Chesterfield Library
50560 Patricia Ave, Chesterfield, MI 48051
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Recommended Information Resources and On-line Databases
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• Arts & Humanities

  • CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    This is a premiere resource of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment.

  • HAND PRESS BOOK
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    The Hand Press Book Database is a unique and growing catalog of European printing in the early modern era or “hand-press period” (15th century to the 1830s). This resource integrates descriptive records for major European national, university and research library holdings. It is especially valuable for research in intellectual history, social history and transmission of thought—as well as the history of printing and the history of the book.

  • HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (HSTM)
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    HSTM integrates four premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary research. Database records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals.

  • SCIPIO: ART AND RARE BOOK SALES CATALOGS
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs is the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in existence. This database provides bibliographic access to auction sales catalogs from all major North American and European auction houses as well as private sales—valuable sources of information on the provenance of art objects and rare books, the history of collection, and contemporary and historical market trends.

  • SIRS RENAISSANCE
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    Provides dynamic information on the following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts. Full-text articles are selected from more than 1,200 domestic and international publications. Many articles are accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions, photographs, and illustrations.

• Automotive

  • ALLDATA 
    Available in the Library only
    A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.

  • CHILTON LIBRARY
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make, and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models.

• Biography

  • BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    This is a comprehensive online biographical reference database that combines approximately 50 of the most frequently consulted Gale biographical databases with more than 250 full-text periodicals.

• Business & Legal

  • BUSINESS AND COMPANY ASAP
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers, and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers, and company directory profiles with full text and images.

  • BUSINESS AND COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    This is fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information

  • CQ RESEARCHER
    Requires library's CQ researcher login and password
    CQ Researcher offers original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Used to complete an assignment, prepare for a debate, or become a quick expert on a topic, each 12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

  • INFOTRAC VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A collection of electronic books on various subjects, such as business, social studies, history, medicine, and science.

  • INFOTRAC GENERAL BUSINESSFILE
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    General Business File ASAP includes full-text journals, investment reports, directory listings, and newswire releases. Specific titles include: Crain's Detroit Business and Forbes, as well as listings from Ward's Business Directory. It covers 1980 to the present.

  • LEGALTRAC
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    LegalTrac includes indexing from 1,800 titles: major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar association journals, and international legal journals. Also included are law related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. It covers 1980 to the present.

  • STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN
    Available to everyone
    Links on the page direct users to general articles on finding legal help; locating Michigan law libraries; researching law; and to other general Michigan law websites. In addition, pages provide more detailed information and links in the areas of family law, elder law, criminal law, wills and trusts, and landlord-tenant law.

• Careers

  • CAREER CRUISING
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Career Cruising has been designed with one goal in mind: to help students plan their future. With exceptional assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning proce

  • LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY
    Initial registration must be in the library. After that this is accessible from home.
    Learning Express Library contains test preparation materials and interactive practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.  Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of your score is provided. 
     

• Community

  • MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTION
    Available to everyone.
    A user-friendly directory for Macomb County school personnel to help link students and their families with community services.

• Computers

  • COMPUTER DATABASE
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Computer Database provides full-text, index and image articles from periodicals on the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries. This resource includes 150 indexed and 103 full-text titles. Time period covered is the current year plus 3 years.

• Education

  • EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE COMPLETE
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database..

  • ERIC
    Requires library's FirstSearch authorization number and password
    Citations and abstracts of educational resources from 1966. Includes journal articles, theses, conference papers and curriculum. 

  • INFOTRAC K12 PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    InfoTrac K12 Professional includes more than 300 full text journals for educators. Resources are updated daily.

  • LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY
    Initial registration must be in the library. After that this is accessible from home.
    LearnATest.com Library contains test preparation materials and interactive practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.  Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of your score is provided. 

• Genealogy & History

  • AMERICA'S OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices.  An ideal resource for genealogical research.  Easily searchable by name of the deceased, date range, or text, such as residence, occupation, hobbies, family members or other personal information, contained in the obituary or death notice.  Covers major and regional newspapers in the United States.

  • ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION
    Available in the Library only
    This database offers full-text information on genealogy resources.

  • INFOTRAC VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A collection of electronic books on various subjects, such as business, social studies, history, medicine, and science.

  • HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images and extensive indexing from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 22,000 digitized book titles, including early family histories and local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records and more. It also includes Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank Records, and the U.S. Serial Set Private Relief Actions, Memorials and Petitions.

  • HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (HSTM)
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    HSTM integrates four premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary research. Database records describe journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals.

  • THE MAKING OF MODERN MICHIGAN
    Available to everyone.
    This database is a collaborative project involving more than 50 Michigan libraries. It includes local history materials from communities around the state. Michigan's unique heritage is represented through photographs, family papers, oral histories, genealogical materials, and much more.

  • SLC DIGITAL MEDIA ARCHIVE
    Available to everyone.
    This resource gives users access to historical and genealogical materials in digital form.  View old pictures, maps, and documents from Macomb County, Troy, and Harper Woods.

  • merica.

    WORLD HISTORY: ABC-CLIO
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A comprehensive and sweeping view of the world's events, issues, people and ideas over the last five centuries. Has 15,000+ reference entries and more than 60 interactive topic explorations for students. Regularly updated features providing historical context and analysis.  Easy-access content correlated to curriculum with links the present with the past with in-depth features that provide historical background and
    context to significant current events  

• General Information

  • INFOTRAC POWERSEARCH
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    This link allows users to search in one convenient step all of the Gale databases provided by the Michigan ELibrary (MeL).

  • INFOTRAC VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A collection of electronic books on various subjects, such as business, social studies, history, medicine, and science.

  • GPO MONTHLY CATALOG
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    Citations of documents printed by the United States in all subject areas. Coverage from 1976. Produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office. 

  • MEL INTERNET
    Available to everyone.
    Librarian-recommended websites, compiled by Michigan Electronic Library.

  • TURFGRASS INFORMATION FILE (TGIF)
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    A cooperative effort of Michigan State University Libraries and the United States Golf Association, this database contains the most comprehensive publicly available collection of turfgrass educational materials in the world, numbering over 100,000.

  • WORLD ALMANAC 
    Requires library's FirstSearch authorization number and password
    Full text access to the following printed products: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids. Coverage of the arts and entertainment, U.S. cities and states, people in the news, the nations of the world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, science and technology, computers, taxes and much more.

• Health & Medicine

  • CINAHL BASIC
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    CINAHL provides indexing for 2,931 journals with 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981, covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers indexing to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,200 journals are also included. Full text material includes 70 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Contains only limited full text (70 journals).

  • EBSCO ELDERCARE
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number.
    Eldercare provides a reliable source of eldercare-related information, databases, and local/state/national resources that can be used to empower Americans to make intelligent, informed eldercare decisions. Consumers are able to use a sophisticated search environment to gain access to proprietary, comprehensive reports on over 90,000 eldercare facilities and services throughout the United States, including: 17,000 reports on nursing homes, 45,000 assisted living facilities, and 23,000 home health care programs.

  • HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER 
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Provides access to articles for the last five years on Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more. 

  • HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER ACADEMIC
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    An integrated collection of general interest health and

    fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.

  • MEDLINE
    Requires library's FirstSearch authorization number and password
    Citations and abstracts from 1985 to articles in all areas of medicine. International coverage of 3,500 journals. 
     

• Kids/Homework

  • CULTUREGRAMS
    Requires library's Culturegrams User name and password
    CultureGrams offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date information on the cultures of the world, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.  CultureGrams Online has photo and recipe collections, biographies of famous people, maps, and more.

  • ELIBRARY ELEMENTARY
    Requires the library's Elibrary user name and password
    Reference information specially selected for K-6 school students. It includes complete full-text content from select magazines, books, newspapers, TV Transcripts, pictures, and maps. 

  • INFOTRAC JUNIOR EDITION
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    InfoTrac Junior Edition is designed for junior high and middle school students. Contents include more than 100 indexed and 90 full text magazines plus several basic reference titles, images, and maps.

  • INFOTRAC KID’S EDITION
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Kids Edition is a full text database for elementary school students (K-6). This database contains full text articles taken from over 35 magazines, along with several newspapers and reference books. The database covers the current year plus the previous three years.

  • INFOTRAC STUDENT EDITION
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    InfoTrac Student is designed for secondary school students and includes some of the topics students most often research. Includes newspapers, reference books, historical images and maps. Contents include over 330 indexed and 270 full text titles.

  • ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Reference database of more than 250 controversial topics in the news since September 1995 combining objective analysis, clear explanations of opposing viewpoints, chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, and bibliographies. 

  • KIDS INFOBITS
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Geared towards juvenile patrons, this new database from Gale contains full text articles, charts, graphs and maps from periodicals and encyclopedias.

  • SIRS DISCOVERER
    Requires library's SirsDiscover authorization number and password.
    This database, geared towards kids, contains thousands of full-text articles selected from more than 1000 magazines, newspapers, and government documents. 

• Language

  • INFORME!
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

• Literature & Books

  • LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors. 

  • MELCAT
    Available to everyone.
    A statewide catalog of items held in participating libraries, sponsored by Michigan Electronic Library.

  • MICHIGAN AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS DATABASE
    Available to everyone.
    Michigan Authors and Illustrators (MIAI) is a database of information on authors and illustrators born in Michigan, who live in Michigan, or who have written books about or set in Michigan. Each entry includes biographical information, lists of works by the person and lists of works about the person.  Click on the link labeled "Search MIAI Database Only" to begin searching.

  • NETLIBRARY
    Initial registration must be in the library. After that this is accessible from home.
    A collection of netLibrary electronic books funded by the AccessMichigan project. This collection, which includes more than 8,000 titles, has books on a wide variety of subjects including science, business, consumer law, self-help, and literary criticism.

  • NOVELIST
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    NoveList lets users search for fiction books.  Find titles by author, plot, or series.  It even has topics for book discussion groups and lists of award-winning titles.

  • WHAT DO I READ NEXT?
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A reader's advisory database featuring more than 70,000 recommended titles.

  • WORLDCAT
    Requires library's FirstSearch authorization number and password
    Citations to all types of materials owned by libraries throughout the United States of America.

• Magazine Articles

  • ACADEMIC ONEFILE
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Articles from more than 8,000 scholarly journals covering a wide range of subjects.

  • EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Expanded Academic ASAP includes indexing, abstracts, full-text and images covering all academic disciplines. Included are over 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles.

  • INFOTRAC POWER SEARCH
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Use this general interest database to search magazines, journals, reference books, digital books and newspapers for information.

  • INFOTRAC GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER 
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, and more. 

  • INFOTRAC ONEFILE
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    InfoTrac OneFile includes more than 25 million database records from nearly 8,000 titles, with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to the present. Topics include agriculture, anthropology, arts, business, communications, economics, engineering, health care, history, law, literature, psychology, political science, religion, sciences, technology, and more.

  • UNION LIST OF PERIODICALS
    Requires library's FirstSearch authorization number and password
    Holdings of 7 million journals throughout the United States of America. Useful to determine if a library owns a specific journal issue. 

  • WILSON SELECT 
    Requires library's FirstSearch authorization number and password
    Full text articles from more than 439 periodical titles. 

• Newspapers

  • AMERICA'S OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    A collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices.  An ideal resource for genealogical research.  Easily searchable by name of the deceased, date range, or text, such as residence, occupation, hobbies, family members or other personal information, contained in the obituary or death notice.  Covers major and regional newspapers in the United States.

  • DETROIT FREE PRESS
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Full Text of this local newspaper from 1982 to the present.  Also includes other MediaStream newspapers.

  • DETROIT NEWS
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number.
    Full text of this local newspaper from 1999.

  • INFOTRAC CUSTOM NEWSPAPERS
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    This database provides full text coverage from 1996-current of 120 of the most prolific newspapers in the U.S. and the world.

  • GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number.
    Full text of this newspaper from 2000.

  • LANSING STATE JOURNAL
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number.
    Full text of this newspaper from 1999.

  • NEW YORK TIMES
    Requires your Chesterfield library card number
    Full text of this newspaper for the past 12 months.  Updated daily.

• Science

  • INFOTRAC VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    A collection of electronic books on various subjects, such as business, social studies, history, medicine, and science.

• Social Studies

  • CULTUREGRAMS
    Requires library's Culturegrams User name and password
    CultureGrams offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date information on the cultures of the world, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.  CultureGrams Online has photo and recipe collections, biographies of famous people, maps, and more.

  • INFOTRAC VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
    Requires a Michigan Driver's License or State ID number
    A collection of electronic books on various subjects, such as business, social studies, history, medicine, and science.

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