Access the Online Catalog with the EOLS App

Search the catalog, reserve items, see upcoming events, and more, with the EOLS Library App, for IOS and Android.

Ancestry Library Edition

With 7 billion genealogical records from across the globe and millions of family trees, this is the world’s largest online family history resource. Available Only Within the Library. (Need assistance? Visit the Genealogy Department.)

APS Public Access Program

PRL is the world’s premier physics letter journal and APS’s flagship publication. Since 1958 it has contributed to APS’s mission to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics by publishing seminal research by Nobel Prize winners and other distinguished researchers in all fields of physics. APS has graciously allowed the Eastern Oklahoma Library System to offer access to these publications at any of our 15 library branches. Available Only Within the Library.

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (BIPNA) covers all aspects of Indigenous culture, history, and life in North America.

BlueCareer - for Job Seekers

Prepare for professional certification and boost earning potential through video training. Explore 600+ fully accredited trade schools, searchable by location and/or trade. Research hundreds of scholarship opportunities. Connect with thousands of employers across North America. No resume required!

Brainfuse HelpNow

Homework help from a live instructor—kindergarten through college. SkillSurfer—for all ages includes ACT and SAT test prep, ASVAB test prep, ELL, and Parent’s Corner (el rincón de los padres), US citizen test prep, GED test prep, and resume writing.

Brainfuse JobNow

Brainfuse JobNow offers help with resume templates, including live resume experts, live interview coaching, unemployment enrollment assistance, and career assessments.

Brainfuse VetNow

Brainfuse VetNow offers live help to navigate VA benefits and resources, live job coaching, resume assistance, tutoring, and much more.

Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers

Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Consumer Health Complete

Full text journals, magazines, and books dealing with health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition. Includes complementary and holistic medicines. Click here to view a tutorial.

Credo Reference

Quick reference encyclopedias and dictionaries: art, biographies, business, geography, grammar, history, legal, medical, music, psychology, quotes, religion and science.

Dawes Rolls Online

Search the Dawes Rolls to trace your ancestry to one of the Five Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole.

Digital Toolkit for Employers

The digital toolkit for employers features our many services for businesses, including a searchable database of campus-based employer services, a directory of business support services by institution, workforce projection data for Oklahoma’s critical occupations and materials you can share in the workplace. It also offers a variety of programs and services for your employees, such as access to micro-credential programs, degree completion programs that lead to employment in key fields, and options to determine how prior college credit, licenses, certifications, military service, and other learning experiences can be applied toward a college degree.

DigitalLearn

If you are new to computers, haven’t used them for a while, are a little unsure and uncomfortable, or just need a bit of a refresher, DigitalLearn has the tools to help you tackle technology at your own pace and gain the confidence you need to succeed.

EBSCO Academic Elite

Search the entire EBSCO collection of full text scholarly magazines and journals, covering nearly every area of academic study including: technology, education, engineering, physics, chemistry, language, arts and literature, psychology, religion and more.

EBSCO eBook Collection

Search, browse, and read the complete text of thousands of free eBooks, including children’s books, adult fiction, non-fiction, and much more.

Education Resource Information Center (ERIC)

ERIC, the Education Resource 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.

Espanol Bases de datos

Bases de datos – Si desea buscar en una sola base de datos, haga clic en el nombre que aparece abajo. Para buscar en más de una base de datos a la vez, marque las casillas correspondientes y haga clic en Continuar.

Explora Elementary Student Research

Designed for elementary school students and contains comprehensive abstracts and searchable full text for popular nonfiction books. The database includes full-text entries on core subject areas, including careers, health, technology, science, history, civics and more.

Explora High School Research

Designed for high school students and contains comprehensive abstracts and searchable full text for popular nonfiction books. The database includes full-text entries on core subject areas, including careers, health, technology, science, history, civics and more.

Explora Middle School Student Research

Designed for middle school students and contains comprehensive abstracts and searchable full text for popular nonfiction books. The database includes full-text entries on core subject areas, including careers, health, technology, science, history, civics and more.

FamilySearch

FamilySearch Affiliate Library: The Muskogee Public Library is an affiliate to the FamilySearch Library.  You are able to access 40% more (400 million) images in our library than you can working from home. Additional Records Available Only Within the Library. (Need assistance? Visit the Genealogy Department.)

fold3

Access historical military records, including stories, photos, and personal documents, using fold3 for free with your library card. At home?  Log in with your library card number here.

