Online Resources

As a patron of E. G. Fisher Public Library, you have access to numerous free databases. If you are doing research for school, looking for information on health issues, curious about history or our environment, here is the place to look.

Check out our newest databases:

Magill's Medical Guide is an excellent resource for researching health issues, specific ailments, treatments, medicines, and surgeries. If you have health questions, this is a good place to look for answers.

Great Lives From History is an extensive resource. This database contains biographies and events from the 20th century as well as in depth analysis of famous speeches and happenings.

Discover Spanish is wonderful, new program to help you learn Spanish. These self-guided lessons include podcasts that you can download and take with you anywhere.

Legal Resources

Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Information and links to other resources.  Sections include Getting Started, Choosing a Topic, Completing the Project, and Displaying Your Project.    http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/

Chemical Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org/
See which chemicals are being released in your area, the top polluters, and how your county compares nationwide.  Searchable by zip code. 

Environmental Protection Agency: Air
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html
Information on pollutants and regulations from in-depth science and legal issues to brochures for the public.

Earth Day Resource - free, no passwords!

Literature Resources

American Verse Project
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/
Full text of American Poems priory to 1920, from the University of Michigan.

Famous Poets and Poems
http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/
It includes biographical information on 627 poems and more than 23,000 full text poems.

Western and Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch
Mosey on over to Western and Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch, http://www.cowboypoetry.com/

Bartleby’s is a collection of reference books, mainly covering literature and poetry, plus full text of ficton and non-fiction works which are out of copyright.  A sampling of titles: Bartlett’s Quotations, World Factbook, H.G. Well’s The Time Machine, and Relativity by Alfred Einstein.
http://www.bartleby.com/
No usename or password is required.

Latin American Resources

Latin American Journals Directory  
http://www.latindex.unam.mx/
Free! No user name or password!

American History Resources

American Memory
If you’re still in vacation mode, check out the historical photographs from 1880-1920 in “Touring Turn-of-the-Century America”
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/touring/), part of the Sports and Recreation section of the Library of Congress’ American Memory project (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Sports,+Recreation). 

Thanksgiving Resources - web sites give history, statistics, and historic recipes!

African-American History Resources

Black History Resources - Biographies, timelines, and more!
Biography Resource Center - African Americans 

See also "Recommended Sites"