Abdo Digital Comics, opens a new window is where pre-K through high school kids will find their favorite Marvel comics like Spiderman, The Hulk and Captain America, all available to read through your browser. They may find a few new favorites as well!
Designed for academic institutions, Academic Search Complete, opens a new window offers an enormous selection of scholarly and popular information resources. It supports high-level research by providing peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, reports, books, videos and more.
Get the latest reliable and credible information with Access World News, opens a new window, which features a wide variety of international, national and local news sources. You can research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as political science, English, sociology, humanities, business, international studies and more.
Search for Coloradans and obituaries in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, 1990 to 2009) , The Denver Post (1989 to Current) and other regional news and newspaper sources.
Discover where you came from! Ancestry Library Edition, opens a new window is a popular genealogy service featuring more than 9,000 databases and 200 billion images from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe and Australia. Search census records, the Social Security Death Index, as well as military and immigration records to explore your family history.
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Biography in Context, opens a new window features a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers. It's continuously updated to ensure access to the latest information.
Explore the experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today with Black Life in America, opens a new window from NewsBank.
Explore the skilled trades industry with BlueCareer, opens a new window by EBSCOlearning. Get the training you need, connect with prospective employers and start your career. Learn 100+ trades in more than a dozen industries, including pay and career growth data.
Help your early reader develop and practice essential reading skills. BookFlix, opens a new window pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to create a fun link between fact and fiction. Spanish language options, key-word definitions, games and activities help your child discover learning can be easy and fun!
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Want to think faster, focus better and remember more? BrainHQ, opens a new window can help improve your brain health with clinically proven brain training exercises.
Get business help at the library with market research, ask questions about small business in Colorado, find networking and start-up opportunities, or meet with a librarian to help achieve your business goals.
With premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals, Business Source Complete, opens a new window is an essential tool for business research. Find information on marketing, management, accounting, banking and finance. Also view videos from the Associated Press and explore detailed information on more than 1.1 million companies worldwide.
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CodeCombat, opens a new window is a fun and effective way to learn coding languages like Python, JavaScript and C++. Through game-based learning, learners of all ages and skill levels can master programming concepts for web and game development.
Learners can progress through the game at their own pace. Each level presents programming challenges that require you to write code to advance your hero and achieve the level goal. For more fun, link your CodeCombat and Roblox accounts to create your own Roblox games.
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Colorado Grants Guide, opens a new window allows grant seekers to research application criteria, guidelines, deadlines and past grantee information for more than 770 entities that support Colorado nonprofit organizations.
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Check out these headlines from the past! Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection, opens a new window features almost a million digitized pages from more than 200 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923.
Colorado News Sources, opens a new window features full-text news articles from local Colorado newspapers, including Centennial Citizen, The Colorado Sun, The Daily Camera, The Daily Times-Call, The Denverite, The Rocky Mountain News, The Westword and more. Available through Access World News.
Search or browse the full-text of the Colorado Revised Statutes and Colorado Court Rules, opens a new window.
Find what you need to know about all areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine with Consumer Health Complete, opens a new window.
Consumer Reports, opens a new window puts over 4000 products through rigorous testing each year to provide unbiased product ratings and reviews so you can compare before you buy. You'll also find advice and tips on saving money on home improvement plans, how to shore up personal finances, ways to improve health and much more.
Creativebug lets you experience the joy of making with over 1,000 award-winning video classes taught by top designers and artists. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print and more.
Explore all 50 states without leaving home with CultureGrams States Edition, opens a new window. You'll find info on flags, state economy, weather, history and so much more. Want to nail that school project? We've got you covered!
The world at your fingertips with CultureGrams World Edition, opens a new window! Find reliable, up-to-date information on more than 200 countries and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories. You'll discover the history and people of each country, then take your knowledge farther with recipes, interviews and videos.
Data Axle Reference Solutions, opens a new window, formerly Reference USA, is one of the world's largest databases of company information. Use this to create lists of competitors, find their contact information, and get a huge amount of information. The U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles section allows you to run lists of households with matching interests or hobbies in a geographic area. In addition, you can search US and Canadian White Pages and Healthcare Providers.
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Access maps, census information and demographic reports to evaluate the market potential of any geography in the U.S. DemographicsNow, opens a new window can help you find the information you need to make sound business decisions.
Discover breaking business news, photos and videos updated throughout the day, as well as stories and features from the newspaper print edition.
