Research Resources

With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, this award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-8+).

With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, this award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-8+).

Journal, newspaper, and magazine articles covering a variety of disciplines.

With more than 750,000 human-edited definitions, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms for writing.

Powered by Brainfuse. Tools to prepare for citizenship and high-school equivalency exams, live tutors to help with Microsoft Office, Excel or Powerpoint, writing experts to assist you in perfecting your resume, and much more.

The African American Funeral Programs Collection consists of more than 1800 funeral service programs dating from the 1960s to the present collected by the African American Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

An online collection of digitized African American sheet music from Brown University Library in Rhode Island, from 18th century to present day, with the majority of titles from the period of 1840-1950.
 

A great starting place for African-American genealogy provided by Mississippi State University. Includes links to specific Internet sites, numerous records, and has a searchable surname index.

Organization dedicated to the study and research of African American history and genealogy.

Journal and magazine articles focused on agriculture and related fields. A subset of Gale Power Search.
 

Books, Print, and Media Awards from the American Library Association. Includes information about Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, and other awards.

Website to provide information and opinion about jazz music from around the world - past, present, and future.

Automotive repair. Access the latest Technical Service Bulletins and print wiring diagrams. Available only on computers at Busch Annapolis, Glen Burnie and Odenton Libraries.

Extensive information featuring key artists, albums, and definitive music by decade.

Explore and stay informed on local and national topics. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.

U.S. Census site featuring facts about American communities.
 

Access to publications of The American Physical Society Journals on a variety of topics within the realm of physics. Premium Resource; must be used inside a library branch.
 

Indexes a database of full text sources, audio and visual versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, interviews, and other recorded media events.