Fort Gibson Times

Searchable archives of Fort Gibson Times from 2009 to 2014, when the newspaper was discontinued by its parent company, the Muskogee Phoenix. Library Card Required.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia has over 25,000 easy-to-read encyclopedia articles for children covering an array of topics.

GreenFILE

GreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Grove Sun

Searchable archives of The Grove Sun from 2008 to present. The Grove Sun is a bi-weekly newspaper, publishing on Tuesdays and Fridays. Library Card Required.

Grow With Google

Free training, tools, and resources to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Choose “Sign up with your organization” at the bottom of the window to create your free account, and use Eastern Oklahoma Library System as your organization.

Guide to the U.S. Government

Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government, a service of the Government Publishing Office (GPO), is designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government.

Health Source - Consumer Edition

This full-text database covers a wide variety of subjects, including information on specific diseases as well as overall health topics. Additionally, with Health Source: Consumer Edition, users have access to current health pamphlets and Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary.

Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition

Full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.

Heritage Quest

Revolutionary War, Civil War, and US Congressional Serial Set, US Census reports, birth, death, and marriage records.

HistoryGeo.com

Covers 21 states and over 9 million records, including original landowners, antique maps and atlases. Available Only Within the Library. (Need assistance? Visit the Genealogy Department.)

Hobbies & Crafts Source

EBSCO’s Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center features everything from painting to collecting to performing arts.

Home Improvement Source

Click here to learn how the Home Improvement Reference Center provides users with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.

Hoopla

Hoopla is the digital library app, with more than 1,000,000 titles—from best-selling novels and blockbuster movies to hard-to find content, hoopla has something for everyone. Read, listen, and watch without ads, for free with your Library card.

How to use EBSCO Education Resources

Centralized resources include Explora, History Reference Center, Literary Reference Center, Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, Points of View Reference Center, and Science Reference Center. Tutorials included for Curriculum Builder: LMS, site tools, and more.

Informaccion Legal para Oklahoma

Temas Incluidos en el folleto: Bancarrota, Divorcio, Tutela, Tribunal Testamentario, Opciones de Resolución, Tribunal de Reclamos Menores, Protección de Víctimas, Testamentos y Fideicomisos, Bibliotecas Legales.

Khan Academy

Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. It’s all free for learners and teachers.

LearningExpress

Provides tutorials, and ebooks to help students (K-12) improve basic skills in math, reading, writing and science. Also, there are practice tests to help prepare for taking the GED, SAT, ACT and more.

Legal Aid Self Help Forms

Self-Help Forms from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma & other sources If you are low-income or are a Senior, 60 or older, you can call Legal Aid at  888-534-5243. Phones are answered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon & 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Legal Information for Oklahoma

Topics In Booklet Include: Bankruptcy, Divorce, Guardianship, Probate Court, Resolution Options, Small Claims Court, Victim Protection, Wills And Trusts, Law Libraries.

Legal Information Source

Contains full-text legal reference books from Nolo, and thousands of legal forms, including business, family affairs, divorce, immigration, property, rights and disputes, and estate planning.

Legal Resources for Library Patrons

Each resource provided comes with a brief explanation. Library staff can help recommend resources but can not do the work for you or provide legal advice. Programs with professionals who can provide legal advice have also been included should you find a need for their services.

Libby App

Libby has the latest issues of more than 4,000 magazines are available, including The New Yorker, Readers Digest, US Weekly, Hello!, Woman’s World, Good Housekeeping, Star Magazine, National Geographic, Woman’s Weekly, The Enquirer, and Newsweek. Library card required.

Library Edition ABC Mouse

100% educational, with more than 8,000 activities (books, games, songs, etc.) across all subject areas—reading, math, science, art, and music for ages 2-8+. Available Only Within the Library. 

Mango Languages

Learn a new language by listening to native speakers and engaging in interactive lessons. Choose from over 60 languages, including Cherokee, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian, and English. Library Card Required.

MasterFILE by EBSCO

Search thousands of journals, reference books, and images on business, health, education, general science, and social science topics.

Medline

The Premier Index for Biomedical Literature. MEDLINE contains journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from around the world.

Mobile Printing

Print emails, documents, photos, boarding passes, web pages, and more at EOLS.  Print directly from a library computer or use your smartphone, tablet, home computer, or laptop to send a mobile print request. Price List

Muskogee Phoenix

Searchable archives of Muskogee Phoenix and Times-Democrat from 2004 to present. Library Card Required.

