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ABC Mouse
A subscription-based digital educational program that helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more.
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ABI Inform Research
Find current business information in full articles from business journals, newspapers, and trade publications. Publications include Wall Street Journal and Barron's.
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Academic OneFile
Academic One File lets you access millions of articles from thousands of scholarly and authoritative sources in the humanities, science, social science, business, and more. The Topic Finder feature is an easy visual to help explore sub-topics of your initial search.
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Academic Search Premier
Includes full text of many articles, plus index entries for others. Subject areas covered include arts & literature, humanities, science, social science and many other specialties. Updated daily.
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Access NYC
Provides listings and eligibility information for human service benefit programs offered by City, State, and Federal government agencies.
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African American Experience
A collection of scholarly articles and primary source documents on African American history and culture. Includes books, speeches, letters, photographs, illustrations and audio clips.
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American History
Conduct research on American history with more than 16,000 primary and secondary sources, including overview essays, biographies, government and court documents, photos, maps, audio/video clips, and statistics.
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American Indian Experience
A collection of scholarly articles and primary source documents covering American Indian history from the paleolithic to the present. Includes treaties, speeches, and captivity narratives as well as traditional storytelling, maps, photographs, and video.
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Ancestry.com
A searchable collection of billions of historical records from the USA and other countries. Get access to census and military records, birth, marriage and death records, and immigration records. (Available at public computers at all Brooklyn Public Library locations.) Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry. This resource is available remotely until June 30, 2021.
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ARTstor
A comprehensive image resource for students, teachers and scholars, with new collections added monthly. All images are rights-cleared for educational use. Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely. This resource is available remotely until June 2021
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AudioBookCloud
AudioBookCloud offers hundreds of full length streaming audiobooks for both adult and juvenile readers.
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Beanstack
Receive regular reading recommendations based on reader profiles, connect with BPL branch events, earn digital badges and participate in the Summer Reading program.
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Best's Library Center
For consumers and business owners researching insurers, find in-depth analytical reports and finanical strength ratings.
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Bibliography of the History of Art
A searchable bibliography of works on European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007. Search by subject, artist, author, article, or journal title.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Comprehensive index to biographical sketches in available in standard reference books.
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Bizminer
Compare your company’s financial performance to local and national companies of similar size by industry. Download BizMiner’s Industry Financial Profiles and Industry Market Reports; view the reports as HTML in order to input your company’s data.
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Black Short Fiction and Folklore
Collects African and African-American short stories and folktales published in more than 15 countries from the mid-1900s to the present. Includes full digitized runs of select literary magazines and black-owned journals and newspapers.
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Black Thought and Culture
Collects published works by leading African American writers, spanning the 1700s to the present. Includes books, interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets and letters.
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Black Women Writers
Collects fiction, poetry and essays by black women published in Africa and the Americas from the 1700s to the present.
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Bookflix
Encourages reading by pairing streaming video storybooks with related fiction and non-fiction titles for children.
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Booklist Online
Current and archived reviews and articles from the American Library Association’s Booklist magazine. Includes reviews books, audiobooks, reference sources, video, and DVD titles.
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Brainfuse HelpNow
Brainfuse HelpNow offers personalized academic assistance in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science), a 24/7 Writing Lab, academic content and practice tests for skills-building (including SAT preparation), and much more. Live tutoring from Brainfuse experts is available from 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST.
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Brainfuse JobNow
Brainfuse JobNow is designed to support every step of the job search process, featuring live online coaches who assist in resume/cover letter preparation, and help patrons prepare for job interviews, as well as supplemental content including templates, career assessment exams, and more. Live coaching from Brainfuse experts is available from 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST.
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BrainPop
Watch animated movies, play learning games, and more. Includes BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and, for English language learners, BrainPOP ESL. Videos and Activities cover topic areas within Science, Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, and others. Content is Common Core-aligned.
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Britannica Academic Edition
Britannica Academic provides up-to-date and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information and is a gateway for further research for colleges, academic libraries and institutions.
