Digital Library - Research
These digital collections are available anywhere, anytime with a JMRL library card. Find ebooks, audiobooks, streaming video, interactive classes, research databases, and more.
- Provides information on the history, culture, lifestyle, and government of numerous countries. The database includes the world edition, kids edition, and states edition. Contains a photo gallery, a recipe collection, biographies, and customizable data tables.SubjectsHistory, Culture, EncyclopediasType of ContentDatabase
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- Provides access to 4 databases: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, and Law; LGBTQ+ Rights; Civil Rights and Social Justice; and Gun Regulation and Legislation in America. In-house public PC users must select unfiltered access and have a Library of Virginia card. (get one here)SubjectsHistory, African American History, CultureType of ContentGovernment Documents, Database, Legal
- A collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture that contains over 25,000 family records and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials.SubjectsGenealogy, History, African American HistoryType of ContentDatabase, Directories, Records
- Designed for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects, ReadIt offers resources to help build background knowledge, conduct research and improve study skills.SubjectsHistory, Literature and Books, Science
- Provides high interest relevant non-fiction newspaper and magazine articles as well as graphs, tables and political cartoons that are easily accessible through both search and browse functions. Includes access to Compton's by Britannica Encyclopedia, a dictionary, and thesaurus.SubjectsBiography, Culture, Encyclopedias, History, Magazines, Newspapers, Science
