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Academic Search Elite

Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information.

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Ancestry.com: Library Edition

Powered by ancestry.com this database provides an excellent starting point for individuals seeking genealogy information. May only be used in the library.

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Bibliography of Native North Americans

A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.

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Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition

Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 1,290 popular nonfiction books.

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Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition

Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 2,440 popular nonfiction books.

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Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition

Contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books.

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Brainfuse

Get live homework assistance from online tutors. Covers kindergarten - 12th grade subject areas.

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Brainfuse - VetNow

Get live help with VA benefits and resources.

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Business Source Complete

Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content.

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Chilton's Auto Repair Manuals

Chilton Library provides photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures and more.

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Consumer Health Complete

CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

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ConsumerReports.org

This database enables consumers to make better purchasing decisions on the products they are shopping for.

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Creativebug

Creativebug is the easy-to-use, high-quality online art & craft education resource.

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Dawes Final Roll Index Online

Provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society, and officially known as The Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory.

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EBSCOHost

This database provides full-text access to information a large amount of information in magazine, newspaper, book and encyclopedia format.

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EDGAR

All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR.

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Encyclopedia Britannica

A familiar resource for young and old, digitized and including sound, video and other multimedia features on topics.

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ERIC

This database provides access to education literature and resources.

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Explora - EBSCOHost

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

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Federal Business Opportunities

Search tens of thousands of active federal business opportunities. Created for buyers, vendors, and engineers.

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Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives

Fold3 History and Genealogy Archives Plus combines an unprecedented collection of original historical documents and personal histories.

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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

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Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Gateway is an online repository of Oklahoma history. You may browse through hundreds of thousands of newspaper pages dating from the 1840s to the 1920s.

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Greenfile

Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.

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Health Source - Consumer Edition

This database provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including information on many health topics.

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Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

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Heritage Quest

This database provides an excellent starting point for individuals seeking genealogy information.

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Hobbies & Crafts Reference Source

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Source is a full text online resource that includes a collection of core, proprietary articles covering over 140 topics.

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Job & Career Accelerator

Includes resume building, job searching, career guidance & other employment resources.

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JobNow!

JobNow!, powered by Brainfuse, offers many resources to help job seekers like live interview coaching, expert resume assistance and many more.

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JSTOR

Access from PLS is limited to public domain content. JSTOR is a not for profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content.

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LearningExpress Library - Test Prep

LearningExpress Library is an online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help users succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.

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Legal Information Reference Source

Providing online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Reference Source contains more than 310 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.

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Literary Reference Source - EBSCOHost

Contains plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, and much more.

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Mango Languages

Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages.

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MasterFILE Premier

Contains magazines and journals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

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Medline

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.

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Medline Plus

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions.

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Middle Search Plus

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines.

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Military & Government Collection

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

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New York Times

Complimentary access to NYTimes.com if you access The New York Times from within the library.

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Newsbank Newspapers

The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources.

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Newspaper Source

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles.

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Norman Transcript Archive - Newsbank

Searchable full-text of the Norman Transcript newspaper from January 1, 2003 to present. powered by Newsbank

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NovelistPlus

NoveList Plus is the premiere database for reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world.

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NovelistPlus K-8

NoveList K-8 Plus helps parents, teachers, and librarians improve literacy, connect reading across curricular areas, teach reading and writing concepts, and engage young readers.

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OCLC

Contains ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, Ebooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO, Medline, PapersFirst, Proceedings, WorldAlmanac, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations.

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Oklahoma Docket Search

Use this system to search Oklahoma district and appellate court dockets to find specific cases.

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Oklahoma Driving Permit Practice Tests

Driving-Tests.org is a website for learners who want to practice their skills before taking the real DMV test.

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Oklahoma Offender Lookup

The information in this database reflects the records on file within the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and is not intended to represent the complete criminal record of any offender.

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Oklahoman Archive - Newsbank

Searchable full-text of the Oklahoman newspaper from September 1901 to present.

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Primary Search

Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research.

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Professional Development Collection

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.

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Reference Solutions

Source for business and residential statistical and demographic information for reference and research.

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Regional Business News

Provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications.

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SimplyAnalytics

A web-based mapping application that changes the way you use and interact with complex data. * Limit 3 users at a time *

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Small Business Reference Source

The Small Business Reference Source is a comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business.

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Teen Health & Wellness

A resource to meet the needs of today’s teens. Search content on diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.

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TOPICsearch

Current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.

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