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| American National Biography Online Oxford University Press |
Biographical sketches of men and women from all eras and walks of life who were significant to U.S. history and culture |
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More than 19,000 signed biographies |
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| Books in Print with Reviews OCLC Login required. Please ask at Information Desk. |
Books and other published material on all subjects |
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4 million+ citations from 44,000 publishers |
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| Britannica Online Britannica Online |
All subjects, including historical treatments and current events. |
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65,000+ authoritative articles |
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| Britannica World Atlas Britannica Online |
All countries |
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Flags, maps, statistics, and articles treating geographical, cultural, historical, and recent events of all countries | --- |
Chicago Manual of Style Online University of Chicago Press |
N/A |
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Customizable and completely searchable online manual with tools such as sample form letters, style sheets, and publishing process diagrams. |
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| ChoiceReviews.online ACRL |
All subjects |
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Searchable databases of reviews issued in the print magazine Choice. |
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| CQ Researcher Congressional Quarterly |
Current hot social and political issues, e.g. the economy, education, environment, health, international affairs, science and technology |
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In-depth, single-topic reports that include background and chronology, assessment of current situation, tables and maps, pro/con states from representatives of opposing positions, and bibliographies of key sources |
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| CREDOReference CREDO |
All subjects |
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165+ electronic reference books |
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| Dissertation Abstracts Online OCLC Login required. Please ask at Information Desk. |
All subjects |
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1.8 million+ dissertations and theses, U.S., Canadian, and European |
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| ebrary Perpetual Access Collection ebrary |
All subjects |
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179 electronic books |
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| EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals EBSCO |
All topics relating to animals |
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Easy to read articles written especially for children |
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| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia EBSCO |
All subjects |
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25,000 topics |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Collection Gale |
Business, education, literature, medicine, religion, science, social sciences, and technology |
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30+ electronic reference books, including the International Directory of Company Histories (v.1/1988 -) and World Literature and its Times (v.1 - 8/ 1999 - 2006) |
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| GPO Access U.S. GPO |
U.S. law, legislation, regulation, executive and congressional documents |
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Publications of the U.S. government |
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| King James Bible Chadwyck-Healey |
King James Bible - 'Authorized' Version |
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Biblical text, notes, and apparatus |
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| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Britannica Online |
English-language words |
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Definitions, hyphenations, inflected forms, etymology, usage dates and notes, and cross-references. |
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| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus Britannica Online |
Thesaurus |
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Synonyms and antonyms |
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| Classic novels, plays and poetry in the literary arts, humanities and education |
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More than 350 works by 100 authors, playwrights and poets read by professional actors |
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| OED Online Oxford University Press |
The ultimate authority on English language words and quotations. |
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Complete content of the 23-volume Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition |
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| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press |
Men and women who shaped all aspects of British history, from the 4th century BC to the end of 2000 |
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More than 50,000 signed biographies |
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| PapersFirst OCLC |
All subjects |
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2 million+ conference papers |
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| ProceedingsFirst OCLC |
All subjects addressed by conferences, symposia, and expositions worldwide |
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12,500 sources |
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| Safari Tech Books Online ProQuest |
A broad range of technical fields, including business, computer science, information technology, and software engineering. |
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202 electronic books |
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| TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBooks.com |
TumbleBookLibrary Children’s books on many subjects in English, Spanish and Chinese |
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90+ animated, talking children’s picture books, with related puzzles, quizzes and resources for teachers |
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| TumbleTalkingBooks TumbleBooks.com |
All subjects |
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Almost 400 digital audio books |
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| Webster's Unabridged Dictionary LION |
The English language |
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450,000 vocabulary entries |
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| World Almanac OCLC |
All subjects |
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5 almanacs |
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