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Career Information Center
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The Career
Information Center provides information every job seeker should
have. Updated with a full volume devoted to computer careers, the
first 12 volumes each focus on a different career area, and contain
over 700 job profiles. Each profile includes a job summary chart, a
job description, and up-to-date salary information. The 13th volume
contains the index, as well as essays on different aspects of
employment.
Credo Reference: Start
Your Research Here 
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Credo
Reference is
a digital reference library that places a world of factual
information at your fingertips. Containing a selection from 240
high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers,
Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research. Offering
access to over 1.7 million individual entries, Credo Reference contains
all the types of reference books that you'd want to see in any
quality library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of
quotations, not to mention a host of subject-specific titles
covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to
literature. And because all our books are provided by the best
reference publishers, you know you can believe what you read.
Learn-A-Test from
Learning Express Library
Tutorial
LearningExpress
Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform
of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help you
succeed on academic or licensing tests, such as SAT, ASVAB, GED,
Civil Service and much more! You'll get immediate scoring,
complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your
results. Sign in and start on your path to success right now.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
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Provides more than
4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all
levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid
that features a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal
government. Also includes a state-by-state listing of agencies
that users can contact in their home state.
Testing
and Education Reference Center
Tutorial
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Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC)
can help students find their perfect school match using a variety of
search criteria, including institution name, location, tuition,
major, average G.P.A. of incoming freshmen, religious affiliation
and more. College Search - Search for colleges, distance
(online) learning opportunities, programs for international students
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earn college credit; civil service/licensing; military entrance
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Tutor.com
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Tutor.com Live
Homework Help is available seven days a week from 2 p.m. through
12:00 a.m. Eastern time. Students in 4th-12th grades as well as
college freshmen can use the service as often as they wish and
receive help in math, science, social studies and English.
World Book Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
Guide
Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
Antiques & Collectibles
p4A Antiques
Reference
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The p4A Antiques
Reference database is used by most leading personal property
appraisers throughout the United States, antiques dealers, museums,
and agencies like the Internal Revenue Service to evaluate almost
every kind of antique in today's collections.
Auto Repair
Auto Repair
Reference Center
Tutorial
Auto Repair Reference Center
contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and
imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage
makes starting as far back as 1954.
Biography
African American Almanac
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
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The African
American Almanac provides historical and current information on
African American history, society, and culture. It includes a
chronology, primary documents, directories of organizations and
businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated
lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, and hundreds of brief
biographies, photographs, maps, and statistical charts.
American Men and Women of Science
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
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This respected
resource is a biographical dictionary of the significant players in
physical, biological, and related sciences. Each edition
includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living
scientists.
Biography Resource Center
Tutorial
Navigation
Guide
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Search for people based on one
or more personal fact such as birth and death year, nationality,
ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a
highly-targeted custom search
Children's Favorite Authors and Illustrators
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
From 19th-century
poet Edward Lear to contemporary stars such as Newbery Honor author
Jack Gantos, this series provides child-friendly essays about
popular storytellers in large type, and includes a list of selected
works, quotes, abundant photos, and sources for further reading.
Hours of delighted browsing and successful investigation await! The
eight-volume set by Tradition Press includes interesting short
biographies on the storytellers most familiar to today's young
readers. In addition to photographs and book cover images, profiles
include interesting facts, quotes about and from the subject, a
selected bibliography of the person's work and suggestions for
further study, including both print and online resources.
Colonial America Reference Library
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The Colonial
America Reference Library provides students with the comprehensive
information on the Colonial American period they need to write
reports and class assignments including biographical profiles and
primary source documents.
Literature Resource Center
Tutorial
Navigation
Guide Search
Tips
Access biographies,
bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000
authors from every age and literary discipline.
World Book
Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
Guide
Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
Business Information
Business Source Elite
Tutorial
Business
Source Elite provides full text from over 1,090 journals
covering business, management, economics, banking, finance,
accounting and much more.
Encyclopedia of Career Development
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With over 300
articles, the Encyclopedia of Career Development is the premier
reference tool for research on career-related topics. Covering a
broad range of themes, the contributions represent original material
written by internationally-renowned scholars that view career
development from a number of different dimensions. This
multidisciplinary resource examines career-related issues from
psychological, sociological, educational, counseling, organizational
behavior, and human resource management perspectives.
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Tutorial
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Designed to
provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to
their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of
all the key information needs of small business owners, including
financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market
analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.
Reference USA
Tutorial
The ReferenceUSA
database contains detailed information on U.S. businesses, U.S.
residents and U.S. health care providers
Regional
Business News
Regional
Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and
newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the
United States
Career/Vocational Test
Preparation
Career Information Center
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The Career
Information Center provides information every job seeker should
have. Updated with a full volume devoted to computer careers, the
first 12 volumes each focus on a different career area, and contain
over 700 job profiles. Each profile includes a job summary chart, a
job description, and up-to-date salary information. The 13th volume
contains the index, as well as essays on different aspects of
employment.
Encyclopedia of Career Development
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
With over 300
articles, the Encyclopedia of Career Development is the premier
reference tool for research on career-related topics. Covering a
broad range of themes, the contributions represent original material
written by internationally-renowned scholars that view career
development from a number of different dimensions. This
multidisciplinary resource examines career-related issues from
psychological, sociological, educational, counseling, organizational
behavior, and human resource management perspectives.
Learn-A-Test from
Learning Express Library
Tutorial
LearningExpress
Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform
of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help you
succeed on academic or licensing tests, such as SAT, ASVAB, GED,
Civil Service and much more! You'll get immediate scoring,
complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your
results. Sign in and start on your path to success right now.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Provides more than
4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all
levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid
that features a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal
government. Also includes a state-by-state listing of agencies
that users can contact in their home state.
Testing
and Education Reference Center
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC)
can help students find their perfect school match using a variety of
search criteria, including institution name, location, tuition,
major, average G.P.A. of incoming freshmen, religious affiliation
and more. College Search - Search for colleges, distance
(online) learning opportunities, programs for international students
and nursing schools Graduate Search - Search thousands of
graduate, law, MBA, nursing and distance learning (online)
opportunities Specialty & Career Program - Search career
schools, vocational schools, IT programs, Executive Education
programs and private secondary schools Test Preparation -
Practice for college/graduate school admissions; exams to help you
earn college credit; civil service/licensing; military entrance
exams; and the high school equivalency exam.
Elementary and Middle School
Children's Favorite Authors and Illustrators
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
From 19th-century
poet Edward Lear to contemporary stars such as Newbery Honor author
Jack Gantos, this series provides child-friendly essays about
popular storytellers in large type, and includes a list of selected
works, quotes, abundant photos, and sources for further reading.
Hours of delighted browsing and successful investigation await! The
eight-volume set by Tradition Press includes interesting short
biographies on the storytellers most familiar to today's young
readers. In addition to photographs and book cover images, profiles
include interesting facts, quotes about and from the subject, a
selected bibliography of the person's work and suggestions for
further study, including both print and online resources.
EBSCO's
Encyclopedia of Animals
Tutorial
EBSCO's
Encyclopedia of Animals has in-depth information on a variety of
topics relating to animals, describing the nature and habitat of
familiar animals.
Grizmek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
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A completely
revised and updated version of the original work published in
Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in
the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors
from the scientific community.
Middle
Search Plus
Tutorial
Middle Search
Plus provides full text from over 140 general reference, health
and science magazines
Novelist K-8
Navigation Guide
Search Tips Training
Center
NoveList
K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with
young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom.
Primary
Search
Tutorial
Primary Search
provides full text from 50 children’s magazines appropriate for
elementary schools and children’s reading rooms.
Searchasaurus
Tutorial
Reference
materials within Searchasaurus include magazines, encyclopedias,
newspapers, books and more.
Tutor.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Tutor.com Live
Homework Help is available seven days a week from 2 p.m. through
12:00 a.m. Eastern time. Students in 4th-12th grades as well as
college freshmen can use the service as often as they wish and
receive help in math, science, social studies and English.
World Book
Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
Guide
Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
For Students
Ask Us Now
Maryland AskUsNow!
is a 24/7 live online interactive service for the residents and
students of the state of Maryland. It uses the expertise of trained
librarians to provide answers to questions, research guidance, and
help navigating the Internet. The librarian should be able to take
you to various websites and will communicate with you using Internet
chat. A normal session lasts no longer than 15-20 minutes. The
librarian may offer to follow-up by e-mail if your question cannot
be answered online in this timeframe.
Career Information Center
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The Career
Information Center provides information every job seeker should
have. Updated with a full volume devoted to computer careers, the
first 12 volumes each focus on a different career area, and contain
over 700 job profiles. Each profile includes a job summary chart, a
job description, and up-to-date salary information. The 13th volume
contains the index, as well as essays on different aspects of
employment.
Children's Favorite Authors and Illustrators
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
From 19th-century
poet Edward Lear to contemporary stars such as Newbery Honor author
Jack Gantos, this series provides child-friendly essays about
popular storytellers in large type, and includes a list of selected
works, quotes, abundant photos, and sources for further reading.
Hours of delighted browsing and successful investigation await! The
eight-volume set by Tradition Press includes interesting short
biographies on the storytellers most familiar to today's young
readers. In addition to photographs and book cover images, profiles
include interesting facts, quotes about and from the subject, a
selected bibliography of the person's work and suggestions for
further study, including both print and online resources.
Cities of the World
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
A compilation of
current information on cultural, geographic, and political
conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six
continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. Maps
and photos of many cities included.
Colonial America Reference Library
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The Colonial
America Reference Library provides students with the comprehensive
information on the Colonial American period they need to write
reports and class assignments including biographical profiles and
primary source documents.
Credo Reference: Start
Your Research Here
Tour
Credo
Reference is
a digital reference library that places a world of factual
information at your fingertips. Containing a selection from 240
high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers,
Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research. Offering
access to over 1.7 million individual entries, Credo Reference contains
all the types of reference books that you'd want to see in any
quality library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of
quotations, not to mention a host of subject-specific titles
covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to
literature. And because all our books are provided by the best
reference publishers, you know you can believe what you read.
Facts on File
Overview
Contains Facts
On File World News Digest, Issues &
Controversies On File, Today's Science On File, The World Almanac® Reference
Database,
The World Almanac Encyclopedia
Learn-A-Test from
Learning Express Library
Tutorial
LearningExpress
Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform
of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help you
succeed on academic or licensing tests, such as SAT, ASVAB, GED,
Civil Service and much more! You'll get immediate scoring,
complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your
results. Sign in and start on your path to success right now.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Provides more than
4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all
levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid
that features a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal
government. Also includes a state-by-state listing of agencies
that users can contact in their home state.
Testing
and Education Reference Center
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC)
can help students find their perfect school match using a variety of
search criteria, including institution name, location, tuition,
major, average G.P.A. of incoming freshmen, religious affiliation
and more. College Search - Search for colleges, distance
(online) learning opportunities, programs for international students
and nursing schools Graduate Search - Search thousands of
graduate, law, MBA, nursing and distance learning (online)
opportunities Specialty & Career Program - Search career
schools, vocational schools, IT programs, Executive Education
programs and private secondary schools Test Preparation -
Practice for college/graduate school admissions; exams to help you
earn college credit; civil service/licensing; military entrance
exams; and the high school equivalency exam.
Tutor.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Tutor.com Live
Homework Help is available seven days a week from 2 p.m. through
12:00 a.m. Eastern time. Students in 4th-12th grades as well as
college freshmen can use the service as often as they wish and
receive help in math, science, social studies and English.
World Book
Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
Guide
Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
Genealogy
Ancestry.com Library
Edition
Overview
Tour
Search Guide
Sample Search (This database is
only available at the library)
The Ancestry
Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases
including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and
indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000
historical maps, American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200
volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150
volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England,
1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft
Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War
Collection.
Heritage Quest
Overview
Tour
Search Guide
Sample Search
HeritageQuest
Online is designed specifically for patrons in public libraries
who are either just beginning their family research or who after
years of work are still uncovering their past.
Having problems accessing
Heritage Quest? Click here.
General Reference
Ask Us Now
Maryland AskUsNow!
is a 24/7 live online interactive service for the residents and
students of the state of Maryland. It uses the expertise of trained
librarians to provide answers to questions, research guidance, and
help navigating the Internet. The librarian should be able to take
you to various websites and will communicate with you using Internet
chat. A normal session lasts no longer than 15-20 minutes. The
librarian may offer to follow-up by e-mail if your question cannot
be answered online in this timeframe.
Cities of the World
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
A compilation of
current information on cultural, geographic, and political
conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six
continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. Maps
and photos of many cities included.
Credo Reference: Start
Your Research Here
Tour
Credo
Reference is
a digital reference library that places a world of factual
information at your fingertips. Containing a selection from 240
high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers,
Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research. Offering
access to over 1.7 million individual entries, Credo Reference contains
all the types of reference books that you'd want to see in any
quality library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of
quotations, not to mention a host of subject-specific titles
covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to
literature. And because all our books are provided by the best
reference publishers, you know you can believe what you read.
Facts on File
Overview
Contains Facts
On File World News Digest, Issues &
Controversies On File, Today's Science On File, The World Almanac® Reference
Database,
The World Almanac Encyclopedia
Funk and
Wagnall's New Encyclopedia
Tutorial
For students
and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia database
indexes over 25,000 records.
Reference USA
Tutorial
The ReferenceUSA
database contains detailed information on U.S. businesses, U.S.
residents and U.S. health care providers
World Book
Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
Guide
Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
Geography and Maps
Atlas of the Civil War
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
This atlas
describes the Civil War in five chronological sections, each of
which frames the war as both a military conflict and a substantial
social force that shaped the United States. In addition to
substantial coverage of the war’s multiple military theaters, this
atlas also devotes substantial attention to nonmilitary elements of
the struggle. Maps of population, economic development, elections,
transportation networks, and patterns of enlistment accompany the
text articles to better illuminate the war’s social impact.
Cities of the World
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
A compilation of
current information on cultural, geographic, and political
conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six
continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. Maps
and photos of many cities included.
Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Entries describe
the physical geography of every nation and dependency on Earth.
Physical features, climate, and vegetation are discussed in detail
using a consistent set of rubrics. Every entry features a physical
relief map designed to illuminate the text of the entry. A World
Rankings appendix includes dozens of tables ranking major features
of the Earth, such as largest river by length and volume, tallest
mountains by continent, and deepest oceans. Includes a glossary of
geographical and geological terms.
Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Among the great
civilizations of the world, Islam remains an enigma to Western
readers. Now, in a beautifully illustrated historical atlas, noted
scholar of religion Malise Ruthven recounts the fascinating and
important history of the Islamic world.
Sanborn Maps,
1867-1970
Navigation Guide
Map
Legend
Digital Sanborn
Maps, 1867-1970 provides access to more than 660,000 large-scale
maps for more than 12,000 American towns and cities. Sanborn
fire insurance maps are the most frequently consulted maps in
libraries, and are valuable historical tools. In electronic
form, Sanborn maps allow users to easily manipulate the maps,
magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from
different years.
World Book
Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
Guide
Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
Health Information
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The Encyclopedia
of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior specifically addresses the
new frontiers that have opened in the area of addictive studies,
exploring not only the biological basis for addiction, but also
recent enhancements in diagnosis and treatment.
Health
Source: Consumer Edition
Tutorial
Health Source:
Consumer Edition offers you an alternative resource to find
authoritative information on health-related questions.
Infotrac Health and Wellness
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Use this Resource Center to
find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories,
and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition,
Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol
and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and
alternative or complementary treatments, etc.
Reference USA
Tutorial
The ReferenceUSA
database contains detailed information on U.S. businesses, U.S.
residents and U.S. health care providers
History
African American Almanac
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The African
American Almanac provides historical and current information on
African American history, society, and culture. It includes a
chronology, primary documents, directories of organizations and
businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated
lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, and hundreds of brief
biographies, photographs, maps, and statistical charts.
Atlas of the Civil War
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
This atlas
describes the Civil War in five chronological sections, each of
which frames the war as both a military conflict and a substantial
social force that shaped the United States. In addition to
substantial coverage of the war’s multiple military theaters, this
atlas also devotes substantial attention to nonmilitary elements of
the struggle. Maps of population, economic development, elections,
transportation networks, and patterns of enlistment accompany the
text articles to better illuminate the war’s social impact.
Cities of the World
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
A compilation of
current information on cultural, geographic, and political
conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six
continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. Maps
and photos of many cities included.