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Britannica Escolar
Britannica Escolar is the Spanish digital learning portal for Elementary and Middle school students. The updated content of Britannica Escolar is organized by grade levels to help improve student achievement, provide differentiated instruction, and maximize the use of technology in the classroom. Britannica Escolar hace posible que los estudiantes completen sus trabajos escolares usando los más de 15.500 artículos de las enciclopedias y 15.000 recursos multimedia que incluyen imágenes, videos, audio y mapas detallados. Los estudiantes también pueden acceder a una gran variedad de herramientas útiles para el aprendizaje desarrolladas por especialistas en educación. Confíe en Britannica Escolar para inspirar e incentivar el aprendizaje y el descubrimiento en cualquier lugar usando cualquier dispositivo conectado a Internet.
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Britannica School
Britannica School is a safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.
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Brooklyn Newsstand
Brooklyn Newsstand is a collection of digitized Brooklyn newspapers made possible through a partnership between Brooklyn Public Library and Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Newsstand | Partial Content (831,000 digitized pages) - can be accessed for free from anywhere with an internet connection - contains the full run of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper (1841-1963) and Brooklyn Life (1890-1931), a Brooklyn society magazine. Learn more about the history of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn Newsstand | Full Content (2,402,000 digitized pages) contains over 30 additional newspapers, each listed below with date ranges and description, and can be accessed for free via Brooklyn Public Library’s public computers and public wireless network. Please note: We've made arrangements with our partner, newspapers.com to provide free access to all Brooklyn titles during our closure. In branch and in library wifi use only, will go back into effect when we reopen.
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Brooklyn Public Library Digital Collections
Discover Brooklyn history: Explore our collection of digitized Brooklyn content.
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Brooklyn Public Library Electronic Magazines and Journals List
Find full text to many of the electronic journals held by the Brooklyn Public Library through its online database subscriptions.
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Business Insights: Essentials
Company and industry profiles, including brand information, investment reports, market research reports, rankings and news.
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Business Source Premier
Contains articles from business journals, market research and industry reports for hundreds of industries, and international economic reports.
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Career Cruising
Interactive career guidance resource in English and in Spanish. Users can find help with occupational assessment, career exploration, educational planning, and portfolio development. Learn how to use this resource by watching a video.
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Caribbean Literature
Searchable collection of Caribbean poems, plays, novels, short stories, and other materials from 1700 to the present. Works are in English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish and Dutch.
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CCH Capital Changes Reporter
Lists changes for corporations and organizations resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations, exchanges, liquidations and more, providing the security holder with facts to compute gain or loss in capital. This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.
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Chinese Electronic Journal Database (Qikan)
A full-text resource of over 500 Chinese popular and scholarly periodicals published in China. Search this Chinese database to find periodical articles for adults, young adults and children.
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CIA Country Maps
The Central Intelligence Agency's collection of free maps of countries of the world. Maps can be downloaded and printed in PDF or JPEG formats.
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Cision Communications Cloud
Media outlets and contacts. Share your news release with journalists, bloggers and social influencers via Cision PR. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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Cole's Cross Reference Directory
Cross-reference listings of names, phone numbers and addresses for residential and business addresses in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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Communications and Mass Media Collection
Customized selection of journals relating to communications and mass media. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
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Computer Database Collection
Customized selection of journals of leading business and technical publications spanning the computer industry. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
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Conference Board's Research Online Collection
Authoritative research on key business management topics from The Conference Board, a business membership and research association. Topics include workforce planning, governance, economics, markets, risk management, and organizational design.
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Crain’s New York Data Center
Data on leading companies and organizations that operate in the NYC market; includes the New York Book of Lists; use these lists to benchmark your business, gather competitive intelligence, and target potential new clients
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Creative Commons
Search for works that are available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing. Formats include photographs, graphics, video, scholarly articles, books, and music.
