ONLINE LEARNING AND RESEARCH
Ebooks, Streaming Video, Homework Help, Databases, and More
The Provo City Library subscribes to a number of valuable resources that card holders can access with their library cards. These resources include downloadable ebooks and audiobooks, streaming movies, online encyclopedias and research helps, learning tools for all ages, homework assistance for students, special interest tools, and so much more.
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Download best-selling audiobooks, eBooks, and videos from Overdrive 24/7 to your computer at home, in the office, or from anywhere in the world.
Kanopy provides streaming access to more than 30,000 documentaries, classics, and indie films.
Learn software, technology, creative, and business skills to achieve your personal and professional goals. Our LibraryID is provolibrary.
Learning Express Library's Career Preparation Center has the tools to help you prepare for a professional exam, learn more about a particular occupation, learn how to improve your workplace skills, and more.
College Students Center can help you strengthen your fundamental academic skills for your courses, prepare for an important placement test, or ensure a top score on a graduate school entrance exam.
Feature courses on popular office programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. There are also courses to teach you about your operating system and graphic and illustration design.
Based on the print version, this database adds to the print content with extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, special reports on selected topics, and links to external websites by World Book editors.
Quality early childhood resources for youngsters age 3-6, parents, and caregivers.
A free information and referral helpline that provides parents, physicians, and community partners all across Utah with resources to make a difference in the lives of pregnant parents and families with children 8 and under.
A mainstay to meet the research needs of students in primary/elementary and middle school with thousands of articles and multimedia.
Learn about animals, plants, music, science, sports, and more.
This resource was developed especially for young library patrons. The site offers easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.
Fun, substantive content takes kids 6-14 on adventures in science, nature, culture and space.
A powerful collection of homework resources provided by the Utah State Library and UEN. Contact your school or the library for login information.
Skill-building lessons and practice for guiding young learners. Both Elementary and middle school grades are represented.
Academic articles, images, topic selections, and more for middle schoolers.
Information on high school research topics plus pop culture, sports, and more.
An engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.
Provides help to prepare you for the high school equivalency credential with complete resources for the GED test, HiSET, and TASC. Here you’ll learn to build your basic skills and find practice exams.
This resource can help you do well on your college admission tests and write a personal essay that highlights your special talents. Also helps you prepare for the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT, ACT, AP tests, admissions essays, and more.
A powerful reference tool designed for high school students and adults.
Continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues.
Biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history
Updated daily, this collection includes 1.6 million articles and 200 journals.
An extensive database of fiction and nonfiction books for adults, teens, and children offering enhanced subject access and full-text reviews, author read-alikes, award winners, theme-oriented booklists, book discussion guides, book talks, and feature articles.
An extensive database of fiction and nonfiction for children. This database offers enhanced subject access to full-text reviews, author read-alikes, award winners, theme-oriented booklists, book talks, and feature articles.
Lively reviews and recommendations make book selection fun.
Authoritative automotive repair covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
Magazine, news, and journal articles on general interest topics and current events.
Complete source for peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines.
An online newspaper resource that provides indexed and fully searchable electronic access to around 600 international, national, and regional newspapers.
Digitized archives of Utah newspapers. Includes Provo Daily Herald from 1922-2009.
Download popular magazines from Overdrive & Libby (app) 24/7 to your computer at home, in the office, or from anywhere in the world.
Verified and updated directories for both U.S. businesses and residents.
A valuable investment and business resource. On it, patrons will find research for more than 23,000 stocks and mutual funds.
Real business plans, how-to guides, articles, and more.
Full-text insights, tips and strategies for students and entrepreneurs.
Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistics, and more.
Articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields
Health-focused magazines, reference, videos, and more.
Articles on direct patient care, healthcare administration, and more.
Find reliable information on fitness, pregnancy, nutrition and much more.
Articles on treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.
Articles on personality, the human mind, memory, and more.
Recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information, and more.
Articles on the practical aspects of gardening, horticulture, and more.
Articles on architectural techniques, zoning requirements, tools, and more.
Find thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
Robust coverage for both novice historians and advanced researchers.
Well-rounded coverage of current thinking and scholarly work.
State, local, & federal publications about Utah. Includes reports, books, statistics, newsletters, budgets, videos, music, & more.
Provides access to research products produced by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for the United States Congress. Reports cover a wide range of current issues and topics.
Learning Express Library ofrece recursos en línea para mejorar sus habilidades básicas en lectura, escritura, matemáticas, y para prepararse para el exámen del GED o el exámen de convertirse en ciudadano de los Estados Unidos.
Basada en la versión impresa, esta base de datos en idioma español también contiene amplias mejoras gráficas y multimedia, informes especiales sobre temas seleccionados y enlaces a sitios web externos seleccionados por los editores de World Book.
Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos.
eBooks & eAudiobooks
Overdrive & Libby (App)
Download best-selling audiobooks, eBooks, and videos from Overdrive 24/7 to your computer at home, in the office, or from anywhere in the world.
Movies
Kanopy Streaming Video
Kanopy provides streaming access to more than 30,000 documentaries, classics, and indie films.
Lifelong Learning
LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
Learn software, technology, creative, and business skills to achieve your personal and professional goals. Our LibraryID is provolibrary.
Adult Core Skills: Learning Express Library
Offers online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks for busy adults to help improve their basic skills. Resources are focused on reading, writing, and math; preparing for the GED® test; or become a U.S. citizen.
Career Preparation: Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library's Career Preparation Center has the tools to help you prepare for a professional exam, learn more about a particular occupation, learn how to improve your workplace skills, and more.
