Research & Databases

Sanibel Public Library
770 Dunlop Road
Sanibel, FL 33957


Tel: 239.472.2483 ~ FAX: 239.472.9524
Access My Library

Search and browse millions of articles using your Sanibel library card.

Ask a Librarian
Features staff at more than 60 libraries across the state offering free, live, one-on-one reference assistance over the Web. Live help is available from 10:00 a.m. to midnight, ET, Monday through Thursday and 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Britannica Online
Includes Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, 150 full-text periodicals, a 2,500-clip video and media library, and an award-winning Internet guide.
Business Research Articles
Search AccessMyLibrary.com for millions of articles using your Sanibel library card.
DigiFindit
Search Sanibel's 3 newspapers dating as far back as the 1960's for articles and pictures. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY
Facts for Learning
Homework Help - sources for all subjects including American History, Science, Social Studies, etc, plus the World Almanac for Kids. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.
Facts on File World News
Covers news past (1940-2005) plus present - Issues and Controversies, Today's Science, plus the World Almanac and World Almanac Encyclopedia. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.
Florida Electronic Library
Current events, business, health issues, homework help, full-text articles, Florida history and information. Valid Sanibel Public Library cardholders can access electronic magazines, articles, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, books, documents, and more.
History Resource Center: US
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
America's Newspapers

The largest and fastest growing newspaper resource in existence.

Novelist

A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.

Thomas Register

Resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.

Helpful Links
Links to Websites regarding Sanibel, the State of Florida, Lee County, other Libraries, Book Guides and Reviews, and Tax Forms.
Granger's

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.

BooksInPrint

Fiction Connection and Non-Fiction Connection. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.

Consumer Reports

Consumer reports online!. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.

World Book
World Book Online Reference Center. Funded in part by the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, Inc. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.
HeritageQuestOnline
U.S. Federal Census collection; over 20,000 family & local history books; index to nearly 2 million magazine articles for genealogy information; Revolutionary War era records. Funded in part by the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, Inc.
Ancestry.com - Library Edition
Collection of U.S. Census data, birth, marriage, and death records; WWI draft registration information; immigration lists; probate records back to 1500's from the U.K., and more. Funded in part by the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, Inc. IN-LIBRARY ACCESS, ONLY.

 

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