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Access My Library
Access My Library allows Thomson Gale's peer-reviewed content to be crawled and indexed by major Internet search engines. Access to millions of full-text articles.
Library card number required
America's Newspapers, from Newsbank
Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections.
Direct link to search the Bristol Herald Courier; coverage from 10/2007-present.
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Bookletters
The core of the BookLetters content is our 4 million book database that generates book detail pages that include brief annotations and jacket covers. This core content is enhanced with a continual flow of exclusive BookPage reviews, author biographies, topical editorial clips, seasonal book promotions, book discussion guides, DVD streaming video previews, audiobook narration clips, sound clips, look inside feature and even podcasts. Much of this content is created in response to customer suggestions.
Britannica Online
Public Library edition, includes: Encyclopedia Britannica, Compton's by Bitannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Student & Collegiate Dictionaries, Merriam-Webster's Student & Collegiate Thesauri, World Atlas, Gateway to the Classics, and more.
E-Library (Big Chalk)
More than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books,
and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and top-quality multimedia (audio/video) files. Users can sort their results by relevance, date, file size, Lexile or reading level, publication, and source.
Encyclopedia of Daily Life Online
(Greenwood)
Based on the six volume Encyclopedia of Daily Life Online, Daily Life Online features articles and chapter-length discussion content, enhanced with context-specific related resources: chronologies, images, maps, vetted academic and cultural websites.
Material written and reviewed by established scholars. Regular updates and enhancements.
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Foundation Center Online The Foundation Center supports a network of more than 340 Cooperating Collections across the country. These funding information centers—available to grantseekers at no cost at public libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers—provide access to The Foundation Directory Online, the leading grantseeking database on the web, or the newest edition of FC Search: The Foundation Center's Database on CD-ROM, along with a core collection of Foundation Center directories and publications. Cooperating Collections (CCs) also provide a wide selection of supplementary materials and services, which are most useful to grantseekers.
Foundation Grants for Individuals
An online database of more than 6,200 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers..
Gale Databases Includes Infotrac OneFile and Gale Virtual Reference.
Gale Power Search
Confederated search of ten Gale databases with a single query.
Get the power!
Grzimek's Animal Encyclopedia
Grzimek's acclaimed 17-volume Animal Life Encyclopedia is the print standard for conventional animal reference collections.
Grzimek's Animal Life Online is constantly updated with facts, figures, news and views. This image-rich
resource is a true educational experience where a quick trip to find
specific information can lead to the desire to explore and learn more
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HeritageQuest Online
Includes U.S. Census images for 1790 through 1930, as well as indices for 1790 through 1920 and part of 1930. Also includes 7,922 family histories, 12,035 local histories and 258 primary sources.
Library card required
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InfoTrac OneFile
Our most powerful, far-reaching database. Includes more than 6,000 full-text articles with more than 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to the present. InfoTrac puts approximately 50 million databse records at your fingertips, whether you are in the library, at work, or at home.
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Learnatest
An online resource for test preparation and skill-building practice. Practice tests, based on the official exams, for academic, basic skills, civil service, cosmetology, EMS, firefighter, GED, law enforcement, military, postal service, real estate, teaching, and U.S. citizenship are available. The skill-building practices for grammar, vocabulary, spelling and writing are also valuable tools for ESL learners. There are instructions in Spanish for some skill-building modules. Create your own account at any
Washington County Public Library location. Once you have an account you may use Learn-A-Test from anywhere. Licensed from LearningExpress, LLC.
Library Card required for remote access
Mango Languages
Mango is an online learning system that can help you learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, and Russian. Also includes ESL modules for Spanish, Portuguese and Polish language speakers. Language instruction like nothing you've tasted before.
Library Card required for remote access
Magill Health Online
Based on the award winning five volume Magill's Medical Guide from Salem Press. Featuring the new, Salem Health Cancer reference database, based on the four volume encyclopedia with 835 topics. Library Journal rates it "A perfect ten!"
Password: "creeper"
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netLibrary
Access to online books over 24,000 (eBooks) in a wide range of subjects, including Business, Economics, and Management, Medicine, Computers, Literature, Education, and Science. Create your own account to browse, search, read and annotate these books online. Once you have an account you may use this "eLibrary" from anywhere. Register at any library branch for remote access.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online
Updated for the first time in 80 years in 1989, the 2nd edition of the OED includes all supplements, an addition of 5,000 new words and meanings.
In library use only
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Readers Advisory Online
The content in The Reader's Advisor Online is not available elsewhere. It includes all the volumes in Libraries Unlimited's well-known Genreflecting series, and contains selected essays from The Readers' Advisor's Companion and Nonfiction Readers' Advisory, and more.
This site also aids book groups. It refines your search to look for books recommended as suitable for book groups.
The Reader's Advisor Online provides guidance you can trust. It is based on the advice of top reader's advisory experts like Diane Herald, Nancy Pearl, and Gary Niebuhr.
Multiple points of access and selective coverage make this an extremely efficient tool for finding related titles, and ensures that the titles you find are most popular with readers and most likely to be in your collection.
Reference USA
The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households. Note: Our library may have access to only a limited number of these modules. Note: library card required for off-site authentication.
Rosen's Teen Health and Wellness
Provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
Developed for teens, with their unique concerns and perspective in mind, Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers draws on Rosen's award-winning series, including Coping, Need to Know, and others. Thoroughly updated and revised for online use, all content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling. Real Life, Real Answers
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Salem History Online
Featuring Milestone Documents in American History, a new series combining full-text, primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.
Password: creeper
Salem Literature
Salem Press' award winning literary reference works, including The Critical Survey of Long Fiction, 4th ed. Password: Creeper
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Testing and Education Centerfrom GALE-Cengage
Testing & Education Reference Center is a start-to-finish resource with all the information and support materials needed to make informed,
confident decisions to shape the rest of your life.
