Databases

With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCmouse.com’s award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-6+). From Age of Learning, Inc. *Accessible only from Lake County Public Library's public computers, located at each of our branches.

Explore and stay informed on local, national and international topics, people and events. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner, including The Times, Gary Post Tribune, and the Merrillville Post Tribune.

An easy-to-use genealogy tool that will help you trace your ancestors. Also includes downloadable charts to help you track your family! View tutorial

*Accessible only from Lake County Public Library's public computers, located at each of our branches.

Information about the United States, including capitals, cities, rivers, lakes, and the states.

Information about 176 countries for both students and travelers.

Traditional recipes for 174 countries of the world in all course categories, plus cultural information regarding dining etiquette, daily meals, and more.

Livestreamed chats with amazing authors! Submit your questions when you sign up to attend. New authors every month! See this month's authors.

Comprehensive information on just about any famous person, including inventors, politicians, celebrities, and many others.

Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

Detailed company profiles, full-text articles from top marketing and management journals, as well as articles covering MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. viaﾠINSPIRE

Contains resources both for a career search and for a college search.ﾠ

Current news plus a 39 year archive of the Chicago Sun Times. Full text coverage from 1986 through today, including full color pages for current issues.

Find information on vehicle repair, including recalls and maintenance for specific models and types.ﾠ

Formed in 1936, ConsumerReports is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering you to make informed choices about the products you buy. Read articles on product safety, unbiased reviews of popular products from kitchen appliances to baby clothes, get shopping tips, and more.

Trusted content from journals, pre-prints, conference proceedings, dissertations and more related to COVID-19 and other coronaviruses.

Over a thousand classes for makers, crafters, learners, and hobbysits! Learn to knit a new stitch, make a holiday wreath, sew a pie carrier, paint with acrylics, and much, much more.ﾠ

Create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people.

Reliable information on authors and their works in an easy to understand, engaging format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

Everything you need to prepare to take your Indiana driving test! Contains FAQs and practice tests for cars, motorcycles, and CDL. Resources also available in Spanish!

Choose multiple databases to search at once. Offers a variety of topics, including literature and newspapers.

Find several databases dedicated to literature and reading, including some with recommended reading by grade level and reading lists for all ages.

Education Resource Information Center. Provides access to information from journals included in theﾠCurrent Index of Journals in EducationﾠandﾠResources in Education Index. viaﾠINSPIRE

An excellent place for beginning research. General information on a variety of topics.

Curriculum standards, lesson plans, student tools, and helpful articles on topics like differentiated instruction and adaptive learning.

Mobile-friendly topic search - an excellent starting point for research. Read reputable articles on any subject, or just browse for ideas. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Mobile-friendly topic search - an excellent starting point for research. Read reputable articles on any subject, or just browse for ideas. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Mobile-friendly topic search - an excellent starting point for research. Read reputable articles on any subject, or just browse for ideas. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

FamilySearch.org is a standard, free genealogy website that anyone may use from any location. Create a free account to view records. More records may be available when connecting from LCPL locations.

LCPL is a FamilySearch affiliate library; searching FamilySearch from any LCPL location will give you access to 25% more records than searching from home on a basic account! For more information on finding and reading microfilm online, try our handy FamilySearch tips. If you have any questions, just give us a call or use our Ask a Librarian form.

Sign in with your Full Access card and PIN to read magazines in your browser, or download the app to read on your device!

Convenient access to U.S. military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

Love music? Download free music, from old favorites to current hits, with your library card and PIN. Once you download a song, it's yours to keep!

Over 25,000 records covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. Contains various images, brief biographies and information in a variety of subject areas. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Search for academic articles, essays, and topics about literature. Includes items from Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Gale Virtual Reference Library, and more.

Contains articles from newspapers and magazines from around the world. Searchable by audience, keyword, or publication title.

Content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments, and what can be done to minimize these effects. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, sustainable agriculture, recycling, and more. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Nearly 300 full-text consumer health periodicals, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. (Via ﾠINSPIRE)

Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824 to today.

Provides several searchable sources, including the U.S. Census, Freedman's Bank, and land grants from the Revolutionary War.

LCPL is in the process of digitizing our local high school yearbook collection. The collection includes yearbooks from all high schools in our library district.

Check out ebooks, digital comics, audiobooks, and more!

Digitized versions of Indiana's historic newspapers, operated by the Indiana State Library.

Free to Indiana residents: a searchable database of databases. Find hundreds of further resources for your research!

Internet project for researching and documenting genealogical data throughout the state. Includes requirements for participation, areas in need of work, archives and related links.

Learn about the society's collections, exhibits and publications. Check out the site's Today in Indiana History feature, read online copies of Hoosier Genealogist or surf the Hoosier Heritage links.

Browse through the indexes to many of the most popular State Archives collections.

Contains searchable databases indexing Indiana cemeteries and Indiana marriages through 1850.

Stream over 30,000 films, documentaries, and television shows on your desktop, TV, or mobile device.ﾠ

Our very own catalog contains several encyclopedias, newspapers, journals, and magazines!

Practice tests, tutorials, articles, and study materials to help you prepare for tests like the ACT and SAT, the GED, GMAT and LSAT, the U.S. citizenship exam, career and licensure exams, and more.ﾠ(Via INSPIRE)

Find sample forms and actual forms available for use. Examples include adoption forms, parental consent forms, and general applications.

