Digital Resources
Resources by Topic
Welcome to the digital resources library of the Lyon Township Library. Unless indicated as “In Library Use Only,” these resources are available from any internet connection. Want to browse our resources by alphabetical order? Checkout our A-Z Resources page
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Creativebug offers over 1000 video classes in drawing, painting, sketchbooking, sewing, quilting, knitting, jewelry making, and much more. Taught by the world’s top artists, designers and crafters, Creativebug instructors not only teach, they inspire. With hundreds of delectable quick classes and in-depth workshops, Creativebug is the perfect creative companion for those who like to mix imagination and straightforward DIY instruction.
Subject areas include arts & crafts; games & electronics; models; needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking & paper craft.
Web and mobile library media streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Your library card gets you 4 borrows per month.
Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, Auto Repair Source provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.
A to Z databases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 240 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more! This service provided by MeL.
Get instant, unlimited access to unbiased ratings and recommendations of products and services!
The Book Business Collection (EBSCO) contains more than 14,500 e-books covering all disciplines of business, including leadership and management, marketing, project management, business communication, finance and accounting, human resources, sales and selling, mergers and acquisitions, green business, strategic planning and more. This service provided by MeL.
EBSCO offers more than one million high-quality e-book titles and 100,000 audiobooks from more than 1,500 major
academic publishers and University Presses from around the world.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source is an essential database for business students and researchers, providing the latest insights on entrepreneurship and small business topics. It offers full-text business journals, magazines, reference books, case studies and company profiles.
Business and residential tool providing access to demographic data. Drill down to the city or even neighborhood level. Identify markets and audiences in your community. Ideal for supporting small business and local economic development activities. Strong tool for businesses and non-profits alike.
Morningstar is a comprehensive tool that features financial information, reliable portfolio analysis, information about investment options, and up-to-date financial news and commentary.
Please note: this service allows one user at a time. Please log out when finished to allow the next customer to access Morningstar. If the service is being used, please try again later.
For remote users please choose:
Library: lyon township
Card #: 29093
A to Z databases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 240 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more! This service provided by MeL.
Find a career match, explore occupations, search for jobs & internships, and more.
Discover this portal of instantly scored licensing, certification, and aptitude practice tests, online career preparation, skill-building and vital information for a wide variety of occupations.
Over 500 online continuing education courses are now available with your LTPL library card!
- Video-based courses for patrons interested in professional or personal growth
- Learning on your own time, at your own pace
- Wide range of subjects, from personal finance to Yoga
- Expert instructors giving continual feedback
BookFlix® is a digital literacy resource that pairs more than 120 animated stories from Weston Woods with a best-selling nonfiction eBook from Scholastic on a similar subject. The fiction and nonfiction pairings are designed to strengthen early literacy skills while exposing young learners to real world concepts.
For Grades 3-4. Find information on countries, animals, and people. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
Pre K – 2nd grade. Play and read to learn letters, numbers, shapes, and more.
Grades 5-7. Find maps, photos, articles, and famous people and places. Compare countries and tour the U.S.A. For homework help and your curiosity.
The eBook K-8 Collection contains more than 13,000 titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools, and content aligns with Common Core Curriculum Standards (for participating U.S. states). The collection also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, ebooks, and images. Students can learn about animals, musicians, fitness, space exploration, and much more.
Web and mobile library media streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Your library card gets you 4 borrows per month.
Kanopy Watch over 30000 Documentaries, Classic and Indie Films. On Desktop, Mobile and Roku for Students, Professors & Library Patrons.
NoveList K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests.
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.
Mini-books, Worksheets, Printable Packs & Lessons That Make Learning Engaging & Fun. Teacher-Approved A+ Teaching Materials for Grades Pre-K to 6. Grades Pre-K To 6. Created By Teachers.
Grades 4 through 12. Skills improvement in math, writing and grammar, reading comprehension, social studies, and vocabulary and spelling through tests, eBooks, and tutorials. U.S. Constitution study and review, advanced math, and logic available for high school students. Create a free account to access tools to help you do well in school.
TumbleMath is the most comprehensive collection of math picture books you will find anywhere. All in the amazing TumbleBook format complete with animation and narration.
TumbleMath has the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere- all in our world famous TumbleBook format which combines animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages.
The books are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.
Grades PreK-3. Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world. Share their love of colors, numbers, and other fun things. Come inside for stories and pictures.
Simple navigation, easy to read articles, multi-media, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools and activities.
Dive into our huge international records database – just search a name to learn more about your ancestors. With exclusive content and accurate results we’ll help you uncover more than you ever imagined.
Simple navigation, easy to read articles, multi-media, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools and activities.
Birds of the World is a collaborative ornithological platform that brings together deep, scholarly content from several celebrated works of ornithology with millions of bird observations from eBird and multimedia from the Macaulay Library into a single platform where biologists and birders can explore comprehensive life history information on birds.
To access from home, use this link: https://login.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/login?qurl=https://birdsoftheworld.org%2f
Children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, ebooks, and images. Students can learn about animals, musicians, fitness, space exploration, and much more.
