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Business & Career
ABI / INFORM Trade and Industry
Search more than 1200 business periodicals with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, etc.
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Job hunting and career development in one easy-to-use place! Job & industry profiles, resumes, cover letters, interview tips, college planning, financial aid, internships, etc.
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LearningExpress Library
LearningExpress Library offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses and information you need to achieve the results you want – at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.
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MorningStar Investment Research Center
MorningStar Investment Research Center offers much more depth of information than the free Internet site. Morningstar covers all stocks traded on the NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the American Stock Exchange – nearly 23,000 mutual funds and 500 exchange traded funds. Includes Analyst reports, fund and stock star ratings.
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ProQuest
ProQuest Magazines & Newspapers offers full text of the Morning Call, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, plus a selection of other PA newspapers. ProQuest also includes full text of magazines with very strong business content.
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ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA enables you to locate any US business with a phone number. Job applicants, students and researchers can get valuable information on industries and companies. Search by name, geographic area, type of business and more. Also includes residential listings.
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Thomson Gale LegalForms Thomson Gale LegalForms provides sample resumes and cover letters that you can download and customize, as well as a variety of business letters and forms for that small business that you want to get off the ground!
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Computer & Internet
LearningExpress Library
LearningExpress Library offers online practice tests and computer skills tutorials. You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the information that's right for you.
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Mango
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
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Consumer & Legal Information
ProQuest
ProQuest Magazines & Newspapers offers full text of the Morning Call, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, plus a selection of other PA newspapers. ProQuest also includes full text of Consumer Reports Money Advisor, Consumer Reports (6 month delay), and Consumers Research.
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Thomson Gale LegalForms
Thomson Gale LegalForms offers thousands of professionally drafted blank legal forms that are PA-specific and continually updated. These forms cover a wide range of subject areas, including: Bankruptcy, Bills of Sale, Contracts, Divorce, Employment, Incorporation, Landlord Tenant, Living Wills, Name Change, Power of Attorney, Real Estate, Taxes, Wills, correspondence, and more!
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DIY & Hobbies
Auto Repair Reference Center
Complete automobile repair information supplied by Chilton's ® information. Coverage includes 1945-2009 models!
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Mango
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
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p4A Antiques Reference
Learn about and value antiques, collectibles and fine art. The p4A Antiques Reference database includes hundreds of thousands of individual records, updated daily, with pictures for every item and explanatory reference notes.
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e-Books & e-Audiobooks
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a special collection of e-books that includes the Comparative Guide to American Hospitals, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health: A Guide for Seniors and Their Caregivers, Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests and other titles.
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TumbleBookLibrary
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading.
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Valley Downloadable Library
Valley Downloadable Library is BAPL's online collection of downloadable eBooks and audiobooks. Be sure to first login before browsing to see the biggest selection of both eBooks and audiobooks that includes of exclusive BAPL Advantage Collection.
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 Zinio Digital Magazines
Zinio features full digital copies of your favorite magazines. Choose from a wide variety of titles, including Martha Stewart Living, Consumer Reports, Men's Journal, Vegetarian Times and many more. Zinio magazines may be read on your computer or mobile device. Compatible devices include PC, MAC, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and Blackberry Playbook.
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Education
LearningExpress Library
LearningExpress Library offers online practice tests and computer skills tutorials. You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the information that's right for you.
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LISTA
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings covering the field of information science.
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Mango
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Our online learning system is so easy to use, you'll see incredible results after just one lesson! Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. You'll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you'll learn how to communicate.
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NoveList
NoveList is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers. With its intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList will help you to answer the question of what to read next.
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Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) contains over 260 titles from teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books, providing extensive coverage on key education topics.
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Genealogy
BAPL News Article Index
Dating from 1867, a compilation of local news article extracts from the pages of the Bethlehem Times, Bethlehem Globe, Bethlehem Globe-Times and Express-Times.
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BAPL Obituary/Biographical Article Indexes
Dating from 1867, compilation of marriage, death and other biographical article extracts from the pages of the Bethlehem Times, Bethlehem Globe Bethlehem Globe-Times and Express-Times.
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HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest allows you to search over 25,000 family and local histories PLUS the complete US Census from 1790-1930.
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ReferenceUSA
ReferenceUSA enables you to locate any US business or residence with a phone number. Search by name, geographic area, type of business and more. Don't forget to check out our Magazine and Newspaper selections for your genealogy quest.
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General Research & Homework Help
Discovering Collection
Gale's Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic. Award-winning reference content from Gale will help students develop their critical-thinking skills by placing people, places, events and primary documents in context.
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Gale Student Resources in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context Covers all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. GSRIC offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals & newspapers, primary sources, creative works, plus multimedia.
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World Book Web
World Book Web is a suite of online research tools:
• World Book Online Kids includes 1000's of easy-to-read articles, great images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, plus teacher resources. Connect Now
• World Book Online Info Finder includes World Book Encyclopedia articles, a Biography Center, atlas, dictionary, multimedia collection, 1000's of selected Web sites, correlations to curriculum standards, and much more. Connect Now
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• World Book Discover for differentiated instruction, includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia, plus interactive video. Connect Now
• Enciclopedia Estuduantil Hallazgos a comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes over 100,000 articles, more than 9,000 images and maps, and nearly 1,000 videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media. Connect Now
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History & Biography
Discovering Collection
Gale Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic. Award-winning reference content from Gale will help students develop their critical-thinking skills by placing people, places, events and primary documents in context.
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Gale Student Resources in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context Covers all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. GSRIC offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals & newspapers, primary sources, creative works, plus multimedia.
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New York Times - Historical Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers for The New York Times offers an unparalleled online resource for study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover including news, editorials, graphics and advertisements. Title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001.
