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Database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. The 4,000+ maps include political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

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City-specific electronic travel guide for 202 cities of the world with information about society and culture, travel, communications, business, trade, marketing, and security. Create a personalized travel guide containing health and safety information, essential language terms, travel accommodations, main attractions, and more by selecting topics you wish to print and the database will create a PDF that you can print and take with you on your travels.

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Academic Search Ultimate includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 5,217 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.

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Full-text access to over 10,000 local, national, and world newspapers, magazines, and broadcast transcripts, including the Denver Post, New York Post, and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Browse suggested topics such as Health, Sports, STEM, International Issues, or search by keyword, location, author, or source. 

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Brought to you by the wildly popular genealogy website, Ancestry.com, Ancestry Library Edition offers 4,000 genealogical databases covering the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas.

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Auto Repair Source provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.

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La base de datos de investigación académica esencial con revistas a texto completo revisadas por pares

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Biography Reference Center provides superior coverage for several of the most popular and heavily researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).

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This curated selection of primary sources is designed for teaching and learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans. Developed with input from Black history scholars and advisors, its easily discoverable materials are ideal for assignments and special projects focused on U.S. Black history. Periods include, Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860), The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877), Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932), The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945), The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975), and The Contemporary Era (1976-2000).

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Access real-time homework help, exam prep, and collaborate through the intuitive Brainfuse online classroom. Brainfuse tutors are trained to not provide answers, but to help users master a problem’s underlying academic concepts. Brainfuse offers tutoring and homework help services in Spanish for all subjects offered in English. 

Includes writing labs, academic and standardized test prep, and adult learning center. 

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Access tools and experts to find a job or enhance your career. Includes self assessments, job search resources, resume assistance, and interview preparation. 

Features Skills First, formerly Optimal Resume. 

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Brainfuse es una suite de tutoría en línea para estudiantes, alumnos adultos y personas que buscan trabajo. Con unos cuantos servicios distintivos disponibles, Brainfuse proporciona tutoría por demanda, entrenamiento para el trabajo, lecciones de autoaprendizaje, pruebas de práctica, y ayuda en la transición laboral para veteranos. Dependiendo de la suscripción de la biblioteca, usted puede tener acceso a uno o más de estos servicios. 

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Business Source Premier provides full text for over 2,800 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.

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Access practice tests and other resources to acquire a Colorado State Driver's License, CDL, or Motorcycle License. Includes relevant handbooks in eBook and eAudiobook formats. 

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A comprehensive guide to funding resources for nonprofit organizations and government agencies in Colorado. 

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A service of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 1,200,000 digitized pages, representing more than 250 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923. Includes the Steamboat Pilot & Today from 1894 - 1996. 

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The single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.  This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. Full text (PDF) information dates as far back as 1946.

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Provides access to independently conducted, unbiased evaluations of thousands of consumer products. Includes articles, reviews, and buying guide information. 

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Find, generate, and download lists of businesses in the United States. Businesses can be searched by SIC/NAIC codes, yellow page headings, geographic regions, and by sales. One-hundred downloads are allowed at a time within the Library and twenty-five downloads at a time are allowed from home.

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Search or browse the Denver Post Historical Archive from 1894 to 1989. Find images and full-text articles on Front Range issues, events, people, and much more. Includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate, and advertisements. 

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Find full-text, advertisement-free articles on local news, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of the Denver Post. Updated weekly, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.

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Browse or search the Denver Post print editions online, with full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. Cite, save, download, and share content from a year of back issues. Available same day as print editions. 

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An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for students and public library patrons. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive.

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Environment Complete offers deep coverage for the subjects of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and affiliated areas of study. This valuable database contains over 3 million records from over 2,500 domestic and international titles, including over 1,100 full text journals.

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This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies and primary source documents. 

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Provides age-appropriate environments for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework.

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Contains essays, articles, reports, and other reliable sources that provide an in-depth look at the history of race and provides context for learning more about topics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity, and inclusiveness. Designed for high school and undergraduate use. 

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Candid's premier grantseeking database which includes 156,000+ grantmaker profiles, over 16 million grants, 800,000 recipient profiles, along with contacts, maps, charts, federal grants, and more. 

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The library offers free online access to Weiss Financial Ratings! Whether you’re creating your first budget, keeping tabs on your investments, searching for the best car insurance company, or figuring out the best Medicare supplement insurance plan for retirement, Weiss Financial Ratings Series has something for you!  

With access to more than 40,000 investment ratings on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds, and 21,000 safety ratings on banks, credit unions, and insurance companies, you’ll enjoy unprecedented coverage of the investments and companies you want to follow. 