College Students: Learning Express Library
College Students Center can help you strengthen your fundamental academic skills for your courses, prepare for an important placement test, or ensure a top score on a graduate school entrance exam.
Popular Software Skills Center: Learning Express Library
Feature courses on popular office programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. There are also courses to teach you about your operating system and graphic and illustration design.
Encyclopedias
World Book
Based on the print version, this database adds to the print content with extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, special reports on selected topics, and links to external websites by World Book editors.
Preschool Resources
Preschool Pioneer
Quality early childhood resources for youngsters age 3-6, parents, and caregivers.
Help Me Grow Utah
A free information and referral helpline that provides parents, physicians, and community partners all across Utah with resources to make a difference in the lives of pregnant parents and families with children 8 and under.
Homework Help (Grades K-6)
World Book Student
A mainstay to meet the research needs of students in primary/elementary and middle school with thousands of articles and multimedia.
Gale In Context: Elementary
Learn about animals, plants, music, science, sports, and more.
World Book Kids
This resource was developed especially for young library patrons. The site offers easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities.
Gale Presents National Geographic Kids
Fun, substantive content takes kids 6-14 on adventures in science, nature, culture and space.
Additional Homework Help
A powerful collection of homework resources provided by the Utah State Library and UEN. Contact your school or the library for login information.
Grades 4 -8 Educator Resources: Learning Express Library
Skill-building lessons and practice for guiding young learners. Both Elementary and middle school grades are represented.
Homework Help (Grades 7-12)
Gale In Context: Middle School
Academic articles, images, topic selections, and more for middle schoolers.
Gale OneFile: High School
Information on high school research topics plus pop culture, sports, and more.
Gale In Context: High School
An engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.
High School Equivalency Center: Learning Express Library
Provides help to prepare you for the high school equivalency credential with complete resources for the GED test, HiSET, and TASC. Here you’ll learn to build your basic skills and find practice exams.
Prepare for College: Learning Express Library
This resource can help you do well on your college admission tests and write a personal essay that highlights your special talents. Also helps you prepare for the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT, ACT, AP tests, admissions essays, and more.
World Book Advanced
A powerful reference tool designed for high school students and adults.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues.
Gale In Context: Biography
Biographical and contextual information on notable people throughout history
Gale OneFile: Science
Updated daily, this collection includes 1.6 million articles and 200 journals.
Reader's Resources
Novelist Plus
An extensive database of fiction and nonfiction books for adults, teens, and children offering enhanced subject access and full-text reviews, author read-alikes, award winners, theme-oriented booklists, book discussion guides, book talks, and feature articles.
Novelist K-8 Plus
An extensive database of fiction and nonfiction for children. This database offers enhanced subject access to full-text reviews, author read-alikes, award winners, theme-oriented booklists, book talks, and feature articles.
Gale Books and Authors
Lively reviews and recommendations make book selection fun.
Auto Repair
Chilton Library
Authoritative automotive repair covers the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
Magazines, Journals & Newspapers
Gale General OneFile
Magazine, news, and journal articles on general interest topics and current events.
Gale Academic OneFile
Complete source for peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines.
ProQuest Newsstand
An online newspaper resource that provides indexed and fully searchable electronic access to around 600 international, national, and regional newspapers.
Utah Newspapers by UPA
A digital newspaper service of the Utah Press Association. This archive provides public access to all of Utah's newspapers in a searchable PDF format.
Utah Digital Newspapers
Digitized archives of Utah newspapers. Includes Provo Daily Herald from 1922-2009.
Overdrive & Libby
Download popular magazines from Overdrive & Libby (app) 24/7 to your computer at home, in the office, or from anywhere in the world.
Business & Finance
Data Axle (Formerly ReferenceUSA)
Verified and updated directories for both U.S. businesses and residents.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
A valuable investment and business resource. On it, patrons will find research for more than 23,000 stocks and mutual funds.
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
Real business plans, how-to guides, articles, and more.
Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship
Full-text insights, tips and strategies for students and entrepreneurs.
Gale Business: Insights
Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistics, and more.
Gale OneFile: Business
Articles on accounting, marketing and management, and related fields
Health & Medicine
Gale Health and Wellness
Health-focused magazines, reference, videos, and more.
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Articles on direct patient care, healthcare administration, and more.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Find reliable information on fitness, pregnancy, nutrition and much more.
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Articles on treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.
Gale OneFile: Psychology
Articles on personality, the human mind, memory, and more.
Hobbies & Home
Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts
Recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information, and more.
Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture
Articles on the practical aspects of gardening, horticulture, and more.
Gale OneFile: Home Improvement
Articles on architectural techniques, zoning requirements, tools, and more.
Creativebug
Find thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists.
History & Genealogy
Gale OneFile: U.S. History
Robust coverage for both novice historians and advanced researchers.
Gale OneFile: World History
Well-rounded coverage of current thinking and scholarly work.
Law & Government
Utah Government Digital Library
State, local, & federal publications about Utah. Includes reports, books, statistics, newsletters, budgets, videos, music, & more.
Congressional Research Service
Provides access to research products produced by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for the United States Congress. Reports cover a wide range of current issues and topics.
Recursos Electronicos
Recursos Para Hispanohablantes: Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library ofrece recursos en línea para mejorar sus habilidades básicas en lectura, escritura, matemáticas, y para prepararse para el exámen del GED o el exámen de convertirse en ciudadano de los Estados Unidos.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Basada en la versión impresa, esta base de datos en idioma español también contiene amplias mejoras gráficas y multimedia, informes especiales sobre temas seleccionados y enlaces a sitios web externos seleccionados por los editores de World Book.
Gale OneFile: Informe Academico
Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos.