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Arts, Crafts, and Hobbies
Find information from major cooking and nutrition magazines, including thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews and industry information.
Search for resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history and filmmaking.
Find detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas designed to meet the interests of virtually every hobby-enthusiast! Subject areas include arts and crafts, collecting, games and electronics, model building, home and leisure, needlework, outdoors and nature, and scrapbooking and paper craft.
Automotive and Small Engine Repair
Written specifically for the do–it–yourselfer, find automobile repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles including some makes and models dating back as far as 1945. Also included are technical service bulletins, wiring diagrams and labor time estimates.
Access service manuals for small engines, including all–terrain vehicles, boats, lawn mowers, motorcycles and much more.
Books and Literature
Explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining more than 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors and thousands of read-alike, award-winner and librarian's favorites’ lists, this resource helps bring readers and literature together.
Browse Biblioboard to discover books by local authors and publications by authors in the Indie Author Project. View the Historic Marion County Digital Collection and other community curations. All items on Biblioboard are always available.
Check out books anytime, anywhere! Find fiction and nonfiction e-books and downloadable audiobooks for children and teens. Check one out today!
Download e-books from a collection of more than 20,000 titles.
Increase exposure of your self-published work by sharing it through this community of public libraries, authors, curators and readers. Share your work with readers in Marion County and libraries across Florida. Select books will be available nationwide! Could your book be the next bestseller?
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad, y otras materias. This bilingual database is a collection of images and full-text articles from popular Hispanic magazines, which includes a thesaurus and title annotations in both English and Spanish.
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Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about information science and library issues.
Find scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals in a format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
Cross-search several literature archive resources, including Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online, Literature Criticism Online and Something About the Author Online.
International in scope, this database covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including thousands of full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, essays, speeches, and plays. Also included are biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.
Discover this collection of treasures of children’s literature published largely in the United States and Great Britain from before 1850 to beyond 1950. At the core of this collection are books from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, housed in the Department of Special Collections and Area Studies at the University of Florida.
Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major literature databases to find full texts of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews.
Sign up for Next Read newsletters and have recommended reads come directly to your email. This resource has options for a wide variety of reading genres and will provide quick access to the library catalog right from your email inbox.
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Find your next great book to read as well as lists of award-winning books, book discussion guides, book-talks, recommended reads and more in this complete readers' resource.
The world’s classic literature is at your fingertips! Download e-books from a collection of more than one million titles.
Check out books anytime, anywhere! More than 56,000 e-books are available for download and the collection is growing. Check one out today!
Bring your book to life! Use this web-based tool to create, edit, format and generate your book in all the formats you need to publish. When you are ready to share your book, upload it directly to Biblioboard and the Indie Author Project from Pressbooks.
Download e-books from a collection of more than 40,000 titles.
Examine the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults.
Search this collection of animated, talking picture books that children can read or have read to them.
Business and Investments
Find 2.3 million job listings, 30 million business and executive profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals and much more. This resource is ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, and finding friends and relatives.
Perfect for business classes, this collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics.
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Research comprehensive up-to-date resources on demographics and extensive market level information.
Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.
Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
Find current, full-text articles from professional journals about tourism, hospitality and leisure.
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Obtain the most accurate and independently created research information available about industry, the stock market and the economy, and learn how to use that information effectively to help meet personal financial objectives.
Career
Find 2.3 million job listings, 30 million business and executive profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals and much more. This resource is ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities and finding friends and relatives.
Enhance your skills and knowledge to further your existing career or to plan the path for a new one! Find more than 250 e-books in the Career Collection.
Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools and get career advice.
Discover the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job and working conditions for hundreds of jobs. In addition, find job search tips, links to information about the job market in each state and much more.
Search a collection of educational journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for today’s professional.
Find current, full-text articles from professional journals about vocation and careers.
Digital Media
Browse Biblioboard to discover books by local authors and publications by authors in the Indie Author Project. View the Historic Marion County Digital Collection and other community curations. All items on Biblioboard are always available.
Check out books anytime, anywhere! Find fiction and nonfiction e-books and downloadable audiobooks for children and teens. Check one out today!
Download e-books from a collection of more than 20,000 titles.
The world’s classic literature is at your fingertips! Download e-books from a collection of more than one million titles.
