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For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.

Earning a high school equivalency credential can open the door to better income, a more fulfilling job, and a college education.

Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment with indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records.

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics, including the medical sciences, food sciences, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.&nb

Genealogy data from U.S. Census records 1790-1930 with over 25,000 original page images of full-text family and local histories, etc.

Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen: your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card.

This video streaming service gives you access to festival, indie and world cinema from award-winning filmmakers around the world. Stream thoughtful entertainment to your preferred device with no fees and no commercials.

LearningExpress Library features online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help patrons of all ages.

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more from your library for free! 

LISTA indexes more than 580 core journals, over 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. 

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975.

Explore digitized images, documents, oral histories, videos, and more.  Featured collections include The Mary Wheeler Collection, Paducah postcards, and newspapers and documents from area schools.

A monthly sneak peek of new titles coming soon to McCracken County Public Library. You can get this delivered to your e-mail inbox each month!

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.

MyHeritage is the leading global platform for discovering family history.

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers.