Databases

Searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress.

Offers unlimited access to printable activities, skills sheets, lesson plans, clip art, puzzles & games, and other resources for fun and teaching kids grades Pre-K to 8.

Provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos, as well as science experiments, images, and curriculum-aligned lesson plans. Learn how to create a search alert here.

NEW: A comprehensive mapping, analytics, and data visualization tool with 100,000+ variables. It includes US Census and ACS demographic data, Consumer Expenditure Survey insights, D&B's premium business directory (30 million profiles), and the premium MRI-SimmonsLOCAL dataset covering 8,000+ brands, 450 categories, and detailed psychographics. Users also have access to the Community Lifestages dataset based on Age, Income, and Family Status, along with Claritas PRIZM Premier for marketing segmentation data. Additionally, CDC PLACES health data with 27 diverse health measures is available. Users may log in as a Guest, or create an account to save their work.

SizeUp Arlington Heights provides business owners, start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs with market research and business insights to help them make smarter decisions with data to effectively grow their business.

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See the video tutorial link below for an in-depth product demo for Arlington Heights users.

NEW: Offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to understand and address a wide variety of small business topics. The database includes business videos, case studies, help and advice, a start-up kit and tips for writing business plans. Learn how to create a search alert here.

NEW: Provides detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines, from motorcycles and ATVs to generators and outdoor power equipment.

Simple, straightforward tutorials from Niche Academy on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GMail, Google Drive/Docs/Sheets and more. Use these as a "quick start" before trying more in-depth tutorials from GCFLearnFree.org, Udemy or Gale Courses.

Selected news and reference articles on current "hot topics" around the world.

Summon is the library's largest single article search tool, and is the resource behind the "Quick search for articles and more" box at the top of the library's Research > Databases pages. It searches a set of over 1 billion articles and then links to full text in the library's subscribed databases from Gale, Ebsco, Proquest, Nexis Uni, Britannica, etc., as well as selected open access sources. Users also now have access to the Summon Research Assistant, which allows you to ask natural-language questions and receive AI-generated summaries, along with links to supporting articles. Learn more about the Research Assistant here.