AtoZDatabases.com
Detailed information on 30 million businesses and executives, over 200 million residents, 2 million new businesses as well as new movers/homeowners, U.S. healthcare professionals, a jobs database, background and criminal search and email marketing.
Business Book Summaries
Provides concise, comprehensive summaries of the best business books. Professionals and students can use these to keep up with the latest information in the business world.
Foundation Directory
Find funding sources for your non-profit organization - Only available to use at Main Library
Legal Information Reference Center
Coverage includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, thousands of legal forms, and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues.
Legal Source
Authoritative database for current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Reference USA
Market research and directory information on individuals and businesses.
Small Business Reference Center
Covers all aspects of starting and operating a business. Includes information on accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more. State-specific information included.
Career and Work
Career Preparation from LearningExpress Library
Includes a resume builder where you can save, edit, and print. Explore a variety of careers including allied health, law enforcement, and nursing. Prepare for occupation exams including civil service, commercial driver's license, cosmetology, teaching, and more. Prepare to join the military or become an officer. Create a free account to access tools to help you do well on these exams.
Academic Search Complete
Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities.
Consumer Reports
Presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers.
Early World of Learning
Learn about colors, numbers and other fun things with the help of Trek and Taffy
Encyclopedia Estudiantil
Bilingual resources from World Book Encyclopedia for children ages pre-K through grade 5
History Reference Center
Documents, photos, maps, film, and video from leading history journals. Also includes biographies of historical figures.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
Provides detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast includes leading hobby and craft magazines.
Home Improvement Reference Center
Detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.
Mango Languages
Learn a foreign language or perfect your English
MasterFILE Complete
Content from popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources. Covers wide range of subjects including business, health, fashion, sports, and personal finance.
Novelist K-8 Plus
Find just the right book through reviews, lists and author biographies
NoveList Plus
Covers both fiction and nonfiction. This resources offers extensive reader's advisory services including read-alike titles, series, and authors as well as professional reviews, reader reviews, articles, lists, genre overviews, discussion guides and more. Books are also tagged with appeal factors.
Opposing Viewpoints
Features contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues
Points of View Reference Center
Presents multiple sides of over 400 issues. Helps students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
Read It!
Designed for middle and high school students who have a basic foundation in English grammer and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects.
The Khan Academy
The Khan Academy is a homework center with a youtube type format. Learn Math, Science, Computer Programming and more
WorldBook Kids
Learning activities for students pre-K through grade 5
Engine Repair
Automate
Service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls. Designed for touch-enabled devices such as laptops and tablets, AutoMate offers a user-friendly search experience and access to a wealth of information to help users diagnose, repair and maintain today's complex vehicles. Diagrams and images can be easily magnified and printed.
Mitchell ProDemand
Car repair codes, maintenance, service manuals and estimator - Only available to use at library locations.
Small Engine Repair
Detailed yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is organized in an easy-to-use manner so that users can quickly find the information they need.
Genealogy and Local History
Ancestry Library Edition
Genealogy research tool provided by The Friends of TADL - Only available to use at library locations.
Biography Reference Center
Coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).
Grand Traverse Journal
TADL-published monthly magazine featuring the recorded and natural history of the Grand Traverse Region
MyHeritage Library Edition
Family history resource including more than 6 billion historical records from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and other regions. Includes the full USA federal census (1790-1940); census of England and Wales (1841-1901); U.S. World War II Army Enlistment as well as records of Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers. Over 2 billion family trees.
Newspaper Archive
Historical collection of Michigan newspapers, including the Traverse City Record-Eagle
TADL Local History Collection
Digital collection of local, published works, including yearbooks, plat maps, postcards and newspapers
Health
Alt Health Watch
Full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers the latest information about the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies.
Consumer Health Complete
Provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
Consumer Health Information
Detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Available in 17 languages. Answers are provided in evidence-based reports that feature graphics, illustrations, easy-to-read text and links to additional information.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information including magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Medline Plus
National Institutes of Health's website for patients, their families and friends
Psychology & Behavioral Health Collection
Covers a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines. For psychologists, counselors, researchers and students.
Legal Resources
13th Circuit Friend of the Court
The FOC's webpage includes commonly used forms and questions regarding custody, parenting time, and child support for those living in Grand Traverse, Leelanau and Antrim Counties.
FindLaw
Provides resources and links for both state and federal laws. This includes resources pertaining to constitutions, statutes, cases and more.
Legal Information Reference Center
Coverage includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, thousands of legal forms, and detailed how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues.
Legal Services of Northern Michigan
Provides a full range of legal services in most areas of civil law for people who meet Federal poverty guidelines or who are 60 years of age or older.
Legal Source
Authoritative database for current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Michigan Legal Help
The Michigan Legal Help website was created to help people who have to handle simple civil legal problems without a lawyer.
Third Level Crisis Center Free Legal Aid Clinic
Receive private, free and confidential legal advice and problem clarification from attorneys from the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association.
Money and Investing
Consumer Reports
Presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers.
Newspaper Archive
Historical collection of Michigan newspapers, including the Traverse City Record-Eagle
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides coverage from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines. TV, radio transcripts, and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources are also included. Primary full coverage newspapers are The Washington Post, and USA Today. Partial coverage of the New York Times.
Reading and Writing
eBooks Public Library Collection
General reference collection featuring titles for both adults and kids. Covers topics ranging from self-help and fitness to cooking and personal finance.
Literary Reference Center
Covers broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Wide range of subjects covered including plot summaries, literary criticism, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, short stories and novels, and author interviews.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
Coverage includes classic and contemporary poems as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays.
Read It!
Designed for middle and high school students who have a basic foundation in English grammer and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects.
