Reference Desk

  • Utah’s Public Pioneer
    Call the library at 465-5220 to get the code you will need.  Because of all the new additions being added to Pioneer some of the links below may be broken, if so you can gain access to any of them through pioneer.utah.gov
    Site includes:
    Auto Repair, Business/Stock Quotes, Children’s Homework Helps, Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, Genealogy, Magazine & Newspaper Articles, Telephone Directories, and much, much more!

    • OneClick Digital
      Download Audio Books FREE
    • Overdrive
      Download Audio Books FREE
    • Mountain West Digital Library
      Search the digital collections of the Mountain West region. Gain access to over 800,000 resources from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, historical societies, and government agencies.
    • Utah Futures
      Education and career planning for all Utah residents. Create your account and search for scholarships, create your resume, learn about occupations and current job openings (through Workforce Services). Also available are Career Interest Surveys and a Reality Check so you can see how much money you will need to make to support your lifestyle and which occupations can match. Know what you want to be? Find out how much it pays.
    • World Book for Students
      Search the Encyclopedia from home. Also available is the World Book in Spanish.
    • Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled
      Get Audio Books sent to your home free of charge if you are disabled or find it hard to read the small print.
    • Utah Digital Newspapers
      Historical newspapers
    • Utah Museums
    • Utah Cemeteries
    • K-12 Pioneer Online Library
      This database contains valuable information for anyone who is a student. Be sure to check it out!

      • CultureGrams
        Need help with your country or state reports? CultureGrams will help you find what you need to know from physical and political maps to the current population.
      • EBSCOhost
        Along with a huge collection of journal articles, you can also search for magazines and read current and past issues with ease.
      • eMedia
        eMedia is a database full of educational films for teachers and student’s alike. Also available are music files to be used for presentations.
      • LearningExpress
        Learning Express is an online resource for test-preparation and skill building. Inside you will have access to 200 eBooks, 200, eCourses, and over 900 practice eTests with instant online scoring and customized analysis of your strengths and weeknesses.
        Popular tests you can practice for are the ACT, SAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, and many more.
      • SIRS Discoverer
        Research your papers with SIRS Discoverer. Inside you will find a variety of magazine and newspaper articles to help you get the information you need. Save documents as PDF’s for later use and built in MLA citations for each article, it’ll take the hassle out of writing reports.
      • SIRS Issues Researcher
        Want to learn about current world conflicts? Need to write a pros vs. cons paper? Then SIRS Issues Researcher is for you! This database is loaded with built in tools to help you organize your paper, figure statistics, and write your analysis.
      • Soundzabound
        Soundzabound Music Library offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for educational use.

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