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Credo Source Reference (Infobase)
Provides full-text online access to hundreds of multidisciplinary reference book collections, including art, history, law, medicine, psychology, technology, bilingual dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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Criminal Justice Collection
Customized selection of journals relating to criminal justice. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
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CultureGrams
Cultural information on the nations of the world as well as the individual states of the US. Available features include country reports, photo galleries, video clips, short biographies, interviews, recipes, and timelines.
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Daily Life Through History
Explore the lives of ordinary people around the world and throughout history. Research topics like food and cooking, celebrations, clothes, romance, work, religion, housing, language, and social customs.
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Directory of Open Access Journals
Free community-curated directory that indexes and connects to full text, open access, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.
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Diversity Studies Collection
Customized selection of journals relating to Diversity Studies. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
Free & accessible anywhere in NY state
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E-books on Ebscohost Collection
Search, read, and download eBooks in different subject areas, including business, career, classic literature, etc.
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Ebscohost Espanol
Artículos con texto completo de revistas, diarios y revistas académicas, índices generales, y otros recursos en ambos Español e Inglés. EBSCOhost Español tiene una función de traducción, pero no es garantizado obtener una traducción completamente exacta.
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Elementary
Elementary (formerly Kids InfoBits), introduces elementary school students to database searching with easy-to-use resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Electronic version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The Britannica database is now being supplied by NOVELNY.
Free & accessible anywhere in NY state -
Encyclopedia Britannica Online for Kids
Children's edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Complete with articles, multimedia materials, and research tools. The Britannica database is now being supplied by NOVELNY.
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Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
Journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to environmental studies and environmental policy, including climate change, recycling, and sustainability.
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EPOCH - Electronically Preserving Obituaries as Cultural Heritage
A website that allows anyone to create and publish a free obituary online and in the process involve the community in building their own collection of local history.
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ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
Collection of education research and information. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
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Europeana
Web portal to the digital resources of many European museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Formats include books, paintings, films, objects, sound recordings and archival records.
Free & accessible anywhere
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eBooks and More
Access Brooklyn Public Library’s collection of digital books, magazines and reference library, available to download wirelessly to your device.
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Financial Information Incorporated Online (FII Online)
Search for obsolete or existing stocks using CUSIP number, stock symbol or company name. Previously known as the Annual Guide to Stocks and the Directory of Obsolete Securities. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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Findhelp.org
Formerly known as Aunt Bertha, a national directory of social service organizations. Search by zip code to find nearby food, health, housing, job training programs and more.
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Fine Arts and Music Collection
Customized selection of journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to the fine arts and music, from filmmaking, jazz and Mozart to Shakespeare and Van Gogh.
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Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMO)
New York State high-definition, full-color fire insurance maps from Sanborn and other publishers, real estate atlases, plat books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information. The site has an Interactive map search, and Geo-referenced or search by place name and drop-down menus.
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Flipster
Get access to major magazines and journals to read on your smartphone, tablet, or PC. For instructions, please use this link . To get the free Flipster app, search for "Flipster" in either Google Play or Apple's App Store
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Foundation Directory Online Essential
Find the best foundation for your nonprofit organization. Evaluate a funder, gain an understanding of the grant writing process, and find financial information.
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Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
Source of funding for students, researchers, marketers and other individual grant seekers. Provides contact and basic factual information on the largest nonprofit organizations in the United States.
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FreedomFlix
Read e-books and watch online videos based on titles from the Cornerstones of Freedom nonfiction American history book series. Includes report and project ideas, quizzes, and lesson plans.
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Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
Information on opening, operating, and growing a small business including financing, managing, marketing, and accounting; contains sample business plans. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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Gale Business: Plan Builder
A step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit; the Gale Business: Plan Builder dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success. Gale Business: Plan Builder requires each user to create a username and password. To set up your personal account, select “Visit the Resource” below, then “Get Started”, and then “First Time Here? Get Started." To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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Gale Directory Library
Business directories for companies, publishers, associations and more. Includes titles like Brands and Their Companies and Ward's Business Directory.
