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| World
Almanac Reference Database@Facts.com The World Almanac and Book of Facts includes facts and statistics, historical and current events, country information, and more from both the new and past editions of the World Almanac. |
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| Biographies Plus Illustrated (Wilson) Full-text articles about recent and historical figures. Note: AOL cannot access this database. Please use a different browser. |
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| Biography.com A&E's brief bios of famous people, past and present. |
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| Calculator
A virtual scientific calculator.
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Colleges and Careers |
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| CollegeSource
Online
College
catalogs online. |
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| College
Financial Education Links to financial education resources for college students. This site is sponsored by Citibank. |
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| Free
Scholarship Searches Over 30 links to scholarship sites. maintained by the American Educational Guidance Center. |
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| NYS
Licensed Professions List New York State professions' license requirements and application forms. |
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| Occupational
Outlook Handbook
Descriptions,
requirements, earnings and outlook of careers and jobs.
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Dictionaries, Thesauri |
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| Cambridge
Dictionaries Online (American English)
Meanings of words, phrases, and idioms. |
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definitions,
pronunciations,and parts of speech. |
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| Roget's
Thesaurus
Offers
a variety of ways to express a given idea. |
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| Your
Dictionary Dictionaries of word origins and of many languages. |
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Dissertation Abstracts Online |
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UMI
Dissertation Express |
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| Encyclopaedia Britannica
Academic edition; includes World Data, Notable Quotations, and Gateway to the Classics. |
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Quotations |
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| Columbia
World of Quotations (1996) About 65,000 quotations, searchable and browsable by author. |
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| Statistics |
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| Statistical
Abstract
Selected
U.S statistics and tables from the printed version. |
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| U.S.
Census Bureau
Census
tables and maps of every city, town, village in the country. |
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| Art | ||||||||||
| ArtStor Digital library of images from a wide arrary of cultures and time periods. |
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Biology |
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A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Also includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals. |
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Anatomy
of the human body with 13,000 subject indexes. |
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Online version of Kimball's biology textbook.
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| Business | ||||||||||
Business Plans Handbook (Gale)  This set includes six volumes of business plans handbooks. |
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Encyclopedia of Small Business (Gale) Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Provides access to the world of Internet commerce and addresses the concerns of those who want to join the ranks of the Internet business community. |
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| CQ's Guide to Congress
Explains the law, procedures, and politics of the U.S. Congress, as well as historical developments |
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| Major Acts of Congress (Gale)
An illustrated encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest days of the American republic up through recent years.
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| ADAM Medical encyclopedia with extensive illustrations. |
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| Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices from acupuncture to naturopathy. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer Comprehensive survey of 120 cancers, cancer drugs, traditional and alternative treatments, side effects and diagnostic procedures. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies. |
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| Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine Includes information on medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. |
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Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health Topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. It also discusses the roles of health professionals. |
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| Grey Literature in Public Health Pamphlets and longer reports about health policy issues in New York and beyond, searched through the New York Academy of Medicine library's catalog. |
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| Harrison's
Online Detailed, comprehensive textbook of medical conditions and treatments, for health science students. |
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| Merck Manuals This Merck site includes access to the following manuals: Diagnosis and Therapy, Geriatrics, Health & Aging, Medical Information, and Veterinary Healthcare, as well as the index of the chemists' encyclopedia. |
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About
400 documents important in American history, listed chronologically
from 1492 to present. |
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| American Civil War Reference Library (Gale) Covers the events and people of the Civil War period and provides in-depth information, including biographical profiles and primary source materials. |
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American Revolution Reference Library (Gale) Covers the events and people of the Revolutionary War period in easy-to-understand,including the biographies and primary source materials in this comprehensive set. |
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| Americans at War (Gale) This unique, four-volume set explains how mobilization for war and how wars themselves have altered the fabric of everyday life. Written by scholars in the fields, the encyclopedia places major American conflicts -- from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism. |
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| Europe: 1450 to 1789 (Gale) Explores European history from 1450-1789, from the print revolution to the French Revolution. Includes 1,150 articles written by eminent scholars covering major topics in art, government, and education as well as providing biographical entries on key figures of the period. |
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| Fashion, Costume, and Culture (Gale) Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. |
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The Modern Middle East and North Africa (Gale) Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism, the World Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United Nations' involvement in the region. |
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The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide (Gale) Presents in-depth information on conflicts appearing in today's headlines, with historical background and analysis to events to give a greater understanding of the politics, players, and layers of current affairs. |
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| Code
of Federal Regulations Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. |
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Daily
publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, Notices of Federal agencies
and organizations; Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. |
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General
and permanent laws of the United States. |
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| Literature | ||||||||||
Bulfinch's
Mythology
Classical and medieval myths and legends from the classic retelling by Thomas Bulfinch. |
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| Contemporary Poets (Gale) Biographical and bibliographical information on hundreds of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets. |
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Oxford Shakespeare All the plays and poetry as printed in the 1914 Oxford edition of Shakespeare's work. Searchable by exact words and phrases. |
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Old
and New Testaments, searchable by exact words and verse numbers. |
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Encyclopedia of Religion (Gale) This presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture. |
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