Databases

The official website for the State of Michigan's executive branch. It provides information and access to individual department websites, the Executive Office and Governor and has specific navigation features including links to information by topic, search, online services, directories and contact information.

Starting October 1, 2019, Seeking Michigan will become Michiganology!

Sing songs to help you learn math and science topics such as: numbers, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, and more. (Beginning Reader Friendly)

• More than 9 billion historical ​records from all over the world
• The USA federal census (1790-1940) and the UK census (1841-1901) with images​
• More than 2.4 billion exclusive family tree profiles from MyHeritage and Geni
• 816 million US public records
• Hundreds of millions of Nordic records
• More than a hundred million tombstone photos
• More than 475 million historical photographs
• Military records, immigration records and passenger lists
• Citizenship & naturalization records
• Directories, guides, references, biographies and yearbooks
• Government, land and court records
• Wills and probate records
• Exclusive databases such as the Jewish Chronicle historical newspaper
• Additional content under license including Tributes obituaries, WikiTree, Billion Graves, Canadian Headstones and many others
• More than 100 million additional records added on average every month!

As generations of researchers and fans will attest, this monthly publication provides unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology and more – making it an essential resource for educators and students as well as general readers.

The National Archives holds information about American Indians who maintained their ties to Federally-recognized Tribes (1830-1970).

The Saginaw News is the dominant newspaper and advertising medium in the Saginaw marketplace offering complete local news coverage. This database provides access to articles from 1998 to current.

A digital collection of Michigan based newspapers throughout the state dating back to as early as 1836

Find helpful resources for starting a nonprofit, such as checklists, nonprofit associations, legal support, and government agencies.

Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, State standards; even books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews and learn about the author.

Features contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Continuously updated pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies, court-case overviews, periodical articles, tables/charts/graphs, and more. Contains more than 700 Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and U·X·L titles.

Grades PreK-3. Animals (including dinosaurs) and social studies sections of this early literacy and learning tool. Easy-to-navigate visual interface for emerging readers.

Garfield the cat invites you to read books and comics online. Read alone or be read to. Pre-reading skills, rhyming and phonics games are also available. (Beginning Reader Friendly)

National multimedia project that offers reading strategies, lessons, and activities to assist parents, teachers and other educators help young children learn to read and to read better.

Regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces from 1990. Includes newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, trade publications, magazines, and newswires.

If you like Robert Munsch's silly books such as "The Paper Bag Princess" or "Smelly Socks," you will enjoy listening to this popular author read ALL 50 of his own stories. Audio is full of excitement and fun, just as his books are. (Beginning Reader Friendly).

A site to share genealogical research, find and communicate with family members, and volunteer for genealogy projects.

Rural Health and Rural Human Service resources for Michigan.