eLibraryUSA database

A complete list of all the journals that can be searched using the eLibraryUSA search box. Articles in these journals can be accessed at Information Resource Centers, American Corners, and Binational Centers, or by using a password.

  • Academic OneFile
This database provides access to over 42 million journal articles going back to 1980. It focuses on the subjects of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature.

  • American English
The American English website provides resources for teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL), exploring American culture, and encouraging conversation within the global EFL community.

  • BookFlix
An interactive literacy resource geared for early readers, reluctant readers, and English Language Learners. A collection of 95 fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic, including 25 Spanish language versions. Interactive reading features include read-along option, definitions and narrated text, author biographies, web links, and resources for educators.

  • Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.

  • College Navigator
Website from the U.S. Department of Education providing information about U.S. colleges and universities, such as tuition, financial aid statistics, graduation rates, and accreditation. Schools can be searched by location and by degrees offered, and can be compared side by side with other schools.

  • CQ Researcher Online
Reports covering current and controversial issues in the United States, from 1923 to the present.

  • ebrary (includes e-Libro and e-Livro)
Online, full-text collection of over 20,000 books in English, and 35,000 books in Spanish and Portuguese. Covers a wide range of topics, including sociology, psychology, history, political science, medicine, language and literature, philosophy and religion, education, business, the hard sciences and more.

  • EducationUSA
EducationUSA is a network of hundreds of advising centers in 170 countries, where millions of international students each year find accurate, comprehensive, and current information about how to apply to accredited U.S. colleges and universities.

  • eJournal USA
IIP's magazine about issues that affect the United States and the international community.

  • Encyclopedia Britannica
Basic introduction to over 75,000 different topics, including encyclopedia articles, maps, news, definitions, and statistics.

  • Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids
Perfect for students 8 years and above, this resource includes thousands of images, videos, animated time lines and of course, encyclopedia articles. It also has learning activities for English and language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.


  • English Language Learner Reference Center
This multi-purpose information resource is designed for middle/high school students and those that are new to the English language. The ELL Reference Center provides English language learners with guidance on conducting research, building their background knowledge, and developing their study skills.

  • Filmakers Library Online
Contains over 1,000 full documentaries and adding over 100 titles per year. Gathering films from American independents as well as filmmakers from all over the world, this multidisciplinary collection includes documentaries on a variety of topics from race and gender studies, human rights, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, health, current events, literature, and more. Because this is a resource with videos, it may run slowly in areas with low bandwidth.

  • Fuente Academica
Fuente Academica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology.

  • Gale Directory Library
The Gale Directory Library hosts a variety of directory products. Use it to search, sort and export information from both current directory editions as well as prior editions that are maint ained as searchable backfiles. Multiple directories can be cross-searched or users can mine individual directories for the particular kinds of data they contain, such as financial information for companies, circulation figures for publications, and much more.

  • Gale Science in Context
Gale Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Gale's authoritative reference content is merged with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

  • Global Issues in Context
Researched reports about current affairs are published alongside newspaper articles, videos, and other materials.

  • GreenFILE
Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 612,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 9,100 records.

  • GREENR
The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. Use Browse Issues and Topics, World Map, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.

  • Grolier Online
A collection of nonfiction content targeted for ages 7 and up. The collection includes over 120,000 articles from general reference encyclopedias like New Book of Knowledge, science intensive encyclopedias like New Book of Popular Science, social studies encyclopedias like Lands and Peoples, and La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, a comprehensive encyclopedia for Spanish speakers. Additional content includes GoTube Videos, over 340,000 editor vetted web links, over 1,100 newspapers from around the world and over 1200 interactive maps which provide history, topography, political climate, current events, and more.

  • HIV RAP Interactive
Offers a multimedia guide to HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Includes information on HIV testing and dealing with the realities of living with HIV and AIDS.

  • IIP Books
IIP's collection of publications about U.S. society, culture, and policies.

  • IIP Pamphlets
IIP Pamphlets provide brief overviews about U.S. society and culture and discussions of issues that affect all Americans.

  • IIP Video
IIP Video highlights American culture and innovation, and introduces new Ambassadors to their country and the world.


  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text
This database also contains full text for more than 330 journals and nearly 30 full-text monographs. It also indexes more than 560core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

  • Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center is a comprehensive database on literary topics, authors, and their works. Includes full-text scholarly articles from more than 360 academic journals and literary magazines, full text of thousands of poems and short stories published in contemporary journals and magazines, and book reviews and biographical essays.

  • LitFinder
LitFinder is a repository of full-text literary works, including around 150,000 poems, short stories, plays and speeches.


Middle Search Plus
Provides full-text content to more than 140 popular middle school magazines such as National Geographic Kids, Ahora!, Chez Nouz and many more. Also provides access to primary source documents, biographies, reference books, country fact sheets and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags. This resource is designed for middle school students and their educators. PowerKnowledge Earth and Space Science
Provides information on earth and space science geared to science learners in grades 3 to 6 and their teachers. Additional content includes videos, interactive games and quizzes, hands-on science experiments and lesson plans. Topics include ecosystems and biomes, energy and matter, maps, natural disasters, environmental issues, space, weather and climate, and more. PowerKnowledge Life Science
Provides information on life sciences geared to science learners in grades 3 to 6 and their teachers. Additional content includes videos, interactive games and quizzes, hands-on science experiments and lesson plans. Topics include animals, plants, the human body, food chains and food webs and more.

  • PowerKnowledge Physical Science
Provides information on physical science geared to science learners in grades 3 to 6 and their teachers. Additional content includes videos, interactive games and quizzes, hands-on science experiments and lesson plans. Topics include atoms and molecules, elements and the periodic table, energy and matter, and more.

  • Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

  • Teacher Reference Center
An indexing resource for educators and librarians, a collection of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. Records include topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, and more.

  • Teen Health and Wellness
Provides teenagers and preteens with straightforward information about such topics as diseases, drugs and alcohol, nutrition, mental health, personal finances and more.

  • TrueFlix
An electronic version of the True Books line of nonfiction research books from Scholastic. Targeted to students who are moving from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn, and their educators. Students can watch an introductory video on a topic then explore the topic further by reading through the flipbook and working through activities, quizzes and web links. Subject areas included are people, places, history, science and nature. For educators, there are project ideas and lesson plans.