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If prompted, use your 14-digit Lafayette Public Library card number and your PIN (the last four digits of your phone number, unless you customized it). Students at BVSD may also access these resources using their BVSD student number.
Popular Resources
- Ancestry (in-library use only; temporarily available remotely)
- Audiobooks & eBooks
- Colorado Grants Guide (with COVID-19 updates)
- Consumer Reports
- Daily Camera (Boulder)
- Denver Post
- New York Times - Library Access | Remote Access | Details
- Washington Post - Library Access | Remote Access | Details
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Academic Search Premier
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American Physical Society
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Ancestry Library Edition
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Auto Repair Source
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Brainfuse - HelpNow & JobNow
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Boulder County Latino History
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Business Source Premier
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Career Online High School
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Checkerboard
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Colorado Grants Guide
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Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
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Comics Plus
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Consumer Health Complete
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Consumer Reports
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Consumer Reports Online
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COVID-19 Resources
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Creativebug
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Data Axle Reference Solutions
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Daily Camera - Boulder
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Denver Post
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Digital Learn
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DK FindOut
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Driving-Tests.org
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Environment Complete
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Explora
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Front Range Downloadable Library
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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GCF LearnFree
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GCF LearnFree - Spanish
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GreenFILE
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History Reference Center
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Legal Information Reference Center
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Library, Information Science & Technology
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MasterFILE Premier
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MAS Ultra (Grades 6-12)
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Merck Manual
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Middle Search Plus (Grades 6-8)
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MyHeritage
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New York Times
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Academic Search Premier
Search the Academic Search Premier database for articles on popular culture, computer sciences, engineering, physics, arts, businessand more, . Includes results from Consumer Reports (which can also be accessed directly).
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American Physical Society
Enjoy free in-Library access to the full-text of articles in 15 journals published by the American Physical Society. Update: until further notice, APS is also allowing free remote access.
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Ancestry Library Edition
Search billions of genealogy documents—including census, military, immigration, birth, and death records. Update: remote access is now available until further notice.
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Auto Repair Source
Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, Auto Repair Source (formerly AutoMate) has manufacturer and repair information on more than 38,000 vehicles, including step-by-step repair procedures with supporting images, maintenance schedules, estimated labor times, technical service bulletins, specifications, and diagnostic trouble codes. Includes millions of images and diagrams that can be magnified and printed.
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Brainfuse - HelpNow & JobNow
Brainfuse provides on HelpNow, an on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for all ages and levels with live tutors from 2-11pm daily, and JobsNow, a versatile, individualized service to support the job search process with live career coaching available daily from 2-11pm.
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Boulder County Latino History
Explore the history of the local Latino community through documents, personal stories, and photos.
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Business Source Premier
Articles on companies worldwide, from top business journals, trade publications, books, newspapers, and magazines. Search by company name, product name, ticker symbol, or NAICS code.
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Career Online High School
Career Online High School (COHS) is an accredited high school diploma and career certificate program offered free of charge by Boulder Public Library in partnership with Colorado State Library. Boulder County residents who are 19 years old or older are eligible to apply.
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Checkerboard
Checkerboard is a website with free and helpful information about finding and understanding Colorado legal statutes, processes, and forms.
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Colorado Grants Guide
The Colorado Grants Guide now Includes emergency and recovery grant funding. This comprehensive tool provides information on foundations, corporations, and agencies that award grants to support Colorado organizations. Enjoy premium access to 780+ funder profiles, application criteria, guidelines, and past grantees. Update: available remotely until futher notice.
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Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
A service of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 1,200,000 digitized pages, representing more than 250 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923.
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Comics Plus
Use your Library card number to gain access to thousands of manga, comic books and graphic novels.
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Consumer Health Complete
Find convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
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Consumer Reports
Enjoy free access to a complete, searchable online version of the print edition of Consumer Reports. (Does not include access to content created as online content for the Consumer Reports website.)
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Consumer Reports Online
Enjoy free access to the subscription-only Consumer Reports online website, which includes articles not found in the print magazine.
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COVID-19 Resources
Find links and resources related to all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, from local vaccination providers to medical information to economic resources.
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Creativebug
Get inspired and gets hands-on with Creativebug video classes. This resource has over 1,000 award-winning arts and craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Watch videos, find quick tutorials and patterns, share your own creations, and more!cUse your Lafayette card number to access the system, and your email to create a profile, and get crafting!
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Data Axle Reference Solutions
(Formerly ReferenceUSA). Find directory information for millions of U.S. residents and businesses throughout the United States. Includes a tool for searching for jobs and internships, and listings for physicians and dentists. Business listings include address and contact information for headquarters, branches and subsidiaries, SIC codes, yellow page headings, credit rating, number of employees, ticker symbol and estimated sales volume.
