Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library
| *List of all database subscriptions in alphabetical order. |
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Auto Repair Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. |
| Subject: | Automotive |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Small Engine Repair Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | For small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. |
| Subject: | Automotive |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Biography In Context Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text. |
| Subject: | Biography |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Business Insights: Essentials Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Business Insights: Essentials combines all of the content formerly found in Business & Company Resource Center with a new interface. Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Business Source Premier Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Business Source Premier provides information for more than 2,300 journals, including full text articles for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Morningstar from home Available outside library |
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| Description: | Contains analysts’ data reports cover more than 20,000 securities. Morningstar screeners help identify stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs that meet your needs. the Portfolio X-Ray feature allows you to input two or more stocks and/or mutual funds to see how they work together. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Morningstar from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Contains analysts’ data reports cover more than 20,000 securities. Morningstar screeners help identify stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs that meet your needs. the Portfolio X-Ray feature allows you to input two or more stocks and/or mutual funds to see how they work together. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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ReferenceUSA Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Contains detailed business information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses and residential information on more than 120 million U.S. households. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Small Business Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Small Business Reference Center provides up to date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Small Business Resource Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage Online Available only within the Headquarters library |
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| Description: | Source of business and investment information offering online access to popular Standard & Poor’s research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, and Mutual Fund Reports. Also contains Private company information on over 85,000 companies that are not publicly traded. |
| Subject: | Business |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Ancestry Library Edition Available only within the libraries |
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| Description: | Ancestry Library Edition includes census images from every available United States federal census (1790-1930). Also included are military records, court, land and probate records, vital and church records, directories, passenger lists, and much more. For more information, call the Kennedy Room staff at 864-596-3508. |
| Subject: | Genealogy |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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HeritageQuest Online from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Resource for census data, family genealogical information, and local histories. Images from every available U.S. federal census (1790-1930). For technical support, help with authentication, and basic search questions, call or visit ProQuest, Frequently Asked Questions at http://training.proquest.com/trc/faq/index.htm, 1-800-889-3358 (8:00 am.-12:00 midnight). E-mail: tsupport@il.proquest.com For tips on searching, call Kennedy Room staff at 864-596-3508 during Library hours. |
| Subject: | Genealogy |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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HeritageQuest Online from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Resource for census data, family genealogical information, and local histories. Images from every available U.S. federal census (1790-1930). |
| Subject: | Genealogy |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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South Carolina Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Fire insurance maps for South Carolina cities showing street, lot, and building locations. Dates vary by location. For technical support, help with authentication, and basic search questions, call or visit ProQuest, Frequently Asked Questions at http://training.proquest.com/trc/faq/index.htm, 1-800-889-3358 (8:00 am.-12:00 midnight). E-mail: tsupport@il.proquest.com. For tips on searching, call Kennedy Room staff at 864-596-3508 during Library hours. |
| Subject: | Genealogy |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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South Carolina Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Fire insurance maps for South Carolina cities showing street, lot, and building locations. Dates vary by location. |
| Subject: | Genealogy |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
| Teens - Not Recommended | |
| Children - Not Recommended | |
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Academic Search Premier Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This multi-disciplinary database provides information for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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BrainPOP Jr. Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Hosts videos, quizzes, and lessons for children from kindergarten to 3rd grade. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Career eBook Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Customized collection of more than 250 electronic books for vocational needs. Titles focused on career selection, résumé and cover letter writing, interviewing, changing careers, test-taking strategies and more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Computer Source Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in computer technology. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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CultureGrams Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Country reports that provide snapshots of the world’s cultures. 200+ United Nations-member countries included, with reports containing information on history, customs, family, lifestyle, recipes, economy and more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Education Full Text Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Content includes in-depth coverage of special education topics. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card, a username, and a password |
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| Description: | Complete career research database of jobs, skills, and resources |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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GreenFILE Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Kids Infobits Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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LearningExpress Library Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Comprehensive collection of test-preparation tools, skill-building materials, and other career and life skills resources including Practice tests for GED preparation, job and career goals, undergraduate and graduate school admission, and U.S. citizenship. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Library Literature & Information Science Index Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Library Literature & Information Science Index™ provides cover-to-cover indexing of over 400 journals, including key library and information science periodicals. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Mango Languages Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Mango is the easiest way to learn a foreign language! The online language learning system teaches actual conversation skills the following languages: French, German, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese. ESL classes are offered for speakers of Spanish and Russian. It’s so easy and effective, you’ll be talking after just one lesson. conversation skills for a wide variety of languages including French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and many more. It’s so easy and effective, you’ll be talking after just one lesson. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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MAS Ultra - School Edition Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text articles for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines such as Jet and Teen People. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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MasterFILE Premier Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | MasterFILE Premier contains full text articles for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Military & Government Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Primary Search Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Primary Search provides full text articles for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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StudySC Available at all library locations; available outside library |
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| Description: | StudySC is a website that provides online content to support South Carolina-specific curriculum standards. Created by the South Carolina State Library, StudySC makes available a student-friendly environment arranged by grade level and by subject area where students can find the information they need fast. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Vocational & Career Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade, vocational, and industry-related periodicals. |
| Subject: | General |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Foundation Center Collection Available only within the Headquarters library |
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| Description: | Research databases with listings for foundations and grant opportunities. Includes the Foundation Directory Online, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, and Philanthropy In/Sight. Database access is available through a partnership with the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection. |
| Subject: | Grants |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Legal Forms Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language. **Spartanburg County Public Libraries cannot guarantee that these forms are the ones you need for your legal matter. If you proceed without an attorney, it may negatively affect your legal rights. If you are unsure whether to proceed, or have questions about these forms or your legal rights, consult an attorney. |
| Subject: | Legal |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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LegalTrac® Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Students, law school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they need in LegalTrac®. |
| Subject: | Legal |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Westlaw Available only within the Headquarters library on computers within the law library |
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| Description: | Provides a quick, easy access to statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information. |
| Subject: | Legal |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Bloom’s Literary Reference Online Available at all library locations; requires a library card, a username, and a password |