Check out books anytime, anywhere! More than 56,000 e-books are available for download and the collection is growing. Check one out today!
Download e-books from a collection of more than 40,000 titles.
E-Books
Browse Biblioboard to discover books by local authors and publications by authors in the Indie Author Project. View the Historic Marion County Digital Collection and other community curations. All items on Biblioboard are always available.
Check out books anytime, anywhere! Find fiction and nonfiction e-books for children, teens and adults. Check one out today!
Download e-books from a collection of more than 20,000 titles.
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The world’s classic literature is at your fingertips! Download e-books from a collection of more than one million titles.
Check out books anytime, anywhere! More than 56,000 e-books are available for download and the collection is growing. Check one out today!
Download e-books from a collection of more than 40,000 titles.
Education and Test Preparation
Education
Search peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools and get career advice.
Find full-text academic journals and reports, as well as many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology and best practices in education.
Access scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images.
Find a college and learn interesting facts about it.
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Find information about schools, graduation requirements, career planning, universities, community colleges, distance learning and more.
Take online classes and learn from students from all over the state of Florida.
Discover the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job and working conditions for hundreds of jobs. In addition, find job search tips, links to information about the job market in each state and much more.
Search a collection of educational journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for today’s professional.
Find current, full-text articles from professional journals about vocation and careers.
Test Preparation
Prepare for Florida standardized tests with the help of this site.
Prepare for citizenship with access to 100 videos and interactive drills and quizzes.
Florida
Find Florida Building Code, perform a license search, follow the latest revisions and more! Written for contractors, builders and the general public and provided by the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs in conjunction with Information Systems of Florida, Inc.
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Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about Florida.
Find original documents, photographs, and other materials from the collection of the State Archives of Florida.
The entire collection, pulled from our collection of historic photographs, postcards, and prints, which includes more than 1,000 items relating to Marion County and Florida dating from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. The collection is growing all the time, as library staff continues to make new images available. Please check back to see what’s new!
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of the Ocala StarBanner. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate, and other sections.
Genealogy
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704-today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900s, and original obituary images.
The entire collection, pulled from the Marion County Public Library System’s collection of historic photographs, postcards and prints, includes more than 1,000 items relating to Marion County and Florida dating from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. The collection is growing all the time, as library staff continues to make new images available. Please check back to see what’s new!
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Ocala Star Banner. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.
General Research
Search peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Find information on global issues and events, education, political and social issues and more including newspapers, videos and web-only content featuring the Ocala Star-Banner, Orlando Sentinel Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, USA Today, international sources and more.
Find 2.3 million job listings, 30 million business and executive profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals and much more. This resource is ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities and finding friends and relatives.
Access scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images.
Access electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias and books for information on topics such as current events, education, business, technology and health issues. Find information for all age groups, including homework help for students and resources for teachers.
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Find millions of news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: Business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology and many general interest topics.
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad, y otras materias. This bilingual database is a collection of images and full–text articles from popular Hispanic magazines, which includes a thesaurus and title annotations in both English and Spanish.
Search more than 12,800 state-specific legal forms by top subject areas including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes, and much more.
Search more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, this resource contains full text for nearly 1,000 reference books and more than 107,000 primary source documents, as well as an image collection of more than 592,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Ocala Star Banner. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.
Search the most popular magazines, including Consumer Reports, Vogue, Men’s Health and hundreds more.
Search many of the Library’s research databases simultaneously.
The premier suite of digital resources, with content to engage and excite all minds from pre-readers to advanced researchers. The databases are progressive and align users with their appropriate learning level. The built-in tools are accessible, flexible, and easy to use.
The premier suite of digital resources, with content to engage and excite all minds from pre-readers to advanced researchers. The databases are progressive and align users with their appropriate learning level. The built-in tools are accessible, flexible, and easy to use.
An ideal learning resource for elementary-aged students, designed to build confidence and encourage creativity. Easy-to-read articles that can be read aloud or translated and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities. Encourage self-direction with our visual navigation in Explore, independent learning with WebQuest, and compare and contrast skills with Compare Animals and Compare Places. (Recommended ages: 6-10)
A collection of 650 unique timelines, spanning the arts, science & technology, society & culture, sports, world history & geography, and more. Create, customize, collaborate, and share your timelines, which is great for visual learners to put events into context and for classroom instruction to introduce a subject. (Recommended ages: 8+)
Health, Medicine, and Science
Access current and authoritative content that spans the agriculture industry, from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
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Find extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Arranged taxonomically, entries include introductory information with an image of the species, a summary section detailing information on each species, a concluding summary of recovery efforts, and a bibliography of contacts for further information.
