Our Databases webpage has recently been reorganized. All databases are still here. Please note the new category headings. Categories & Databases are in alphabetical order.
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• Business journal and magazine articles
• Management & marketing focus
• Finance & economics information

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• Free online classes
• Technical, vocational, & recreational
• Short-term certificate courses

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• Company Profiles
• Marketing Data
• Radius Searches
• Search Tips

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• Investment how-to guides
• Stocks & mutual funds evaluation
• Glossary of investment terms

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• Articles
• How-To guides
• Sample business plans
• Search Tips
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• A Foundation Directory Cooperating Collection
• Offers funding resources for organizations
• Only available at the Main Library
• Search Tips
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• A Foundation Directory Cooperating Collection
• Offers funding resources exclusively for individuals
• Only available at the Main Library
• Search Tips
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• A Foundation Directory Cooperating Collection
• Offers interactive maps to view philanthropical world impact
• Only available at the Main Library
• Search Tips

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• Car repair
• Car maintenance
• Car bulletins & recalls

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• Local community organizations
• Contact information
• Service summaries
• Created and maintained by SJCPL

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• Ratings and reviews
• Advice & tips
• Covers many consumer products and services

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• Journals
• Pamphlets
• Videos
• Search Tips
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• How-to instructions
• Creative craft ideas
• Articles
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• How-to instructions
• Home repair
• Home improvement

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• Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos
• Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura,
temas de actualidad, y otras materias
• Search Tips

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• Popular standard forms
• Real estate forms
• Wills
• Search Tips

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• Created for military personnel
• Subject matter for all ages
• Search Tips

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• Current popular magazine issues
• Back issues
• Search by date, author, & section

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• Disease & drug overviews
• Care plans
• Physiology diagrams
• Search Tips

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• Small engine maintenance & repair
• Motorcycle & tractor engines
• Watercraft & outdoor power equipment

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• Links to popular reference sources
• Local community organizations
• Genealogy and other interests
• SJCPL magazine & newspaper holdings

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• 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana
• Searchable, browsable digital version
• Plat maps, biographies, engravings

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• 1910 Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana
• Searchable, browsable digital version
• Text & illustrations
• People, businesses, & the community

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• 1910 A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries
• Searchable, browsable digital version
• Text & illustrations
• People, the YMCA, and the community

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• Searchable, browsable digital version
• Landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time

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• Over 250 databases related to New England
• Town, church, family, Bible, vital, land, tax records
• Includes New York, Ireland, England, & Eastern Canada

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• Federal and state census images
• Military records
• Immigration and passenger list records
• Indexes of vital statistics
• How To Use(PDF)

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• Historical birds'-eye view maps of Indiana
• How To Use(PDF)

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• Historic newspapers
• Civil War records
• Historic photo collections
• Historic military records

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• Revolutionary War pension files
• Freedman's Bank records
• Searchable genealogy & history books
• PERSI: The Periodical Source Index
• Many federal censuses
• How To Use(PDF)

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• Local, national, and international maps
• Rural, urban, & suburban areas
• PCs preferred for printing

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• Over 40 databases related to Indiana history
• Indexes to county, church, military, and school records
• Accessible at any SJCPL branch with username/password from library staff
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• Links to the Past: Michiana History
• Images and historical background
• People, places, buildings, businesses
• St. Joseph County, Michiana area, and Indiana

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• Index to obituaries that appeared in the South Bend Tribune
• For people with ties to St. Joseph County
• From 1913-Present
• How To Use(PDF)

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•Index to Service Notes printed in the South Bend Tribune
• World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras

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• Clickable tract maps
• Statistics from the 1980, 1990 and 2000 census

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• Genealogy resources
• Selected by SJCPL librarians

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• Articles/clippings 1920s-1984
• Front Pages 1900-1984
• Obituaries & Death Notices 1860-1984

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• New York Times newspaper articles
• Years 1981-Present
• Search Tips

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• New York Times newspaper articles
• Years 1851-1980
• Years 1851-1922 can be viewed at no cost
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• Articles & images
• Millions of U.S. newspaper articles
• Multiple geographical areas and time periods
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• South Bend Tribune newspaper articles
• Years March 1994-Present
• Search by date, headline, & section

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• Biographies of influential people
• Search by occupation, nationality, or ethnicity
• Search by article, reference work, or primary source
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• Career reports
• Username: 440w, Password: future
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• Biographies of U.S. and international authors
• Search by name, work title, and text word
• Search by occupation, nationality, or ethnicity
• Search Tips

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• Free online classes
• Technical, vocational, & recreational
• Short-term certificate courses

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• Pro and con essays
• Editorials
• Statistics
• Search Tips

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• News articles
• Glossaries
• Science-related biographies
• Search Tips

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• News stories organized by timeline, topic, or country
• Links to international newspapers
• Photos, maps, charts, and graphs
• Search Tips

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• eBooks
• Encyclopedias
• Reference material
• Search Tips

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• Country and state information
• Travel Essentials
• Maps & Photographs
• Search Tips

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• Articles
• Academic Journals
• eBooks
• Search Tips

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• Full-text poems & poetry citations
• Short stories, speeches, & plays
• Biographies, primary sources, & work overviews
• Search Tips

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• Helpful search terms for hot topics in current events
• Special reports that include a variety of sources
• Links to South Bend Tribune, Chicago Tribune Archives, & America’s News Magazines

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• Fiction/Nonfiction for the general public
• Reading recommendations
• Read-alikes for author, title, & series
• Search Tips

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• Facts and opinions about controversial topics
• Articles
• Statistics
• Images
• Primary sources
• Search Tips

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• Search multiple Gale databases at once
• Articles
• Academic journals
• Search Tips

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• Experiments
• News
• Articles
• Search Tips

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• Grades 9-12
• Magazine and newspaper articles
• Primary Source Documents

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• GED & SAT exam practice
• Civil Service exam practice
• Citizenship exam practice
• Search Tips

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• Reviews and recommendations
• Covers fiction, nonfiction, and magazines for children
• Covers professional literature for children's librarians
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• Grades 3-8
• Magazine & newspaper articles
• Primary source documents

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• Fiction/Nonfiction for Grades K-8
• Reading recommendations
• Read-alikes for author, title, & series
• Search Tips

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• Grades K-3
• Books & Encyclopedias
• Images
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• Animated, talking picture books
• Read and listen
• Search Tips
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