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A to Z Maps	The world's most useful online maps!
Academic Search™ Premier	The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc. and currently counting 3,834 full text scholarly publications.
America's Newspapers	Find full-text current and archived state, regional, and national newspapers and other news sources on issues, events, people, government and more, including the The Daily Camera (5/02/01-current), The Daily Sentinel (4/28/02-current), The Denver Post (6/1/89-current), and The New York Times (1/1/85-current).
Get Help Anytime! (AskColorado)	Are you stuck on a topic and don't know where else to look? Need an answer when the library is closed? Ask Colorado allows you to chat live with a librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except some holidays.
Auto Repair Center	Choose "Auto Repair Reference Center" from the "My Library" column to search for the exact directions you need for your vehicle repairs using EBSCOhost's Auto Repair Reference Center. You will need your library card to access this site outside of the library.
Basalt Regional Library District Catalog	Search for materials in our library, or select "Marmot Global" from the drop-down menu to search more libraries on the Western Slope. If you find what your are looking for, choose "Place a Hold" or "request" to have the item sent to Basalt.
Book Browse	Get great recommendations about what to read next from BookBrowse, or enter information about books you already enjoy and receive a list of new titles recommended to fit your taste from Novelist. You will need your library card number to access these sites.
Busque el catálogo de la biblioteca regional de Basalt en Español.	Search the Basalt Regional Library District's catalog in Spanish.
Business Source® Premier	Business Source Premier aims specifically at business schools and libraries, containing 2,966 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and much more. Business Source Premier contains full text from the world's top business journals and is particularly strong in both management and marketing.
Byki Online Language NEW!!!!	Byki is a powerful and personalized language-learning system. It locks foreign language words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever.
Consumer Health Complete (XML)	Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
CultureGrams	Cultural reports for 187 countries and territories each include 25 categories such as land and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, and events and trends. Perfect for junior high and high school students.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia	This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
GreenFILE	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 global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Health Complete	This is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide. This resource provides access to nearly 300 full text, consumer health periodicals, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others.
History Reference Center®	History Reference Center® is the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
Kids Search - Middle & Elementary School	Kids Search is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades K through 8. Kids Search provides elementary school students with an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface they can use to search their EBSCO databases.
Learning Express Library - LearnATest.com	Create a free account with your library card number and the Learning Express Library to help you prepare for your GED, ACT, SAT, GRE, TOEFL, MCAT, LSAT, nursing, military, EMS, firefighter, citizenship tests, language skills, math skills and much more.
Live Homework Help	FREE online help with homework for Math, English, Science and Social Studies.
MAS Ultra™ -- School Edition	This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 700 popular high school magazines.
MasterFILE Premier	Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for more than 1,900 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
Middle Search® Plus	Middle Search® Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Newspaper Source™	Newspaper Source™ provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.
NoveList	NoveList, a readers' advisory service, not only provides access to a database, but it also offers a wide range of resources that will expand your staff's ability to serve fiction readers of all ages and increase the reach of your library's program.
NoveList K-8	NoveList K-8 contains enhanced subject access for over 50,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.
Points of View Reference Center	Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
Primary Search®	Primary Search® contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Regional Business News™	Corporate libraries that purchase Business Source® Corporate or Corporate ResourceNet® (CRN) will also receive access to Regional Business News™.
Science Reference Center	Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Searchasaurus	Searchasaurus is EBSCO Publishing's user search experience for users in elementary or middle schools. Complete with erupting volcanoes, dinosaur guide and compass, Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. They will be riveted by the colorful, animated interface as they gather information on a wide range of topics. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for young patrons to read and research only appropriately challenging materials. Three popular elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search®, Middle Search^® Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction™) can be accessed via Searchasaurus^®.
Student Research Center	The Student Research Center provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases. Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
TOPICsearch™	This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.