Online Databases
The Dougherty County Public Library offers an array of free online research databases that are easily accessible and free for all Dougherty County Library patrons.
| Gale Directory Library The Gale Directory Library hosts a variety of directory products that particular libraries can choose from. Use it to search, sort and export information from both current directory editions as well as prior editions that are maintained as searchable backfiles. Multiple directories can be cross-searched or users can mine individual directories for the particular kinds of data they contain, such as financial information for companies, circulation figures for publications, and much more. |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library offers an online collection of premier reference eBooks including encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. The collection contains the following subjects: art, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, social science, and technology. |
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| GALILEO GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online), a World Wide Web-based virtual library, provides access to multiple information resources, including secured access to licensed products. Participating institutions may access over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 2000 journal titles are provided in full-text. Other resources include encyclopedias, business directories, and government publications. |
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| Literature Resource Center Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. |
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| Gale Power Search Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information. |
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| America’s News America’s News Find information on topics related to business, health, education, politics and more from a variety of news media including newspapers, newswires, blogs, videos and web-only content featuring the Albany Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Augusta Chronicle and USA Today. |
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| Biography In Context Gale Biography in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world’s most influential people. The new solution merges Gale’s authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text. |
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RESEARCH & LEARN
The Dougherty County Public Library offers dozens of online resources that you can access anytime, anywhere. Download eBooks and digital magazines, learn a new language or skill, even get homework help from a live tutor.
Get started by exploring the following highlighted databases, or browse all library databases by clicking on “Resources” below. You can search for databases by name in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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