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Gale eBooks
24/7 access to reference ebooks. No checkout necessary. Titles can be browsed, searched, and downloaded anytime from any Internet-connected device. Topics include arts, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and social science.
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Gale Health and Wellness
Gale Health and Wellness offers access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. This consumer health resource provides information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
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Gale OneFile Health and Medicine
Resources from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to health studies. Health reference topics include immunization, youth sports, food allergies and more.
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Gale OneFile: Entrepreneurship
Customized selection of journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to small business.
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Gender Studies Collection
Journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection related to gender and sexuality in culture and society. Research information on women's studies, gender identity and more.
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General OneFile
An easily searchable database of general interest and scholarly periodicals on topics ranging from the humanities, education and business to current events, science and environmental issues. Also includes a full collection of NPR audio programs; transcripts and links to more than 5,000 video files of popular news shows; and 500 travel guides, including hundreds of Fodor’s titles.
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General Science
Journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to general science. Coverage spans 1980 to the present and includes general interest periodicals as well as academic journals. Learn about scientific developments, global warming, alternative energy and more.
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Glassdoor.com
Career and workplace community where users can find and anonymously share salary details about careers and jobs for specific employers. Find interview reviews describing company culture.
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Go Direct
Social Security and Federal benefit payments are to be deposited electronically by law of as March 2013. Sign up for a prepaid debit card or with your bank account for direct deposit.
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GreenFile
Resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
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globalEDGE
A knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals to information, insights, and resources on global business activities, created by the International Business Center at Michigan University.
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govinfo
govinfo (formerly the Federal Digital System) provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.
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HeritageQuest
Genealogical tool that includes U.S. Federal Census records,genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, Census data, slave schedules, maps, local history books and articles, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant application files, and the Freedman's Bank Records 1865-1874.
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Hite: Health Information Tool for Empowerment
5,000 health and social services available to low income, uninsured and underinsured persons.
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HUD Affordable Apartment Search (New York State)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assists in finding subsidized apartments in New York State.
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Hyread
Access Chinese eBooks and audiobooks on a variety of topics including health, English learning, art, literature and children’s materials. Titles can be read or played on PCs, laptops, or mobile devices. Download the free app.
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Information Science & Library Issues Collection
Journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to information and library science.
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InfoTrac Newsstand
Full-text database consisting of several New York State newspapers as well as over 1,000 major regional, national, and local newspapers from other parts of the United States.
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Instructables
Get step-by-step, user created instructions on how to make just about anything. Examples include instructions on building a digital microscope or sewing a zipper.
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Investor’s Business Daily (IBD)
Learn how to invest, find news on market trends and personal finance, and access the digital IBD Weekly
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JSTOR
JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journals, books, and primary sources as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The material available spans many disciplines in the arts, sciences, and humanities. When browsing or searching, you may find locked content. We apologize that some content is not available via Brooklyn Public Library's subscription. Learn how to use this resource by watching a video. This resource is available remotely until June 2021.
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Latino American Experience
Scholarly articles and primary source documents covering Latino American history and culture from the 1400s to the present.
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LearningExpress Library 3.0
Practice tests and other study materials for the GED/HSE/TASC, HiSET, TASC, SAT, elementary school and middle school standardized tests, civil service, technical, and other professional exams. Please note that you will need to create a username and password. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Lynda.com is upgrading! As of March 18, this robust resource will be known as LinkedInLearning. LinkedIn Learning offers more than 16,000 online courses in seven languages, hosted by expert instructors with real-world experience. Courses on LinkedIn Learning include Leadership, Project Management, Mental Wellness, Job Hunting, Digital Marketing, Data Science, 3D Animation, and CAD. For Mobile users: 1. Download the LinkedIn Learning app from Google Play / App Store 2. Open the app 3. Select - "Sign In" 4. Select "Sign in with your library card" 5. You'll be prompted to "Enter your Library ID". Tap on the box and enter "bklynlibrary" (all lowercase, no quotation marks) 6. Use your BPL library card number or username and PIN and click on "Continue". First time users will be prompted to select topics of interest.
