Consumer, News & Other Online Resources

Our library provides free access to ConsumerReports.org, a buying advice tool that will ensure you get the best deal or product. You can use it to find the most up-to-date, reliable ratings and reviews for thousands of products and help you make the most of your time and money. You can also access money-saving advice and tips, buying guides, videos and more.

Access to the current and back issues of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is provided through NewsBank. The archive includes full-text articles from the 1980s to present, and full-page images from January 23, 2020 to present.

Stay current with national news, events, and people with The USA Today Collection from NewsBank. Search current and archived issues with full-color pages, full-text articles and content only published online. The archive goes back to 1987.

With NewsBank’s America’s News,you have access to thousands of newspapers and news magazines nation-wide, including hundreds of Missouri papers and dozens of major newspapers. 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.

NewsBank’s Life in America Collection allows users to examine America’s past and present through a wider, more diverse lens. These fully searchable digital resources reveal the full depth of United States history through the experiences, contributions, values, beliefs, and perspectives of American ethnicities and cultures.

• Black Life in America provides a broad understanding of the significant impact of African Americans on history, society, and culture. This powerful digital resource features content from more than 19,000 global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
• Hispanic Life in America allows users to examine the impact and influence of Spanish-speaking Americans from earliest days of the colonial era through modern times. This unmatched collection, sourced from more than 17,000 global news sources, includes more than 700 Spanish-language or bilingual
  publications.
• Asian Life in America explores the many ways people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage have helped to shape America. With content from 19,000 diverse global sources and perspectives, this comprehensive resource provides broad coverage of the experiences and contributions of Asian Americans from the early 18th century to the present day.
• Indigenous Life in America offers an expansive window into Indigenous history, allowing users to examine coverage from all time periods, regions, and locations relevant to Native life. With over 17,500 content sources, the collection is the largest and most comprehensive digital news archive ever assembled covering Indigenous life.
• Immigrant Life in America explores the experience of millions as they chose to make America their new homeland. With content from more than 17,500 national and global publications, it covers immigrant-related news from the early 18th century to the present day.
• LGBTQ+ Life in America provides insight into how LGBTQ+ communities have shaped—and been shaped by—society, politics, and culture over the last three centuries. Drawing from more than 16,000 news sources, the collection offers comprehensive coverage of the LGBTQ+ experience in America.

Reference Solutions provides business and residential information for small business owners, entrepreneurs and job seekers.

Value Line provides investment research on companies, industries, markets, and economies.

HeritageQuest Online has genealogical search site including U.S. census, family histories, and local histories among other resources.

LearningExpress Library enables you to take practice tests for many standard college and professional exams. It also includes tutorials for basic computer use and various software packages, including Amazon Web Services.

Ancestry Library Edition provides access to over 30,000 collections containing 11 billion individual records.  Some features of Ancestry.com, such as user-created family trees, are not available.

Our Newspapers.com account provides searchable scans of old Webster Groves newspapers including the Webster Times, Webster Groves Times, Webster News-Times, and Webster Advertiser.