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Daily Camera - Boulder
Using Newsbank, enjoy free full-text access to many articles from the Boulder newspaper, the Daily Camera, from 2001 through today.
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Denver Post
Explore Denver history through local news, events, and people with the Denver Post Collection on Newsbank. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and content only published online.
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Digital Learn
Digital Learn is a free website sponsored by the Public Library Association, aiming to help promote computer and digital literacy. The site has helpful information on computer and internet basics, as well as guidance on how to avoid internet scams, protect your information, and grow your digital skills and confidence.
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DK FindOut
DK FIndout is a resource for kids 7-11, with free access to thousands of images and age-appropriate content covering computer coding, science, math, geography, English, history, and more.
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Driving-Tests.org
Take free online Colorado DMV permit practice tests and access car, motorcycle and CDL manuals in English and Spanish.
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Environment Complete
Use a full-text database offering extensive coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and other environmental topics.
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Explora
Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Both the design and content of each Explora product is customized for the age or audience.
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Front Range Downloadable Library
Use a device or computer to borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines, as well as streaming video, using your Lafayette Library card. On a mobile device, download either the original Overdrive app, or the Libby by Overdrive app, to get started.
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Browse an online collection of over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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GCF LearnFree
GCF LearnFree is a website offering free tutorials on a wide range of technical issues, math and reading help, and guidance on careers and resume-writing.
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GCF LearnFree - Spanish
This Spanish language version of GCF LearnFree offers free tutorials on a wide range of technical issues, math and reading help, and guidance on careers and resume writing.
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GreenFILE
Find articles exploring the intersection of the environment and agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
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History Reference Center
Comprehensive history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, and undergraduate research. Features articles, historical documents, biographies, maps and photos from reference books, encyclopedias, and nonfiction books.
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Legal Information Reference Center
Articles from top consumer legal reference books, including books on patents, copyright and trademarks. Access hundreds of publications search over 12,800 state-specific legal forms, searchable by subject areas including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes and more.
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Library, Information Science & Technology
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) includes abstracts and full-text articles on libraries and librarianship from the 1960s to the present.
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MasterFILE Premier
Covers a wide scope of general interest topics with articles from general reference publications dating as far back as 1975. Includes reference books, full-text biographies, primary source documents and a collection of photos, maps and flags.
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MAS Ultra (Grades 6-12)
Articles from magazines, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps and flags. Includes articles back to 1975 for key magazines.
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Merck Manual
Comprehensive and reputable medical reference resource. Enjoy Free access to both the consumer and professional online editions (in Spanish and English). Features an easy-to-search interface to thousands of medical topics with images, videos and more.
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Middle Search Plus (Grades 6-8)
Articles from popular elementary school magazines, encyclopedia articles, and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.
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MyHeritage
Comprehensive genealogy resource. Includes billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and other resources in thousands of databases spanning the past five centuries.
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New York Times
Enjoy free and unlimited access to The New York Times online while at the Library, on public computers or via WiFi. Use a special link to gain access away from the Library on any device. The Library subscription includes full current editions, and also unlocks the newspaper's archives, podcasts and customized email newsletters, lesson plans, and more.
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Newsbank - All
Search across all our collections within Newsbank, including America's News, and Colorado News, to find current and archived issues (some featuring full-color newspaper pages), full-text articles, video, and content only published online. Use the main Newsbank access page to find quick links to all the collections, browse by special topics, find lesson plans, set alerts on news topics, listen to audio versions of articles, save search results and more.
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Newspaper Source Plus
Full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. Includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines, as well as television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
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Novelist
Fiction readers can find new authors and titles based on topics of interest or other books enjoyed. Search by favorite author, title or series and find similar titles, reviews and reading group guides.
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Novelist K-8
Discover great books for kids and young adults. Search by title, author, series or reading level to find similar titles and reviews.
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Points of View Reference Center
Provides students with essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by supporting articles.
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Primary Search
Search tool for kids in grades K-5. Includes articles from popular elementary school magazines, encyclopedia articles, and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
Information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental process, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
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Regional Business News
View articles from more than 50 regional business publications.
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Science Reference Center
Designed to meet every student's needs, Science Reference Center contains articles from hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources.
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Social Sciences Full Text
Covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, this full-text database includes the most important English-language social science journals.
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Small Engine Repair Center
Find detailed, yet user-friendly, repair guides for motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, lawn mowers, tractors, and more.
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Teacher Reference Center
Teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books provide coverage on key education topics.
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Topic Search
Explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
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Washington Post
Enjoy free and unlimited access to The Washington Post online while at the Library, on public computers, or via WiFi. Use a special link to gain access away from the Library on any device.
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