Colonial America Reference Library
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
The Colonial
America Reference Library provides students with the comprehensive
information on the Colonial American period they need to write
reports and class assignments including biographical profiles and
primary source documents.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
This reference set
lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on
research of social scientists, it is the source for historical,
social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other
information on virtually every existing culture.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and
Footwear Through the Ages
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Fashion, Costume
and Culture provides a broad overview of costume traditions of
diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. It
also explores how and why items were created, the people who made
them, and their uses, and shows how clothing, headwear, body
decorations and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious,
and societal beliefs.
Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Among the great
civilizations of the world, Islam remains an enigma to Western
readers. Now, in a beautifully illustrated historical atlas, noted
scholar of religion Malise Ruthven recounts the fascinating and
important history of the Islamic world.
History
Reference Center
Tutorial
History
Reference Center is the world's most comprehensive full text
history reference database, featuring full text for more than 2,000
reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading
history publishers and more than 120 leading history periodicals.
The database contains more than 59,600 historical documents; more
than 49,600 biographies of historical figures; more than 110,200
historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical
video
Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage
The purpose of the
Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Project is two-fold. First,
the MDCH Project is a collaborative effort to digitize
Maryland-related historical documents, images, audio, and video for
Maryland's public libraries and cultural heritage institutions.
Second, the MDCH Project website provides centralized, one-stop
access to these culturally significant items that will benefit the
patrons and staff of the libraries and cultural heritage
institutions, as well as future generations, by promoting research,
education, and tourism.
Sanborn Maps,
1867-1970
Navigation Guide
Map
Legend
Digital Sanborn
Maps, 1867-1970 provides access to more than 660,000 large-scale
maps for more than 12,000 American towns and cities. Sanborn
fire insurance maps are the most frequently consulted maps in
libraries, and are valuable historical tools. In electronic
form, Sanborn maps allow users to easily manipulate the maps,
magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from
different years.
U*X*L American Decades
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
Covers
20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending
in 1999. Each decade is covered, with a chronology of world
events and a general overview of the decade. Within each
topic, alphabetically arranged entries discuss historically
important events, issues, definitions of difficult concepts or
terms, and other interesting trivia and sideline stories.
Whilbr
Allegany, Garrett,
and Washington Counties in Western Maryland have a rich and diverse
history. View images from the collections of the libraries,
historical societies, and individuals in the three counties.
There are photographs, newspaper articles, and indexes, rare books
and more.
Witchcraft in America
Tutorial
Navigation Guide
Search Tips
This fascinating
and informative source covers the history of witchcraft in the
United States from the hysteria that facilitated the witch hunts
during the Colonial Period to modern day followers of Wicca.
Chapters include full text or excerpts from trial transcripts, diary
entries, public notices, and many other primary sources.
Biographical essays highlight prominent figures related to the Salem
witch trials.
World Book
Online Reference Center
Tutorial
Quick Start
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Continually
updated, World Book Online Reference Center is a student's best
source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive
site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus
thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and
maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100
simulated historic Web sites.
Home Improvement
Home Improvement Reference Center
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Home Improvement
Reference Center is designed to provide full text articles that show
instructions, tips and suggestions for a variety of home improvement
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Law
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
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This uniquely
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psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice
worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from
domestic violence to terrorism, and cite pertinent legal cases as
well as publications for further information.
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
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This six-volume
edition of the 1987 Dartmouth Medal-winner includes all of the
material from the original four-volume set and 1992 Supplement, as
well as updated original articles and new articles covering concepts
and court cases since 1992. Appendices include a case index and
primary documents.
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
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Fills a
much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and
history behind the law and more practical guides dealing with the
law and its everyday effect upon its citizens. Articles include
brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, profiles
of various U.S. laws and regulations, details of how laws and
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LegalForms
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Thomson Gale
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Warning:
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Literature
Book Index with Reviews
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Book Index with
Reviews is a comprehensive database that provides information on
over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats.
Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all
genres. The product contains over 800,000 full text searchable
reviews from Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers
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Children's Favorite Authors and Illustrators
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From 19th-century
poet Edward Lear to contemporary stars such as Newbery Honor author
Jack Gantos, this series provides child-friendly essays about
popular storytellers in large type, and includes a list of selected
works, quotes, abundant photos, and sources for further reading.
Hours of delighted browsing and successful investigation await! The
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selected bibliography of the person's work and suggestions for
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