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ABI/Global contains U.S. and international academic and trade
journals and newspapers covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies,
management techniques and product information. |
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Accessible Archives© provides on-line full text search capability of archived historical information previously furnished only on microfilm. Source materials from the 18th and 19th century include The Virginia Gazette (1736-1780), The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue (Chester County 1809-1870), South Carolina Newspapers (1732 - 1780) and perspectives on the Civil War. |
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AccessScience offers thousands of articles
and illustrations in the fields of science and technology.
News headlines, video clips, biographies, and more are available. |
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America the Beautiful is a comprehensive source
about the states and territories of the United States of America with
lots of pictures, maps and statistics. |
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The American Physical Society (APS) provides free access to all online APS journals,
from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893, to readers and researchers accessing their collection
from inside public library buildings in the United States. This collection includes over 400,000 scientific research
papers.
Available only in library branches.
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Ancestry Library Edition provides a wide range of resources for
genealogical and historical research. It includes records from the U.S. Census;
military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records;
directories; petitions for naturalization; passenger lists and more.
Available only in library branches. |
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Auto Repair Reference Center contains the complete automotive
repair manuals that were originally published in the Chilton Total Car Care Series as
well as technical service bulletins, wiring diagrams and labor time estimates. The
procedures are written specifically for the do-it-yourselfer, but are comprehensive
enough for professional technicians. Every major manufacturer for domestic and imported
vehicles is represented, including auto repair manuals for most vintage makes from 1954. |
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Biography in Context provides in-depth coverage of current
and historic people. It provides articles and portraits. |
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Books and Authors contains descriptions of thousands of
highly recommended adult, teen and children's fiction titles from multiple
genres. This database is very useful if you would like to know the sequence
of a series of titles by one author or if you are looking for other authors
who write in a similar genre or style. |
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Business and Company Resource Center includes company profiles, histories,
chronologies, rankings, brand information, investment reports, ratios and articles on over
300,000 companies. |
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Business Index ASAP has full-text academic and business journals that
can be used for research on management issues, economic indicators and business
theory/practices as well as information on companies and industries worldwide. |
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Career Transitions helps job-seekers assess their strengths and interests, explore new opportunities, and improve success in getting a job. |
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Child Development features articles and research on children from
early childhood through teenage with material on childhood education, health and parenting
topics. |
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Computer Database covers computer-related product
introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software,
electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. |
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Consumers' CHECKBOOK provides articles published in Washington
Consumers' CHECKBOOK as well as CHECKBOOK'S Guide to Top Doctors, Guide to
Hospitals, and Guide to Health Plans (non-federal), and Car Deals publications.
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CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of current
issues. Topics range from social and teen issues to the environment, health,
education and science and technology. CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue
each week. |
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Current Biography Illustrated provides profiles and images of people making news today as well
as famous people back to World War II including celebrities, politicians, sports figures,
writers, actors, scientists, and others. |
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eBook Collection. After
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eLibrary contains interview transcripts, speeches, and other primary source materials.
It features a "go to the best part" button to help you browse quickly through your
search results. |
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Encyclopedia Americana Online includes the full
text of the print Encyclopedia Americana and more. |
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Europa World Yearbook contains political and economic
information about more than 250 countries and territories through background
information, statistics, and government and media contacts. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP covers every academic discipline through
scholarly journals, news and general interest magazines, and The New York Times. |
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Grants Research and Training Center.
For directions and hours call
703-324-8343. |
Foundation Directory Online Professional allows grant seekers to quickly
research prospective funders by providing access to detailed information on grant
makers, grants and grant recipients as well as access to grant makers web sites and
searchable 990's. |
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Gale Directory Library provides listings for many industries. It includes these directory sources: Brands and Their Companies, Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of eBook encyclopedias and
almanacs. |
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General OneFile supplies articles on a wide range of topics: business,
computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies,
humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology,
and more. |
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General Reference Center Gold provides indexing, abstracts, and
full-text for thousands of magazines and newspapers including The Washington Post and
The Christian Science Monitor. |
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Grants Research
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703-324-8343. |
Grants to Individuals Online includes thousands of
foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers
and other individual grant seekers. |
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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia contains articles,
bibliographies and more. |
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Health and Wellness Resource Center offers medical journal,
magazine, and newspaper articles, pamphlets, and medical encyclopedias and dictionaries
on a broad range of health topics. It includes a drug/herb finder and information on
alternative medicine. |
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HeritageQuest Online allows researchers to find their ancestors,
trace their paths across America and learn what life was like in the areas where
they settled. |
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Historical Newspaper Index uniquely provides over one
million records from nine local newspapers covering research on the
history of local buildings, lists of Civil War veterans, past Board of
Supervisors meetings and election statistics, and much more. |
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The Historical New York Times includes The New York Times
from 1851 through 2007. |
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The Historical Washington Post includes The Washington Post
from 1877 through 1994. |
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Junior Edition offers magazines, newspapers and reference books
on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government,
history, sports and more. Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary is one of the
reference books included. |
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Kid's InfoBits is for the research needs of students in Kindergarten
through Grade 5. It features a graphic interface, a subject search, and full-text,
age-appropriate magazines and newspapers on current events, the arts, science, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. |
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Lands and People Online provides information on
cultures, geography, languages, and news and history of every independent
country and continent in the world with maps, flags, photos, and Web links. |
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LearningExpress Library provides practice tests, tutorials and eBooks to prepare for academic and licensing tests. Coverage spans elementary school skills through adult job skills and citizenship test preparation. |
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LegalTrac indexes hundreds of major law reviews, legal newspapers,
bar association journals and international legal journals. |
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Literature Resources lets you search several literature databases at the same time on a Website designed specifically for literature research. Find the full texts of literary works, journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews. |
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LitFinder contains full-text poems, short stories, speeches and plays including some material in Spanish. |
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Since Mango requires speakers and/or headphones and a microphone to use effectively it is not available for use in the library. |
Mango Languages teaches conversation and cultural awareness in over a dozen languages including: Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Farsi and Chinese. |
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MasterFILE Premier covers diverse topics including
general information, business issues, health and multicultural materials. It
includes an image collection with photos of people, natural science photos,
photos of places, historical photos, maps, and flags. |
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MedlinePlus is an authoritative information source from the National Library of
Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government, non-profit
and other health-related organizations and is organized by help topic. MedlinePlus
also provides full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia. |
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Military and Intelligence Database provides
hundreds of military-related and general magazines. |
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Morningstar Investment Research Center provides independent investment research and analysis in the United States and in major international markets with data and analyst reports on stocks and funds, tools to build and analyze a portfolio, and tools to learn new stock and fund-investing strategies and portfolio-building-skills. Data and analysis of domestic and international markets by market sector, industry and geographic region are also available. |
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National Newspapers covers dozens of newspapers including
The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and The Washington Post. |
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New Book of Knowledge has features of the print version plus
Wonder Questions, facts and figures, projects and experiments, literary
selections, and more. |
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New Book of Popular Science contains hundreds of articles in the
print version plus science games, puzzles, and brain teasers. Top-of-the-news science
stories are updated weekly. |
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The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) provides access to genealogical resources for the United States, Canada and Europe, but primarily covers New England and New York.
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The Historical New York Times includes The New York Times
from 1851 through 2007. |
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Novelist supplies lists of titles by fiction authors and allows you to find authors who write books similar to those of a particular fiction author you enjoy. Many titles have links to reviews, table of contents for anthologies, and/or first chapters. There are also author biographies and recommended reading lists. It is searchable by author, title, series name, award winners, or a general plot description. |
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Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre was conceived and developed with the
Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas as its focus. Based on the print encyclopedia,
Cumbre, it contains thousands of articles, thousands of photographs, and more. |
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OverDrive provides eBooks, eAudiobooks and eVideos. Your Fairfax County Public Library card and password are all you need to access OverDrive. Complete instructions and help getting started are available at OverDrive's Online Digital Media Guided Tour and OverDrive's Quick Start Guide. |
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography features more than 57,000 entries about the people who have shaped British history. Produced by Oxford University Press, the dictionary includes portraits, illustrations, and links to related online resources. |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online provides the meaning and
history of the English language. It also contains millions of quotations. |
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Professional Collection is a custom selection of hundreds of full-text journals. |
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The ProQuest Digital Microfilm™ is a browser based
system that provides a simple and convenient way to access microfilm
editions of The New York Times & Washington Post.
These titles can viewed in their original full-image and will cover
relatively recent editions of these titles. |
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Reference USA from Infogroup offers verified details on
14 million U.S. businesses and 210 million U.S. residents. We bring that
information directly to library patrons, making it faster and easier to
find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find
news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses
and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
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Religion and Philosophy Collection features a selection of
hundreds of magazines and journals covering religion and the related areas
of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. |
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Science in Context covers the latest scientific developments from hundreds of magazines. The database covers
curriculum-related science topics and offers content directly related to state and national
education standards. |
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The Serials Directory provides bibliographic
information and pricing for thousands of U.S. and international
periodicals. |
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Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage is a comprehensive, professional source of proprietary analysis on companies, industries, and investments including rankings of stocks and mutual funds. The site also includes a Financial Education section with tools for better understanding personal and family financial matters such as budgets, mortgages, credit, retirement, etc.
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Student Edition focuses on general reference
materials with a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers,
and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science,
government, history, and many other topics. It contains audio and video
clips and primary sources. |
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Student Resource Center
Gold provides a selection of original reference material, overviews, critical
essays, primary source documents and full-text magazines and newspapers with audio
and video clips, photographs, maps and graphics. |
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TumbleBookLibrary offers electronic books which include animation, music and narration from a variety of children's publishers. This online resource provides story books, nonfiction picturebooks, chapter books, games, and puzzles to help children who are reading by themselves as well as those who are building their reading skills. There is also a language learning section with titles in Spanish and French. |
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Uniworld provides quick access to high quality contact information for
businesses in over 200 countries and 1,200 industries. Users may also target companies with
career postings. |
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Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to
stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as
special situations stocks. |
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The Historical Washington Post includes The Washington Post
from 1877 through 1994. |
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Virginia Career VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work) provides career and education resources to students, parents, jobseekers and educators. The site offers extensive information on occupations, online career assessment tests, and college financial aid. |
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The William and Mary Quarterly focuses on early American history and culture to 1820. |
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Women in History provides access to journal articles covering all types
of women's issues including health issues, feminism, gender issues and cultural roles. |
