Databases By Category
The Genesee District Library provides access to several different online databases that provide helpful information on many topics. To help you better find a resource you are looking for, we have also categorized them alphabetically.
If you see this symbol next to a listed database , you can click on it to access a video tutorial on how to use that particular database.
Databases by Category
- AutoMate (Auto Repair)
- Small Engine Repair Reference Center
- Booklist Online (Book reviews, current and past)
- BookPage
- Fantastic Fiction
- Library Reads
- A to Z Databases
- Census Business Builder: Small Business Edition Search demographic data for prospective business locations
- DemographicsNow Directory of businesses, people and consumer demographic and expenditure data
- First Research Nearly 500 industry reports, plus state-by-state economic profiles
- Foundation Directory Online Locate grants, nonprofit funding and company profiles (This directory can be accessed online only when visiting the Grand Blanc-McFarlen or Headquarters branches.)
- Key Business Ratios Access competitive benchmarking data by industry
- Mergent Archives Comprehensive stock reports by industry or size, plus select industry analysis
- Mergent Intellect Industry research, consumer and demographic data, and job search info
- Morningstar Investment Research Center Comprehensive company, stock, mutual fund and EFT data and analysis
- Value Line Comprehensive stock data and analysis
- What are Stocks?
- What are Bonds?
- What are Mutual Funds?
- What are Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)?
- Certificates of Deposit (CDs)
- Commodities
- Hedge Funds
- Cost of Living Calculator
- Questions You Should Ask about Your Investments (investor.gov)
- Saving and Investing: A Roadmap To Your Financial Security Through Saving and Investing (SEC)
- Mutual Funds: A Guide for Investors (investor.gov)
- Variable Annuities: What You Should Know (investor.gov)
- The Kids' Guide to Emergency Savings
- Ancestry Library (Genealogy resource, access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry)
- MyHeritage (Genealogy resource)
Other Links
- Consumer Health Complete
- Health Source Complete
- Michigan Medicine Care Guides (health information made easy to understand)
- CultureGrams (Countries, Cultures and People)
- Michigan Activity Pass
- Newsbank America's News. Newspapers and national magazines
- The Detroit News
- The Flint Journal