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Browse or search The Denver Post, opens a new window newspaper print editions online, from 2017 until the current day. You'll experience full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. This online resource is available the same day as print editions through Access World News.
Para cualquier persona que necesite información de una enciclopedia. La edición electrónica de la Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, opens a new window contiene todos los artículos de los 22 tomos de la versión impresa, así como más de mil artículos disponibles en línea solamente.
The power of EBSCO tailored to your elementary school student. Find encyclopedia entries, articles and videos for papers, projects and homework with Explora for Elementary School Students, opens a new window.
Explora for Middle and High School Students, opens a new window features a simple search that quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research.
Find information with Explora Research, opens a new window on thousands of topics on a wide range of subjects such as: health, literature, technology, engineering, and world cultures and languages.
The Exploration Pass is your ticket to adventure! Any Arapahoe Libraries card holder can reserve passes to metro-Denver attractions including the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Butterfly Pavilion, Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum and more, at no charge.
FinancialFit, opens a new window provides personal finance lessons to guide your biggest financial decisions on a unique learning platform available through Arapahoe Libraries. FinancialFit offers short, easy-to-understand lessons, videos and interactive tools to help you make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals.
Flipster Digital Magazines, opens a new window make your favorite titles like Time, People, Entertainment Weekly and more available on your computer or mobile device!
Fold3 Library Edition, opens a new window combines official military records with deep first-person content, including bios, photos, letters and more. More than 500 million searchable records span hundreds of years.
Learn something new today! Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, opens a new window has over 25,000 entries covering an array of topics this resource is for students and adults alike.
Search by keyword for successful business plan samples, download templates and find lists of industry specific associations and organizations with Business Plans Handbook, opens a new window. Every business plan was written by an entrepreneur and used to obtain funding for their business. Use these successful business plans as a template for your own plan. The business plans can be downloaded as either PDFs or in Word. Refer to the latest volume for a list of organizations, associations and consultants that are of interest to entrepreneurs.
Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business with Gale Business: Entrepreneurship, opens a new window. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles and more.
Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit with Gale Business: Plan Builder, opens a new window. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan.
Looking to enhance your career or enrich your personal life? With Gale Courses, opens a new window you can explore hundreds of interactive courses on adult education topics. All courses are self-paced and led by expert instructors. Best of all, they are offered at no cost to you with your library card! Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month. What are you waiting for?
Attention business researchers! Gale Directory Library, opens a new window is a treasure trove of directories on companies, publishers, associations and more. You can search, sort, export and analyze data to your heart's content.
Looking for a starting point for your research? This Gale Virtual Reference Library eBook collection, opens a new window will provide introductory information, while providing keywords and terms to conduct further research.
Explore gender identity, representation and gender interaction with other aspects of society in this Gale Virtual Reference Library eBook collection, opens a new window.
Hey teens! Explore this Gale Virtual Reference Library eBook collection, opens a new window of resources just for you—covering literature, poetry, drama, history, mental health, scholarships, and more.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library, opens a new window is a collection of high quality digital reference books includes encyclopedias, histories, biographies and how-to books for all ages. Whether you're a student researching a school project or an entrepreneur looking to lay out a business plan, you've come to the right place!
Discover your family's story and how to preserve it with resources from the library. Learn how to find obituaries, get search tips for newspapers and genealogy websites, explore recommended books, and find out how to convert your old media into new digital formats at the library.
Discover the connections between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, so you can better understand the science behind being green with GreenFILE, opens a new window.
HelpNow, opens a new window provides online homework help daily from 2 pm to 11 pm MST. Available in English and Spanish in core subjects for early elementary students through advanced college prep.
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Heritage Hub, opens a new window from NewsBank let's you explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 to today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.
HeritageQuest Online, opens a new window provides a comprehensive collection of genealogical and local history resources. This database makes it convenient to explore billions of American and international genealogical records dating back to the 1700s — including unique primary sources, family and local histories, research guides, interactive census maps and more.
Explore the experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media,1704 to today with Hispanic Life in America, opens a new window from NewsBank.
History Reference Center, opens a new window is the world's most extensive full-text history reference database, featuring more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.
Download and stream books, movies and music when and where you want. hoopla features hundreds of thousands of titles, from Hollywood blockbusters to best selling artists and authors — not just the hits, but the niche and hard-to-find as well — all accessible from your computer or mobile device.
