Databases & Subscription Services
Your library card allows free remote or onsite access to the following subscription services.
Arts & Crafts
Craft & Hobby
Discover your passion: unlock your creative potential with the largest resource of video-on-demand learning in the craft and hobby space.
This online resource is available remotely.
Consumers
Consumer Reports
Choose the product or service that’s right for you! 80 years of testing and over 9,000 products rated! Unbiased information and recommendations, and expert buying advice.
This online resource is available remotely.
Genealogy
Ancestry.com
Access the world’s largest online history resource. Billions of records. Services: Family History, Family Trees, DNA Testing, Genealogy Research, Records Search.
This online resource is available for library patrons who are on the Estes Valley Library computer network.
Grants
Colorado Grants Guide
Pinpoint funders by selecting the Areas of Interest, Geographic Focus, Type of Grant, Type of Foundation, Proposal Deadlines, and Average Grant Size or Funder Location that best meets your organization’s needs. Review funders in alphabetical order or by type of foundation.
This online resource is available for library patrons who are on the Estes Valley Library computer network.
Investments
Morningstar
An investment research company offering mutual fund, ETF, and stock analysis, ratings, and data, and portfolio tools.
This online resource is available remotely.
Value Line
Whether you’re a beginning investor or a veteran looking for high-impact ideas, Value Line can position you for financial success quickly and easily.
This online resource is available remotely.
Jobs & Business
Brainfuse: JobNow
Carefully-selected job resources, including an exclusive partnership with eParachute, a service created by What Color is Your Parachute? author Dick Bolles. Foundational, career-enhancing skills to job seekers, along with test preparation (including the High School Equivalency and the US Citizenship tests) and a unique academic skills center featuring live, online tutors.
This online resource is available remotely.
Music Streaming
Freegal Music +
Thousands of artists in hundreds of genres, tens of thousands of albums and 18 million songs. Content includes music from deals with over 93,000 music labels, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. Library card holders enjoy unlimited live streaming and may download 3 songs per week to a permanent collection
This online resource is available remotely.
News
Colorado Historic Newspapers
A service of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 1,400,000 digitized pages, representing more than 335 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado.
Estes Park newspapers include the Mountaineer, Trail Talk, Estes Park Trail, and the Estes Park Trail Gazette ranging from 1912 – May 1999.
This online resource is available remotely.
The Denver Post
Choose to set up an account using your email address for 72-hour access, or enjoy the Denver Post anonymously for 24-hour access. In either case access can always be renewed from this page after it expires.
This online resource is available remotely.
Newspaper Archive
NewspaperArchive “U. S. Collection” (1736 – present) contains over 12,000 different publications from all 50 States, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Immerse yourself in rich historical content, as every newspaper within this archive is fully searchable by keyword and date.
This online resource is available remotely.
New York Times Online
Includes All-Access to: Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, & Athletics
Account set-up is required, but have no fear: the process is quick & straightforward!
- Click the link above for your redemption code
- Create your account at NYTimes.com, or sign in to your existing account
- The link above provides access for 24 hours
- After 24 hours, return to the link above for an additional code & continued access
This online resource is available remotely.
Wall Street Journal
Account set-up is required, but have no fear: the process is quick & straightforward!
- Create your account or sign in using the link above –access is provided for 3 days
- You may not share sign-on credentials from the Library account with any other user
- After 3 days, return to the link above for continued access
This online resource is available remotely.
Students
Brainfuse: HelpNow
A unique center for child and adult learners featuring live online tutoring, writing assistance , and test preparation. Live online homework help and writing assistance and more from Brainfuse tutors.
Estes Park District R3 students: look for the Brainfuse app on your school-issued iPad.
This online resource is available remotely.
Gale: In Context
Seamlessly integrate with high school curriculum. From social studies to English language arts and beyond, each subject-specific resource in Gale In Context student databases uses eye-catching topic overview pages to bring together nonfiction materials in all digital formats. Users can read or watch to get the facts with articles, videos, charts, images and infographics, and more, supplementing school lesson plans with invaluable resources.
This online resource is available remotely.
Pebble Go
PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-2 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas.
PebbleGo Next provides a natural next step for 3rd-5th grade students with articles all aligned to state and national standards with a familiar, yet age-appropriate, experience and supports.
This online resource is available remotely.
Universal Class
Over 500 online courses including lessons, exams, assignments, discussion boards and progress assessments. All courses are self-paced.
In order to register for a course, you must first create your own account within Universal Class: after accessing through the Library’s shared account with your library card number for the first time, scroll down and click the green “Register Now!” button.
Next time, you can track progress in all of your courses by using this login information. Click the link above, enter your library card information, then click the green “Log In” button to continue learning.
This online resource is available remotely.