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Literature Criticism Online
An online collection of literary criticism. Based upon well known reference series like Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Poetry Criticism. Conduct research on authors and their works, as well as articles on multiple eras, genres, and regions.
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Literature Resource Center
Online resource for research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world.
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LitFinder
Full text online editions of classic poems, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches.
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Little Pim
An interactive online language learning program for children. Includes live action and animated videos to assist children in learning words and phrases from the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
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Mango Languages
Learn a new language or brush up current skills. Contains 52 language learning courses including Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese as well as 17 English courses for speakers new to English. There is a mobile app to use to learn on the go and there are feature films to complement select courses.
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MarciveWeb DOCS
Searchable catalog of U.S. government publications from July 1976 - present. Access to Congressional Research Service reports that are in the public domain.
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MasterFILE Premier
Full text articles covering a broad range of subjects including general reference, business, education, health, general science and multicultural issues. Learn how to use this resource by watching a video.
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Medline Plus
National Library of Medicine’s database of health information for consumers and health professionals. Includes information on over 750 health topics, drugs and supplements, medical encyclopedia, dictionaries, interactive tutorials, and surgery videos. Also includes health information in over 40 languages.
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MedlinePlus (en Español)
MedlinePlus le ayuda encontrar las respuestas que usted busca en temas de salud. MedlinePlus ha recopilado la informacion mas confiable proveniente de fuentes autorizadas tales como la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, asi como otras agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de servicios para la salud. MedlinePlus tambien le ofrece mucha informacion sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia medica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las mas recientes noticias acerca de la salud.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering's Information About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
Evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more, created by Memorial Sloan Kettering's Integrative Medicine Service.
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Mergent Archives
Historical Mergent (Moody’s) Manuals of global corporate data in digitized PDF documents dating back to 1909. Also includes historical D&B Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios from 1979, Million Dollar Directory from 1959, and Who Owns Whom from 1961.
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Mergent Intellect
Access to public & private U.S. and international business data, executive contact information, First Research industry profiles, current D&B Key Business Ratios, job search, residential look-ups, and Census demographics. To learn more about using this resource, To learn more about using this resource, check out these video tutorials: on Mergent Intellect’s Company Quick Search on Mergent Intellect’s Advanced Search on Mergent Intellect’s First Research Industry Profile
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Mergent Online
The authoritative source for information on US companies listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges, non-US companies representing 95% of the non-US global market capitalization, and inactive companies which have been merged, acquired etc. Also includes up to 30 years of financials, up to 30 years of daily stock pricing, over 300,000 scanned images of global annual reports archived up to 10 years.
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Mintel Reports Academic
Market research reports with analysis of consumer markets, companies, and brands.
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Mometrix eLibrary
Unlimited access to test preparation materials for over 1,000 different standardized exams. Access study guides and practice questions for exams including the GED, SAT, ACT, TEAS, HESI, Praxis, TOEFL, career and technical certification.
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Morningstar Investment Research Center
Basic financial planning and investment advice as well as sophisticated portfolio analysis. Access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds. (May be accessed by 5 simultaneous users. If you are denied access, please try back at another time.)
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Multilingual Health Database (EBSCO)
This collection of databases provides patrons with evidence-based healthcare information in 10 different languages. Content is written by professional healthcare writers under the supervision of licensed professionals and is updated on a regular basis.
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Music Online
Listen to and read about music from different genres including classical, jazz, opera, world music, blues, and folk, from publisher Alexander Street Press.
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Naxos Music Library
Streamed recordings of primarily classical music. Also includes world/folk music, Chinese orchestral, folk, and traditional music. Naxos Music Library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, plus thousands of titles from other labels, including Chandos, BIS, Hungaroton, Hanssler, Bridge, First Edition, CPO, Coro, and Wergo.
