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Art, Music & Antiques

Oxford Art Online  - Research every period of art history
Prices for Antiques - Value of items based on recent auctions
Oxford Music Online -Learn about musicians, music styles, music terms, and history.

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Auto & Home Repair Guides
Auto Repair Reference Center - Find automotive repair information
Home Improvement Repair Center - Do-it-Your Self Guides, books and magazine articles.
What is included.  | User Guide

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Biography
AP Images -over a million images selected from the Associated Press image library  past news events.
Biography Reference Bank - Biographies of celebrities, sports stars, government leaders and others.
Contemporary Authors - Includes more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors
MAS Ultra - School Edition - Full text for nearly 80 popular, high school magazines.

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Books & Literature
eBooks & Audiobooks - Download fiction and subject based books or download and listen.
Awesome Stories - Learn the behind the scenes story on books, historical events and movies.
BookFlix - reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.
Book Collection: Nonfiction - full text and abstracts for 1,000 popular nonfiction books.
LitFinder - Five resources in one. Essays, Plays, Poems, Speeches, and Stories.
NextReads - Get recommendations for books and e-audio books for kids and adults by email.
netLibrary (ebooks) -offers a growing catalog of more than 12,000 titles.
NoveList - Need help choosing a fiction book? Information on over 160,000 titles.
(new)  NoveList Plus(+) More Information
NoveList (K-8) -Need help choosing a fiction book?  for grades K-8
(new)  NoveList (K-8 Plus)  -  (+) More Information
Read the Books - short, fun talking book reviews with links to the books in the library.
TumbleBooks Library (read along books and activities for young reader)

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Business & Finance
Business Source Premier - full text articles from business magazines and publications
Business Plans Handbook - working plans to start a new business
Foundation Directory Online - information on funding for non-profits
Reference USA - United States and Canada Business and Residential  phonebooks and directories
Regional Business News -full text for regional business publications
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage -Business portal for the latest business information

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Careers & Education
Business Plans Handbook - working plans to start a new business
ERIC - Research educational issues
Learning Express Library -interactive online practice tests and a tutorial course series
netLibrary (ebooks) -offers a growing catalog of more than 12,000 titles.
Professional Development Collection - Information on teaching, libraries, education.
Rosetta Stone (Language Lab) - Language in instruction in 30 languages or dialects
Teacher Reference Center - Information on learning and teaching
Tutor.com - Live Homework help 3pm-10pm 7 days a week for grades 4 and up.

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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
 Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia - Easy to understand information on a variety of topics. Great for students.
Oxford Reference Online - search over 100 specialized dictionaries and reference books

Environmental Issues
 GreenFILE - focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment
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Spanish Language Resources (Recursos en Español )

EBSC0 Español
Salud en Español
(Consumer Health Complete: Spanish version)
Tumblebooks En Español
(Español - ciber-libros para ciber-niños)

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Genealogy & History
Heritage Quest - search for U.S. Census, family history books, and war records
History Reference Center - Thousands of books, hundreds of videos and articles.
Historical Archives - Thousand of images of old Lycoming County, Grit Newspaper and much more

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Health & Wellness
Consumer Health Complete - health and wellness information
Health eLinks - Local health information and easy to use guides and advice
Health Source: Consumer Edition - Access to up to date and authoritative health information
Health Source: Nursing Edition - in-depth health information
Salud en Español  (abbreviated Spanish version of Consumer Health Complete )

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Language Information
Oxford Reference Online - search over 100 specialized dictionaries and reference books
Rosetta Stone (Language Lab) - Language in instruction in 30 languages or dialects
Note: due to Rosetta Stone's decision to no longer offer their online products to libraries the  Rosetta Stone service will end May 31, '08. Please finish all course work by that time.  We regret their decision.

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Legal Information
LexisNexis (use in the Local History Room inside the Brown Library)
Pennsylvania Legal Forms - hundreds of Pennsylvania specific legal forms to handle most legal situations.

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Newspapers & Magazines

AP Images -over a million images selected from the Associated Press image library  past news events.
MAS Ultra - School Edition - full text for nearly 80 popular, high school magazines.
Newspaper Source -selected full text for nearly 30 United States and international newspapers.
MasterFILE Premier -articles from over 2,000 magazines

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phonebooks and directories logoPhonebooks and Directories
Reference USA - United States and Canada Business and Residential  phonebooks and directories

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Student Homework & Research
AP Images-over a million images selected from the Associated Press image library  past news events.
Facts for Learning - news and information from magazines, books and encyclopedias
Homework Help - Live Homework help 3pm-10pm 7 days a week
Kids Search (K-5) - access to books and encyclopedias, magazine and newspaper articles,
MAS Ultra - School Edition - full text for nearly 80 popular, high school magazines.
netLibrary  - ebooks on almost every subject, ability to search in the book online
Searchasaurus - easy to use resource for children,
SIRS Discoverer -magazines, books, images, biography and encyclopedia research
Student Research Center (6-12) - can be used to locate books, magazine and newspaper articles