eResources

Start a family tree and search 4 billion historical records including: census & voter lists, birth, marriage & death records, military service records, immigration & travel, land ownership, maps, photographs and public member family trees. If you are just getting started, you can find instruction and webinars to help you. This eResource is available in the Main Library in Blue Bell only.

Please CLICK HERE for help using Ancestry.com.

Find ratings of local service companies, including auto repair shops, plumbers, veterinarians, banks, doctors, dentists, carpet cleaners, etc. You can read the current issues and find guides to health plans, hospitals and top doctors (rated both by other doctors and by patients). NOTE: Remote access now available to WVPL card holders from home or office!

Please CLICK HERE for a full listing of Delaware Valley Consumer’s Checkbook Index of Published Reports.

Research the arts, biography, education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, nation and world, religion, science and social science, and technology through 91 reference eBooks.  Great for assignments on topics like: American History, World War I & II, Ancient Greece & Rome, the Middle Ages, Holocaust, clothing, immigration, inventors, climate change, sports biography, animal rights, drugs and alcohol, crime, and diseases.

Login using your WVPL library card barcode and look for the orange HELP link in the middle of the page.

NOTE: Access to this eRESOURCE is limited to WVPL card holders or Internet computer users in the Blue Bell or Ambler libraries.

Find biographical information on authors and literary criticism of their works for research papers.

Please CLICK HERE for help using Literature Criticism Online.

Morningstar Investment Research Center provides expert reports, data, and opinions on over 14,500 stocks, 24,800 mutual funds, 1,500 exchange-traded funds and 700 closed end funds.  Designed for library users, it offers free monthly webinars, extensive help files, and investor education tutorials.

Login with your WVPL library card, select "Help and Education" in the grey band.  For troubleshooting, select the link at the bottom of the page.  

Over 5,500 eBooks for your Kindle, Nook, or Sony eReader, smartphone or tablet computer. Download the app to use on a tablet computer or smart phone.  

Please CLICK HERE for help using Overdrive eBooks.

Search full text articles from Civil War-1922. You can search by dates and eras including US Presidencies and Eras in American History (Antebellum Period, US Civil War, Roaring Twenties etc.). You can also search by article types, including: News/Opinion, Election Returns, Letters, Poetry, Legislative Acts or Legal Proceedings, Prices, Shipping News, Advertisements, Birth Notices, Cartoons and Comics.

Please CLICK HERE for help using the Philadelphia Inquirer Historical Archive.

Do market research on any of the 14 million US businesses listed. You can find location maps, business demographics, management directories, company news, stock data, business expenditures, historical data, UCC filings, nearby businesses, competitors report, brands and products. You can also search for people in the US Standard White pages of 89 million people by name and state or city.

Please CLICK HERE for help using Reference USA.

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