Research
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Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 8,470 journals.Ancestry Library (in-library use only)
ProQuest has partnered with Ancestry.com to create Ancestry Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today with unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Annals of Iowa
The Annals of Iowa is published quarterly by the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Historical Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the State of Iowa.Brainfuse: Help Now
HelpNow offers live tutor access for homework help, skills building and test preparation where after taking a quiz, the user can connect directly to a live tutor.
Brainfuse: JobNow
JobNow provides users with a host of services to help in every step of the job search process including job searching, resume template, professional resume review, and live interview coaching.
Brainfuse: LearnNow
LearnNow gives access to academic lessons, videos, and practice tests to accommodate all types of learners, including Citizenship test prep, ESL lessons, lesson support for learners and literacy tutors, and a meeting platform with collaborative whiteboard.
Brainfuse: VetNow
VetNow supports your community's veterans and their families with navigating the VA bureaucracy, providing academic tutoring, and employment transition assistance. Live navigation support is available, and all navigators are veterans.
City of Johnston Code of Ordinances
Laws that are enacted and enforced by the City of Johnston.Consumer Reports*
Enjoy access to thousands of unbiased reviews of products and services.
*Accessing Consumer Reports with your JCSD student ID? Login here. Use your student ID as your username and password.
Digital Learning.org
If you are new to computers, haven't used them for a while, are a little unsure and uncomfortable, or just need a bit of a refresher, Digital Learning.org has a number of video tutorials to help you tackle technology at your own pace and gain confidence.Foundation Directory Online (in-Library use only)
Foundation Directory Online is a research tool to help nonprofits find the grantmakers most likely to fund their projects. This tool includes grantmaker profiles that provide a powerful summary overview of the funder's work along with all the pertinent details fundraisers need to find and approach great prospects
Iowa Digital Library
The Iowa Digital Library features more than a million digital objects created from the holdings of the University of Iowa Libraries and its campus partners. Included are illuminated manuscripts, historic maps, fine art, historic newspapers, scholarly works, and more.Iowa Digital Newspapers
A number of Iowa newspapers have been digitized from the microfilms in the State Historical Society of Iowa's collection and made available by online.Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
Iowa Heritage Digital Collections is a resource for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and anyone else interested in the people, places and institutions of Iowa. The site provides free access to digital collections from a variety of Iowa cultural institutions.
Johnston High School Yearbooks
Johnston High School yearbook collection including a handful of Beaconites.Johnston Historical Society
The Society collects information, documents, and memorabilia establishing and illustrating the history of Johnston. They maintain a beautiful museum in a century old house just west of the Johnston Library.Johnston Newspaper Archives
Every newspaper in the database is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy to quickly explore historical content. Use the archive to gain a local perspective on historical news, to research your family history, or to simply read about a person or event of interest. This archive contains the Johnston Advance, Johnston News, Johnston Northern Polk County News, Johnston Press Citizen, Northern Polk County News, West Des Moines Express, and Western Express.
Linked In Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Linked In Learning offers thousands of tutorial videos—basic to advanced—for learning business, software, technology, and creative skills.
Mango Languages
Learn a new language on the go with hands-free features and offline accessibility. Prepare for business trips, family vacations, or study abroad with practical, conversation-based language lessons.Masterfile Premier
Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.New York Times
Enjoy unlimited Access to NYTimes.com and the New York Times mobile app. Follow the link, then login or register for 24 hours of unlimited access to the New York Times. When your access expires, visit the link again.Novelist Plus*
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.
*Accessing Novelist with your JCSD student ID? Login here. Use your student ID as your username and password.
People’s Law Library of Iowa
People’s Law Library of Iowa includes information on legal topics such as consumer law, family law, and landlord/tenant law, as well as guidance on researching legal issues, a glossary of more than 100 legal terms, and more.
Tech Boomers
Techboomers.com is a free educational website that teaches older adults and other inexperienced Internet users with basic computer skills about websites that can help improve their quality of life.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch : Iowa History for Young People was published quarterly by the State Historical Society of Iowa from 1975-2000. It is an Iowa history magazine for children, ages 8 to 13. Each issue focuses on a theme (ranging from Immigrants to Diaries, from Home and Family to Iowa’s Kid Heroes) and includes articles, games, photos, and fiction.
The Palimpsest
The Palimpsest was a historical magazine published the State Historical Society of Iowa beginning in 1920 until it was renamed Iowa Heritage Illustrated in 1996. The last issue of The Palimpsest was vol.76 no.4, Winter 1995. It was published monthly from 1920-1972, bimonthly from 1973-1985, and quarterly after 1986.
Weiss Financial Ratings Series Online
Weiss Financial Ratings Series Online includes ratings for banks, credit unions, insurance companies, stocks, and mutual funds, plus financial planning and investment tools including medigap plan comparison.
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