Browse articles about authors and their works, or browse by topic. Also includes a search engine that allows you to search for articles by year (helpful if you're required to have more recent sources!) Results from this resource are also included inﾠGale Literary Sources.

A library of video courses taught by industry experts. Learn business, software, technology, and creative skills! Take courses in 3D animation, music production, marketing, programming languages, and more.

Periodicals contained in MAS Ultra cover a wide range of subject areas that are of interest to high-school students including art, history, sports, music, film, travel, science, the Internet, fashion, religion, nature, hobbies, current events, fiction and much more. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Learn a new language! Mango uses interactive lessons to teach practical conversation.ﾠ

Full text for nearly 2,300 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, over 55,000 primary source documents, an image collection of nearly 1.9 million photos, maps and flags and more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Research stocks and funds, build a portfolio, and find information on publicly traded companies.

Support for residents of Lake, Porter, Newton, Jasper, Starke, and Pulaski Counties. Find info on emergency food, health care, shelter, foreclosure assistance, and more. Or, dial 2-1-1 to speak with a trained specialist.

Outlines services and publications of the NGS, offers tips for beginners, soundex history and methods, and links to other genealogy sites.

A complete archive of National Geographic magazine - every page of every issue.

Access current articles on world news, business, food, tech, sports, arts, politics, and much more. You will be prompted to redeem a code for 24 hours of access and create a New York Times account if you don't already have one. After 24 hours you can return to this page and click the link again for another code.

Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. and international newspapers and selective full text for more than 300 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Full-text television & radio news transcripts also provided from CBS News, CNN etc. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Browse through global and local newspaper articles dating back to 1607. Search by first and last name, dates, or regions.

Genealogical information on Lake and Porter counties.

A powerful tool to help you find both fiction and nonfiction books and audiobooks based on what you enjoy. This database for all ages is searchable by keyword, author, genre, and even story elements like writing style and mood. Also offers author readalikes!

Access to over 100 live camera-on fitness and mindfulness classes a week to help reduce stress, improve flexibility, get strong, and age well.

Now you can quickly and easily search local obituaries when tracing your family history! Our brand new obituary search engine lets you search by name, partial name, maiden name, date, city, and age. Once you've found the obituary, we'll be happy to pull a copy for your records. (Please note: Indexing for 1987 - 1989 is incomplete. If you need an obituary from those years, please use ourﾠAsk a Librarian form).

Presents the different sides of current events from several magazines and newspapers.

Use your library card and PIN to check out ebooks, magazines and audiobooks and read on your tablet, computer, phone, or ereader!

Research industry statistics and trends. This database contains very in-depth industry reports.

Search more than 30 years of Indiana history with the Post-Tribune Collection. Full text coverage from November 1986 through today, including full color pages for current issues.

Contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned reading level indicators (Lexiles). Includes thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Find repair and maintenance information for a specific year, make, and model of vehicle. Also contains technical bulletins and a price estimator for parts. (Click LOGIN from the Mitchell OnDemand home page to get started - you will not have to enter a username or password.)

Every article of the Chicago Tribune's archive is available in this database

In-depth articles, experiments, broad overviews, and biographies in every area of science from life sciences to space to technology.ﾠ

iPad/tablet ready science! Explore units on Earth Science, Technology and Engineering, Space, Biology, and Physics, each complete with articles, videos, quizzes, and experiments.

Original, scholar signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods

Thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators, all in an easy-to-use interface. Handy features include the ability to print, e-mail, download and access content by "Inside this Entry" and "Inside this Volume."

Search for an author or book and get thousands of multimedia resources and lesson plans to enhance students' reading experiences. (viaﾠINSPIRE)

Catch up on current news or check out more than 30 years of local history in our archive of The Times. Full text coverage from 1990 through today, including full color pages for current issues.

Live help from real tutors available from 4-11 PM every day. Log in to chat and get help with homework, writing papers, and studying for tests. (Tutors are unavailable on January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving, and December 25.)

In-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers of the world within the context of the time period in which they lived

Presents different perspectives on historical issues side-by-side

Information on stock and investments. Includes an Investment Education section, free reports, and featured relevant news items.

Monthly live chats with some of your favorite authors! Participants will have the chance to ask questions. You can also explore the archive to watch past talks!ﾠSee this month's authors

Current coverage of business, politics, entertainment, sports, and more. This link may be used outside of the library, but requires a Full Access or eLibrary Card number and PIN just like our other online resources. You will also be prompted to create a Wall Street Journal account.ﾠ

Current coverage of business, politics, entertainment, sports, and more. This link works within LCPL buildings only, and does not require a log-in.

Current coverage of business, politics, style, technology, world news, and more. You will be prompted to create a Washington Post account, after which you will gain free access for 7 days. When access expires, return to this page, click the link again, log in with your Washington Post account, and enjoy another 7 days of free access. Repeat as needed.

Current coverage of business, politics, style, technology, world news, and more. This link works within LCPL buildings only and does not require a log-in.

Powerful tools to protect your finances, invest wisely, grow your wealth, and learn more about your finances.ﾠ

A catalog for plays and textbooks/articles about plays. This database does not contain full text, but will direct you to the appropriate book.

Presents different perspectives on world issues side-by-side. Includes biographies of important world players and overviews of major historical eras.

A combined catalog for libraries across the United States