Civil Rights & Equity

                                                                      Civil Rights & Equity

 
AARP Foundation

AARP Foundation, the charitable affiliate of AARP, provides resources so older adults living with low income can secure jobs, get benefits and refunds, and stay connected to their communities. Our programs and services are available to AARP members and nonmembers alike. (Website, library card not required.)

Academic OneFile

Peer-reviewed articles covering all academic disciplines including physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. (Library card required.)

Answerland Chat with a librarian! Oregon’s online reference service – a place to find answers to questions and receive research guidance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Website, library card not required.)
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. Features primary source documents. Find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence & more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced. (Website, library card not required.)
Books and Authors Reader’s advisory tool that includes plot summaries, reading recommendations for similar titles, and searchable information on genre, characters, subjects, and time period. (Library card required.)
¡Chatear con bibliotecarios! ¡Chatear con bibliotecarios! Answerland es el servicio de referencia en línea de Oregon en cual los bibliotecarios ayudan a los residentes de Oregon a encontrar respuestas a preguntas y aconsejan sobre el proceso de investigar durante las 24 horas del día, a los 7 días de la semana.  (Sito web, tarjeta de biblioteca no es requerido.)
Chinook Indian Nation Official webpage of the Chinook Indian Nation which is made up of the five western-most Chinookan speaking tribes at the mouth of the Columbia River. (Website, library card not required.)
Civil Rights Digital Library A GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries that collaborates with Georgia's Libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions of education and culture to provide access to key resources. (Website, library card not required.)
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon includes over 30 tribes and bands from western Oregon, northern California, and southwest Washington. (Website, library card not required.)
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians The Confederated Tribes of Siletz is a federally recognized confederation of over 30 bands, originating from Northern California to Southern Washington. (Website, library card not required.)
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Official webpage of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. (Website, library card not required.)
Digital Public Library of America Discover 47,753,149 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. (Website, library card not required.)
Digital Transgender Archive

The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world. Based in Boston, Massachusetts at Northeastern University, the DTA is an international collaboration among more than sixty colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and private collections. By digitally localizing a wide range of trans-related materials, the DTA expands access to trans history for academics and independent researchers alike in order to foster education and dialog concerning trans history.

The DTA uses the term transgender to refer to a broad and inclusive range of non-normative gender practices. We treat transgender as a practice rather than an identity category in order to bring together a trans-historical and trans-cultural collection of materials related to trans-ing gender. We collect materials from anywhere in the world with a focus on materials created before the year 2000. (Website, library card not required.)

Educator’s Reference Complete Articles and reference material covering education, child development, best practices and more. (Library card required.)
Elementary Appropriate content for elementary school students presented in an age appropriate interface. (Formerly Kids Infobits) (Library card required.)
Freegal

Stream from a music library of over 16 million songs accross more than 50 music labels. Also, download 5 songs per week to keep. (Library card required.)

Gale Ebooks Gale Ebooks offers encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research in eBook format. (Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) (Library card required.)
General OneFile Magazine, journal, and news articles covering a full range of academic and general-interest topics. (Library card required.)
Health and Medicine Peer reviewed health and medical articles and reference material. (Library card required.)
Health and Wellness

Consumer health-focused magazines, reference, video, and more. (Library card required.)

Historic Oregon Newspapers Digitized Oregon newspapers from 1846 -2021 from the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program at the University of Oregon Libraries. (Website, library card not required.)
Informe Académico Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos. (Full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America). (Library card required.)
Internet Archive

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. (Website, library card not required.)

LegalTrac Covers U.S. cases, laws, regulations and legal practice, plus international law. (Library card required.)
Libby (Library2Go) The Libby app was built for public library readers to enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their library. (Library card required.)
LitFinder Provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. (Library card required.)
MedlinePlus MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (Website, library card not required.)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Perform research on people, places, events and other topics of interest. (Website, library card not required.)
National Congress of American Indians The National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities. (Website, library card not required.)
National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics. It also supports, promotes, and provides access to health information in communities across the United States. (Website, library card not required.)
Native Land Digital Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our maps. (Website, library card not required.)
NAYA Family Center

Native American Youth and Family Center

Serving self-identified Native Americans, infant to Elder, from across the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. (Website, library card not required.)

News

Full-text news articles from U.S. and international news sources. (Library card required.)

Northwest Digital Heritage A regional partnership that enhances access and discoverability to local history collections throughout Oregon and Washington via the Digital Public Library of America. (Website, library card not required.)
Opposing Viewpoints Continuously updated information and opinions covering today’s most debated political and social issues. (Library card required.)
Oregon Blue Book: almanac and fact book The Oregon Blue Book is the state's official almanac and fact book. Published since 1911, it is produced by the Oregon State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State's Office. It contains listings and​ descriptions of government agencies and educational institutions. It also features an almanac, maps, facts about Oregon history and elections, as well as information on the arts, media, and other cultural institutions in Oregon. (Website, library card not required.)
Oregon Encyclopedia Explore Oregon's history and culture — from Athapaskan Indians to Zigzag Ranger Station. (Website, library card not required.)
Palace Bookshelf A collection of more than 15,000 open access ebooks that are available for free download. (Website, library card not required.)
Power Search Instantly access periodical and reference content in multiple Gale resources from a single starting point while also cross-searching eBooks in the Gale Virtual Reference Library. (Library card required.)
PrinterOn

Print virtually any document or web page from your Internet connected PC to one of our Library printers. (Website, library card not required.)

Sanborn Digital Maps The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist provides a searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company.
NOTE: The online presentation includes entries from all 50 United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba sugar warehouses, and U.S. whiskey warehouses. Geographic locations may have changed due to boundary moves of counties or cities becoming independent or merging into other cities. (Website, library card not required.)
U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. (Website, library card not required.)
U.S. History

Provides contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. (Library card required.)