Databases
HOME ACCESS Gale Collection Home Access
Groliers Home Access
NoveList/EBSCO Home Access
NebraskAccess
Lincoln City Library Subscription Databases
These databases are available to students and staff at Lux
Please see your library media specialist for user names and passwords for home access to these databases.
Database Descriptions
Grolier Online Encyclopedia - This site will give the user
access to five online encyclopedias which include: Encyclopedia
Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and The New Book of
Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and People.
World Book This site will give users access to three general encyclopedias: World Book Kids, World Book Student, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil (World Book in Spanish).
Wilson Web - Wilson Web is available to all
Nebraskans thanks to monies allotted through the Nebraska
Legislature. This database gives the user access to Wilson
Biographies Plus Illustrated, a comprehensive biographical resource.
It also includes OmniFile Full Text Select, a multidisciplinary,
full-text database of articles from periodicals. (For home access,
click on NebraskAccess and use a parent driver's license number as your login.)
Gale Collection - Use this database to access
information about famous people, multicultural America, cultures
around the world, science, U.S. history, world history, poetry and
Shakespeare.
TeachingBooks.net - This site features more than 1300 four - to -five-minute movies on well-known authors and illustrators, 1000-plus audiobook excerpts read b authors and actors, links to book guides and lists of author websites.
CultureGrams - Use this database to access information about regions of the world, countries, and states in the United States. Articles about countries include information about the land and climate, history, people, customs and courtesies, lifestyle, society, famous people, recipes. You can also view maps and flags, and hear the national anthem.
PowerMediaPlus is our media-on-demand provider for videos, audio, images, and podcasts.
NoveList is a Readers' Advisory database designed to help find a "perfect fit" book for every reader.
Career Cruising - Use this database to create a career portfolio, match your interests to various careers, and learn the specifics of those careers.
Noodletools allows users to create a Works Cited bibliography and create online notecards.
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