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The complete backfile of the Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1987), available in full page images digitized from microfilm. You can also search for more recent dates.
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The complete backfile of the Washington Post (1877 - 1988), available in full page images digitized from microfilm. You can also search for more recent dates.
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Washington Week is the longest-running primetime news & public affairs program on television. The program features a group of journalists participating in roundtable discussion of major news events. The video archive is searchable and includes shows as far back as 2000 while transcripts are available back to 2008.
Added August 2009
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More than 134,300 recommended books, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards Includes adult, young adult, and children's books. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more.
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Journal articles from Wiley publications in the areas of business, finance and management, education, engineering and sciences, law, and psychology.
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Articles from leading business magazines.
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Full text articles on a variety of topics, from general and scholarly periodicals, covering 1994 - present.
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Primary documents in U.S. history and U.S. women's history, organized for the use of students, scholars, and teachers. Includes document projects that interpret and present documents, most of which are not otherwise available online.
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The World Almanac contains basic biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.
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General encyclopedia with 26,000+ articles (8,000 more articles than print edition) as well as 12,000+ pictures and maps, 100+ videos and animations, 10,000 sounds (including pronunciations), and 7,000 links to editor-approved Web sites. Also includes the World Book Dictionary with 248,000 definitions, the World Book Atlas with 750 maps, and the full text of primary source documents, major literary works, and selected recent articles from magazines. Continuously updated.
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World Book Kids is designed especially for younger users, English-language learners, and reluctant readers. The site offers simple navigation, easy-to-read content, bright colors, and a graphical design. Includes thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps.
Each student activity has a "Teach It!" section, which contains a wealth of resources for educators, including correlations to standards and printable activity worksheets for use in the classroom or at home.
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Specifically developed for media centers and classrooms, World Book Student includes all of the articles from the 22-volume World Book encyclopedia, plus thousands more. In addition, there are more than 20,000 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 10,000 sounds, more than 100 simulated historic web sites.
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Statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2000 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Many options for viewing and exporting the data.
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Records for any type of material cataloged by member libraries, including most academic libraries in North America, many public libraries, and libraries around the world.
Supports more sophisticated searching than WorldCat.org. For example, you can use multiple search terms in specific fields (title, author, subject, etc.) and limit by characteristics such as format, date or audience level.
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Records for any type of material cataloged by member libraries, including most academic libraries in North America, many public libraries, and libraries around the world.
Simpler interface than WorldCat. Includes create lists and build bibliography tools, as well as plug-ins for Facebook and Firefox.
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Digital images of text from Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. Contains 2,887 volumes: 1,124 completely edited and encoded, 1,763 unedited, by 1,456 authors.
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