Research Databases

Research your family tree with Ancestry Library Edition, do academic research with Gale Databases, use Consumer Reports, or do business research with Reference Solutions and Value Line.

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Ancestry Library Edition

Research your family tree from the comfort of your home with this well-known genealogical database. In addition to fully indexed census records of all U.S. census years, Ancestry contains thousands of other databases, including ship's records, banking records, vital statistics, and many, many more. 

Consumer Reports

The largest and most well-known consumer advocacy organization can help you make better buying decisions on nearly any product you consider purchasing. The database contains the full content of Consumer Reports Magazine, as well as other information, ratings, recommendations, reviews and features that are available only here.

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Gale General OneFile

Gale’s premier periodical resource, Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including The Economist and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.

Gale Literary Sources

Gale Literature Criticism provides literary criticism articles. The Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides authoritative information while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

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Reference Solutions

Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA) contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses and 97 million U.S. residents. 

Value Line Research Center

The Value Line Research Center includes online access to Value Line's leading research publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as our proprietary special situation stocks.

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