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Career & Continuing Education

OnlineColleges.net was started in 2009 as a response to the global surge in online education. As the demand for our resources grew, they began creating more original content and funding proprietary research. In early 2016, they relaunched as the Center for Online Education to better reflect the breadth of knowledge and information on our site.

Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams that will help people improve their scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams, including the PSAT, SAT, GED replacement, TASC, test, and other exams. 

The Nevada CareerExplorer site is powered by Headed2, a secure web-based platform designed to help you explore, plan, and prepare for a career you’ll love.

Nevada JobConnect oversees and provides workforce development services to employers and job seekers of Nevada.

Government and Legal

The IRS mission is to provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and to enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all. Access tax forms and instructions on the IRS website.

The Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) is the codified, administrative regulations of the Executive Branch.  These are the changes to that code.  Nevada Supreme Court Library is striving to provide online access to the changes.  

Nevada JobConnect oversees and provides workforce development services to employers and job seekers of Nevada.

This website is brought to you by the Nevada Supreme Court. You will find free forms and information for people representing themselves in the Nevada courts. The sections will help you get familiar with courts, court forms, and the law and procedures that might apply to your case.

The legislative process is the heart of Nevada government. This site offers an overview of the Nevada Legislature, including the state's legislators and legislative committees for the Regular Sessions, as well as legislative structure and process. It also presents general facts about the State of Nevada and its history.

The LCB Research Library collects and organizes materials for research on Nevada legislative issues. While primarily serving the legislative branch, the Library is open to the public.

Local History

The Humboldt County Library Oral History Program currently has 57 oral histories. They are available for patrons to check out at the library and online through the CLAN system. The oral histories offer a wealth of information for patrons with first hand accounts of significant periods of history.

Discover Humboldt County's Historical Legacy!  J.P. Marden's historical articles were researched through microfilm of Humboldt County Newspapers dating back to the 1800's. These articles cover exciting and interesting history including Chinatown, robberies, mines, railroad, fires and more.  The original newspaper and date is noted at the bottom of each article.

The Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) is the codified, administrative regulations of the Executive Branch.  These are the changes to that code.  Nevada Supreme Court Library is striving to provide online access to the changes.  

The Sanborn map collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the present and depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

A historical archive of publications from 1860-2019. Includes Lovelock Review Miner, Lovelock Tribune, Review Miner, The Daily Humboldt Register, The Argus, The Seven Troughs Miner, The Rochester Miner, The Rochester Journal, and more. 

Most of the oral histories in the archive were recorded by the University of Nevada Oral History Program from 1964-2013. Oral histories from other sources are part of the digital archive, including several relating to the Stewart Indian School, Reno's Midtown, and Fourth Street/Prater Way. Audio files for many of the oral histories are available from Special Collections upon request.

Periodicals

This collection contains fully searchable newspapers dating from January 2, 1883 through December 30, 1900.

This collection contains a limited number of newspapers published in 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919.

Nevada’s oldest academic publication; first published in 1957.

A historical archive of publications from 1860-2019. Includes Lovelock Review Miner, Lovelock Tribune, Review Miner, The Daily Humboldt Register, The Argus, The Seven Troughs Miner, The Rochester Miner, The Rochester Journal, and more. 

This collection contains fully searchable newspapers from May 23, 1863 to December 31, 1887.

This collection contains fully searchable newspapers dating from January 2, 1885 through December 28, 1901.

Lovelock tribune: (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912

This collection has one year of newspapers dating from January 4, 1893 through December 30, 1893.

Virginia Evening Bulletin - Virginia City, Nevada published 1863-1864.  Collection contains July 06, 1863 through May 16, 1864.

Virginia Evening Chronicle: Virginia City Nevada 1872-1927. Alternative title is Virginia Chronicle.

This collection contains fully searchable newspapers from January 1, 1881 through December 12, 1906.  The collection also includes special Christmas editions containing a vast amount of historical information.

Research & Reference

Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams that will help people improve their scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams, including the PSAT, SAT, GED replacement, TASC, test, and other exams. 

The Sanborn map collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the present and depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

A historical archive of publications from 1860-2019. Includes Lovelock Review Miner, Lovelock Tribune, Review Miner, The Daily Humboldt Register, The Argus, The Seven Troughs Miner, The Rochester Miner, The Rochester Journal, and more. 

Comprehensive access to encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, animations, maps and more.

eBooks and eAudiobooks

OverDrive is a service offered by your library that lets you borrow digital content (like ebooks and audiobooks) anytime, anywhere.