such as family, landlord/tenant, domestic violence, and other non-criminal court issues.

Idaho Digital Learning Alliance Open Content Catalog

Idaho Digital Learning Alliance (IDLA) provides access to internally created online textbook content for Idaho districts and charters.  This content is created according to Idaho Standards and targeted at grades 7-12. The content will include lesson objectives, lesson content, videos with transcripts, and non-graded interactivities.

Idaho Digital Repository [STACKS]

A searchable, centralized collection of digital publications that are created by Idaho state agencies for the purpose of public information. [Stacks] does not contain any material created on the city or county level, nor historical material created by other entities not considered state agencies. Although there may be some slight overlap between [Stacks] and the Idaho State Archives, the Archives primarily provides public access and archival management for the State’s permanent records –  records of enduring legal, historical, or cultural value. 

Idaho Experience

Focusing on state curricula for elementary school students, this collection of educational materials is based on the award-winning history series Idaho Experience on Idaho Public Television. These materials were compiled by Idaho teachers for Idaho teachers. Included are teacher-curated videos and teacher-written facilitator guides that are correlated to fourth-grade Idaho Content Standards for Social Studies.

Idaho In Session

Follow the Idaho State Legislature and Idaho Supreme Court sessions through live audio and video feeds.

Idaho Library Directory

A directory of Idaho libraries and other organizations. Maintained and provided by the Idaho Commission for Libraries.

Idaho Science Journal

Every day, Idaho scientists conduct research to describe, define, investigate, and understand the world in which we live. Idaho Science Journal takes a look at the work of some of the state’s most interesting researchers.

Idaho Statehouse Tour

Take an online tour of the Idaho statehouse. Along with video and photos, background information about the building is provided.

Idaho Talking Books Catalog

Catalog of materials available to customers of the Idaho Talking Book Service for individuals with physical or visual impairments.

Idaho Works

Search for available jobs in Idaho.

Idaho: The Gem State

Idaho’s Online Government Resources

Check out the resources compiled at Idaho.gov including verifying a professional’s license status, applying for a professional license, paying state government fees, and more.

Job Seeking Resources

Explore the numerous resources for job seekers on the Idaho Department of Labor’s Job Seekers webpage. Wherever you are in your job-seeking journey, whether you’re new to the workforce or looking to make a career change, this site has resources for you!

JobScape

The Idaho Department of Labor’s JobScape is an easy-to-use tool to help job seekers and students make informed career and educational decisions through access to education, career, and labor market information.

Know Vape

Lessons and interactive classroom activities for educators on the topic of youth vaping centers on the personal stories featured in the Idaho Public Television documentary Nic Sick: The Dangers of Youth Vaping, which follows Idaho teens in different regions of the Gem State as they talk with heartbreaking authenticity about how and why they started vaping and the consequences they experienced.

LearningExpress Library

A comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources. Use to prepare for college and career, education tutoring, software tutorials, and workforce development.

LearningExpress Library: Adult Learning Center

This center offers busy adults the resources to improve their basic skills in reading, writing, and math, prepare for high school equivalency tests, and U.S. citizenship.

LearningExpress Library: Career Center

Are you preparing for a professional exam? Curious about a particular occupation or looking to improve your workplace skills? This center will set you up for a bright career future.

LearningExpress Library: College Center

For college students, resources to help strengthen academic skills, prepare for placement tests, and get ready for graduate school entrance exams.

LearningExpress Library: College Preparation Center

Study for and practice college admission tests and application essays. From AP Exams to the ACT and SAT, this center is devoted to college entrance.

LearningExpress Library: Grades 4-8 Educator Resources

The resources here can help students and educators in elementary and middle school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects.

LearningExpress Library: High School Equivalency Center

Use this center to prepare for the GED™ test and other equivalency exams with tutorials, eBooks, and practice tests.

LearningExpress Library: High School Students

The resources here can help students and educators in high school prepare for important tests, get extra help with assignments, and boost their skills in important subjects.

LearningExpress Library: Popular Software Tutorials

Learn to use the most popular software programs from Microsoft Office, along with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and the Windows operating system.

LearningExpress Library: Recursos para Hispanohablantes

Recursos en Español para adultos: Mejore sus niveles académicos, prepárese para el examen de GED®, prepárese para su Ciudadanía Americana, y más.

Legal Collection

Contains content from the scholarly law journals.

