{"id":5103,"date":"2025-06-10T08:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:54:52","slug":"maximize-your-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/maximize-your-public-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveraging Resources for Students and Alumni at Fulton County Public Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-2.39.27\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5112 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-2.39.27\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"Fulton County library system logo\" width=\"372\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-2.39.27\u202fPM.png 494w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-2.39.27\u202fPM-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a>Fulton County Library System (FCLS) licenses a variety of databases that are valuable for both current students and alumni! Emory students, faculty and staff are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulcolibrary.org\/library-services\/library-cards-and-circulation-information\/\">eligible for a FCLS library card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Databases that compliment Emory&#8217;s resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>eBooks &amp; Audiobooks\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fulcolibrary.overdrive.com\/\">Overdrive &amp; Libby App<\/a> &#8211; large collection of fiction and nonfiction titles<\/p>\n<p><em>Self-paced Learning<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileo.usg.edu\/express?link=test-afpl\">Peterson&#8217;s Test Prep<\/a> &#8211; includes full length practice tests for GRE, LSAT, MCAT and others<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/atlantafultonga.universalclass.com\/register.htm\">Universal Class<\/a> &#8211; this includes over 500 self-paced learning. Search for python, entrepreneurship, and more. You may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalclass.com\/\">search class content<\/a> without registering<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileo.usg.edu\/express?link=ango&amp;inst=afpl\">Mango Languages<\/a> &#8211; learn dozens of languages with games, quizzes and lessons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mutual Funds<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileo.usg.edu\/express?link=morb-afpl\">Morningstar<\/a> &#8211; financial information and ratings on thousands of mutual funds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Examples of databases you may have used at Emory that are also <\/span>available<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\"><strong> through Fulton County:\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>News &amp; Journals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/user\/librarycard\/AtlantaFulton?destination=browse-multi%3Fp%3DNewsBank%26t%3Dfavorite%253AAJCGAJCW%2521Atlanta%2520Journal%2520Constitution%2520Collection\">AJC<\/a> &#8211; Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulcolibrary.org\/resource\/new-york-times-online-outside-library-link\/\">NYTimes \u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileo.usg.edu\/express?link=jstd-afpl\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">JSTOR<\/span><\/a> &#8211; academic journals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulcolibrary.org\/resource\/proquest-global-newspapers\/\">Proquest<\/a> &#8211; newspapers and trade journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Company Research\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileo.usg.edu\/express?link=refg-afpl\">Data Axle<\/a> &#8211; an alternative to AtoZdatabases, look up US public and private companies and build target lists<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guidestar.org\/ipl\">Guidestar<\/a> &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fconline.foundationcenter.org\/ipl.php\">Foundation Directory<\/a> by Candid &#8211; covers foundations, nonprofits and grant makers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galileo.usg.edu\/express?link=valr-afpl\">ValueLine<\/a> &#8211; US public company financial, stock, history, and competitor information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulcolibrary.org\/digital-library\/\">Learn more about Fulton County&#8217;s library resources\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulton County Library System (FCLS) licenses a variety of databases that are valuable for both current students and alumni! 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Databases that compliment Emory&#8217;s resources: eBooks &amp; Audiobooks\u00a0 Overdrive &amp; Libby App &#8211; large collection of fiction and nonfiction titles Self-paced Learning Peterson&#8217;s Test <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/maximize-your-public-library\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1456,"featured_media":5112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","category-resources-research-tips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-2.39.27\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5375,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions\/5375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}