All Jacksonville Public Library locations are closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday.
Regency Square Branch Library is closed for facilities upgrades.
A collection of resources on historical and cultural topics including the US government, American and World History, World Religion, the American experience from African, Indian, and Latino perspectives, modern issues like genocide, and pop culture. Includes full-text articles, primary sources, images, and biographies, as well curriculum ideas for teachers.
History Fair
Search leading journals and magazines for peer-reviewed full-text articles on a range of subjects including science, technology, social sciences, art, medicine, and more.
Watch the Academic OneFile tutorial
Enhance your genealogy research with access to over 660,000 maps, plans, and property and land-use records.
Watch the Digital Sanborn Map tutorial
A must-have for social science, history, and liberal arts coursework, with access to over 2.7 million articles from 150 journals exploring cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
With resources for all grade levels, this collection provides almost 200 million articles, ebooks, videos and more on a wide range of topics and interests.
Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Watch the Fold3 tutorial
Great for college students and general researchers, this one-stop resource provides millions of articles, images, and videos on a wide range of topics including biology, criminal justice, history, marketing, and more.
Give young learners a head start with this kid-friendly database. Find books, pictures, and videos on a wide variety of educational topics like animals, geography, social studies, and sports.
Science Fair projects.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Gale in Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
A one-stop resource for your research and general interest needs with full-text news, magazine, and periodical articles on a wide variety of topics.
Powered by Ancestry.com, uncover your family history with access to 4.4 billion records from genealogical and historical sources including census data, military records, city directories, and more.
Watch the Heritage Quest tutorial
This 21-volume series provides students with critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe.
Access this collection of eBooks pertaining to the history of the Holocaust.
The Military and Intelligence Database covers all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects covered include: socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
Search for any term or phrase and find articles from thousands of magazines journals, newspapers, and books along with videos, images, and podcast content on PowerSearch.
Student Edition database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
This U.S. History Collection of journals provides balanced coverage of both current thought on events in U.S. history
as well as scholarly work established in the field.
The War and Terrorism Collection is the definitive periodical collection of hand selected titles for analysts, risk management professionals and students of military science, history, social science.
The World History Collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History,
as well as scholarly work being established in the field.
