DIY and Leisure

Databases

gale culinary arts
gale gardening

Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts offers a smorgasbord of information—more than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.

Gale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture serves horticultural enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles from Delmar, including Handbook of Flowers; Foliage and Creative Design; Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects; and more. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.

gale home improvement
gale hospitality

The Gale OneFile: Home Improvement puts the research of hobbyists and professionals alike on a solid foundation with more than 4.5 million articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles, covering topics including architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and others. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.

Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. The database offers current and relevant content that provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries. The curious traveler will also find a wealth of information, from contents on state parks and information on planning a vacation to full-text travel guides from Fodor's.

Cooking Websites

Allrecipes.com
Allrecipes has recipes, cooking tips, and how-to food videos—all rated and reviewed by millions of home cooks.

Start Cooking
Startcooking.com is all about learning the absolute basics of cooking, with short cooking videos and step-by-step photo tutorials.

Fitness Websites

Couch to 5k
Resources for the beginning runner.

Fitness Blender
Hundreds of full-length workout videos by a husband and wife team.

Hobbies and Crafts Websites

Instructables
Explore, document and share creations.

Knitty
Learn to knit, learn a new knitting technique, find a new free patter and read book reviews.

Knitter’s Review
Knitter’s Review is a free weekly online knitting magazine dedicated to yarn, from source to skein.

Home and Garden Websites

The National Gardening Association
Information and inspiration on gardening with answers to questions about lawns, landscapes, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs and flowers, organic gardens and more.

This Old House
Expert advice on home improvement, remodeling, gardening and decorating.