Online Research Tools (Databases)

The following databases are available to Hastings Public Library card holders.

Call the library at (402) 461-2346 or e-mail us for your User ID and password.

EBSCOhost (Password required, must have a current library card. See databases below.)

• Biography Reference Bank Retrieve full text biographical profiles of notable people, living and dead.
• eBook Collection Search and view the full text of eBooks.
• NoveList is a guide to all things fiction—use it to find new authors and titles. NoveList has everything for the fiction reader from author and title read-alikes to series searches.
• MAS Ultra—Public Library Edition This database provides full text for nearly 350 periodicals covering general reference topics, including health, science, and other areas. In addition, to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 500 periodicals. Full text backfiles go back as far as January of 1985, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.
• OmniFile Full Text Select Search full text articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals.

Mango Languages offers more than 20 popular languages, including Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Farsi as well as ESL English.

Hastings Public Library has added Mango Languages to its growing list of patron resources. Mango is free of charge to all Hastings Public Library members and is the easiest and most effective way to learn to speak a foreign language. Access Mango Languages from home using your library card number. You can create an account to track your progress or skip this step and "start learning"

(Must have a current library card.)

Nebraska OverDrive Libraries

My library, anytime, with Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. With support from the Nebraska Library Commission, HPL now offers digital audio books and eBooks via Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. Browse a dynamic collection of digital books. Check out and download best-selling titles to your PC, then transfer to a portable device or burn some titles to CD and enjoy anytime, anywhere. (Nebraska OverDrive Libraries is for home use, must have a current library card.) Starting July 17, 2008, on an ongoing basis, a maintenance window will be scheduled on the third Thursday of each month, from 7am – 8 am. Nebraska OverDrive may not be available during the maintenance.

NetLibrary

NetLibrary provides users with full-text searching of electronic books. Over 10,000 titles to choose from. NetLibrary provides access to Hastings Public Library's eContent collection. eContent is the digital version of books, journals, and database content. You can access eContent 24 hours a days, seven days a week. (Password required, must set up a free personal account at the library.)

NewsBank

NewsBank With unmatched U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources, this resource is the largest of its kind. Its diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Explore a specific issue or event through the detailed coverage provided by local reporting or compare a wide variety of viewpoints from across the country on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. (Password is your library card number.)

ReferenceUSA (Find an address)

Searching for the name or address of a person or a business or a list of businesses in a specific industry or in a specific location? ReferenceUSA not only is searchable by name, address, or location but also by yellow page heading or the name of a company executive. Includes links to financial statistics: current stock quotes, Edgar Financial Information, credit ratings, annual reports and much more. (Password is your library card number.)

Value Line

Value Line is a source of accurate and independently created research information for investors. Value Line collects data and analyzes performance of approximately 8,000 stocks, 13,000 mutual funds, 80,000 options and other securities. (Password required, must have a current library card.)
Access Value Line remotely from home. | Access Value Line from the library.

Zinio

Zino provides full digital copies of your favorite magazines. 121 magazine titles are available through HPL. View magazines on your computer or mobile device. Unlimited access to our entire collection. Create a Zinio account.

View/Print Instructions [PDF].

View/Print Title List [PDF] .

NebraskAccess – The following databases are available to Nebraska residents.

General information about NebraskAccess The Nebraska Library Commission, with funding from the Unicameral, provides the following databases—which can be accessed from home via the Internet—all of which are free to residents of Nebraska.

Hastings Public Library patrons may call the library at (402) 461-2346 or e-mail us to obtain one convenient password for all of the following databases. This password will change twice a year. Nebraska residents may also log in to these databases by using their Nebraska driver's license or Nebraska state ID number.

• eLibrary

  Search full text magazine and newspaper articles, TV/radio transcripts, and more.
  Access eLibrary (Password required for home access.)

Complete Connection

(Search Fiction and Non-Fiction Connection at the same time.

Access Complete Connection (Password required for home access.)

• Fiction Connection

  Get book recommendations based on reading preferences and track series information.
  Access Fiction Connection (Password required for home access.)

• Non-Fiction Connection

  Use this readers' advisory tool to discover narrative nonfiction titles similar to books you already enjoy.
  Access Non-Fiction Connection (Password required for home access.)

• FirstSearch

  Use FirstSearch to access an online database service operated by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). Twelve databases to search including WorldCat, a worldwide library catalog—great for doing your own interlibrary loan searching; ERIC, an index to journal articles and reports in education; and The World Almanac, searchable full-text content from Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. No full text except for WorldAlmanac.
  Access FirstSearch (Password required for home access.)

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  HeritageQuest Online

  Your resource for family and local history. This collection assembles genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials. HeritageQuest Online includes over 25,000 family and local history books and the complete US Federal Census 1790-1930.
  Access HeritageQuest Online (Password required for home access.)
  The library also offers Ancestry.com—see below—for use at the library. See our Genealogy page for more resources.

• Books in Print

  Identify in-print, out-of-print and forthcoming books. Access synopses, reviews, and more.
  Access Books in Print. (Password required for home access.)

• Biography Reference Bank (via EBSCOhost)

  Retrieve full text biographical profiles of notable people, living and dead.
  Access Biography Reference Bank (Password required for home access.)

  OmniFile Full Text Select (via EBSCOhost)

  Search full text articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals. Access OmniFile. (Password required for home access.)

• See the NebraskAccess Help page for general browser requirements for NebraskAccess resources.

More databases available at the library

• ALLDATA (Fix your car)

  Find and print trouble codes, technical service bulletins, and specifications for model years 1982–current.
  Access ALLDATA from the library. (This subscription database is for use only at the library.)

• Ancestry.com

  Explore genealogy, family trees, and family history records online, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas.
  Access Ancestry.com from the library. (This subscription database is for use only at the library.) See our Genealogy page for more resources.

• Foundation Directory Online Professional

• This fully searchable database includes detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation's top funders. The database may be accessed from the Online Research computers at Hastings Public Library.
  Access Foundation Directoty Online Professional from the library. (This subscription database is for use only at the library.) See our Grant Center page for more resources.

Related Links

Suggested links by topic

See our Links page and find Internet sources for tax information, local sites, medical information, jobs, genealogy, legal, travel, consumer information, and more.

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Interlibrary Loan If you are interested in obtaining an item that the Hastings Public Library doesn't own and you have a library card here, try out our Interlibrary Loan Service.