Whether you’re looking to find a new job in your current field or pursue a career in an exciting new industry, Job & Career Accelerator™, opens a new window has powerful tools and expert guidance to help you every step of the way.
Live, anytime, anywhere job assistance, including up-to-date nation-wide and local job search engines, professional resume critique and proven interview techniques with JobNow from Brainfuse, opens a new window. Experience personalized career center seamlessly integrated with advanced virtual technology to help job seekers of diverse backgrounds and needs.
Kanopy has over 30,000 award-winning indie and foreign films, documentaries, classic movies and educational courses to stream on almost any device!
This is a great resource for educators as well, it's packed full of content for teachers and students alike.
Patrons get 40 tickets per month to use on the titles of their choice. Ticket requirements vary by title. New tickets are issued monthly, and unused tickets cannot be carried over from prior months. Kanopy is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and Chromecast.
Kanopy Kids categories include Movies, TV Series, Story Time, Learning Languages and more. With favorite titles like Arthur, Franklin & Friends and Max & Ruby, plus award-winning movies and documentaries, you're sure to find something to love.
Want to be more successful at work or school? Are you working to become a U.S. Citizen? Learning Express Library, opens a new window can help! Take lessons to build skills in math, reading, grammar and vocabulary. Take practice tests for GED, SAT, ACT, teacher certification, law enforcement and United States Citizenship exams. You'll also find invaluable career resources for job search skills, resume-building and career certification. Get started today!
Find business, personal, litigation and federal forms, many specific to Colorado, covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues with Legal Forms, opens a new window.
Legal Information Reference Center, opens a new window features hundreds of publications and thousands of legal forms broken down by category and by popular forms. The full-text legal reference eBooks are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, opens a new window indexes library and information science periodicals for easy searching. It also covers books, chapters within books, library school theses, pamphlets and so much more. Let the bibliomania commence!
LinkedIn Learning is the leading online learning platform to help you learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. The LinkedIn Learning video library features engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.
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The world’s most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database, Literature Resource Center, opens a new window is uniquely relevant to today’s researcher. Its rich critical, biographical and contextual content supports interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy and the development of critical-thinking skills.
Arapahoe Libraries is excited to partner with Littleton Public Schools to provide a student card to every Littleton Public Schools student from kindergarten through 12th grade. This card gives you access to our wealth of online resources.
All resources available with your card are linked at Littleton Public Schools: Elementary School Resources. If you'd like to check out physical materials from one of our libraries, apply to get a card for one of our physical library cards. Don't worry, you can have both!
Arapahoe Libraries is excited to partner with Littleton Public Schools to provide a student card to every Littleton Public Schools student from kindergarten through 12th grade. This card gives you access to our wealth of online resources.
All resources available with your card are linked at Littleton Public Schools: Middle & High School Resources. If you'd like to check out physical materials from one of our libraries, apply to get a card for one of our physical library cards. Don't worry, you can have both!
MAS Ultra, opens a new window is designed for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular high school magazines.
MasterFILE Complete, opens a new window provides full text for nearly 2,000 general periodicals with full text dating as far back as 1975. Includes full text reference books, biographies, book reviews, primary source documents, business, health, education, science, multicultural topics and an image collection.
Middle Search Plus, opens a new window provides full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. Includes biographies, primary source documents and collections of photos, maps and flags.
Military Database, opens a new window covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. Includes scholarly journals. magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, trade and industry journals, and government publications.
Find all the stock, fund, industry and ETF information you need for informed portfolio construction using Morningstar Investment Research Center, opens a new window. This database includes screening and report building tools along with help and education materials for the novice investor.
Interested in finding out about your family history? MyHeritage Library Edition, opens a new window is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. MyHeritage Library Edition provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and other resources in thousands of databases that span the past five centuries.
National Geographic Kids, opens a new window will take students on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology and space. This resource includes magazines from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos and images. These high-quality informational texts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English Language Arts, social studies and science classrooms.
Want to go on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating? It all starts with National Geographic Virtual Library, opens a new window. Thanks to Gale's partnership with National Geographic, you have access to the complete archive of National Geographic magazine at your fingertips — every page of every issue — along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos.
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Newspaper Source Plus, opens a new window features cover-to-cover full text for 23 national U.S. and international newspapers and selected full text from hundreds of regional U.S. newspapers. Full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from major news networks and NPR.
