Research And Resources

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General

Consumer Magazines & Newspaper Articles
Masterfile Premier: Magazine and scholarly journal articles,
reference books, documents, images. Title List
Consumer Reports Magazine
Newspaper Source Plus: Newspaper articles; TV and radio news transcripts.
Regional Business News: Regional business publication across the U.S., Including Arizona Capitol Times.
General Research
Academic Search Complete: Scholarly articles, reports, conference proceedings as far back as 1887. Title List
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Points of View Reference Center: Controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
TOPICsearch: Articles from international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public
opinion polls, book reviews, government info.
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Referencia Latina: Spanish Language Resource including newspapers and Spanish-English dictionary.

Education + Test Prep
Testing and Education Reference Center: Information on colleges and technical schools, find grants and scholarships; Resume Builder and Virtual Career Library provide tips for the job search. Online and eBook test prep materials, including practice entrance exams for college, graduate school, technical programs, certification and professional license exams and U.S. citizenship.

Geneology

Ancestry Library Edition: Search for your ancestor in over 4 billion historical records, covering the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Europe and other countries. Census records, immigration, wills, military, birth, death, marriage records, newspapers – some linked to images.(in Library Use Only)
HeritageQuest Online: Collection of materials for tracing family history and American culture. Over 25,000 downloadable family and local history books, U.S. Federal Census Records, Freedman’s Bank Records (1865-1874), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant application files, U.S. Serial Set and PERSI (Periodical Source Index, an index to 6,600 geneology and local history periodical.
ProQuest Obituaries : Obits from several large newspapers

Automotive & Do It Yourself

Chiltons Library : Repair, maintenance and specification tables on thousands of domestic and imported cars and light trucks from 1940 onward. Videos, photographs and diagrams for the do-it-yourselfer
.Auto Repair Reference Center
Small Engine Repair Reference Center: Motorcycles, boats, lawn mowers and more.
Home Improvement Reference Center: Home-related how-to articles.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center: Craft-related how-to articles

Health & Medicine
Alt Health Watch: Magazine and journal articles on complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Title List. Health Source: Consumer health magazine articles. Title List. Consumer Health Complete. Medical encyclopedias, reference books, magazine articles. Medline: Comprehensive resource from the National Library of Medicine. Multi-Lingual Health Databases : Available in 15 languages

Books & Literature
Novelist: Reading recommendations. Literary Reference Center: Literary criticism Humanities International: Journals, Books, Documents. Title List Books and Authors

History & Biographies
History Reference Center: Books, magazines, journals, documents, maps and videos. Title List. Biography Reference Center World History Image Collection

Business & Law

Business Source Complete : Scholarly business database. Title List.
Small Business Reference Center: Info on all aspects of management, from planning, start up, financing and managing a business, to exit strategies.
Legal Information Reference Center: Forms and info from top consumer legal sources, including NOLO.
Regional Business News: Regional business publications from across the U.S., including Arizona Capitol Times.

Science & Environment
Science Reference Center: Science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals. Title List Environment Complete: Journals, books, monographs back to 1888. Title List.


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