Research Databases

Discover new crafts with more than 1,000 award-winning video classes taught by design experts and artists.

Search for service, repair, and recall information for domestic and imported vehicles from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).

Find thematically-paired fiction and nonfiction titles designed to bridge learning-to-read and reading-to-learn from Scholastic.

Discover expert book reviews, recommendations, author biographies, and more.

Discover literary criticism, author and illustrator biographies, work overviews, and more.

Learn more about Michigan authors and find authors for presentations and visits.

Find recommendations for youth fiction and nonfiction with read-alikes, professional and reader reviews, and discussion guides.

Find fiction and nonfiction recommendations with read-alikes, professional and reader reviews, and discussion guides.

Browse for information on the lives and works of children and YA authors and illustrators.

Search this database for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, and more, with 30 million businesses and 220 million resident lists.

Research stocks and mutual funds.

Research company reports, stocks, mutual funds, and other securities.

Search for information about cars, appliances, electronics, home & gardening supplies, and many other consumer goods.

Reviews, recommendations, read-alikes, author bios and interviews, resources for book clubs, and more.

Find information on 100,000+ foundations, corporate giving programs, and grant-making public charities in the U.S. In-Library Use Only.

Full text coverage of the world from journalism’s most trusted name in exploration and discovery, 1888-2020.

Learn a new skill by choosing from over 25,000+ online video courses.

Explore live online classes for older adults to stay mentally, physically and socially active. Access to GetSetUp is provided by the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.

Profiles of 10,000 grant-makers that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and financial support. In-Library Use Only.

GuideStar provides information users need to learn about nonprofits, make smarter funding decisions, and build connections. In-Library Use Only.

An essential collection of genealogical and historical sources with coverage dating back to the 1700s.

Newspapers from 1690 to today, from across the U.S. and beyond.

Digital newsstand featuring 7000+ of the world's most popular newspapers & magazines, including The Economist.

A fun and free way to learn 315 languages with personalized courses, audio libraries, movies, and chats.

Learn 163 languages with Bluebird, the largest audiobook library in the world with 12 million prerecorded lessons.

Access thousands of printable worksheets, lesson ideas, and activities for all grades in and outside the classroom.

Browse an online collection of animated, talking picture books.

Access The Wall Street Journal from anywhere.

Explore searchable census, vital, and military records. In-Library Use Only.

Explore user-uploaded historical photographs and search for ancestors by surname.

Explore digitized primary sources like yearbooks, family bibles, and oral histories from around the country.

Search this database of burials and cemeteries from around the world.

Search resources available through the Library of Michigan, including state census records, naturalization records, and death certificates.

Build your family tree, research family roots, and more.

Search the State of Michigan’s historical and vital records.

Access one of the largest and most diverse genealogy databases.

Find records to aid in family research with Ancestry.com wiki.

Search for burial sites of registered veterans in the United States.

Explore a range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, social sciences, and humanities.

Play and read to learn letters, numbers, shapes, animals, and more.

eBooks for K-8 students and educator resources covering subjects taught in elementary and middle schools.

General collection featuring fiction and non-fiction titles for both adults and kids.

K-12 students and educators can search for reading-level appropriate nonfiction content.

This essential tool for education research includes a database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources.

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Review a complete list of Gale Research databases made available through RHPL.

Covers a wide range of subjects including business, health, fashion, sports, and personal finance.

Find middle school magazines and reference books on a variety of subjects.

Children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and an image collection designed for elementary school libraries.

Discover content for emergent readers in preschool, Kindergarten and early elementary ages.

Find articles from the National Institutes of Health about diseases, conditions, and wellness.

Multiple topics including diseases, conditions, procedures, lab tests, wellness, and prevention.

Explore digital holdings from archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across Europe.

Explore biographies on more than 300,000 people, both current and historic.

Learn all sides of the hottest social issues with full-text articles and multimedia content.

Find articles, primary documents, and reference works covering the most-studied events in U.S. history.

Discover a collection of scholarly and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works, and primary documents.

Search thousands of customizable online legal documents provided by the Legal Forms Library.

Find legal help for simple civil problems without a lawyer.

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Search digitized historical collections from around the state.

Discover local history through a blog highlighting stories, people, and places from the Rochester area's past.

Explore the museum's collections and newspapers online.

Find select digitized pages from historic American newspapers.

Browse local newspapers digitized by the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University.

Full-text articles from magazines, business and academic journals, newspapers, and reference eBooks.

Access The New York Times from anywhere.

New York Times

Search current newspapers, newswires, and news magazines, including The Washington Post and USA Today.

Find detailed articles about earth science and life science, space, technology, mathematics, and science history and biography.

Find over 700 comprehensive, interactive practice tests and courses for academic and vocational certification and licensing.

Find comprehensive travel information, including more than 200 World City Travel Guides.

Research company reports, stocks, mutual funds, and other securities.