MyFreeTaxes

United Way provides MyFreeTaxes in partnership with the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to help filers prepare their tax returns on their own or have their return prepared for them for free.

NewsBank

This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring a specific event or wide variety of topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Library Card Required.

NewspaperArchive

A collection of digitized newspapers from Oklahoma, the United States, and countries around the world, dating from 1607 to the present. At home? Log in here with your library card number and create your free account.

Novelist Plus

Not sure what the next book in the series is? Looking for more like a book you loved? Search thousands of titles, and retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, discussion guides, and more.

Oklahoma Career Guide

An easy online tool available for all Oklahomans to explore and guide their future—you can take assessments, identify occupations, establish education plans and, ultimately, connect to employers.

Oklahoma Digital Prairie

More than 100 years of history, including documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps, high school yearbooks up to the 90s, and audio/visual content.

Oklahoma Law for People

Learn about legal guardianships and guardians ad litem, plus information and a guidebook to assist you or a loved one through the process of guardianship. Submit your legal questions and a volunteer lawyer will respond at no cost. Questions regarding criminal law are not answered. Income-based qualifications apply.

Oklahoma Online Voter Registration

This wizard allows you to process online voter registration or produce a filled out Oklahoma Voter Registration form that you can then sign and mail to your local County Election board.

Oklahoma Practice Driving Tests

Practice the questions for the OK DMV written test that are taken from the Oklahoma Driver’s Manual. You will be asked questions about Oklahoma traffic laws, road rules, road signs and safe driving practices. Now includes practice tests for motorcycle and CDL licenses.

OLT - OnLine Taxes

Free state and federal tax prep and filing assistance for qualified individuals from an authorized IRS e-file partner, secured by Verisign®, certified by the Better Business Bureau’s OnLine Privacy Program®. Your library card number is the same as the “site identification number (SIDN).”

Poetry and Short Story Reference Source

Rich collection of classic and contemporary poems and short stories, critical analyses, biographies, and audio recordings. Click here to learn more about the Poetry & Short Story Reference Center.

Professional Development Collection

This is a highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians, and education researchers.

ProQuest Black Freedom Struggle in the United States

Website offers historical articles, pamphlets, diaries, and correspondence from time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

Read It! ELL Reference Center

The ELL Reference Center includes 1,000 articles, written especially for English language learners. The ELL Reference Center also includes information on life skills you need to know when you live in the United States. They can also help you to read street signs, how to use maps, and how to get a driver’s license.

School Resources

Centralized resources include Explora, History Reference Center, Literary Reference Center, Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, Points of View Reference Center, and Science Reference Center. Tutorials included for Curriculum Builder: LMS, site tools, and more.

Small Business Source

Magazines and reference books on all aspects of managing a business, including creating business plans, full text to many top consumer small business reference books, and tools to address many small business topics.

Tahlequah Daily Press

Searchable archives of the Tahlequah Daily Press from 2005 to present. Library Card Required.

Teacher Resources

This interface searches databases that support the research needs of educators. The databases include ERIC, Professional Development Collection, Academic Search Elite, Curriculum Standards, and more.

The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Oklahoma Historical Society has created a video full of tips and tricks to search for photographs, newspapers, maps, documents, books, and other resources on The Gateway. You can view the video here.

The Oklahoman Historical Archive and Current Collection

Research Oklahoma City history through The Oklahoman Collection from 1901 through current, including full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Library Card Required.

Tribal Treaties Database—Oklahoma State University

The Tribal Treaties Database provides an easy-to-use portal to access treaties, agreements, and other historical documents that have shaped relationships between tribal nations and the United States.

Tulsa World

Searchable archives of the Tulsa World newspaper from 1989 to present. Use it to explore a specific event or a wide variety of topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Library Card Required.

UniversalClass

UniversalClass brings libraries lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs).

Voices of Oklahoma

Dedicated to the preservation of the oral history of Oklahoma, voices and stories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens are captured forever in their own words in these far-ranging interviews.

Voter Information

Visit the Oklahoma State Election Board to access voter registration online, upcoming elections, and election results.

WorldCat

Connect to the collections of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. See what books from around the nation you can have sent to your library with our Interlibrary Loan Program!