Online Resources
Alexander Street Press Online Music
We have subscriptions to four online music databases. You can create playlists and listen to music online for free or, for a fee, download the music to your personal computer. Our databases are: Classical Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, Contemporary World Music, and American Song. Or, search all at once from here: ASP Music Online
American Indian Experience
This database offers more than 150 volumes of scholorship and reference content about American Indians from the Inuit of the North to the Seminoles of Florida. It includes primary documents, images and much more. Anyone who wants to learn more about the Native Peoples of America should stop here!
Visit American Indian Experience (currently available inside our building only)
Ancestry
Search the world's largest online family history collection. With 4 billion records available, discovering your family's story is easier than ever. (Currently available from inside our building only)
Auto Repair
Is your car making funny noises? Visit the Auto Repair Reference Center for automotive information dating back to 1945 for all major makes and models of vehicles. Also includes basic care and repair tips and a troubleshooting guide.
Visit the Auto Repair Reference Center (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside of our building)
Career Library
Career Library offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Five user-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more. Created for individual researchers and career/education technology professionals, Career Library is a valuable addition to libraries and career centers
Visit Career Library (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside of our building)
CINAHL with Full Text
CINAHL with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 580 journals indexed in CINAHL. With full-text coverage dating back to 1981, CINAHL with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Visit CINAHL with Full Text (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside of our building)
ConsumerReports.org
Whether you're looking for information on lawnmowers, groceries, or the latest in digital cameras, ConsumerReports.org has the rating, reviews, recommendations and buying advice you need. In addition, you can find advice and tips on saving money, home improvement, personal finance, health and wellness, and more.
Environment Complete
Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete offers records dating back to the 1940s.
Visit Environment Complete (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside our building)
GreenFILE
Offers well-researched 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. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE 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 468,000+ records, as well as Open Access full text for 5,500+ records.
Visit GreenFILE (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside our building)
Heritage Quest
A genealogy database to help you research your family history. At a public PC in the main library, look for "Heritage Quest" in Favorites, or click here. If you are not in the main branch, click here.
Visit Heritage Quest from inside Missoula Public Library
Visit Heritage Quest from home (You will need to enter a library card number if you are outside our building)
Ibistro
This is our online public access catalog (OPAC). Using iBistro, you can search our catalog to see what items we own, and which are available. A myBistro account will allow you to review the materials you have checked out, find out when they are due, renew materials, place or cancel holds, check the status of a hold, or change your PIN. Click here to learn how to set up your myBistro account.
Infotrac Magazine Database
Infotrac is a database containing close to a million magazine, encyclopedia, and newspaper articles on literally thousands of topics.
Visit Infotrac Magazine Database (You will need to enter a library card number if you are outside our building)
LearningExpress Library
LearningExpress Library's resources offer practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the success you want—at school, at work, or in life. There is also a Jobs & Careers Center to help with resumes and a Computer Skills Center that offers self-paced computer classes for Windows and MAC. Have your library card handy when you register because your card number will be the username on your account.
Visit LearningExpress Library (You will need to enter a library card number if you are outside our building)
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
Indexing and abstracts for 725+ periodicals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes: librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and more
Visit LISTA (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside our building)
Magill's Medical Guide
The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialities, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format. There are sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.
(currently available from inside our building only)
Mango Languages
Mango is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for 12 different languages and 3 ESL courses. It's so easy to use you'll see incredible results after just one lesson!
Visit Mango (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside our building. Once there you can start Mango right away or create a user account which allows you to track your progress through the various lessons.)
Missoulian Index
An index of Missoulian articles, archived here at the Missoula Public Library with the help of our wonderful volunteers.
Morningstar
Morningstar.com Library Edition helps you make smart investment decisions. Find a stock or fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings, or see how your investments fit together.
Visit Morningstar from inside Missoula Public Library
Novelist Plus
NoveList is a database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction and non-fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.
Visit Novelist Plus (You will need to enter a library card number if you are outside our building)
Novelist K-8 Plus
NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction and non-fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows you how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of your students. You can access the Learning Center by clicking on its link in the left hand column of your screen.
Visit Novelist K-8 Plus (You will need to enter a library card number if you are outside our building)
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Retrospective 1890-1982
Search more than 3 million articles from some 375 leading magazines! This database uses both historical and updated subject headings to give access to over a century of articles from a contemporaneous perspective.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
Need to fix your lawn mower, boat engine, or any other small engine? Check out the Small Engine Repair Reference Center for diagrams, troubleshooting tips and service fundamentals. Most major makes and models are included.
Visit the Small Engine Repair Reference Center (You will need a library card if you are outside our building)
Teacher Reference Center
270+ indexed and abstracted magazines/journals (96% are peer-reviewed). Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
Visit Teacher Reference Center (You will be asked for a library card number if you are outside our building)
Thomas Register ThomasNet
Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers--from Actuators to Zirconium and everything in between. Find 67,000 searchable categories, millions of downloadable CAD drawings 100% relevant and comprehensive industrial results as well as breaking industrial news and information.
Vital Record Index
An index to newspaper articles indicating a life event such as births, deaths, etc. from Montana newspapers. For a full listing of the events indexed see the exact search screen in the database. This index currently contains records from the Missoulian and the Missoula Republic with records going back to the early 1890s. Coverage is incomplete with records being added on an ongoing basis. For more information contact the Reference Desk.
World Book Online
World Book Online Reference Center features the content of The World Book Encyclopedia, plus 16 additional databases that allow students, educators, and others to conduct in-depth research on thousands of topics. Click here if you are using a computer in the Missoula Public Library. Click here if you are using a computer outside of the Missoula Public Library.
Visit World Book Online from inside Missoula Public Library
Visit World Book Online from home (You will need to enter a library card number)
Missoula Public Library plans to subscribe to other online resources in the future. Have a suggestion? Click here to let us know!