Research Tools

Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL)

We provide access to many research tools and encyclopedia with the help of KYVL. Access the Kentucky Virtual Library directly. Home users: call for a username and password.

Subject Guides (Staff Selected)

• Earn, Spend, Save (Personal Finance)
• Equality, Tolerance, and Diversity
• Government (Taxes, Voting, and Licenses)
• Healthcare
• Immigration
• Local Libraries
• Public Assistance

Auto Repair

• Chilton Library

Books

• Access Video
• Ebscohost's E-book Collection (KYVL)
• Novelist (KYVL)
• RBDigital (Formerly OneClick Digital) (Create account)
• WorldCat Discovery

Business and Employment

• Business Source Premier (KYVL)
• Consumer Reports (KYVL)
• Job and Career Accelerator (Create account)
• Morningstar
• ReferenceUSA
• Regional Business News (KYVL)
• Small Business Reference Center (KYVL)
• Value Line

Education and Lifelong Learning

• Academic Search Complete (KYVL)
• Access Video (Library card number or Create account.)
• Britannica Reference Center (KYVL)
• College Blue Book
• EBSCOhost Web (KYVL)
• ERIC (KYVL)
• FastForwardKY (No log-in)
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• LearningExpress Library (Create account)
• Literature Resource Center
• Mango Languages (Create account)
• National Geographic Virtual Library
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• ProQuest Career and Technical Education (KYVL)
• Sociological Collection (KYVL)
• Teacher Reference Center (KYVL)
• Universal Class (Create account)

Government and Law

• Agricola (KYVL)
• Boone County GIS (Library access only)
• Boone County PVA (Library access only)

Health and Wellbeing

• CINAHL (KYVL)
• CINAHL with Full Text (KYVL)
• Consumer Health Complete (KYVL)
• Health Source - Consumer Edition (KYVL)
• Medline (KYVL)
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences (KYVL)
• PsychINFO (KYVL)

History and Genealogy

• Ancestry (Library access only)
• Chronicles of Boone County (No log-in)
• Fold3
• Genealogy Connect
• HeritageQuest Online
• Kentucky Digital Library (KYVL)
• The Underground Railroad in Boone County

News and Current Topics

• Alt-Press Watch (KYVL)
• MasterFILE Premier (KYVL)
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• ProQuest - Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-2009)
• TOPICsearch (KYVL)
• RBDigital (Formerly Zinio) (Create account)

Homework Help for Kids

• Britannica School Elementary (KYVL)
• Britannica School Middle (KYVL)
• Explora Primary School (KYVL)
• Explora Secondary School (KYVL)
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (KYVL)
• GreenFILE (KYVL) (No log-in)
• Grolier's Scholastic GO! (KYVL)
• MAS Ultra - School Edition (KYVL)
• Middle Search Plus (KYVL)
• Primary Search (Elementary School) (KYVL)
• World Almanac for Kids Online (Library access only)

Homework Help for Teens

• Access Video (Library card number or Create account.)
• Britannica School High (KYVL)
• EBSCOhost Web (KYVL)
• Explora Secondary School (KYVL)
• Khan Academy (Free)
• LearningExpress Library (Create account)
• Literature Resource Center
• Mango Languages (Create account)
• National Geographic Magazine Archive
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Images and Video

• Access Video (Library card number or Create account.)
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (KYVL)
• National Geographic Virtual Library