Go To Databases

Using Databases Video

• In order to access our databases remotely (from outside our Library branches), you must have a PGCMLS online account with a library card number and password. Your password is the last 4 digits of your telephone number as listed in your account profile.
• When you click on Databases from outside the Library, you will enter your library card number and password. Once you are authenticated, you will be able to search and browse all of the databases without having to re-authenticate for each.
• When you click on Databases using a Library PC or Wifi, you will go directly to the Databases page without having to authenticate.
• Databases in the list with greyed-out Select boxes are not included in the search. To browse or search these resources directly, click on the database name.
• You can choose:
  • to search only databases in particular subject categories
  • to search one or more databases
  • to search all databases
  • to include the Library's catalog in your search

Database A to Z List
Lists all of the Library's e-resources, including e-journals, titles in full-text databases, and e-books.

1. African American Experience
   Research resource for African American history and culture, including primary sources, timeline, audio clips, photographs, maps, and other images.
2. America's Newspapers
   America's Newspapers and World News provides information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 500 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues.
3. America's Obituaries & Death Notices
   A unique resource that contains more than 15 million recent death records from across the nation with new content added daily; searchable by name, date, or text within the notice.
4. American Mosaic
   Focuses on the history and culture of African and Latino Americans from their earliest origins in North America to the present.
5. American Song
   Hear and feel the music from America's past, including songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.
6. Ancestry Library Edition
   Collection of more than 4,000 databases and two billion names includes the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and slave narratives.  CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC's IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
7. Auto Repair Reference Center
   Chilton’s information for domestic and foreign vehicles from 1954 to the present.  Currently, when using this service remotely (from outside of the library), you will need to enter your library card number before proceeding.
8. BIG Online
   For funding research. Information on grantmakers across the country.
9. Biography Resource Center
   Biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, as well as thousands of images and links. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, keyword, full text or with combined search criteria.
10. BookFlix
    Pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning.  CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC's IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
11. Books & Authors
    Explore the endless possibilities of books, authors, genres and topics. Combines over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists. 
12. Business & Company Resource Center
    Provides accurate, and up-to-date company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies; finds business case studies, competitive intelligence, and career and investment opportunities. Searches periodical articles, news articles, and press releases for topical business information.
13. Business Source Premier
    Provides full text coverage of 2,966 scholarly business, management and economics journals, includes topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, etc.
14. Classical Music Library
    A multi-label database of Classical music recordings including music written from the earliest times to the present. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
15. CultureGrams World Edition
    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, and health.
16. Discovering Collection
    Covers core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. Provides reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips. Helps students to see people, places, events and primary documents in context to current events.
17. E-Reference Books (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
    Online versions of printed reference books which do not have to be checked out or downloaded; content can be searched or browsed.  Click on "Show All" to see the list of book titles.
18. Educator's Reference Complete
    More than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources from 1980 to the present. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.
19. Expanded Academic ASAP
    From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers from 1980 to the present - many with full text and images.
20. Facts for Learning
    Grade-appropriate information and skill-building database for students in Grades 2-8, educators, and parents; includes the Weekly Reader and World Almanac.
21. Foundation Directory Online Professional
    The most comprehensive resource for private funding research on the Web, includes the ability to search over 90,000 grantmakers, 900,000 grants, Foundation news and other useful features. AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE HYATTSVILLE BRANCH
22. Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
    An online database of more than 6,200 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE HYATTSVILLE BRANCH
23. Gale Legal Forms
    Legal forms for Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia – wills, name changes, contracts, and more. Click on "Other States" to access legal forms for DC and VA.
24. Gale Search All
    Search all of the Gale databases at once. Includes OneFile, General Reference Center, History Resource Centers - US & World, Science Resource Center, Small Business Resource Center and much more.
25. Gale's Ready Reference Shelf
    More than 355,500 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations and more.
26. General Reference Center Gold
    A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications from 1980 to present. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
27. GPO Access
    A service of the U. S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to important information products. This information is the official, published version and can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
28. Grolier Online Passport
    Multiple reference sources including Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Popular Science, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, Lands and Peoples and more.
29. Health & Wellness Resource Center
    Electronic resource center for all levels of health research; instant access to carefully compiled medical reference and periodical materials.
30. Health Source: Consumer Edition
    Access to nearly 300 full text, consumer health periodicals, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Prevention, and Vegetarian Times.
31. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
    This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
32. Heritage Quest Online Books/People
    Search for information about ancestors or relatives in books. Coverage dates back to the late 1700s.
33. Heritage Quest Online People
    Search for information about ancestors or relatives in periodicals. Covers more than 6,300 genealogy and history periodicals written in English and French (Canadian) since 1800.
34. Heritage Quest Online Periodicals
    Search periodical content by title or keyword. Covers more than 6,300 genealogy and history periodicals written in English and French (Canadian) since 1800.
35. Heritage Quest Online Places
    Search for information about towns, cities or regions in periodical articles. Covers more than 6,300 genealogy and history periodicals written in English and French (Canadian) since 1800.
36. Heritage Quest Online: Freedman's Bank Records
