Jacobs Library

PrairieCat allows you to search for books in public and school libraries in our area. IVCC library staff will request any books you need through PrairieCat. Search PrairieCat

Delivered through EBSCO, Primary Search includes more than 70 magazines. It is useful for elementary school research and includes a reading level indicator for all full-text articles. Search Primary Search

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 – 2000 is an online journal that contains 108 document projects, almost 2,700 publications with full-text primary sources, a dictionary of social movements and organizations, and a chronology of U.S. Women's History.  You can search the database or take advantage of one of the browse options.  For example the Browse People section listed 21 documents by Jane Addams and 38 documents about her.  The best way to appreciate the content of this database is to spend time searching or drilling down the browse lists to uncover what it has to offer!  Search Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000

Alexander Street Press Engineering Case Studies Online This collection includes video and text resources to provide a comprehensive and authoritative resource for in-depth, inpartial analysis of key engineering failures.  Search Engineering Case Studies Online

Search or browse 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images in this extensive art reference database. Search Oxford Art Online