Database

New York Times

Enjoy the highly reputed reporting and interactive storytelling of The New York Times online. By using our daily Group Pass, you get unlimited articles, breaking news, multimedia and more! If you are already at the Library, simply log into your NYTimes.com account to read unlimited articles.

Gale Literature

Biographies, criticism, primary source material, reviews and overviews plus access to full-text short stories, plays, speeches and poems. Search across content from Literature Criticism OnlineSomething About the Author and more.
 

Kansas City Star Image Edition

Flip through full-page images of The Kansas City Star Image Edition, a digital replica of the print newspaper.

Note: The publisher currently does not provide Saturday or "Extra" eEdition content to NewsBank.

Universal Class

Learn from expert instructors at your own pace. With over 500 online classes from accounting and bookkeeping to yoga and babysitting, you are sure to find something to pique your interest.

First time users: Create an account using your Johnson County Library card number.
Returning users: Login using your email address and password you created.

Value Line

Value Line provides stock reports, mutual fund reports and investment information. The popular Value Line Investment Surveys contain ratings for timeliness, safety and financial strength for many stocks. Industry reports are updated frequently.

Mergent Key Business Ratios (D&B Key Business Ratios)

Key business ratios for public and private companies in 800 lines of businesses plus 30 key business ratios online.

Library Literature & Information Science Index

Citations for articles in Library and Information Science journals.

Art Abstracts

Abstracts of articles from respected journals on fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film and architecture.

Magazine, Journal and Newspaper List

A full list of all the physical and online magazines, journals and newspapers to which the library subscribes. Everything from People magazine to the Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated to Supreme Court debates.

S&P Global NetAdvantage

Company profiles, stock reports, industry surveys and newsletters. Includes S&P credit ratings and CFRA research with buy/hold/sell ratings from equity analysts.

Local Help: My Resource Connection

The purpose of My Resource Connection is to connect individuals needing assistance with local resources.

Data Axle Reference Solutions

Directory of businesses and residences in the U.S. and Canada. Create lists of businesses and households that meet specific criteria for business development.

Note: The Job Search tool within this resource is currently unavailable. In the meantime, explore our other career development resources and our Find Local Jobs guide.

American Ancestors (Central Resource Library Only)

Genealogy research and resources provided by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Primary coverage of the Northeast through historical journals, birth and death records and more.

Morningstar Investing Center

Explore stocks, funds and analyst opinions with Morningstar. Read detailed financial information, portfolio analysis and news.

Mergent Archives

Locate U.S. and international company equity reports, corporate and municipal manuals, industry reports and company profiles.

Mango Languages

Online language-learning teaching conversation skills for more than 70 different languages ranging from Arabic to Yiddish! Follow the lessons at your own speed.

Kansas City Business Journal

A leading source for business news in the Kansas City area. The latest articles available online, plus digital editions of the weekly newspaper and annual Book of Lists. Some restrictions apply.

WorldCat through FirstSearch

Search the world's libraries all at once! Over 2 billion items from libraries around the world can be found in WorldCat.

Britannica School

Encyclopedia style articles for all ages: elementary, middle and high school students.

Britannica Moderna

Este portal ofrece diferentes herramientas — que incluyen miles de artículos, imágenes, mapas, diccionarios otros materiales de consulta — para sus investigaciones.

This portal offers different tools — including thousands of articles, images, maps, dictionaries, other reference materials — for your research.

Britannica Library

Encyclopedia articles from the general and the kid-friendly encyclopedia.

Britannica Escolar

Provee acceso rápido a múltiples recursos como artículos, diccionarios, recursos multimedia, sitios web y mucho más. Los niveles de escolaridad: primaria y secundaria.

Quick access to multiple resources such as articles, dictionaries, multimedia resources, websites and much more. School levels: primary and secondary.

Britannica Academic

Online encyclopedia for college students and adults.

EBSCOhost Research Databases

Choose the EBSCOhost databases you would like to cross-search concurrently.

ProQuest Research Databases

Search across multiple ProQuest databases concurrently.

CultureGrams

Explore the culture, history and people of each U.S. state and country of the world.

Computer Skills

Interactive online tutorials from EBSCOlearning that cover major software providers such as Adobe and Microsoft.

LearningExpress Library

Practice tests and tutorials for students in elementary, high school, college and graduate school and occupational practice tests such as GED, firefighter exam and more.