Database Highlights

We've added a great new resource for the patrons of Western Maryland Libraries. 

(Limit 4 checkouts per card/month)

Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides comprehensive full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than 740 magazines and books, as well as access to more than 720 videos and over 140 hobby reports, this database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby-enthusiast. Subject areas include arts & crafts; collecting; games & electronics; model building; home & leisure; needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking & papercraft. The database also features extensive information on over 140 topics. Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center provides full text from the leading hobby and craft magazines, including Bead & Button, Birder's World, Creative Knitting, FineScale Modeler, PaperWorks, Scrapbooking, Quilter's World, and many more.

Explora™, EBSCO's engaging interface for schools and public libraries, aims to simplify the research process by enabling students to search across all of our EBSCO databases at once using a single search box. Students can also browse content in Explora by category to get research ideas. In addition, Topic Overviews provide students with the background information they need to begin their research.

We've added Rosetta Stone® Library Solution to the resources available to the patrons of Allegany, Garrett and Washington Counties. 

Brainfuse provides online homework help through its HelpNow service -- a unique blend of one-to-one homework help, state-aligned skills building, test preparation, and writing assistance.