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Candid's database for students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers, with profiles on nearly 10,000 grantmakers and details on scholarships, fellowships, and other grants available to individuals. 

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Updated annually. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database contains images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.

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Provides 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 included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.

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A master index to 43 literary series published by Gale. It combines and cross-references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and over 140,000 titles into one source.

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Gale Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

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Explore the most extensive compilation of literary commentary available. Includes analysis from book excerpts, periodicals, and more.

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Find the biographies and bibliographies of thousands of U.S. and international authors. Continuously updated. 

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Gale Small Business Builder helps patrons interested in planning and optimizing their businesses or nonprofits. Built for aspiring entrepreneurs and those with existing small businesses, it provides a step-by-step process supported by a rich variety of recognized tools that enable users to produce complete business plans and other documents essential for gaining access to capital and growing their enterprise.

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Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include; sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

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Country-specific social, cultural and travel resource covering 175 nations and territories. Includes more than 11 million words of editorial, over 6,500 color photos and 1,575 country maps. For each country discover information on the culture, climate and points of interest, security, business services, sports, transportation, food, recipes and essential terms in the native language.

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A cross disciplinary environmental resource with a focus on human impacts to the environment. Topics include sustainable agriculture, recycling, green building, climate change, and more. Abstracts to more than 600,000 and full text access to more than 9,000 articles are included.

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Provides access to all of the Federal Census Images. Nine years are indexed by the head of the household, and you may access over 25,000 full-text, family and local-history books.

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The world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features full text for more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

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This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.

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Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides do-it-yourselfers with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.

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Mango Languages le ayuda a aprender más de 70 idiomas, ofrece más de 20 cursos de inglés como segundo idioma y le ayuda a mejorar el dominio del idioma de su interés por medio de películas que puede encontrar en Mango Premiere.

  • Cambie el idioma de su navegador a español.
  • Crear Nuevo perfil para dar seguimiento a su progreso inicia sesión en tu perfil de Mango.
  • Para utilizer la aplicación de Mango en dispositivos móviles, inicia sesión en tu perfil de Mango primero en su navegador.
  • Haga click en Explorar para ver si el idioma que quiere aprender tiene Mango Premiere disponible, una herramienta de aprendizaje basada en películas.
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Instructional and test preparation website that offers comprehensive courses in math, reading, and writing; resume writing and workplace skills enrichment. Includes test preparation materials and practice exams for the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exams, and more.

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Provides access to courses on building basic math skills, becoming a better reader, and improving writing, speaking and grammar skills. Also provides access to resources for becoming a U.S. Citizen--including citizenship study guides and practice exams (English and Espanol).

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Provides access to information about careers, practice entrance or occupation exams, and courses for improving workplace and job search skills. 

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Provides access to ACT, SAT, AP, PSAT/NMSQT, TOEFL iBT and IELTS study guides and practice exams. Also includes lessons on how to write a college admission essay. 

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Provides access to college-level skills improvement courses for Math, Reading, Grammar, Writing, and Science. Includes access to CLEP, GRE, GMAT, MAT, LSAT, PCAT, and MCAT practice exams and study guides.

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Provides access to courses on popular computer skills/software, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, and Windows 7-10.

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Provides access to GED, HiSET, and TASC study guides and practice exams.

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Access to legal forms and full-text articles. Reference books are provided through Nolo?, the nation's oldest and most well-respected provider of legal information for individuals and small businesses. Search over 12,000 state-specific legal forms organized by subject including Adoption, Bankruptcy, Name Changes and more. Provides access to the tools and ?how-to? instructions to address a wide-range of legal issues.

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Access to indexes for more than 600 journals; plus books, research reports as well as full-text of more than 300 journals and nearly 30 full-text monographs. Subjects include librarianship, cataloging and classification, online information retrieval, information management and much more.

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LinkedIn Learning for Libraries is the premier professional development resource with over 16,000 online courses covering Videography, 3D Animation, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, and much more. Explore a vast collection of regularly updated instructional content in 7 languages, with over 60 new courses added each week. 

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Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems. 

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Need to brush up on your French or Spanish or any of 70 other languages? Mango Languages is the place to go to learn foreign language at your own pace and in a fun and engaging way. Current language lessons  include: Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and even American Sign Language! Features an ample selection of ESL courses for 21 languages, including Spanish.

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Specifically designed for high school students with full text of 500 periodicals, 350 reference books, 100,000 primary source documents, 84,700 biographies - plus over 235,000 photos, maps, and flags.