    Freedman’s Bank Records, documenting more than 70,000 bank depositors and their dependants and heirs, is considered one of the most important resources for African-American genealogical research.
37. HeritageQuest Online Census
    For both genealogical and historical information, researchers can find ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled (coverage dating back to the late 1700s).
38. History Resource Center: U.S.
    Comprehensive coverage of more than 50 of the most-studied topics in U.S. history; content that is 50% or more from primary source documents, including monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts, etc.
39. History Resource Center: World
    From antiquity to the present, world history curricula is reflected by content from over 2,000 primary sources, 25 reference titles and from 110 academic journals.
40. InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
    Coverage includes more than 150 cover-to-cover titles, including U.S. national, regional and local newspapers, as well as the leading titles from around the world.
41. InfoTrac Garden, Landscape & Horticulture
    Collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. Content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.
42. InfoTrac General OneFile
    Contains news and periodical articles from 1980 to the present on a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
43. InfoTrac Home Improvement
    Even the smallest home improvement project can be daunting: with this collection of nearly 100 home improvement focused titles, hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately put their projects on a more solid foundation. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.
44. InfoTrac Hospitality, Tourism &  Leisure
    With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.
45. InfoTrac Insurance & Liability
    This collection, comprised of nearly 40 journals, takes a broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
46. InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy
    Provides coverage of different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives. Two hundred and fifty subject-appropriate full-text periodicals are included.
47. Kids InfoBits
    A database especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. Full-text content is from elementary reference sources and magazines.
48. Latino American Experience
    Dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos. Much needed, very timely, muy fresca.
49. Learn a Test
    Practice tests for college entrance, employment, and citizenship. Tutorials in basic skills for math, reading, and writing.
50. Literary Reference Center
    Provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
51. Literature Resource Center
    Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. For high school and up.
52. MasterFILE Premier
    Contains full text for more than 1,900 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
53. 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).
54. Military & Intelligence Database
    A custom collection of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include socio-economic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
55. Mitchell 1 OnDemand
    Mitchell’s information for domestic and foreign vehicles from 1983 to the present. AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC'S IN PGCMLS BRANCHES USING INTERNET EXPLORER
56. Morningstar Library Edition
    Investment Research Center provides information about stocks, funds, ETFs, and Industries. Use Portfolio X-Ray to view how a set of holdings can work together.
57. New York Times (ProQuest)
    Digital coverage back to 1980.  AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC'S IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
58. Novelist Plus
    For fiction lovers. Includes searchable fiction reviews, read-alike lists, award winners, and reading group guides.
59. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
    A multitude of sources provide contrasting viewpoints on social issues.
60. Oxford African American Studies Center
    More than 7,500 articles, primary sources, timelines, images, maps, and charts focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.  CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC's IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
61. p4A Antiques Reference
    Guide to international prices for antiques, collectibles and early American antique furniture, updated daily. (No selling or buying of any merchandise.)
62. PGCMLS Library Catalog
    Include the materials owned by the Prince George's County Memorial Library System in your search.
63. Primary Search
    Contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
64. Reference USA: Business, Residential & Health Care
    Detailed information on more than 14 million US businesses, 120 million US households, 675,000 doctors and 180,000 dentists; records are continuously updated.
65. Science Resource Center
    An in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database and resource for all science-related research needs, focusing on key concepts taught in school classrooms.
66. SEC EDGAR
    All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Access and download this information for free.
67. Small Business Resource Center
    Learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how-to guides, articles and websites. 
68. Smithsonian Global Sound
    35,000 tracks of sounds, drama, poetry, speeches, war and protest songs, and traditional music performances from around the world. Includes recordings from the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
69. Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
    On-line access to Standard & Poor’s products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Outlook, and Mutual Fund Reports. AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC'S IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
70. STAT-USA
    Economic data produced by the U.S. Government. AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC'S IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
71. Student Resource Center Bronze
    Aimed at high school students, features original reference material, a massive archive of primary source documents and more than 680 full-text periodicals and newspapers which are updated daily. Includes Lexile reading levels for periodicals.
72. Tell Me More (works only with Internet Explorer)
    A foreign language learning program with interactive multimedia features; languages currently available are Spanish, ESL (English as a Second Language), French, German, Italian and Dutch. Please sign up for no more than one account per library card. Please view these help resources before using Tell Me More. REMOTE ACCESS ONLY AT THIS TIME; WORKS ONLY WITH INTERNET EXPLORER
73. Testing & Education Reference Center
    Practice tests for college entrance, employment, and citizenship, plus college and career search help.
74. Theatre in Video
    Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.
75. Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
    Indexing and full-text comprehensive coverage back to 1984. AVAILABLE ONLY TO USERS ON PC'S IN PGCMLS BRANCHES
76. Washington Post
    Indexing and full-text comprehensive coverage back to 1977.
77. Washington Post Electronic Edition
    Browse today's Washington Post page by page, just like reading the print version; contains all sections found in the City edition. When using this service remotely (from outside of the library), you may need to enter the first five digits of your library card number (21268).
78. World Atlas
    Combines more than 1,300 clear, printable, full-color maps with statistical information on more than 200 countries, the U.S. states, Canadian provinces and territories, as well as the world's continents and major regions.
79. World Book Online
    Containing every article from the 22-volume encyclopedia print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the art multimedia and editor-reviewed Web sites.  Includes Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (click on Spanish Language Encyclopedia at bottom of opening page).