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Academic Search™ Premier (Ebsco) contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles with full-text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology,
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Auto Repair Reference Center (Ebsco) ARRC includes more than 34,000 vehicles covered from 1945 to present, step-by-step photographs, approximately 86,600 technical service bulletins & recalls, over 158,600 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing, specifications & maintenance schedules.
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Biography In Context (Gale Cengage)Biographical articles on historical world figures, writers, artists, popular personalities and contemporary newsmakers. Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale Cengage) indexes reference works that include biographical information on multiple persons. Sources include biographical dictionaries, who's whos, subject encyclopedias, and volumes of literary criticism. It also acts as an index to other indexes that point users to biographical data. Each year more than 600,000 new citations are added to the database — existing citations are never removed
Business & Company Resource Center (Gale Cengage) contains directory information and articles with financial information on industries, companies, and business trends for job seekers and investors.
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Elibrary (Proquest) - Indexing and full text access to dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedias, maps, transcripts, audio, video and pictures for wider range of informational materials. REMOTE LOGIN Click Here - Type in your library card barcode number for access.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale Cengage) Includes Alternate Health Care Information as well as comprehensive a variety of basic and research articles and directory resources.
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Heritage Quest Online Full text access to out of print family and community history publications including census data, African American records, Revolutionary War documents and government benefit records. REMOTE LOGIN Click Here - Type in your library card barcode number for access.
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INFORME ! Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects.
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History In Context (Gale Cengage) Online U. S. & World History reference books for encyclopedia articles on events, social, political, economic developments and movements. Perfect for social studies assignments of all kinds! History Study Center (Proquest) offers valuable historical reference material for students that covers 14 centuries of history--from ancient to modern, old world to new world. [Access from home requires password - please call 360-755-0760 for the remote log in user name & password]
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Learning Express - Practice Tests for GED, ACT, SAT, GRE, Citizenship, TOEFL, CLEP, Resume Writing, Math, Reading & Writing Skills, etc.-Ebooks on Civil Service Skills, Real Estate, ASVAB, Trade & Workplace Skills. Desde mejorar su lectura, escritura y habilidades matemáticas hasta la preparación del examen GED, los recursos que encontrará aquí lo ayudarán a lograr sus metaslus. TEST TAKING AND COURSES REQUIRE Requires one time registration, SAVE your username and password for future access. Legal Information Reference Center™ (Ebsco) provides online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books. It contains more than 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. Many of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed "how-to" instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes.
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Literature Resource Center (Gale Cengage) Contains full text of thousands of poems and short stories published in contemporary journals and magazines. Reviews of books from children's literature to adult fiction, from popular non-fiction to scholarly studies. Proquest Learning : Literature ProQuest Learning: Literature delivers more than 180,000 searchable works of literature from medieval times to the present. Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources organized into more than 3,000 Author Pages. [Access from home requires password - please call 360-755-0760 for the remote log in user name & password]
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MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags. This database also offers PDF articles of Consumer Reports and backfiles* (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, etc. Science News is available in HTML back to 1975.
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Military & Government Collection (Ebsco) contains current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of these sites.
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Newspaper Source includes recent issues of the Skagit Valley Herald, the Bellingham Herald the Seattle Times, and cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selective full text for more than 370 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
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NOVELIST (Ebsco) is a database that provides booklists, reviews, series, read-alikes, awards lists, book group list and more. NOVELIST K - 8 (Ebsco) is a database for children, parents and teachers to find favorite reads, series, reading level information, awards, subject lists and more. NURSING RESOURCE CENTER (Gale)
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale Cengage) Viewpoint articles, primary sources,statistics, radio programs on controversialsocial, political and economic issues of the day.
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Powerspeak (Gale Cengage) Learn Spanish, Ingles (ESL), French, Mandarin & German ! Funding for this database provided by the Burlington-Edison Kiwanis
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Proquest~ Newspaper and magazine indexes and full text including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Includes Ethnic Newswatch with some Spanish titles language magazines & newspapers.
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Science Reference Center (Ebsco) contains full text articles for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals covering biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards. SIRS Discoverer (Proquest) is an award-winning general reference resource for beginning learners and researchers in grades 1-9. Discoverer helps students develop their research, writing, language, and computer skills. The database includes carefully selected articles and images from more than newspapers, magazines, and government documents, along with 9,000+ educational weblinks. Images can be accessed via keyword or within the "Pictures" feature. More than 29,000 graphics, photos, maps, and charts are available, connected to associated articles. [Access from home requires password - please call 360-755-0760 for the remote log in user name & password]
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Small Business Reference Center™ (Ebsco) provides up-to-date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. The database contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books.
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Testing & Education Reference Center (Gale ) Online resource for practice tests in preparation for undergraduate and graduate school programs. This resource also helps with finding tuition assistance providers, resumes, or using the many career exploration tools, students and their parents, as well as adults exploring new career paths. TEST TAKING AND FINANCIAL AID SEARCHING requires one time registration - save your user name and password for future access.
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TumbleBook Library - Read-aloud stories, Ebooks and Audiobooks to view online. Language Learning, Children's books in French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese & Russian plus Word, Memory, Spelling Games and Puzzles.
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- Burlington Public Library offers subscribed online information databases for help with all types of research.
La biblioteca pública de Burlington se ofrece información de bases de data suscritos para ayudar con todos tipos de investigaciones. - These resources provide indexing and access to thousands of full-text informational articles you can't get for free on the Internet.
Estos recursos proveen un índice y aceso a miles de artículos que no se puede usar gratís en el internet. - Our databases are available by subscription only and the library provides cardholders with access. We even offer kid-friendly magazine databases to help with school reports.
Nuestros bases de data son disponibles por suscripción solamente, pero los que tienen una tarjeta de la biblioteca pueden usarlos gratís. Además ofrecemos bases de data para revistas, que son facíles de usar para los niños para ayudarles con su tarea de escuela. - Most of the online resources can be provided in en Espanol, look for "preferences" or "toolbox" to convert to a different language and refresh the screen. Muchos de los recursos en línea pueden ser proporcionados en Español, busca la palabra "preferences" o "toolbox" para cambiar la idioma y restaure la pantalla.
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