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Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier contains full text for more than 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, 85,827 biographies, 105,789 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285,912 photos, maps & flags.

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For middle and junior high school students, with 140 full text titles (with Lexile reading level), as well as historical essays, 84,700 biographies, over 235,000 images, and 100,000 primary source documents.

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Provides independent analysis and real-time data on mutual funds, stocks, ETFs, CEFs, and markets. Screening tools, current articles and videos, and educational resources are also included.

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The MyHeritage database includes birth, death and marriage records from 48 countries, the complete U.S. and U.K. censuses, immigration, military and tombstone records and more than 2 billion family tree profiles. Due to the ongoing content contributions by individual users, the database grows at an average pace of more than 1 million records each day.

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Contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction and non-fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.

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A readers' advisory service that provides access to 155,000 fiction and non-fiction titles with features such as author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists, and more.

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This online collection of digitized newspapers combines the content of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) and the Wyoming Newspapers collection for simple one-stop searching.

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Poetry & Short Story Reference Center is a rich full-text database containing thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets.

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Access to materials from diverse viewpoints, including more than 1,000 essays, leading political magazines from a variety of perspectives, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, reference books and other primary sources.

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Includes full text of 70 periodicals (with Lexile reading level), plus encyclopedias, a dictionary, and other reference books.

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Full-text of more than 500 journals containing articles about psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, emotional and behavioral characteristics, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

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Regional Business News is a full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network and Phillips Business Information Highlights.

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Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.

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Discover the people, places, events and organizations that shape Routt County history.  The Routt County Digital Archive currently features Three Wire Winter magazine, a rich trove of oral interviews, magazine articles and photos published between 1976 and 1988 by Steamboat Springs High School students. Also included is the Old Town Hotsprings Memory Project,  a collection of interviews with people who have long been associated - as employees, Board members, or 'enjoy-ers' - with the iconic downtown Steamboat springs. 

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El recurso mКs exhaustivo de informaciўn sobre salud, orientado al paciente.  Creado para responder a las necesidades informКticas del paciente, y para apoyar un conocimiento bКsico de los temas relacionados a la salud.  Este baso de datos ofrece textos completos de temas como envejecimiento, el cКncer, la diabetes, drogas y alcohol, salud fБsica, la nutriciўn y la dietвtica, salud de ni?os, salud del hombre y de la mujer, etc.  Textos completos (PDF) desde 1946.

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View Colorado's historic fire insurance maps from the early 1900's, including two maps from Routt County. The maps provide information about property names and building function, building outline, size and shape, construction materials, street and sidewalk widths, house numbers, and much more.

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Access to full-text science-oriented content including hundreds of full-text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and more. Topics covered include biology, environmental science, health & medicine, earth & space science, chemistry, and physics. Also included are standards-based articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards intended primarily for teachers and librarians.

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Detailed and user-friendly repair guides for a wide variety of small engines, including motorcycles, ATVs, snowmobiles, tractors, and more.

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Social Sciences Full Text includes articles from over 300 journals from 1972 to the present. The database covers a wide array of subjects, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies, and more. 

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Read the daily New York Times online. Enjoy access to articles, blogs, videos, podcasts, multimedia features and historical content dating back to 1851. Once you have created an account with New York Times, you may download and use the app and the TimesMachine in 72 hour intervals.

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Read the wsj.com in a browser via a computer or handheld device. Enjoy access to articles, blogs, markets, podcasts, and The Wall Street Journal Magazine in 10-day intervals.

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Read The Washington Post in a browser via a computer or handheld device. Enjoy access to articles, editorials, real-time Q&A discussions, and Washington Post Live events in 7-day intervals.

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Over 139,800 articles on current events topics like aging, crime, drugs, energy, health, human rights and world affairs, from over 4,800 sources, with 1,650 full text periodicals.

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Transparent Language Online offers curriculum for over 100 languages for a variety of learning styles. Patrons can practice speaking, listening and writing a new language--for free! There is also an extensive collection for non-English speakers. With this flexible program, you can quickly and easily learn new languages using a wide variety of courses and activities.

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Value Line offers accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line allows users to evaluate investments with confidence. Includes the content found in the Value Line Investment Survey and the Small/Mid Cap Survey as well as Fund Advisor Plus, Options survey, Special Situation Service and the new Value Line ETF survey.

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WorldCat Discovery, formerly First Search, includes the collection found at the Library of Congress as well as books, videos, audio books, maps, musical scores, and CD-ROMs found in libraries throughout the world. Send Interlibrary Loan requests to library staff from this website.

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