College & Careers
Resources for higher education and career development
Academic Search Complete
Multi-disciplinary databases, providing full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
AtoZ Databases
Premier job search, reference and mailing list database with millions of job listings, business & executive profiles and health care professionals. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment and much more!
Auto Repair Source
Information on auto repairs and recalls from almost every manufacturer, make, and model.
Biography Reference Bank
Biographical database offering in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors, the periodical coverage of Biography Index, and specialist content of Junior Authors & Illustrators.
Biography Reference Center
Thousands of reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography Today and Biography, plus narrative biographies not available in other databases.
Biomedical Reference Collection
Designed for doctors, research scientists, students and clinical specialists, this medical database provides more than 100 full text journals, including full text for many peer-reviewed publications.
Brainfuse Adult Learning Center
Adult Learning Center for going back to school, switching jobs, or brushing up on an academic skill.
Brainfuse CollegeNow
Helping students navigate the college admissions process, including school options, admissions processes and interview prep, and guidance on financial aid and scholarships.
EVPL Academy
Ready-to-use online tutorials for e-resources such as Ancestry, Gale Courses, Consumer Reports, Brainfuse/JobNow and more. Most tutorials come with both video instruction and printable text with images for those who learn in different ways.
Explora for High Schools
Designed to help teachers with lesson plans, student tools, curriculum standards and valuable sites.
Brainfuse HelpNow
Suite of live tutoring services designed for a wide range of academic needs, whether helping with challenging homework, mastering a particular topic, or writing a paper.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete is the most used business research database in the industry, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
DigitalLearn
Video-based tutorials to help inexperienced and beginning learners with computers and the internet.
Explora for Public Libraries
An interface designed for public and school libraries with a focus on the arts, literature, biography, business and careers, current events, geography and culture, health, history, math, science and more.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.
Gale Courses
Wide range of instructor-led online courses, following a structured format allowing flexibility in accessing classes in a classroom-like environment. New sessions begin every month. Students will receive a statement of completion following each course. See catalog for extensive list of business, technology-related, healthcare and personal development classes.
GALE Databases and Services
A listing of all GALE databases and services subscribed to by EVPL
GCF LearnFree
Free educational website focusing on technology, career planning, job training, creative design, and core education skills.
Greenfile
Offering well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Scholarly, government, and general-interest titles include content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records
IN eLearning Lab
A personalized microlearning platform full of easily accessible eLearning resources and lesson plans that are grounded in solid instructional pedagogy.
Inspire – Indiana’s Virtual Library
INSPIRE offers magazines, books, encyclopedias, and other resources to all Indiana residents.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s
LinkedIn Learning
Thousands of online courses, to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts.
Mometrix Test Preparation
An exam database of over 1,000 different tests covering a broad range of industries. Covered tests include standardized school tests to career and technical certifications. Users have access to study guides, flash cards, practice tests, and videos.
MAS Ultra – School Edition
This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 500 popular high school magazines, 85,639 biographies, 104,481 primary source documents and 360 reference books.
MasterFILE Complete
Designed specifically for public libraries; provides full text for more than 1,750 general periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
Peterson’s Test & Career Prep
Online practice tests and test prep eBooks to reach education goals. This database also provides resources for researching and building a career, such as a resume builder, practice tests for professional certifications, and career assessment tools.
Points of View Reference Center
Resources that present multiple sides of an issue, providing rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
SIRS Issues Researcher
Research content and tools, covering hundreds of national and international issues, to support secondary position papers and debate.
Small Engine Repair Source
Information and diagrams on small engine repairs for ATVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, mowers, outdoor power equipment, tractors, tillers, boat motors, jet skis, snowblowers, and generators.
TeachingBooks for Libraries
Thousands of resources covering fiction and nonfiction children’s books, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities. Find book trailers, movies with authors, audio performances, discussion questions, and more to engage with books together.
TeachingBooks for Schools
Includes thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.
Topic Search
Current events database allowing researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