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| Description: | This database explores the lives and work of different authors from all time periods from around the world. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Books & Authors Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Numerous search criteria, genre lists, plot summaries, author information, award lists, etc… Book jacket images, book reviews from more than 30 sources. User-friendly tools that allow users to store reading and search lists and create reviews and ratings. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Literary Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Novelist K-8 Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database helps readers find good reads from board books to adolescent age books. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Novelist Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Contains over 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more. NoveList Plus is a complete readers’ resource. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem Literature from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Salem Literature brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning literature such as Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Critical Survey of Poetry, and Masterplots, Fourth Edition. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, and appendixes. There are a variety of ways to access each article – you may view it, save it, email it, or print it. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem Literature from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Salem Literature brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning literature such as Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Critical Survey of Poetry, and Masterplots, Fourth Edition. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, and appendixes. There are a variety of ways to access each article – you may view it, save it, email it, or print it. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Literary |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Alt HealthWatch Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Consumer Health Complete Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Consumer Health Complete is designed for everyday questions about health care information. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Health Reference Center Academic Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Health Source: Consumer Edition Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Health Source: Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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MEDLINE Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Nursing Resource Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Includes disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem Health from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works such as Magill's Medical Guide and Salem Health: Cancer. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes and other back matter. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.” “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem Health from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works such as Magill's Medical Guide and Salem Health: Cancer. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes and other back matter. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.” “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Medical |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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AP NewsMonitor Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | AP News provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from the Associated Press on a continuous basis. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Newspaper Source Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Newsstand Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Full-text articles from over 100 U.S. & international newspapers. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Regional Business News Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Regional Business News incorporates more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. |
| Subject: | News |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Academic OneFile Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Agricola Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Applied Science & Technology Full Text Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This database contains the full text of core English-language, scientific and technical publication articles available from more than 220 periodicals dating back to 1997. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Britannica Online from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Includes encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, Web sites, multimedia, dictionary and thesaurus entries. Additional content sources include Year in Review, World Data Analyst, Notable Quotations and Gateway to the Classics. Access to two homepages: Britannica Kids for children and young adults, and Britannica Reference Center for older students and adults. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Britannica Online from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Includes encyclopedia articles, magazines and journals, Web sites, multimedia, dictionary and thesaurus entries. Additional content sources include Year in Review, World Data Analyst, Notable Quotations and Gateway to the Classics. Access to two homepages: Britannica Kids for children and young adults, and Britannica Reference Center for older students and adults. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Credo Reference Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Credo Reference hosts more than 550 reference titles from respected academic presses around the world. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Enciclopedia Juvenil (Spanish) from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Includes more than 1,500 encyclopedia articles and 1,000 pictures in the Spanish language. Contains interactive materials supporting language arts, math, science and social studies. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Enciclopedia Juvenil (Spanish) from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Includes more than 1,500 encyclopedia articles and 1,000 pictures in the Spanish language. Contains interactive materials supporting language arts, math, science and social studies. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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ERIC Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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European Views of the Americas Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | This bibliographic database is an index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Fuente Academica Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Gale Directory Library Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | The Gale Directory Library (GDL) is a digital platform that lets users access directories – that is, extensive listings of companies, organizations, publications, people, products, and more. With GDL, users can cross-search multiple directory products or search a single title. Users can search, sort and export in order to generate lists for marketing and sales activities or to analyze the directory data for research. Directories included are: Encyclopedia of Associations (international, national, and local and regional), Brands and Their Companies, American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory, and Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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History Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | History Reference Center is a comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Middle Search Plus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Middle Search Plus provides full text articles for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines such as Time and Transworld Skateboarding. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Points of View Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Points of View Reference Center is designed to assist students and researchers in understanding the differing views of and the full scope of controversial subjects. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Professional Development Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Religion and Philosophy Collection Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | The Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem History from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Salem History brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning history reference works such as Great Lives from History: the 20th Century, The Eighties in America, Milestone Documents in American History, and Modern Scandals. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes and other back matter. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.” “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem History from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Salem History brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning history reference works such as Great Lives from History: the 20th Century, The Eighties in America, Milestone Documents in American History, and Modern Scandals. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes and other back matter. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.” “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem Science from home Requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Salem Science brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning science works such as The Solar System and Encyclopedia of Global Warming. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, and appendixes. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.” “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. There are a variety of ways to access each article – you may view it, save it, email it, or print it. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Salem Science from library Available at all library locations |
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| Description: | Salem Science brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning science works such as The Solar System and Encyclopedia of Global Warming. Virtually all of the content is available online, including illustrations and sidebars, indexes, and appendixes. Cross-references in the form of “See Also” boxes will link directly to appropriate articles. Key terms, used in the body of articles, will link to a complete “Glossary.” “Further Information” citations are extensive and authoritative. There are a variety of ways to access each article – you may view it, save it, email it, or print it. Article citation information is included with every article. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Science in Context Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Contains thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. The latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Science Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Searchasaurus Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Searchasaurus makes it easy for younger students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful information on research topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Student Research Center: High School Research Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for high school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful information on research topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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Student Research Center: Middle School Research Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for middle school students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful information on research topics. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Not Recommended |
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Teacher Reference Center Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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TOPICsearch Available at all library locations; requires a library card to access outside library |
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| Description: | TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,000 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, magazines, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. |
| Subject: | Research |
| Age Group: | Adults - Recommended |
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| Children - Not Recommended | |