Find biological concepts and search critical issues in biology. Also, find information on careers in biology, color illustrations, sidebars, bibliographies, timelines, charts and a glossary.
Find a comprehensive survey of cancers, cancer drugs, traditional and alternative treatments, side effects and diagnostic procedures.
Find professional journals on current, full-text articles on environmental studies and policy.
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles on gardening, landscape and horticulture.
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Find professional journals with current, full–text articles.
Search scholarly and general interest titles, and government documents and reports, on the unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.
Access carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials from hundreds of health/medical journals, pamphlets and health-related videos. Material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
Find information on medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written in everyday language.
Find information on medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written for healthcare professionals.
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about psychology.
History, Geography, and Biography
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles on communication and mass media.
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Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about criminal justice.
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about diversity studies.
Find original documents, photographs and other materials from the collection of the State Archives of Florida.
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about gender studies.
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Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about military and intelligence.
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles about pop culture.
Why do some people believe in Heaven? Is it fear, hope, upbringing or blind faith? Users of this collection can research different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives.
Search through documents of the Civil War, including personal narratives, monographs, regimental histories, collected essays, sermons, songs, legal tracts, and political speeches.
Find current, full-text articles from professional journals about U.S. history.
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Find full-text articles from professional journals about war and terrorism.
Find current, full-text articles from professional journals about world history.
Home Improvement
Research do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance and remodeling projects. Find step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating, as well as articles from magazines and reference books with tips and suggestions.
Find professional journals with current, full-text articles on gardening, landscaping and horticulture.
Languages
Prepare for citizenship with access to 100 videos and interactive drills and quizzes.
Legal
Search more than 12,800 state-specific legal forms by top subject areas including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes and much more.
Magazines
Search the most popular magazines, including Consumer Reports, Vogue, Men’s Health, and hundreds more.
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Check out books anytime, anywhere! More than 56,000 e-books are available for download and the collection is growing. Check one out today!
News
Find information on global issues and events, education, political and social issues and more including newspapers, videos and web-only content featuring the Ocala Star-Banner, Orlando Sentinel Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, USA Today, international sources, and more.
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Ocala Star Banner. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate, and other sections.
Telephone Directories
Find 2.3 million job listings, 30 million business and executive profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals and much more. This resource is ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, and finding friends and relatives.
Youth Materials
Elementary School
ABCmouse.com helps children learn to read through phonics and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more. For children ages 2 to 7.
For beginning researchers in kindergarten through grade 5, this database features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface. The curriculum-related, age-appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines, covering geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports, and much more.
Search this collection of animated, talking, picture books that children can read or have read to them.
An ideal learning resource for elementary-aged students, designed to build confidence and encourage creativity. Easy-to-read articles that can be read aloud or translated and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities. Encourage self-direction with our visual navigation in Explore, independent learning with WebQuest, and compare and contrast skills with Compare Animals and Compare Places. (Recommended ages: 6-10)
Middle School
Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies and more, this collection provides a selection of reference, primary sources and multimedia content, including audio and video clips, and thousands of photographs.
The premier suite of digital resources, with content to engage and excite all minds from pre-readers to advanced researchers. The databases are progressive and align users with their appropriate learning level. The built-in tools are accessible, flexible, and easy to use.
A collection of 650 unique timelines, spanning the arts, science & technology, society & culture, sports, world history & geography, and more. Create, customize, collaborate, and share your timelines, which is great for visual learners to put events into context and for classroom instruction to introduce a subject. (Recommended ages: 8+)
High School
Designed for high-school students, find access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
The premier suite of digital resources, with content to engage and excite all minds from pre-readers to advanced researchers. The databases are progressive and align users with their appropriate learning level. The built-in tools are accessible, flexible, and easy to use.
A collection of 650 unique timelines, spanning the arts, science & technology, society & culture, sports, world history & geography, and more. Create, customize, collaborate, and share your timelines, which is great for visual learners to put events into context and for classroom instruction to introduce a subject. (Recommended ages: 8+)