Databases by Subject
Go Beyond Google!
Our databases give you more than Google: in depth articles and multimedia content from journals, magazines, blogs, and podcasts.
What is a database?
It's a select collection of information on a common topic - like your phone book - but online, easy to search, anf full of detailed information you can't get anywhere else.
Database content ranges from learning how to fix your muffler with Chilton's, the latest on deforestation with Global Issues in Context, to online record's of your family's history with Ancestry.
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Search multiple sources for magazine and journal articles:
Databases by Subjects
Art [top] CAMIO *In-house only Auto Repair [top] Business and Foundations [top] Associations Unlimited *In-house only Foundation Directory Professional *In-house only Foundation Grants to Individuals *In-house only Stat-USA *In-house only USA Trade *In-house only Education [top] Genealogy and Biography [top] Ancestry Library Edition *In-house only New England Ancestors *In-house only General Research [top] |
Health [top] Well-Connected *In-house only History [top] Languages [top] Law [top] Literature[top] Science and Technology[top] Computer Database *In-house only NOAA Climatological Data *In-house only Juvenile and Young Adult [top] |
The Grand Rapids Public Library provides free access to powerful research databases via the Internet. Access to these databases is provided by the Grand Rapids Public Library, and the Michigan eLibrary project, in conjunction with the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Library Consortium. Search here to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database.
*In-house only denotes databases that are only accessible from inside one of our buildings.
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