Category: Research FAQs
Q: Can I find an obituary?
A: If you live in the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District taxing district, and are looking for an obituary, you can look in a database named "America's Obituaries and Death Notices." You'll need your library card number and PIN handy for that. You can search for newspaper obituaries for many locations in the United States.Most newspapers only have obituaries on-line for the past few years. If you need an obituary from an earlier date, you'll need to search the newspaper archives. These are generally available on microfilm. The Newspapers List shows the libraries that have Las Vegas newspaper archives and microfilm projectors. If you need an obituary from outside the Las Vegas area, that isn't available from "America's Obituaries and Death Notices", you can request that through Interlibrary Loan.
If you are not in the Las Vegas area, the Las Vegas Review Journal archives their obituaries on-line back to June 2003. If you need an earlier obituary from Las Vegas, please contact your own library, and request that information through Interlibrary Loan.
Category: Research FAQs
Q: How do I use the databases?
A: You can use the databases many ways.
The easiest way is just click on "Library Catalog", on the left side of the LVCCLD home page. If you only use the search box, you'll only search the library catalog. If you click on one or more of the subject boxes below that, you'll also search some of the Library District's databases.
You can also search the databases from Databases A-Z, on the left side of the library web page. From that page you can select one or more databases to search, and use the search box at the top of the page to search all you've selected at one time. You can also click directly on the name of an individual database, to go directly to that database.
When you search the databases with any method, the computer will ask for your library card number and PIN.
Category: Research FAQs
Q: What is a database?
A: A database is a collection of useful information. Databases can include encyclopedia articles, phone books, auto repair information, newspaper and magazine articles, entire books, biographies, maps, dictionaries, and much, much more. It's often easier to find information in a database than in the library, because databases are "searchable."
The Library District has a large number of databases that you can use, with your library card number, and PIN. You can click on "description" next to each title, to learn more about that database, or click right on the title to go to that database.
You don't even need to know what database to choose. You can search databases by subject, fast and easy. Go to the top of the Databases A-Z page, and type in your subject. Then, click on a general subject, from the list below the search box. Then click Go. The computer will search through many databases on that topic, and give you all the results. Then just choose the articles that are most interesting.
Category: Research FAQs
Q: Where can I find a list of magazines and newspapers that the library has?
A: Libraries call magazines and newspapers "serials." The Library District's Serials List search page lets you search for a magazine or newspaper by title, library branch, or subject.
Category: Research FAQs
Q: Where can I find really old newspaper articles?
A: Several libraries have old newspapers on microfilm. You can see a list of the library branches that have microfilm archives.
You can also find old newspapers on-line, in the Library District's databases. Here are some newspaper archives you can use on-line, with your library card number and PIN:
Las Vegas Review Journal (12/2/1990 - current)
Los Angeles Times (1881-1985)
New York Times (1851 - 2003)
Las Vegas Age (1905 to 1924)
America's Newspapers (Newsbank) - various locations and dates
Access World News (Newsbank) - various locations and dates
Newspaper Source - various locations and dates
If you have additional questions, please email them to ask@lvccld.org.
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