Digital Research Platforms

ancestry.com offers free access to billions of genealogy records (only available inside the library).
Digital Public Library of America offers millions of images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States. Discover eBooks, online exhibitions, primary source sets, and more. Ideal for student, genealogical, and scholarly research, and lifelong learning.
Gale Reference Databases provides access to a number of reference databases including full-text scholarly content, a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research, a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines, U.S. and World History in context, and contextual information on the world’s most influential people.
Enjoy unlimited New York Times articles from home via 72 hour sign ons or just use the Wi-Fi at the library 24/7 to read on your device.
Small Business Resource Center is a comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more.
Washington Rural Heritage is a community memory initiative headquartered at the Washington State Library. The project brings together unique local history materials from libraries, museums, and private collections of citizens across Washington State.