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A collection of databases including: American
Government, American History, State Geography, United States at War,
World History-Ancient and Medieval Eras, World History-Modern Era
and World Geography. |
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ALL Data
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Resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information. |
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Ancestry Library |
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Genealogy
research tool. Sources include United States Census, military
records; court, land and probate records, vital and church records/
directories and passenger lists. |
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Biography Resource Center
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Find current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality,
ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword
and full text. |
| Books in Print -
Patrons |
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Find
books, audios, and videos. Search by author, keyword, title or
browse by general subject or index.
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Professionals |
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Search to find books, audios, and videos. Search by author,
keyword, title or browse by general subject or index. |
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Books in Print
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Search to find books, audios, and videos. Search by author,
keyword, title or browse by general subject or index. |
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Business and Company Resource Center |
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This
fully integrated resource brings together company profiles, brand
information, rankings, investment reports, company histories,
chronologies and periodicals. |
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| Children’s Literature
Comprehensive Database |
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This
database is a resource for an extensive array of information about
children's books, video and audio recordings, film strips and other
children-focused media. |
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CultureGrams
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World
edition, Kids' Edition, and States Edition and contains cultural and
geographical information supplemented with maps, images and recipes. |
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| Download Depot
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Download
Audio Books and Videos to play on your PC or portable device (Pocket
PC, MP3 player or smart phone) or copy to CD and DVDs for enjoyment
on-the-go. |
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ELibrary
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An index
of many full text magazine and newspaper articles, as well as
television and radio transcripts, pictures, maps and more. |
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Facts for Learning
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For elementary and middle school students. Includes fact resources
such as The World Almanac, Weekly Reader (grades 2-12), maps from
Maps.com, The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia and The
Wordsmyth Children's Dictionary. |
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Facts on File-Issues & Controversies |
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Find the pros and cons of approximately 600 controversial topics in
the news. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars,
bibliographies and contact information provide balanced and accurate
coverage of current and historical issues. |
| Fiction Connection
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Locate book suggestions based on a title you already enjoy. Take
advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre,
setting, character, location and time frame. |
| First Search |
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Connect
to information in a wide range of subjects in 25 databases including
ArticleFirst, ECO, World Cat and ERIC. |
| Florida Electronic Library |
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Collection
of resources providing articles in a variety of subject areas-
including business, health, current events, environment, etc.
Resources are available for all age groups as well as for Spanish
language users. These resources are provided by the Florida
Department of State, Division of Library and Information
Services and funded under the provisions of the Library Services and
Technology Act in partnership with your local library. |
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Gale Reference Resources
(from Florida Electronic Library) |
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Similar
to Florida Electronic Library, but limited to those resources from
Gale Publishing provided through the Florida
Department of State, Division of Library and Information
Services. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
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A
database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for
multidisciplinary research. |
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Grolier Online Reference Collection |
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Contains The New book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia,
Encyclopedia Americana, Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en Linea, The New
Book of Popular Science and Lands and People.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
& Alternative Health Module |
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Instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference
materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of
pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology,
Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in
addition to a broad collection of Thompson Gale reference titles. |
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Heritage Quest
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A
collection of 25,000+ family and local history books that are
searchable. Every page of each book can be downloaded or copied.
Material is included from all 50 states and Canada. The complete
U.S. census from 1790-1930 is also available. It can be searched by
name, place of birth, age or ethnicity. Also included are full-text
entries for obituaries from over 150 newspapers in the ProQuest
database. |
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InfoTrac OneFile
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A
one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of
topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education ,
environmental issues, healthcare hobbies, humanities, law,
literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports,
technology and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text
articles. Updated daily. |
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Kids InfoBits (Gale)
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Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten
through Grade 5, covers geography, current events, the arts,
science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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| Library Literature and Information Science Full Text (from WilsonWeb)
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Find
fulltext library and information science journal articles. |
Literature Resource
Center - LRC
& Scribner Writers Series Online
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Find
up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary
criticism and reviews on nearly 130,00 writers in all disciplines,
from all time periods and from around the world. Supplemented by
scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series. |
| Lit Finder |
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poems, short stories, essays, plays and speeches. Searchable by
title, author, subject, nationality , genre and more. Many available
in full text. |
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Medline Plus |
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Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online
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Contains
over 1 million entries and consists of nine references: Webster's
Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged; Collegiate
Dictionary; Collegiate Encyclopeida; Collegiate Thesaurus; a
Spanish/English dictionary; a French/English dictionary; a medical
dictionary and a style guide. |
Morningstar
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Search
stocks, bonds, mutual funds and ETFs. Learn about investments, see
reports and create portfolios.