Lewis and Clark: Moments in Time

Focusing on state curricula for elementary school students, this collection of educational materials features video segments from Idaho Public Television’s Lewis and Clark: Moments in Time, which brings to life excerpts from the journals of Lewis and Clark.

These materials were compiled by Idaho teachers for Idaho teachers. Included are teacher-curated videos and teacher-written facilitator guides that are correlated to fourth-grade Idaho Content Standards for Social Studies.

Life and Career Skills Series: Employment

This e-book guides the reader in gaining job skills, seeking work, interviewing, negotiating salaries and benefits, and thriving in the workplace. It also offers information that applies to all job seekers, as well as guidance for first-time job applicants and workers returning to the workforce after an absence.

Life and Career Skills Series: Health & Wellness

This e-book guides readers in making healthy choices about hygiene, diet, exercise, and medical care. They present easy-to-understand information about health-care coverage options and offer overviews of the types of available medical care, from general practitioners to alternative medicine and mental health providers.

Life and Career Skills Series: Personal Finance

This e-book guides readers in making prudent decisions about spending, saving, and borrowing, walking them through major life events, such as buying or renting a home, purchasing or leasing a car, and saving for college and retirement. It also offers practical guidance about purchasing insurance, applying for government benefits, and being an informed consumer.

Life and Career Skills: Series: Social Skills

This e-book helps readers understand and hone the social skills necessary for success. Although the essays offer advice applicable to many aspects of life, the focus is primarily on the workplace. The essays guide readers in effective communication and conduct, emphasizing the characteristics of verbal, nonverbal, and written communication, stressing the importance of ethics and etiquette, and providing tips for conflict resolution and teamwork.

LISTA

Index and abstract of core journals, books, and research reports in the area of library and information sciences.

Literary Reference Source

Provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Literary Themes for Students: Race & Prejudice

This e-book covers a wide range of circumstances in which individuals experience prejudice in American, British, and world literature. The discussion goes well beyond race, religion, and gender into ethnicity, social status, mental and physical health, and personal beliefs and behaviors.

Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream

This e-book provides readers with an overview of literary works that explore the theme of the American dream. Analyzes poetry, plays, short stories, novels, and works of nonfiction that address this theme in some capacity and how that theme has been treated in literature at different times in history and across diverse cultures.

Literary Themes for Students: War & Peace

Makers at Work

As all the interviews in this work show, makers have something in common: reverence for our technical past coupled with an aversion to convention. If they can’t invent new processes or products, it’s simply not worth doing.

MAS Ultra

Contains content from popular high school magazines covering a wide range of subject areas including history, science, careers and more.

MasterFILE Premier

Covers a vast array of general reference subject areas including business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more.

MedicLatina

Una colección única de contenido médico de editoriales latinoamericanas y españolas.

MEDLINE

Content from biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development.

Middle East Conflict, 2nd Edition

This e-book provides a comprehensive and objective overview of the people, events, and documents that are key to understanding the complex relationships of the countries and cultures of the Middle East.

Middle Search Plus

Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science, and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps, and flags.

Military and Government Collection

Designed to offer current news through a collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs for all branches of the military and government.

Native Voices in Idaho

The Native Voices in Idaho educational program is designed to assist teachers and educators in integrating Native-centered content into lesson planning. The tools provided center the voices of Indigenous people in Idaho to inspire a passion for cross-cultural learning in students, educators, and all learners and cultivate a community of understanding and respect for Indigenous experiences and contributions.

Newspaper Source Plus

Full text coverage of major newspapers, videos, and podcasts covering critical news topics.

Next Avenue

Resources for mid-life adults. Topics covered include health, work, home, and finances.

Next Steps Idaho

College and career planning resources for high school students from the Idaho State Board of Education.

Notable Sports Figures

This e-book features biographies of more than 600 sports figures from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport but also on the society and culture of their times.

Novelist K-8 Plus

For readers in Grades K-8, find fiction and narrative nonfiction reading recommendations by book titles, author, genre, series, or key plot points. Ready-to-go read-alike lists for popular titles.

Novelist Plus

Find fiction reading recommendations for all ages. Search by book title, author, genre, or key plot points. Find information about a book series and discussion guides for book groups.

Nutrition & Well-Being A-Z

This e-book examines the relationship between food and health on a historical, national and personal level. It analyzes how nutrition has affected quality of life, health, and fitness in various countries at different times in history.

Open Textbook Library

The Open Textbook Library contains peer-reviewed textbooks on a variety of subjects. The textbooks can be downloaded at no cost, or printed at low cost.

