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Uintah County Library and
Utah Pioneer
Present
the Best in Online Resources
Accurate, authoritative information on an extensive number of subjects.
- Available in-library
- Available online 24 hours daily from home (with a Uintah County Library card)
* signifies a Utah Public Pioneer database; all others brought to you by Uintah County Library
By category below:
(Link to Uintah County local history sources)
>>Online test preparation (top of page)
| LearnATest |
more info
brochure (pdf) |
Helps you practice for tests such as the SAT, MAT, GED, police officer, postal worker, cosmetologist, etc. |
>>Genealogy (top of page)
| *HeritageQuest | Access from home or within library | Census records, family histories, regional history titles (including Builders of Uintah ) all keyword searchable |
| Ancestry Library Edition | Accessible only from WITHIN library building | Census records, family histories, military records at Ancestry.com |
| Western States Historical Marriage Index | Free resource from BYU-Iaho | An index of marriage records from most counties in the Western United States |
| Vernal Family History Center | Vernal, Utah | Operating hours, contact info, record searching, free classes, related links and services |
>>Current events (top of page)
| *SIRS Knowledge Source | (more info) | Articles drawn from published sources explaining or outlining a wide range of topics & issues. Includes a separate section for children |
>>Biography (top of page)
| BBC History: Historic Figures | World history | Selected biographies of historic figures featured on bbc.co.uk/history. |
| National Women's History Museum (NWHM) biographies | Biographies of women who influenced historical events, culture, and philosophies from civil rights & social reform to military & athletics to Art, science, & religion. | |
| Current Biographies Excerpts by the HW Wilson Company | Athletics | Here is a selection of brief excerpts from articles on some of the sports figures that have appeared in Current Biography. |
| ipl2 | (more info) | Search results for "biography" on Internet Public Library (IPL) and Librarian's Internet Index. |
>> Books, Literature, Language (top of page)
| NoveList | (more info) | Guide to fiction for all ages, including read-alikes, series listings, teaching resources, book group resources, reviews, award-winner lists. |
| *SIRS Renaissance | (more info) | Articles from many sources on the arts, including literature, fine art, and music chosen for their pertinence to their subjects |
| Shmoop.com | (more info) | To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age. |
>>Music, Art (top of page)
| Utah Artists Project | This online resource exhibits the work of many prominent Utah visual artists. The site is hosted by the University of Utah Marriott Library's Fine Arts Department and includes "zoom-in" images, biographies, and contact information for each participating artist. | |
| The Getty Institute | The J. Paul Getty Trust's webportal brings together access to its museum, research institute, conservation institute, leadership institute, philanthropic foundation, and publisher. |
>>Science (top of page)
| ipl2 | (more info) | The "science section" of the Internet Public Library/Librarian's Internet Index. |
| Access Science |
(more info)
Excerpts only, no full text. |
Excerpts from the online version of McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology |
| ChemicalRegester.com | Chemical Register: Online Chemical Buyer's Guide |
>>History, Government (top of page)
| *SIRS Government Reporter | (more info) | Carefully selected government documents on many topics |
| Shmoop.com/history | (more info) | U.S. history from the 1450's to the present including topics such as: Columbus, colonization, the American Revolution, Native Americans, wars, slavery, sufferage, immigration, politics, the Great Depression, music, & civil rights. |
| A Biography of America | (more info) | "The web site for A Biography of America was produced by WGBH Interactive for Annenberg Media. Content for the site was developed by members of the same team of scholars that worked on the video series." (quoted from...) |
| Utah Indians.org | Utah American Indian Digital Archive (UAIDA) &
Utah Indian Curriculum Project (UICP) |
Digital archives of books, photos, tribal/government docs, maps, & teaching guides/lesson plans focused on the Northwestern Shoshone, Goshute, Paiute, Utah Navajo, White Mesa Ute, and Northern Ute Indians. |
>>Business, Newspapers, Periodicals (top of page)
| *Newsbank | Search full-text back issues including the Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, Herald Journal (Logan), New Yourk Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, & Christian Science Monitor. | |
| *Factiva | (more info) | Business news and sources including stock quotes, company summaries & profiles, investment tools, & related news. |
| *Ebsco Magazines | Extensive collection of general and specialized magazine articles, many are in full-text. | |
| *Professional journals | Basic info on every subject. | Mostly full-text professional and scholarly journal articles. |
| *EbscoHost | Periodical and newspaper articles, a children's listing, professional journals, and much more |
>>Health and medicine (top of page)
| *Ebsco health | Periodical articles, both general and for practitioners, on health and medicine. Many are full-text. | |
| Medline | Current, reliable, & easy to understand health info. | |
| PubMed | The latest medical research for a more technically-minded audience. |
>>Automobile repair (top of page)
| *Auto Repair Reference Center | (more info) | Auto maintenance & repair information for a wide range of domestic & foreign models. Includes printable wiring diagrams. |
>>Professional journals (top of page)
| *Professional journals | Basic info on every subject. | Mostly full-text professional and scholarly journal articles. |
| *Ebsco Magazines | Extensive collection of general and specialized magazine articles, many full-text. | |
| *EbscoHost | Periodical & newspaper articles, a children's listing, professional journals, & much more |
>>Instructional Resources (top of page)
| Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) | More info at:
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"ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information". -quoted from... |
>>Uintah County Library produced or sponsored indexes (top of page)
| Uinta Basin historical photos online | Over 5,000 historical photographs collected by the Library Regional History Center annotated and online. | |
| Regional History Center photo text index | Text index to photographs held by the Library Regional History Center, including many not yet online. | |
| Vernal Express text index, 1891 - 1947 | Text index to wealth of historical information available through nearly sixty years of the Vernal Express newspaper. | |
| History of Uintah County: Scratching the Surface (complete) | (coming soon) The complete, searchable text of the Utah state centennial book on Uintah County. | |
| Uinta Basin cemetery and grave index | Searchable index to graves and cemeteries in Uintah and Duchesne Counties, Utah. |