What are these?
West Virginians can explore articles and images from popular magazines, current newspapers, encyclopedias, scholarly journals, and other reference works through the links below or through links on their local public library website.
WVLC One Search
You can use the search box below to search many databases at once or scroll down to the database that best suits your needs to search it directly.
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Databases
Alternative consumer health information on such topics as acupuncture, yoga, meditation, and more.
Online business-focused magazines and company profiles. View online tutorial.
Consumer health and fitness information including fact sheets, diagrams, drug information, procedure explanations, and more. View online tutorial.
Short courses (6-22 min. each) on the basics of using technology at home or in the office. Courses cover how to use a PC or a Mac, using common software like Microsoft Word and Excel, safely using the Internet, and how to find and apply for jobs on the Web.
Explora for Elementary Schools
Online articles from magazines and newspapers for pre-kindergarten to 5th grade students.
Explora Magazines and Newspapers
For all ages. General interest magazine articles, books, primary source documents, images, videos, and newspapers. View online tutorial.
Explora Middle and High School
For 5th-12th grade students. Articles from magazines, books, primary source documents, images, videos, and newspapers. View online tutorial.
Government, scholarly, and general-interest articles on environmental issues including green building, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and more.
Health Source – Consumer Edition
A consumer health collection of magazine articles, reference books, and current pamphlets on topics such as fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women’s health, children’s health, and more.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
A full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law, and more. Also contains the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
Explore careers and find a match. Build resumes and cover letters. Prepare for interviews. Find and apply for jobs and track your search.
Practice tests and study materials for college admission exams, high school equivalency exams, professional certification, and military exams. Skills improvement exercises for all ages including math, English, science, and social studies. Citizenship and ESL exam prep. Technology training and more.
Legal Information Reference Center
Legal information and forms for individuals and small businesses. Includes full-text of many Nolo publications. View online tutorial.
Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts
An index to journals, books, research reports, and proceedings covering many areas of librarianship including classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more.
Provide cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of U.S., international, and regional newspapers as well as television and radio news transcripts from major networks. Includes The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Beckley’s Register-Herald, and The Dominion Post (Morgantown).
How-To tutorials for research, email, social media, and more.
Helps readers of all ages find new book recommendations, read-alikes, and books on a given topic.
Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, State standards; even books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews and learn about the author.
Points of View Reference Center
Middle school through college and general interest. Continuously updated information and opinions on current social issues. View online tutorial.
Middle school through college and general interest. Continuously updated information and opinions on current social issues. View online tutorial.
Explores social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics; includes controversial opinions and viewpoints.
For all ages. Reliable information for homework, reports, or general questions. Includes the classic encyclopedia, eBooks, and more:
- World Book Encyclopedia – Reliable information for homework, reports, or general questions.
- World Book Kids – For elementary users. Includes lesson plans, science activities, comparable animal and geography features, interactive maps, challenging games, and biographies.
- World Book Student – Content for upper-elementary and middle-grade users. Includes resources where users can save, notate, and organize articles, biographies, and other content.
- World Book Advanced – Specifically organized for high school and pre-college users. Contains all of the resources of World Book Student plus primary source materials.
- World Book Discover
- Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
- Early World Of Learning, World Book eBooks, and World Book Timelines.
View World Book online tutorials and training guide.