Online Resources
The Hayner Public Library District subscribes to many research databases that you can use to find articles and information on a variety of subjects. All our databases, listed below by topic, are available to users within the library. Most databases are also accessible from home with a valid Hayner Library card.
Antiques
Auto Repair
Business
- InfoTrac Small Business Collection
- Sorkin’s Directory of Business & Government (In-Library Use Only)
Career and Job Search
- Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center
- Learning Express Library – (Tutorial) Access: Enter Hayner barcode as username. Then, create and verify your password.
Current Events
Encyclopedias
General Reference
- General Reference Center Gold
- Gale Junior Reference – middle school reference database
- Gale Student Reference – high school reference database
- World Book Online
History
Home and Garden
Homework Help
Leisure and Travel
Literature
Magazine/News Articles
- FirstSearch Databases – Contact library for authorization and password.
- General Reference Center Gold
- InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
- Newspaper Archive (In-Library Use Only)
- Alton Telegraph Newspaper Archive (In-Library Use Only)
- St. Louis Post Dispatch Archive
- Popular Magazines
Novels and Authors
- NoveList Plus K-8 – NoveList Reader’s advisory designed for teachers and kids.
- NoveList Plus – guide for fiction and nonfiction
Online Audio Library
Science
Test Preparation – Practice Tests, Elementary through College; Professional Licensing Tests
- Learning Express Library – Skills practice for elementary-high school, and practice tests for real estate, ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, and more.