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• New York Times Graphical Interface Using the special graphical interface, it is easy to browse newspaper articles on a topic, by timeline, see what happened on this day (or any other day) in history. You can even look up "Famous Dead People".
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Just for Kids
Gale Student Resources in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context Covers all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. GSRIC offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals & newspapers, primary sources, creative works, plus multimedia.
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Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library includes elementary and middle school (K-8th grade) skills improvement tests plus computer skills tutorials.
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SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer an award-winning e-resource for young researchers. Arcticles and graphics from more than 1,600 magazines, newspapers and document are carefully selected for educational content, iinterest and level of readability.
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TumbleBookLibrary
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading.
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World Book Web
World Book Web is a suite of online research tools:
• World Book Online Kids includes 1000's of easy-to-read articles, great images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, plus teacher resources. Connect Now
• World Book Online Info Finder includes World Book Encyclopedia articles, a Biography Center, atlas, dictionary, multimedia collection, 1000's of selected Web sites, correlations to curriculum standards, and much more. Connect Now
• World Book Online Reference Center Connect Now
• World Book Discover for differentiated instruction, includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia, plus interactive video. Connect Now
• Enciclopedia Estuduantil Hallazgos a comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes over 100,000 articles, more than 9,000 images and maps, and nearly 1,000 videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media. Connect Now
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Lehigh Valley
BAPL News Article Index
Dating from 1867, a compilation of local news article extracts from the pages of the Bethlehem Times, Bethlehem Globe, Bethlehem Globe-Times and Express-Times.
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BAPL Obituary/Biographical Article Indexes
Dating from 1867, compilation of marriage, death and other biographical article extracts from the pages of the Bethlehem Times, Bethlehem Globe Bethlehem Globe-Times and Express-Times.
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HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest allows you to search over 25,000 family and local histories PLUS the complete US Census from 1790-1930.
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The Morning Call
Search The Morning Call articles, with coverage from 1/1/1984
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Literature & Reading
Contemporary Authors
Gale Contemporary Authors offers a biographical guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
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Discovering Collection
Gale Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic. Award-winning reference content from Gale will help students develop their critical-thinking skills by placing people, places, events and primary documents in context.
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Gale Student Resources in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context Covers all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. GSRIC offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals & newspapers, primary sources, creative works, plus multimedia.
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Literature Criticism Online
Gale Literature Criticism Online offers centuries of analysis - scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use online format that matches the look and feel of print originals.
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NoveList
NoveList is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers. With its intuitive interface and extensive feature content, NoveList will help you to answer the question of what to read next.
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What Do I Read Next?
Looking for suggestions on a good book to read? Need a quick list of all of the books in a series? What Do I Read Next includes inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction. Search by title, author, subject, genre, locale and more.
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WorldCat
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections – books, music CDs and videos – of libraries in your community and 1000s more around the world.
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Magazines & Newspapers
AP Images
Associated Press Images offers more than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics that can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added to the archive daily.
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BAPL News Article Index
Dating from 1867, a compilation of local news article extracts from the pages of the Bethlehem Times, Bethlehem Globe, Bethlehem Globe-Times and Express-Times.
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BAPL Obituary/Biographical Article Indexes
Dating from 1867, compilation of marriage, death and other biographical article extracts from the pages of the Bethlehem Times, Bethlehem Globe Bethlehem Globe-Times and Express-Times.
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GreenFILE
GreenFILE collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Morning Call Digital Microfilm
ProQuest Digital Microfilm™ features microfilmed copies of The Morning Call, starting in 2010. The online user interface makes microfilmed newspaper content easily accessible. Users can navigate by publication, title, date, and page number. Photos, graphs and tables are replicated, providing cover-to-cover full image content. Highlights include straight- forward navigation, two viewing windows, easy image control and print, email and save options.
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New York Times - Historical Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers for The New York Times offers an unparalleled online resource for study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover including news, editorials, graphics and advertisements. Title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001.
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• New York Times Graphical Interface Using the special graphical interface, it is easy to browse newspaper articles on a topic, by timeline, see what happened on this day (or any other day) in history. You can even look up "Famous Dead People".
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OmniFile
Use OmniFile Mega and OmniFile Select to locate magazine articles in the areas of education, general science, humanities, social sciences, business, and in the contents of Readers' Guide, which offers the ultimate in current events coverage, curriculum support, and quality periodicals research for students, educators, and others.
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ProQuest
ProQuest Magazines & Newspapers offers full text of the Morning Call, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, plus a selection of other PA newspapers. ProQuest also includes full text of magazines with very strong business content.
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Readers’ Guide Full Text Select Edition
This reference classic is brought to you in electronic form, enabling easy search for articles in general interest magazines.
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Zinio Digital Magazines
Zinio features full digital copies of your favorite magazines. Choose from a wide variety of titles, including Martha Stewart Living, Consumer Reports, Men's Journal, Vegetarian Times and many more. Zinio magazines may be read on your computer or mobile device. Compatible devices include PC, MAC, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and Blackberry Playbook.
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Science & Health
Discovering Collection
Gale's Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic. Award-winning reference content from Gale will help students develop their critical-thinking skills by placing people, places, events and primary documents in context.
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Gale Virtual Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a special collection of e-books that includes the Comparative Guide to American Hospitals, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health: A Guide for Seniors and Their Caregivers, Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests and other titles.
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GreenFILE
GreenFILE collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Science Full Text Select
A broad range of important science literature in a single 100% full text database. All topics covered from Acoustics and Aeronautics to Zoology.
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Gale Student Resources in Context
Gale Student Resources in Context Covers all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more. GSRIC offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals & newspapers, primary sources, creative works, plus multimedia.
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