The World Collection of Newspapers.com, opens a new window Library Edition provides online access to nearly 20,000 historical newspapers. It offers full-page images with searchable full text for millions of pages of newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. With ongoing updates and new content continually being added, there’s always more to be discovered.
Looking for help using your favorite library resource? Niche Academy has ready-to-use tutorials for resources such as OverDrive, Kanopy, Hoopla and more.
NoveList K-8, opens a new window features grab and go booklists and series information for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. NoveList K-8 can also help parents, teachers, and librarians improve literacy, connect reading across curricular areas, teach reading and writing concepts and engage young readers.
NoveList Plus, opens a new window features author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles.
Opposing Viewpoints, opens a new window supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. The informed, differing views present each side of an issue to help you develop the confidence to draw your own valid conclusions.
Download child-friendly eBooks and videos to your PC, smartphone or eBook reader using OverDrive for Kids.
Download eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and videos to your PC, smartphone or eBook reader using OverDrive.
The Libby, opens a new window app makes downloading OverDrive eBooks, magazines and audiobooks to your smartphone or tablet easier than ever.
Plunkett Research Online, opens a new window provides market research, business analysis, company reports and statistics for 500 different industries. Selecting an industry is easy, and you will enjoy clear, uncluttered search pages.
In addition to traditional industries such as banking and health care, you’ll find up-to-date coverage for emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence and the internet-of-things. It is a terrific tool for students and business leaders, and can be a great help to jobseekers as well.
Points of View Reference Center, opens a new window features more than 380 topics, each with an overview, point and counterpoint. The resource also includes more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.
PressReader, opens a new window connects you to thousands of global newspapers and magazines as soon as they’re available on shelves. There are no limits on the number of issues you can download to your device to read anytime, anywhere.
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Primary Search, opens a new window provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a Lexiles reading level.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, opens a new window is a comprehensive resource is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students, providing extensive full-text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
Regional Business News, opens a new window features ultimate coverage for full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canada. Whether searching for information about presidential candidates, franchise restaurants, the retail industry, business planning or political participation, Regional Business News will cover the story.
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Improve your English or learn another language with Rosetta Stone Library Solution, opens a new window. This is an effective, easy-to-use program that allows you to learn a new language on your own time.
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Scholastic GO!, opens a new window offers the most comprehensive source of nonfiction content targeted for grades 3 and up. Includes 8 encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.
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Science Reference Center, opens a new window is a research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Search results can be printed, emailed or saved to a personal folder.
Small Business Reference Center, opens a new window offers a variety of resources in small business and entrepreneurial subject areas. This resource also includes full-text business periodicals, a help and advice section, and guides for creating business plans.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center, opens a new window offers assistance in providing routine maintenance (tune-ups, brake service, etc.) as well as extensive repairs (engine and transmission disassembly). Search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of model/engine type and model numbers.
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Teen Health & Wellness, opens a new window provides teens with nonjudgmental, straightforward information on a range of topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life and more.
Topic Search, opens a new window contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers.
Treehouse is an online video and interactive learning platform with a focus on the design and development of websites, mobile and web apps. Classes include coding languages like Objective-C, HTML, CSS, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript and SQL. In addition to coding languages, learn about user experience, business and more. Treehouse offers unlimited access to over 1,000 video tutorials, quizzes and code challenges created by experts. The course library is continually refreshed with the latest on web technology.
TumbleBooks, opens a new window features interactive, animated stories, puzzles and games. There are stories by well-known authors, original stories, classic fairy tales, puzzles and games in English, Spanish, French. Stories can play automatically, or click through at your own pace. A mobile version is available. Some bilingual stories are also available.
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design and more with Udemy from Gale, opens a new window. Includes 10,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages.
Value Line, opens a new window is an authority in reliable, unbiased information for investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. Whether you’re a beginning investor or a veteran looking for high-impact ideas, Value Line can help position you for financial success.
VetNow, opens a new window helps veterans transition to civilian life through live, interactive career assistance, academic tutoring and much more.
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Enjoy unlimited access to the Wall Street Journal, opens a new window from any Arapahoe Libraries location.
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The online edition of World Book, opens a new window contains every article in the 22-volume print version of the encyclopedia, plus thousands more that are only available online. Includes related articles from major newspapers and magazines, graphic and multimedia content, special reports and more.