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NetLibrary E-books
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Check
out and read electronic books on your computer 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. The collection is searchable by keyword, author, title
and full text and includes more than 48,000 reference and
non-fiction titles on a wide range of subjects. Go to the
FAQs
for more
information on using these e-books. |
NewsBank
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NewsBank
includes America’s Newspapers, a database of local, regional, and
national U.S. newspapers, including the Fort Myers News-Press,
(1/1/1999-Current.)Included
within the database are special reports on current events providing
ready-made access to relevant articles.
An exact
digital reproduction of the printed New York Times Book Review is
also provided. |
NewsBank – Ft. Myers News-Press
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Provides
direct access to the Fort Myers News-Press
(1/1/1999-Current). |
NewsBank
– Naples Daily News
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Provides
direct access to the Naples Daily News (01/1/1998-present).
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Newsstand (Proquest Newspapers)
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Full
text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes
coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The
New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news
sources and news wires. Use the first drop down box to select
"News-ProQuest Newspapers." |
Novelist
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An
informative database with access to over 100,000 fiction titles.
You can find books based on author, title, or description; browse
genre and/or award lists; search for reviews; read book discussion
guides. |
Novelist K-8
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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. |
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P4Antiques
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The p4A
Antiques Reference database has over 250,000 records. Each
record includes pricing information, at least one color picture and
a text description. The antiques are organized into 1,280
different subjects including furniture, glass, pottery and
porcelain, paintings, prints, clocks, toys, dolls, advertising
collectibles, books, autographs, lamps, silver, firearms and
historical documents. |
Peterson’s Testing & Education Resource Center
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Taking a
college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or
graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Find thousands of
college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet
their financial needs. Take online practice tests and use test prep
eBooks to obtain your education goals. |
Price It! Antiques & Collectibles
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Contains
more than 23 million records with over 10 million images for
identifying and pricing art, antiques and collectibles. Includes
online sources such as eBay and GoAntiques. |
ProQuest
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An index
of journal, magazine and newspaper articles going back to 1986.
Many are full-text. Once in the database, you may choose to
search ProQuest General Reference or ProQuest Newspapers |
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Reference USA
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The
Business database contains company names, phone numbers, addresses,
key executive names, SIC and NAICS codes, employee size, sales
volume and more. The Residential database contains resident names,
addresses, phone numbers, income and median home values. |
Rosetta Stone
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Lessons available in 5 different
languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
PLEASE NOTE: The manufacturer of this product is no longer offering it to libraries. Our subscription will end March
31, 2008. We are currently investigating other options.
Until we select other language-learning software, patrons may wish
to use the following free resources:
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Science Online
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A
comprehensive
and authoritative overview of the sciences. Diagrams, essays,
definitions and biographies are arranged by topic. More than
600 experiments are indexed by grade and are searchable using
keyword or phrase. Organized by the National Science Education
Standards for grades 6-12. |
SIRS Discoverer
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An
informative database of full-text articles designed with the young
researcher in mind. Contains a thesaurus, dictionary, maps,
pictures, biographies, photo essays,
2001
World Almanac for Kids, encyclopedia, and current event
articles. |
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Teen Health and Wellness
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A
resource full of self-help tools on topics including diseases,
drugs, alcohol, nutrition, and fitness. National 24 hour
hotlines listed for teens in crisis. |
Thomson Gale Legal Forms
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A wide
selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the
most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills,
pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and
many others. Also includes a comprehensive attorney state directory
and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's
language.
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Tumblebook Library (ebooks for kids)
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Click on
the TumbleBook icon to view these animated, talking picture books at
the library or on your home computer. The collection also contains
TumblePuzzles, TumbleGames and TumbleQuizzes based on the picture
books. |
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What Do I Read Next?
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Over 125,000 recommended titles, more than 67,900 plot summaries and
information for 568 awards. Uncover new reading adventures, find
long-remembered favorites and discover award-winning titles. Find by
genre, subject, author, title, series and more. Monthly highlights
page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming
titles and titles that revolve around different subjects each month. |
Wilson Web
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A
collection of databases including Children's Catalog, Fiction
Catalog, Junior Authors and Illustrators, Middle and Junior High
School Library Catalog, Public Library Catalog, Senior High School
Catalog, Library Literature and Short Story Index 1984-1997. |
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