Information and Research
Get an inside look at the daily life, history, culture and customs of the world’s people. Includes information on more than 200 countries, every U.S. state and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
A comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full-text biographies.
Contains unmatched full-text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics and more.
Military and Government Collection
Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
Contains nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming and software.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
An essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
HistoryLink.org is an evolving online encyclopedia of Washington state and local history.
Chronicling America:
Historical American Newspapers
Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory.
Public library in Port Townsend and part of the CLEO consortium.
Maritime library in Port Townsend and part of the CLEO consortium.
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress.
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, and more for 267 world entities.
Open Library is an online project intended to create “one web page for every book ever published”.
Washington State Digital Archives
The Washington State Digital Archives delivers broad public access to both digitized and born digital records of state and local government.
Wolfram Alpha is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced data.
Find what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.