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This resource contains more than 7,000 traditional recipes from 174 countries, along with thousands of articles about ingredients, food culture, and more.
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Looking to discover a great new program or series? Choose from over 40,000 options, from movies and tv shows to history and real-life adventure. Highlights include Temple Grandin with Claire Daines, the acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl, and the BBC drama Daphne. You'll also find politics, current events, the arts, how-tos, and fitness. All you need is your Boise Public Library card.
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Check out our streaming collection of videos - just for kids! Choose from tv shows, movies, animated fairy tales, educational programs, and more.
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Search any topic and get results from a variety of world news media, including newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos and web-only content. Included are eyewitness reports, articles, editorials, letters, and more.
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Great for students, researchers, and anyone interested in learning about racial injustice in the United States, this website provides access to materials about significant people and events in Black history. The contents were selected by a team of experts in the field of African-American studies.
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If you're interested in public art displays around Boise, including traffic box art, cultural programs, grant opportunities or the history of downtown buildings and landmarks, the Boise City Department of Arts and History site is a great place to start.
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Check on zoning in Boise and estimate the number of permits and licenses you might need to start or expand your Boise business.
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Access articles from Consumer Reports! You can browse new issues or search for specific product reports.
- Click on "search within this publication" on the upper left.
- Type your search terms followed by the word "and." (Leave the autofilled search terms where they are!)
- Your search should look like this: vacuum and JN "Consumer Reports."
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CreativeBug provides unlimited access to over 1000 online art and craft classes. Watch classes anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. No pressure, just possibilities!
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Create high-quality resumes in three easy steps!
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FARRIT -- Finding All Resources Relating to Idaho Topics -- includes information about natural resources, books, maps, and food.
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Foundation Directory Online
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No remote access. Search over 100,000 grantmaker profiles, 2.4 million grant records, 4,000 company profiles, and 700,000 grantmaker 990/990-PFs. Available on all public computers at the Main Library in downtown Boise.
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Foundation Grants to Individuals
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No remote access. A unique database focusing on foundations that provide financial support for individual grantseekers. Available on all public computers at the Main Library in downtown Boise.
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Explore a weath of genealogy tools for the beginner and professional: maps, research aids, the U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950, the PERSI subject index, 25,000+ family and local history books, and much more.
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The Idaho Index provides references to pamphlets and articles (primarily from the Idaho Statesman) in the Idaho Collection clipping file. Searching the index allows you to determine if a file exists on a given topic. Library staff can then retrieve the folder for you to use in the library.
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Explore Nampa through local news and events with Idaho Press Collection. Choose the "image" format to search full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles, and online-only content from June 1st, 2023 - present. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
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Read today's paper in its entirety - choose the "image" format. You can also search and read articles, advertisements, obituaries and more from previous papers. Coverage from July 26, 1864 through today.
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Issues & Controversies helps students and researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Presented in a balanced, pro/con format, each article presents the key facts, arguments, history, and current context—an ideal resource for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments.
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Issues & Controversies in History delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
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Are you looking to fill a gap in your child's education? Supplement your child's schoolwork? Enrich your homeschooling curriculum? Try IXL -- a powerful learning tool for students k-12.
Boise Public Library cardholders - click here to request an account.
If you are a Boise resident who doesn't yet have a library card - start that process here.
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Kanopy PLUS is a collection of themed movie bundles with unlimited-use titles. Explore a wide selection of crowd-pleasing comedies, thrillers, documentaries, British movies and TV series, classic cinema, family favorites, and much more!
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Find Idaho-specific forms for legal topics from personal to business. Download the form you need for free today!
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LinkedIn Learning makes it easy to achieve personal and professional goals in business, software, and technology, as well as creative fields like illustration and photography. Choose from over 16,800 engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. Use it on your desktop or download the LinkedIn Learning app. Note: you'll need the library ID boisepubliclibrary.
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Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more. Deliciously simple language learning!
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MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
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Mergent provides access to demographics and consumer data, as well as both national and global industry information.
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Morningstar offers individual investors an independent source for stock and mutual fund research, in depth analysis and reports, powerful portfolio tools, financial commentary, exclusive data, and advanced analytical tools.
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Access a complete archive of National Geographic magazine — every page of every issue — along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos.
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Explore outer space! Meet dinosaurs and amazing mammals! Play games and take quizzes! Love the Weird But True series? It's all waiting for you...dive into this special kids edition of National Geographic.
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To access the New York Times remotely, click here. You'll be prompted to enter your Boise Public Library card number. Then click "redeem" to redeem your 24-hour code. From there, either follow the steps to register for a New York Times account or log in using the account you’ve set up previously.
After your 24-hour code expires, revisit this page to retrieve another code.
To access the New York Times at the library, click here. You'll be prompted to create a New York Times account with your email address.
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To access the New York Times Cooking, click here. You'll be prompted to enter your Boise Public Library card number. Then click "redeem" to redeem your 24-hour code. From there, either follow the steps to register for a New York Times account or log in using the account you’ve set up previously.