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New York Apartment Law Insider
Provides information for owners and managers of residential real estate, covering topics like rent stabilization, rent control, building maintenance requirements, and correction of code violations. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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New York City Department of Education's Find A School Database
Locate information on New York City's public schools. Search by borough, grade, school name, and zip code.
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New York Heritage Digital Collections
Search and browse digital collections about New York State's extensive history. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, newspapers, and maps from over 160 museums, libraries and archives.
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New York Landlord v Tenant Online
Provides landlord-tenant court decisions as far back as 1993, including cases from the NYC Civil Court, NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), and NYC Environmental Control Board. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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New York State Contract Reporter
Lists New York State bidding opportunities for contracts greater than $15,000.
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New York State Legislature
Legislative information related to both houses of the New York State Legislature. Look up bill text, summaries, committee agendas, and voting records from 1995 to the present.
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New York State Newspapers
Current and archived articles from newspapers across New York State. Includes the New York Observer, the New York Post and Newsday.
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New York State Office of Unclaimed Funds
Banks, insurance companies, corporations, courts, and other organizations are required by law to report dormant accounts and turn over unclaimed funds to the State Comptroller. Search by name or organization to discover and claim funds.
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New York Times (1851-2007) with Index (1851-1993)
PDFs of articles include original layout, images, and advertisements. Limit searches by topic, article title, date, and more. Learn how to use this resource by watching a video.
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New York Times Digital Microfilm
Browse 2008 - present issues of the New York Times by date and page number or search for articles by keyword. Includes high-quality replications of photos, graphs, and tables. (Please note that full text is not available for the most recent 3 months.)
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Novelist Plus
Find good books and audiobooks for adults, whether fiction or nonfiction. This online resource includes reading recommendations from librarians. Search for books by genre, content, time period, and more.
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NovelistPlus K-8
Find good books for kids, whether fiction or nonfiction. This online resource includes reading recommendations from librarians. Search for books by reading level, genre, content, time period, and more.
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NovelNY (resources for students)
Encyclopedias and research tools for elementary and middle school students: the Scholastic Go! encyclopedia, eLibrary Elementary for books and magazines, Kids Infobits for children's magazines, and Opposing Viewpoints in Context. High school and college students can access General OneFile, Academic OneFile, and Opposing Viewpoints for research. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
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Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Customized selection of journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to nursing and health care professions.
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Nursing Home Compare
Nursing Home Compare, from the official government site for Medicare, contains quality of care and staffing information for all 15,000 plus Medicare- and Medicaid-participating nursing homes. Information updated monthly.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context covers today’s social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words in English from current speech to past usage.
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Plunkett Research Online
Market research, industry analysis and company profiles. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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Popular Magazine Collection
Customized selection of popular magazines from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection. Magazines from 1980 to the present.
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Population Reference Bureau Datafinder
A data searching tool from the nonprofit Population Reference Bureau, including information on income, housing prices, health, and labor force.
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PowerMyLearning
Online learning activities curated by educators and organized by subject, grade and Common Core standard. Educators can create playlists of activities tailored to their lessons and invite students to a "class" with a code and track their students' progress. Students can create an avatar and "level up" the more they play. Parents can also log in and connect with their children to set goals and rewards for them. Create a free login to get started.
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Press Reader
Access to current newspaper editions from around the world in a full color readable online format.
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Professional Development Collection
Articles and abstracts from academic journals for professional educators.
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Project Muse
Humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. Complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. You may encounter locked content. When browsing or searching "All Muse", select "Only Content I have access to" to find subscription content. We apologize that some content is not available via Brooklyn Public Library's subscription. This resource is available remotely until June 2021.
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PropertyShark (New York City Only)
This site combines proprietary data with public data. View the comprehensive listing of a given property including its sale history, ownership information, zoning etc. Foreclosure listings and comparable sales along with phone numbers and maps are also available.(This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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Psychology Collection
Customized selection of journals from the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection relating to psychology. Articles from 1980 to the present.
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PubMed
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Areas include medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, and pre-clinical sciences.
