Databases and Electronic Resources

Abdo Digital formats offer reading and learning tools in a wide range of reading levels. 

Academic Search Premier provides full text for 4,500+ journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.

Book Buzz, a program offered by the State Library, lends book sets to book clubs, book groups, libraries, organizations, schools, and community centers.

Business Source Premier provides full text for 2,300+ journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles, covering all the business disciplines.

Peer-reviewed open access journals, ebooks, and eTextbooks.

College Blue Book is considered the premier guide to 2 and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada, including distance education programs, and their programs, degrees, and financial aid sources.

Access leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

Core Collections highlights recommended fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels for all ages with descriptive and evaluative annotations and reviews from highly regarded sources.

Core Collection en Español will provide English-language guidance to libraries building and maintaining Spanish-language collections for readers of all ages. It will include impartial, authoritative information about high quality Spanish and bilingual (Spanish/English) nonfiction and fiction titles selected by expert librarians.

Creativebug offers unlimited access to thousands of online art & craft video classes.

Data Axle Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA) contains detailed information on 60 million U.S. businesses, 156 million U.S. residents, and 2.5 million job postings.

Driver Education Test Prep offers free practice tests based on Utah State DMV materials. 

EBSCO’s eBook Collection offers thousands of titles, both fiction and nonfiction.

ERIC is the world’s largest collection of writing pertaining to education.

Eyewitness Travel Guides gives you access to over 80 ebooks to help you navigate the world.

Gale’s Science Encyclopedia offers thousands of topics covering a wide range of scientific subject, and includes numerous images and charts.

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a reference search portal which includes numerous Gale resources including: Something About the Author, Novels for Students, and Shakespeare for Students.

Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.

Kanopy provides Orem Public Library patrons access to more than 28,000 films.

Learning Express Library offers a suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development, and more.

Libby by OverDrive allows Orem Public Library cardholders to download bestselling ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and media to their smartphones, tablets, or computers.

Library Music Source allows patrons to download vocal music, instrumental solos, piano music, orchestral parts and more. Available from library computers only.

Linked In Learning for Library provides unlimited access to great content from Lynda.com plus courses offered in following languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese—in the library, at home, or on the go.

MEDLINE Plus is an online library, provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health, offering the best researched and most respected medical information available to the public.

Magazines/MasterFile provides access to full text articles for nearly 1,750 general reference publications, covering virtually every subject area of general interest, as well as an extensive Image Collection containing photos, maps, and flags.

Mango Languages is an online language-learning system that offers courses for over 70 languages.

Milestone Documents of the Supreme Court is a reference source that covers both iconic and controversial decisions from the early republic to the present day.

NoveList Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction contains lists, reviews, feature articles, and more, and will help you answer the fundamental question for all readers everywhere: What should I read next? Search by authors, plot lines, series, reading level, etc., and find out other books you are sure to enjoy.

Novelist Plus K-8 lets you search for books specifically for young readers. The database contains booklists, recommended reads, reviews and feature articles that will help you discover your next great read. Search by plot, series, reading level etc. to find books you or your child will enjoy.

Novels for Students includes important historical and background information to some of the most studied titles in literature. Read essays, find overviews of themes and plots, and meet a book like never before

Orem City Art Collection allows online viewers to explore the 170 paintings, drawings, original prints, sculptures, and pieces of pottery that comprise the City’s ever-expanding art collection.

This collection features a rich history of photographs belonging to Orem City and the Orem City Library. 

This collection consists of historic photographs that belong to the Orem Heritage Museum.

Orem History Books offers publications about the history and historical sites of Orem.

Orem’s Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Archive contains materials documenting the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, held in Orem, Utah from 1990 through 2016.

Orem Yearbooks Online includes yearbooks from Orem schools as far back as 1925. Current yearbooks are on a five-year delay from their publication date. Funds for this project have been provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act and are administered by the Utah State Library Division.

Poetry & Short Story Reference Center is a rich full-text database of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, plus thousands of short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides.

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, Points of View Reference Center provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Preschool Path is a collection of web site resources from the Utah Education Network and key partners that support school readiness for Utah students.

ProQuest Global Newstream is an online newspaper resource that provides indexed and fully searchable electronic access to some 600 newspapers.

Qello allows you to Stream the world's largest collection of on-demand full-length music performances, concert films, and music documentaries.

Scholarship & Loans is a guide to education related financial aid programs for students and professionals.

Science Reference Center - Explora helps you find reliable information on thousands of science-related research topics, allowing you to search for books, magazine articles, essays, biographies, videos, science animation, and more.

Shakespeare for Students provides access to critical interpretations of the Bard’s greatest works, along with plot summaries and character profiles that help further decode these dramatic masterpieces.

Something About the Author is an outstanding series that spotlights specific authors and illustrators creating books for young people.

Spotify provides a space where our librarians can build music playlists for you to enjoy. Check out our profile for an ever-growing variety of collections!

Talent Ready Utah seeks to optimize efforts made by education and industry partnerships, working collectively to build a greater workforce throughout the state of Utah while providing students with increased career and education opportunities.

Tutor.com provides free one-to-one tutoring, homework help, and professional development sessions for Orem Public Library card holders.

Utah Digital Newspapers provides digital archives of weekly Utah newspapers searchable by keyword, the result of a statewide partnership.

Utah Newspapers is a digital newspaper service provided by the Utah Press Association, offering access to all of Utah’s newspapers in a fully-searchable PDF that can be downloaded and/or printed.

Utah’s Office of Tourism provides free travel guides, advice, and information for anyone interested in exploring Utah’s natural and cultural landscape.

Utah’s Online Public Library is a virtual library created by the Utah State Library Division in cooperation with Utah’s public libraries.

From pre-K to high school and beyond, World Book Online provides digital resources for every learner at every level