Outdoor Idaho

Outdoor Idaho celebrates the incredible richness of Idaho. Filmed entirely on location, the program explores the beauty, the drama, and the science of nature, while examining the significant environmental and resource issues facing the intermountain West. Since 1983, Outdoor Idaho has produced nearly 300 programs, winning hundreds of national and regional awards.

Packaging Yourself: The Targeted Résumé

This e-book guide uses case studies to teach the nuances of résumé preparation, as well as how to combine it with a LinkedIn profile. It provides guidance in making a resume stand out, highlighting strengths and hiding weaknesses, and creating a marketing piece that dynamically presents you just the way you want prospective employers to see you.

PBS LearningMedia

Free, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for K-12 educators, curated by Idaho Public Television (IdahoPTV) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

Political Theories for Students

This e-book provides in-depth information on major political theories and systems from all time periods. Each entry begins with a general overview of the system/theory followed by a discussion of the principal aspects of the theory, the theory’s philosophy, and an analysis of the historical context in which the theory was developed, including critical response.

Primary Search

Contains the most popular elementary school magazine to support education needs.

Professional Development Collection

Find content from more than 500 high-quality education journals.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Access to top psychology and behavioral sciences journals.

Publication Finder

Browse and search for magazines and journals by title or subject.

Real Life Math

This e-book provides an understanding of commonly studied math concepts by illustrating their use in everyday life in everyday tasks, such as buying insurance, constructing a budget, reading graphs, adjusting cooking recipes, or planning for retirement. Topics are designed to support the modern mathematics curriculum and contain examples related to the global economy.

Real Life Math: Everyday Use of Mathematical Concepts

This e-book provides many insights into the many connections between mathematics applications and the real world. Nearly 50 math concepts are presented with multiple examples of how each is applied in everyday environments, such as the workplace, nature, science, sports, and even parking.

Religion and Philosophy Collection

Scholarly content for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.

Resilience in the Classroom

Resilience in the Classroom provides professional development resources centered around the documentary Resilience: Hope Lives Here. These tools include a variety of cards and activities that you can use in your classroom to help children throughout their day.  As well as practical professional development training for teachers to learn about ACEs and have a more trauma-informed classroom.

Resilience: Hope Lives Here investigates Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), which include abuse, neglect, divorce and other childhood traumas. Research shows that left unresolved or untreated, these experiences can lead to health conditions in adulthood—such as high blood pressure, diabetes and depression. Being a trauma-informed teacher or practitioner is critical because Idaho has the fifth-highest rate in the nation for children who have experienced three or more ACEs.

Science Trek

Science Trek is an integrated Web and broadcast project designed to introduce science topics to elementary-age school children, provide educational materials for teachers and parents, and inspire students to investigate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career potentials.

Scientific Thought in Context

This e-book includes original essays written by leading experts in the field, primary source documents that articulate the interrelation of science and society, and sidebars on the cultural, economic, and political issues surrounding scientific thought — providing insights on leading social issues and exploring the impact of science on society through the ages.

Scratch Programming for Teens

This e-book focuses on Scratch, a programming language intended to make programming easier to learn for novice programmers. It can be used to create computer games, interactive stories, graphic artwork and computer animation, and all sorts of other multimedia projects. Scratch can also be used to play digital music and sound effects.

Shakespeare for Students

This e-book is a collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction, a plot synopsis, a character list, a discussion of the work’s principal themes, information about the style and literary devices used, a conversation about the work’s historical context, and a critical overview.

Shortcut Your Job Search: Get Meetings That Get You the Job

This book tells you how to find out whom you should be talking to and how to get those people to agree to meet with you.

Small Business Source

Information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, help and advice, and information for creating business plans.

STEM Game

An online gameboard filled with resources for parents and early learners to explore together.

Teacher Reference Center

Topics covered include assessment, best practices, curriculum development, higher education, instructional media, literacy standards, school administration and more.

Teens’ Guide to College & Career Planning, 12th Edition

This e-book guide enables high school students to make important decisions involving life after graduation. Includes advice from guidance counselors, instructors, college admission officials, military officers, and other high school students, as well as tips for interviews, resumes, and cover letters.

Television in American Society

The Bookworm

The Bookworm is a monthly early literacy newsletter containing age-appropriate literacy information and activities.

The College Blue Book

Guide to thousands of 2-and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada. Covers the expected listings and detailed descriptions, degree programs offered, scholarships, and occupational education programs.

The Growth of a Superpower

This e-book examines the trajectory of American history between the administrations of Harry Truman and Barack Obama and the factors that have shaped and sustained its development.

The Maker Cookbook: Recipes for Children’s and ‘Tween Library Programs.

This guide helps librarians create engaging K-8 programs in science and technology, arts and crafts, and home skills that are suited for a library setting. Each “recipe” includes extensions, variations, and curriculum tie-ins.

Top Secret Executive Resumes: Create the Perfect Resume for the Best Top-Level Positions

This book shows you how to create a high-impact resume that develops and markets your skills and abilities to shorten your executive career search. It provides real-life resume examples, each with documented results, to cover the essential points of persuasive, keyword resume writing, cover letter writing, design, and format, as well as the latest tips and strategies on networking, interview techniques, and leveraging your LinkedIn page.

TOPICsearch

Content explores current events, social, political, economic, scientific, and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom.

Transparent Idaho

From Idaho State Comptroller, find out where Idaho funds come from and how they are spent.

Up Is Not the Only Way: Rethinking Career Mobility

This book shows how managers, coaches, and employees can partner to determine what’s best and what’s next, whether it is to keep the same job but discover new ways to learn and grow, move to a position that is a better fit, or step back, to create a unique, personalized path to a truly rewarding career.

US Imperialism and Progressivism

This e-book examines American history between the end of the Civil War and the end of World War I, considering in depth both the imperialist and progressive influences that heralded the country’s future position as a major force on the international stage.

UXL Doomed: The Science Behind Disaster

This e-book explores the science behind some of the worst global disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries, including structural and engineering failures, natural disasters, nuclear and industrial accidents, train derailments, and plane crashes. Entries cover physics, engineering, aerodynamics, chemical reactions, computer science, geology, materials science, and more.

UXL Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes

This e-book provides detailed studies of tribes from all over the United States and Canada, including small tribes and some that no longer exist. Gives detailed yet accessible information on history, religion, art, government, economy, daily life and current social and political issues.

UXL Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd Edition

This alphabetically organized ten-volume set opens up the entire world of science in clear, nontechnical language. Its 798 entries provide fascinating facts covering the entire spectrum of science, from physical, life, and earth sciences to math, psychology, engineering, technology, and the environment. This edition features 204 new entries and 594 updated entries.

UXL Encyclopedia of Weather & Natural Disasters

This e-book introduces students to the topic of weather and natural disasters, covering such topics as weather basics, weather phenomena, forecasting, and climate. Provides information on the scientific aspects of various types of disasters, including blizzards, earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes, volcanoes, and wildfires.

UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology

Topics in this e-book include gods and goddesses, heroes and other key characters, motifs and global themes, major myths, and national or cultural mythologies. Coverage spans a diversity of cultures, including standard Greek/Roman entries as well as Native North and South American traditions, Norse mythology, Asian Pacific mythology, Judeo-Christian tradition, and Islamic and Hindu mythologies.

VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retreiver

This e-book reviews movies that are available on DVD or tape. Each entry includes title, alternate title, one-to-four-bone rating, year released, MPAA rating, brief review, length, format, country of origin, cast, technical personnel, awards, and made-for-television/cable/video designations.

Vocational and Career Collection

Provides coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.

World Book Advanced

Encyclopedia for high school or new college students. Includes multimedia, e-book center with public domain content, and primary source documents.

World Book Discover

Designed for high-interest, low reading level content, this tool is useful for new readers of English.

World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Enciclopedia en Español cubriendo todas las áreas de conocimiento general.

The ideal Spanish-language reference tool for those learning Spanish and ELL students. Browse features provide visual prompts, and bilingual features allow students to toggle between Spanish and English text. The site includes concise articles, videos, maps and activities more.

World Book Kids

Encyclopedia for students in early grades. Features multimedia, comparison tools, and interactive games and activities for learning.

World Book Online

A suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video.

World Book Student

Encyclopedia content designed for students in middle grades. Tailored for students in elementary and middle schools, Student includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools.

World Book Timelines

World Book Timelines offers hundreds of pre-generated timelines across eight broad topics, which cover various time periods in history or span the lives of historical public figures. Users can also create their own timelines from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.

WorldCat.org

Search the catalogs of libraries worldwide through a single portal to identify and locate materials of all types and formats available in libraries and through interlibrary loan.