The WiLS Cooperative Purchasing team has tallied the most-purchased databases of 2021!
See below for the top ten overall as well as bestsellers by library type for Academic, K12, Public, and Special libraries.
Overall
| Vendor Name | Database Name |
| ProQuest | CultureGrams |
| ProQuest | SIRS Researcher |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints |
| Capstone | PebbleGo! Bundle |
| Scholastic | TrueFlix |
| Infobase Learning | Issues & Controversies |
| ProQuest | Ancestry Library Edition |
| Rosen | Teen Health & Wellness |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Middle School |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Global Issues |
Academic
| Vendor Name | Database Name |
| Chronicle | Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints |
| EBSCO | Academic eBook Subscription Collection |
| Oxford | Oxford English Dictionary |
| EBSCO | PsycArticles (EBSCO) |
| Center for Research Libraries | New York Times Site License (CRL) |
| EBSCO | MLA (EBSCO) |
| LexisNexis | Nexis Uni |
| NAXOS | Music Library |
| EBSCO | Cinahl Index with Full Text |
| EBSCO | Cinahl PLUS with Full Text |
| EBSCO | PsycInfo (EBSCO) |
K12
| Vendor Name | Database Name |
| ProQuest | CultureGrams |
| ProQuest | SIRS Researcher |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints |
| Capstone | PebbleGo! Bundle |
| Scholastic | TrueFlix |
| Rosen | Teen Health & Wellness |
| Infobase Learning | Issues & Controversies |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Middle School |
| Gale | Gale in Context: Global Issues |
| Gale | Gale In Context: High School |
Public
| Vendor Name | Database Name |
| ProQuest | Ancestry Library Edition |
| EBSCO | NoveList Plus |
| EBSCO | Consumer Reports |
| Data Axle | Reference Solutions |
| New York Times | New York Times |
| Gale | Chilton Automotive Online |
| Gale | Literature Resource Center |
| World Trade Press | AtoZ World Food |
| MorningStar | Morningstar Investment Center |
| Oxford | Oxford Language Dictionaries Online |
| World Trade Press | AtoZ Food America |
Special
| Vendor Name | Database Name |
| BioOne | BioOne Complete |
| University of Wisconsin Press | Land Management Package |
| Oxford | Oxford Grove Art Online |
| Chronicle | Chronicle of Higher Education |
| American Psychiatric Publishing | PsychiatryOnline Premium |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Birds of North America Online |
| American Phytopathological Society | Plant Disease |
| EBSCO | Art Index Retro Annual Access Fee |
| Gale | Garden, Landscape, & Horticulture Collection |
| Sage | Premier Package – Fixed List |