eContent & Online Resources

Interactive books, games, puzzles and activities for ages 2–6.

Auto repair information for vehicles from 1982 to the present.

Census, military, court, land, probate, vital and church records, directories and passenger lists. Provided with support from the Jefferson County Genealogical Society and the Friends of the Northwest Branch Library.

Reading challenges — track minutes or books, write reviews and earn digital tickets and badges.

Primary sources on key people and events in African American history.

Help for veterans and their families with the VA, academic tutoring and employment transition — on any device.

Computer skills from basic to advanced: internet searching, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and design.

Health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to complementary and holistic approaches.

Digital citizenship skills, with projects like podcasts, presentations and social media campaigns.

Free practice tests for the Missouri written driver's permit exam.

28,000+ eBooks for children and adults to read online or download.

Full-text magazines, newspapers, eBooks and research in one search — also in the EBSCOhost app.

Academic Search Elite, ERIC, the Professional Development Collection and open-access eBooks.

Research for grades K–5: Primary Search magazines, eBooks and Topic Overviews.

Full-text resources for entrepreneurship and small business research.

MasterFILE Premier magazines, Newspaper Source, Science Reference Center, Consumer Health Complete, nonfiction books and more.

Research for grades 9–12: Academic Search Elite, MAS Ultra, Newspaper Source, Science Reference Center, eBooks and more.

Hobby and craft magazines, hobby profiles, recipes and hundreds of videos.

Home improvement magazines and reference books, plus images not found elsewhere online.

Research for grades 6–8: Primary Search magazines, eBooks and Topic Overviews.

Free family history research. The Northwest Branch is a designated Family History Center via FamilySearch.org, with access to restricted image collections.

Manage credit and debt, save and invest, plan for college and retirement, and avoid fraud and scams.

Military records, city directories, Native American archives, historical newspapers and naturalization documents.

Missouri legal forms — landlord-tenant, divorce, business and end-of-life. For information only; not a substitute for an attorney's advice.

Every available U.S. federal census, plus family genealogies and local histories.

Movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV — stream or download with no waiting. 5 checkouts a month.

Practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, TOEFL and more, plus career help. At home, create an account with your library card and choose Jefferson County Library.

60 foreign language courses and 17 English courses for ESL learners, on the web or in the app.

Treatments, drugs and supplements, medical words, videos and clinical trials.

Millions of records on Missouri's past and thousands of digitized primary sources.

Search the catalog, place holds, renew and check your account on your phone — plus a digital library card for checkout.

eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines from a consortium of Missouri libraries. Extra titles for kids and teens from the Enterprise Holdings Foundation.

Search millions of records on Missouri's past and gain access to thousands of digitized primary source materials.

Stories of murder and scandal from Jefferson County's past.

Full-text articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other American news sources.

Names of Jefferson County residents in local historical newspapers held on microfilm at Northwest — births, deaths, marriages, probate, divorce and more.

Full-text national and international newspapers, plus selected regional papers.

Newspapers.com: 5,600+ historical newspapers — over 200 million pages from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and Panama.

Fiction and nonfiction read-alikes, reading lists and discussion guides for grades K–8.

Find good books, series reading order, read-alikes and book club guides, and get new-book alerts.

Occupational Information Network: career exploration with O*NET OnLine, My Next Move, Mi Próximo Paso (Spanish) and My Next Move for Veterans.

Adapted reading on many subjects for middle and high school students and adults with a basic foundation in English.

Formerly ReferenceUSA: U.S. business and residential listings for research, marketing and sales.

Build, save and reuse résumés and cover letters step by step, with expert tips and samples.

History, literature and science reference books.

St. Louis news, obituaries and more from 1988 to present, with full-image issues from 2020 on.

K–12 author videos and interviews, book guides, lesson plans and award lists.

Nonjudgmental self-help for middle and high schoolers on health, mental health, drugs, bullying and more.

Federal services to help businesses grow and hire.

Easy-to-read encyclopedia with games, science projects and activities for ages 6–10.