Ready Reference
Click on each topic for a list of resources.
Paid databases are listed in CAPITAL letters, click on each resource to proceed to their website.
Business Resources
Computer Skills
Education
- LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY (contact library for login instructions)
- MANGO LANGUAGES – scroll down and click the link from this page.
- PRONUNCIATOR
- OWL-Online Writing Lab
- Peterson’s College Guides
- Read Aloud WV
- Signing Savvy
- Universal Class
Fast Facts
Federal Government Contacts
- FirstGov (Links to U.S. Government Agencies)
- Government Information Online
- The White House—Pres. Barack Obama
- US Congress—Senator Shelley Moore Capito
- US Congress—Rep. Alex Mooney
Genealogy
- ANCESTRY.COM
- BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX
- Early Virginia Newspapers Index
- Ellis Island Records (must register online)
- Hagerstown Newspapers Index, 1860-1864
- HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE (library card number required)
- LDS Family Search
- New York Immigration Records 1830-1913
- Social Security Death Index
- Washington County, MD, Marriages
- WV Vital Research Records Project
General Reference
- GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (contact library for login instructions)
- LexisNexis U.S. Politics & World News
- Wikipedia
- WV Info Depot
Health
History & Social Studies
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE & HISTORY
- AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE (remote access available with library card number)
- Civil Rights Digital Library
- DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY
- MODERN MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
- WORLD HISTORY ONLINE (remote access available with library card number)
Homeschool Helpers
Online Books & eBooks
- Dictionary.com (when you don’t know how to spell the word)
- Information Please Almanac
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Old Farmer’s Almanac
- Online Books Page
- Project Gutenberg
- Roget’s Thesaurus
Jobs & Careers
Legal Resources
Online Library Catalogs
Oter Libraries in the Region
- Paw Paw Public Library
- Handley Regional Library, Winchester & Frederick County, Va.
- Martinsburg Public Library
- Old Charles Town Library, Charles Town, W.Va.
- Ruth Scarborough Library, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
- Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Md.
- West Virginia Library Commission, Charleston, WV
People
Periodicals
- Americas Historical Newspapers
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- eLIBRARY + NEW YORK TIMES (requires library card number)
- FindArticles.com
- Free Periodical Articles
- PubMed