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Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
Commercial and residential directory listings, job postings, and data for entrepreneurs to research target customers, competitors and suppliers. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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Religion and Philosophy Collection
Searches over 1.6 million articles and also includes media and photographs. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
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Rich Register
Net worth and biographical information of Americans with estimated net worth of $25 million or more. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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RKMA Consumer Market Research
Richard K. Miller & Associates publishes handbooks focused on marketing and the consumer marketplace. Each handbook includes market assessments and forecasts, sector trends, profiles of market leaders, and statistics. Industries include the internet & mobile web, entertainment, media & advertising, healthcare, restaurants, food & beverage, retail, sports, and travel.
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RomanceBookCloud
RomanceBookCloud provides for unlimited and unrestricted access to a curated collection of romance ebooks
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Salem Literature
Collection of classical and current literary criticism of the world’s most-studied literature. Focuses on both an individual author’s entire body of work or on a single work of literature. Based off of Magill Books or Masterplots series.
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Science.gov
Searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results. Also includes information education and training opportunities in science, tecnology, engineering, and mathematics fields for undergraduate and graduate students.
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ScienceFlix
Covers major science areas like Earth Science, Space, Life Science, Human Body, Physics, and Engineering, with general overviews and articles for deeper understanding. Includes videos, project ideas, experiments, quizzes, and information about careers in science. Complements the Next Generation Science Standards. Can adjust Lexile reading levels of articles.
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SimplyAnalytics
Demographic, business, and marketing data on a local level; users may create reports and maps with hundreds of demographic, business and marketing variables. Remote access to SimplyAnalytics is available to anyone within New York City or Nassau County with a BPL card.
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SIRS Discoverer
Areas covered include: current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, material from DK Eyewitness books, and science experiment ideas. Search for something specific or explore a variety of topics and current events.
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Smarthistory
Smarthistory is an always-free resource for learning about global art history featuring curated article, image and video content—created by respected scholars in collaboration with museum curators—that is engaging, informative, and accessible. Patrons can explore a wealth of high-resolution images of art from museums, galleries and cultural heritage sites throughout the world, all of which are free to download and use for classroom presentations and projects under Creative Commons (CC) licensure.
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Sourcing Journal
Sister publication to WWD, covers the fashion production pipeline, concentrating on sourcing and manufacturing (May be accessed by 3 simultaneous users. If you are denied access, please try back at another time.)
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Sports Market Analytics
Market research and industry news on all aspects of the sporting goods and sports marketing industries, including sports equipment sales, sports participation, broadcasting and sponsorship. On the SMA log-in page, enter only your library card number. The username and password fields are auto-populated by the vendor.
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Statista
Quantitative data categorized into 21 market sectors such as media, business, finance, and politics. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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Student Resources in Context
Contains information on a variety of topics in an easy to read format. Includes primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, magazine articles, audio and video clips, and thousands of photographs and illustrations. Includes topics in science, health, history, literature, current events, sports, world cultures, and business/economics. Easy to search and topics are comprehensive in content.
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TeenBookCloud
TeenBookCloud is an online collection of ebooks, graphic novels, videos, audiobooks, and read-along novels.
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The Modern Era
World History: The Modern Era (covering history from the Renaissance to today) is the latest update of the reference standard of electronic history reference materials for high school and high-level middle school coursework.
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TrueFlix
Read and listen to e-books and watch videos online based on titles from the Trueflix nonfiction book series. Also look up project ideas, extra information, and lesson plans for teachers and others.
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Tumblebooks
Search from a selection of read-a-long and animated talking picture books, eBooks, graphic novels, non-fiction, and educational videos, puzzles, and games. Titles include accelerated reading, Lexile, and grade reading levels. Create your own playlists of favorite titles.
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Tumblebooks Math
TumbleMath has the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere- all in our world famous TumbleBook format which combines animation and learning.
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UNdata
UNdata Easy way to search and download across multiple United Nations' databases. Includes current information on populations, trade, standard of living, and the environment.
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Urban Archive
View our collection of city stories and check out the platform of digital collections of New York City's museums, archives, and libraries.
