Research
America's News
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. Login using your Richmond County Public Library card’s barcode number. Includes access to the following:
- Richmond Times–Dispatch: Explore Richmond history through local news, events and people with the Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. 1985—Current.
- The Virginian–Pilot: Explore Norfolk history through local news, events and people with the Virginian Pilot Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. 1990—Current.
- The Free Lance–Star: Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. 2004—Current.
A to Z World Food
With AtoZ World Food, you can learn about food culture from all around the globe, then explore cuisine from that culture with highlighted recipes.
Black Life in America
Explora Public Libraries
- EBSCO’s Explora is a user-friendly search tool that supports both research and instruction. Explora searches across the following resources.
- MasterFILE Complete – A comprehensive collection of full-text general interest articles from periodicals, newspapers, and books. This authoritative general information database is the best place to start your research project.
- Read It! – Research while practicing reading skills. Read It! helps students who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need level-appropriate reading material. Read It! is also a great tool for English Language Learners.
Explora Secondary Schools
Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with content for high school learners with an easy-to-use interface and great accessibility tools, including translation and text to sound.
Gale in Context: Elementary
Gale In Context: Elementary meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through grade 5, with age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers, and reference materials, covering current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, and more.
Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.
Hispanic Life in America
The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
Legal Forms
Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code covering basic legal needs--wills, power of attorney, landlord/tenant, and lots more. Includes a comprehensive section of templates for small businesses including: invoices, leases, sales agreements, contracts, and more.
Social Explorer
Find downloadable, fillable forms for basic legal transactions, current to Virginia code covering basic legal needs--wills, power of attorney, landlord/tenant, and lots more. Includes a comprehensive section of templates for small businesses including: invoices, leases, sales agreements, contracts, and more.