Mini-books, Worksheets, Printable Packs & Lessons That Make Learning Engaging & Fun. Teacher-Approved A+ Teaching Materials for Grades Pre-K to 6. Grades Pre-K To 6. Created By Teachers.
Grades 4 through 12. Skills improvement in math, writing and grammar, reading comprehension, social studies, and vocabulary and spelling through tests, eBooks, and tutorials. U.S. Constitution study and review, advanced math, and logic available for high school students. Create a free account to access tools to help you do well in school.
TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks and educator resources perfect for your middle school, high school, or public library. We offer a robust selection of Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content.
Simple navigation, easy to read articles, multi-media, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools and activities.
Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of do-it-yourself home improvement and repair projects.
Designed for academic institutions, this database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.
BookFlix® is a digital literacy resource that pairs more than 120 animated stories from Weston Woods with a best-selling nonfiction eBook from Scholastic on a similar subject. The fiction and nonfiction pairings are designed to strengthen early literacy skills while exposing young learners to real world concepts.
For Grades 3-4. Find information on countries, animals, and people. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
Pre K – 2nd grade. Play and read to learn letters, numbers, shapes, and more.
Grades 5-7. Find maps, photos, articles, and famous people and places. Compare countries and tour the U.S.A. For homework help and your curiosity.
The eBook K-8 Collection contains more than 13,000 titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools, and content aligns with Common Core Curriculum Standards (for participating U.S. states). The collection also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators.
Content that includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.
This leading full-text database offers extensive coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and affiliated areas of study. Offering full text and indexing for journals, books and monographs, it is an invaluable resource for students and scholars across all environmental disciplines.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Support the high school curriculum and students’ information literacy skills with high-quality content from popular and educational sources including full-text databases, e-books and digital magazines.
Support the middle school curriculum and students’ information literacy skills with high-quality content from popular and educational sources including full-text databases, e-books and digital magazines.
Children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, ebooks, and images. Students can learn about animals, musicians, fitness, space exploration, and much more.
Discover this portal of instantly scored licensing, certification, and aptitude practice tests, online career preparation, skill-building and vital information for a wide variety of occupations.
NoveList K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and essays. Topics include the poetic forms, movements, and techniques.
Mini-books, Worksheets, Printable Packs & Lessons That Make Learning Engaging & Fun. Teacher-Approved A+ Teaching Materials for Grades Pre-K to 6. Grades Pre-K To 6. Created By Teachers.
Grades 4 through 12. Skills improvement in math, writing and grammar, reading comprehension, social studies, and vocabulary and spelling through tests, eBooks, and tutorials. U.S. Constitution study and review, advanced math, and logic available for high school students. Create a free account to access tools to help you do well in school.
TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks and educator resources perfect for your middle school, high school, or public library. We offer a robust selection of Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content.
TumbleMath is the most comprehensive collection of math picture books you will find anywhere. All in the amazing TumbleBook format complete with animation and narration.
TumbleMath has the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere- all in our world famous TumbleBook format which combines animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages.
The books are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.
Over 500 online continuing education courses are now available with your LTPL library card!
- Video-based courses for patrons interested in professional or personal growth
- Learning on your own time, at your own pace
- Wide range of subjects, from personal finance to Yoga
- Expert instructors giving continual feedback
Grades PreK-3. Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world. Share their love of colors, numbers, and other fun things. Come inside for stories and pictures.
Simple navigation, easy to read articles, multi-media, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools and activities.
Web and mobile library media streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Your library card gets you 4 borrows per month.
Kanopy Watch over 30000 Documentaries, Classic and Indie Films. On Desktop, Mobile and Roku for Students, Professors & Library Patrons.
Borrow and read free ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your library using your phone or tablet.
TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks and educator resources perfect for your middle school, high school, or public library. We offer a robust selection of Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content.
Over 500 online continuing education courses are now available with your LTPL library card!
- Video-based courses for patrons interested in professional or personal growth
- Learning on your own time, at your own pace
- Wide range of subjects, from personal finance to Yoga
- Expert instructors giving continual feedback
Morningstar is a comprehensive tool that features financial information, reliable portfolio analysis, information about investment options, and up-to-date financial news and commentary.
Please note: this service allows one user at a time. Please log out when finished to allow the next customer to access Morningstar. If the service is being used, please try again later.
For remote users please choose:
Library: lyon township
Card #: 29093
American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is America’s founding genealogical organization and the most respected name in family history. Established in 1845, We are the nation’s leading comprehensive resource for family history research and the largest Society of its kind in the world.
ProQuest has partnered with Ancestry.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia and other areas of the world! This collection, with thousands of databases and billions of indexed names, is essential to having a broad genealogy collection, and its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest® Online. Access to this database is available on-site at the library.
Finding your British Isles ancestors can be difficult. With Findmypast, you get the complete British and Irish family history experience, to connect you with your ancestors and bring your story to life.
The Fold3 name comes from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold is made in honor and remembrance of veterans who served in defense of their country and to maintain peace throughout the world.
Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. With more than 60 premier historical titles, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ is the definitive newspaper digital archive empowering researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history.
From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to international, local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ reveals the day-to-day news coverage to researchers and historical explorers, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects.
Dive into our huge international records database – just search a name to learn more about your ancestors. With exclusive content and accurate results we’ll help you uncover more than you ever imagined.
Explore your family history and discover key historical events with NewspaperArchive.com, one of the world’s largest online newspaper archives.
Explore your family history and discover key historical events with NewspaperArchive.com, one of the world’s largest online newspaper archives.
The largest online newspaper archive, established in 2012. Used by millions for genealogy and family history, historical research, crime investigations, journalism, and entertainment. Search for obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, social pages, national and local news articles, sports, advertisements, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle pages, comics, and more. Everything you’d expect in the paper—and maybe something you didn’t!
The largest online newspaper archive, established in 2012. Used by millions for genealogy and family history, historical research, crime investigations, journalism, and entertainment. Search for obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, social pages, national and local news articles, sports, advertisements, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle pages, comics, and more. Everything you’d expect in the paper—and maybe something you didn’t!
Consumer Health Complete supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. With more than 60 premier historical titles, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ is the definitive newspaper digital archive empowering researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history.
From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to international, local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ reveals the day-to-day news coverage to researchers and historical explorers, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects.
Dive into our huge international records database – just search a name to learn more about your ancestors. With exclusive content and accurate results we’ll help you uncover more than you ever imagined.
Simple navigation, easy to read articles, multi-media, and a wealth of engaging games, interactive tools and activities.
Designed for academic institutions, this database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.
BookFlix® is a digital literacy resource that pairs more than 120 animated stories from Weston Woods with a best-selling nonfiction eBook from Scholastic on a similar subject. The fiction and nonfiction pairings are designed to strengthen early literacy skills while exposing young learners to real world concepts.
Browse and select academic e-book collections for academic libraries, containing high-quality titles from a broad range of subject and topic areas—ensuring that you’ll find the right academic e-book collection for any departmental need.
The Book Business Collection (EBSCO) contains more than 14,500 e-books covering all disciplines of business, including leadership and management, marketing, project management, business communication, finance and accounting, human resources, sales and selling, mergers and acquisitions, green business, strategic planning and more. This service provided by MeL.
EBSCO offers more than one million high-quality e-book titles and 100,000 audiobooks from more than 1,500 major
academic publishers and University Presses from around the world.
The eBook K-8 Collection contains more than 13,000 titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools, and content aligns with Common Core Curriculum Standards (for participating U.S. states). The collection also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators.
Content that includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Support the high school curriculum and students’ information literacy skills with high-quality content from popular and educational sources including full-text databases, e-books and digital magazines.
Support the middle school curriculum and students’ information literacy skills with high-quality content from popular and educational sources including full-text databases, e-books and digital magazines.
Children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, ebooks, and images. Students can learn about animals, musicians, fitness, space exploration, and much more.
Web and mobile library media streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Your library card gets you 4 borrows per month.
Borrow and read free ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your library using your phone or tablet.
Includes over 14,000 short stories and 54,000+ poems. Covers information on thousands of authors and their works. Topics include: plot summaries, literary criticism, book reviews, novels, and author interviews.
Use the database to find out about Michigan authors! You can look for non-fiction, poetry, mysteries, romance, children’s books, and much more.
NoveList K-8 Plus is a trusted source of read-alike recommendations specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and essays. Topics include the poetic forms, movements, and techniques.
TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks and educator resources perfect for your middle school, high school, or public library. We offer a robust selection of Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content.
Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. With more than 60 premier historical titles, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ is the definitive newspaper digital archive empowering researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history.
From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to international, local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ reveals the day-to-day news coverage to researchers and historical explorers, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects.
Grades 5-7. Find maps, photos, articles, and famous people and places. Compare countries and tour the U.S.A. For homework help and your curiosity.
Content that includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Support the high school curriculum and students’ information literacy skills with high-quality content from popular and educational sources including full-text databases, e-books and digital magazines.
Support the middle school curriculum and students’ information literacy skills with high-quality content from popular and educational sources including full-text databases, e-books and digital magazines.
Web and mobile library media streaming platform for audio books, comics, e-books, movies, music, and TV. Your library card gets you 4 borrows per month.
Discover this portal of instantly scored licensing, certification, and aptitude practice tests, online career preparation, skill-building and vital information for a wide variety of occupations.
Hundreds of thousands of poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and essays. Topics include the poetic forms, movements, and techniques.
TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks and educator resources perfect for your middle school, high school, or public library. We offer a robust selection of Graphic Novels, Enhanced Novels, eBooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources, and audiobooks. The collection is available online around the clock. No downloads, no waiting! If you can access the internet, you can be reading, watching, or listening to fantastic content.
Over 500 online continuing education courses are now available with your LTPL library card!
- Video-based courses for patrons interested in professional or personal growth
- Learning on your own time, at your own pace
- Wide range of subjects, from personal finance to Yoga
- Expert instructors giving continual feedback