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USA Spending
Search by agency, recipient, state funding, or even your own neighborhood to see how federal money is being used. Developed as part of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.
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Value Line Investment Survey
Investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. Commentary, up-to-date statistics and the wide variety of stock "screens" are designed to help investors identify attractive stocks for their portfolios. (May be accessed by 3 simultaneous users. If you are denied access, please try back at another time.)
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Vault
Vault provides in-depth intelligence on what it’s like to work within an industry, company, or profession. Find current job openings, rankings, ratings, and reviews on employers and internship programs, research about companies, schools, internships, and industries, and advice on resumes, interviews, networking, and more. To learn more about using this resource, check out this video tutorial.
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Vocations, Careers, and Technical Education Collection
Articles and other documents from hundreds of publications, ranging from general career guides to more specialized industry journals. Users can also listen to the articles or have them translated in various world languages. From the New York State Online Virtual Library database collection.
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Wall Street Journal Digital Microfilm
Scanned images of each page of the day's edition, starting in 2008. Browse by date and page number or search for articles by keyword. Includes high-quality replications of photos, graphs, and tables. (Please note that full text is not available for the most recent 3 months.)
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Wall Street Transcript
Investment advice and information from interviews with CEOs and analysts offering comments on specific equities, specific industries, finance and investing. (This resource is accessible via username and password at the Central Library. See a librarian.)
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Weiss Financial Ratings
Weiss ratings will help you select stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, banks, credit unions, and insurance companies; also includes Weiss consumer guides to personal finance
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Where to Write for Vital Records
Find information on vital records like birth records, death records and marriage records. Offers direct links to state and other agencies that assist in locating information on vital records.
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Winmo
Previously known as Redbooks, Winmo provides background on advertisers - their brands, media spending, campaigns, and contacts, and detailed profiles of advertising agencies - their clients, market specialization, and contacts.
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WordPlay Shakespeare
The WordPlay Shakespeare eBook series places a filmed performance next to the written text of Shakespeare's plays. These web based eBooks also contain modern English and Spanish translations, glossaries, quiz questions, summaries, and links to other helpful materials, all designed to help students and teachers work with (and enjoy) Shakespeare’s plays. For a limited time, enjoy free access to three WordPlay titles (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth). To request a free license (applies to individuals or a class of students) visit the resource link and follow instructions under “COVID-19 Free Offer”. This offer will expire August 31, 2020.
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World Digital Library
Images of historic items from countries around the world, curated by the U.S. Library of Congress and the United Nations. Materials include photographs, maps, newspapers, journals, books, and manuscripts from museums, libraries, and national archives from around the world, representing over 100 languages. Easily search by time period, institution, type of material, language, place, or topic.
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World Geography
Primary and secondary sources giving information on each nation's location, people, and culture; recent and early history; politics; and economy. Plus video, photographs and over 600 maps, including political and topographical by country and world region. Also includes research tips and how to best use primary and secondary sources.
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World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
Scholarly articles and primary source records that illuminate early human history—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance. Includes information on ancient Africa, the ancient Americas, the early Islamic world, ancient and medieval Europe, and early Asian civilization.
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World History: The Modern Era
Scholarly articles and primary source records that illuminate modern history, from the Renaissance to the present.
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World Religions
Primary and secondary sources that cover matters of belief, practice, celebrations, and holidays; important individuals and events; significant and sacred places. Includes articles on topics such as agnosticism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Shintoism, as well as entries on religion in every country.
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WorldCat FirstSearch
Search other libraries' catalogs for books and other materials. WorldCat FirstSearch is a service of OCLC, a library cooperative.
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WWD Archive
Fashion and beauty business news and key trends from 1994 through today from WWD, “the fashion bible”. For retailers, designers, manufacturers, marketers, financiers, Wall Street analysts, international moguls, media executives, ad agencies, socialites, and trend-makers. (May be accessed by 3 simultaneous users. If you are denied access, please try back at another time.)
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