After your 24-hour code expires, revisit this page to retrieve another code.
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To access the New York Times Games, click here. You'll be prompted to enter your Boise Public Library card number. Then click "redeem" to redeem your 24-hour code. From there, either follow the steps to register for a New York Times account or log in using the account you’ve set up previously.
After your 24-hour code expires, revisit this page to retrieve another code.
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Find a good book (fiction or nonfiction) for school or pleasure for kids and teens. Search by title, author, subject or series name. Includes award winner lists, book discussion and book talk guides.
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Want to find a good fiction or nonfiction book to read? Use your favorite author, title, or plot device to find an adult, young adult or children's book to read. Resources available for book talks and book clubs.
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Identify dates of obituaries and death notices published in The Idaho Statesman, from 1957-2017. The index provides the date of the obituary or death notice. For copies, please come to the Library or fill out our obituary request form.
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O'Reilly for Public Libraries (formerly Safari Books Online) provides in-depth, cutting-edge information about technology, software, business, and digital media. Explore their library of over 35k books and 30k hours of video, and sculpt your own curriculum with their interactive tutorials and curated learning paths.
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Download ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines directly to your computer or device, including iPhone, iPad, Android, Nook, Kindle, and more. Start browsing at boise.overdrive.com, or download OverDrive's award-winning Libby app on iOS or Android.
Learn to use it!
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.
Visit the OED home page, click "sign in" on the upper right, and enter your Boise Public Library card number.
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Projectr is a platform for watching independent films. Projectr partners with educational institutions and public libraries throughout North America to present a curated and ever-expanding collection of acclaimed movies, archival restorations, award-winning documentaries and artist-made works from around the world.
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Sanborn fire insurance maps are the most frequently consulted maps in libraries. Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of Idaho cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Get started here.
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Access printable worksheets, lessons, mini-books, and more! Search by subject, theme or grade level - Kindergarten-8th grade. Try it out today!
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On-line access to ValueLine's leading publications covering stocks, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
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- Access The Wall Street Journal from anywhere!
- Click here to enter your Boise Public Library card number and create your WSJ account.
- Your access will be available for the next 3 days. During that time, you can log in to wsj.com directly.
- After 3 days, simply come back here, click the link again, and log in as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.
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Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles.
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Interested in the latest developments in physics? Through the American Physical Society's Public Access Program, you can now read the latest news in the field.
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Business Source® Premier, the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,100 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, with searchable cited references back to 1998.
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Candid Learning, a service of the Foundation Center, offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers.
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ChiltonLibrary supplies a solution for the “do-it-yourselfer” that is easy to use no matter the skill level. Repair, maintenance and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models of cars and light trucks from 1940 onward. ChiltonLibrary provides quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on seven decades of the broadest range of vehicles available, including cars, trucks, vans and SUVs.
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Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
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Read about daily life in over 50 time periods and geographic locations around the world.
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Learn about the history, the culture and significant events from 1950 through 1990.
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Search over 8,000 magazines, journals, newspapers and eBooks covering multiple topics from health to history.
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The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Basic Collection consists of official resources from the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Highlights include Ben's Guide (a fun website designed to encourage kids to learn about the Federal Government), GovInfo (a compilation of publications from all three U.S. Government branches), and USA.gov (a subject guide to official Federal Government information on the internet).
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Learn what you want, when you want, absolutely free! Check out our Everyday Life, Basic Math, and Computer Training today!
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Gem State Prospector can help entrepreneurs with business site selection and demographics research for any city or county in Idaho.
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Free permit practice tests for learner drivers. Includes the full text of the Idaho Driver's Manual as well as practice tests for cars and motorcycles
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LearningExpress Library provides access to a host of self-paced practice tests, subject tutorials, and full-text ebook study guides -- for users of all ages! Subjects include high-school logic, computer software, and U.S. Citizenship; you'll also find test-prep materials for the GED, the ACT, and the SAT (among others), as well as entrance exam study guides and practice tests for careers such as civil service, law enforcement, teaching, and the health industry.
Learn to use it!
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LiLI provides statewide access to a wide range of digital content. Explore everything LiLI has to offer!
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MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
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Looking for articles from a specific newspaper or region? Hundreds of newspapers ranging from local to global are searchable here.
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Pronunciator offers the largest ESL curriculum on the planet, with courses taught in 57 non-English languages. Plus citizenship prep for the US and Canada.
Access to this resource will be discontinued on September 30th.
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This government website provides information on a variety of topics, including consumer rights, home safety, and identity theft.
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Coverage 1890 through 1982. Searchable access to more than 100 years of citations (NOT full text) from 523 leading U.S. magazines. A valuable resource for historical research.
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Small Business Reference Center provides up-to-date information on topics related to starting a company, operations management, sales, and growing or rescuing a business.
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Health resources from the government, from child care and insurance to medications and vaccines.
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The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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A powerful reference tool with encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases.
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Search for local or national library resources using WorldCat.
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