Reference

Missouri Free Public Records - Court Records - Criminal Records: a comprehensive resource for finding public record information by county, with important links to government websites and other state agencies to assist individuals with locating vital records, genealogy archives, court record documents, and other public record searches.

EBSCOhost Databases - Includes Consumer Health Complete, NoveList, Science Reference Center, Student Research Center and MORE!!
NOTE: Access requires library card

Missouri Resources - Access to a wide variety of digitized collections from Missouri libraries, archives, historical societies and museums.

Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage - This video series, for students and teachers in Missouri's elementary and secondary schools, was funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Historical Preservation Section of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  Each of the 18 digitized videos focuses on a single topic and lasts approximately 10-15 minutes.

Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative

Holiday Insights

 
Automotive repair:
   Chilton Library - automotive repair information
NOTE: At-Home Access requires library card

Foreign Language:
Foreign Service Institute Language Courses (Free)
Mango Languages -NOTE: At-Home Access requires library card
BBC Languages


Adult Education & Literacy:
Missouri Department of Adult Education & Literacy

Parenting Information:
Resources for parents and families throughout Missouri

Home Improvement:
Home Improvement Collection

Gardening information:
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture

Culinary Arts:
Culinary Arts collection


Encyclopedias:
Infoplease: almanacs, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, timelines, countries, and more
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Information Please Almanac
Encarta Encyclopedia
High Beam Encyclopedia (Columbia Encyclopedia)
Encyclopedia Britannica Concise
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Symbols (online encyclopedia of graphic symbols)
Internet Public Library

Almanacs:
The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Farmers' Almanac - Farmers' Almanac TV: Your Guide to Resourceful Living
Information Please Almanac

Dictionaries
Acronym finder - Abbreviations and acronyms dictionary: find definitions for over 4,219,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms
One Look Dictionary Search
Your Dictionary (Comprehensive index of on-line dictionaries in more than 200 different languages.)
The Internet Acronym Server
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
Oxford Dictionary (includes quotations and first names dictionaries)
Rhyme Zone: http://www.rhymezone.com/
WordReference (online French, Italian, andSpanish dictionary)
Biographical Dictionary

History
History.net - HistoryNet.com is the home of Weider History Group, the world's largest history magazine publisher, with full-text articles from ten history and military history magazines.

Telephone & Address Directories:
AnyWho from AT&T
 
Internet 800 Directory from Internet 800 Directory
 
Switchboard from InfoSpace
 
WhoWhere from Lycos
 
Yahoo People Search from Yahoo
 
Yahoo Yellow Pages from Yahoo