The Reference Department of the Stevens Memorial Library offers a wide variety of electronic resources to meet your informational needs. Magazine databases compile articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and books and make them available to you at the library or from home. Online encyclopedias, e-books, and a reader’s advisory program are also available. In-home searches can be accessed remotely by providing your library card number at the login screen.

Ancestry Library provides faster access to a wider variety of genealogical data than any other genealogy site on the Internet. In fact, Ancestry has thousands of databases of genealogical and historical information that you can search through. You can browse through Ancestry’s databases from the main search page. Ancestry is provided for In Library Use Only.

The library is pleased to announce the availability of the Rosetta Stone Online Language Learning Center. Click the logo on the left and begin learning new languages!

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Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, is a completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.

IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY

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Thomson Gale, a business of The Thomson Corporation, is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.

IN-HOME USE -or-IN-LIBRARY USE

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Ebsco puts thousands of magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles at your fingertips. EBSCO Online Database consists of EBSCO Animals, Funk&Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the History Reference Center.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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Search Infotrac for academic, business and health information, as well as contemporary authors and literary criticism. InfoTrac SearchBank offers the following databases: Biography Resource Center, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Expanded Academic ASAP, General BusinessFile ASAP, Business & Company ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center, Info Trac K-12: Kids Edition, Junior Edition & Student Edition, and more.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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MASS CIS is a system which provides comprehensive information about the worlds of work and education for career planners of all ages. MASSCIS is a product/service of the Massachusetts Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (MOICC) within the Massachusetts Division of Employment and Training (DET).

Their goal is to provide information to help students and adults explore their career and educational options. MASSCIS is being used in all DET Offices and Career Centers. It is also used in many high schools, community colleges, colleges, and various other sites.

IN HOME & LIBRARY USE

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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online consists of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, and Grolier’s America the Beautiful. Perfect for students doing research in a multimedia format.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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Bigchalk eLibrary is a comprehensive and easy-to-use online reference tool for researchers of all ages. It contains full-text documents from hundreds of popular magazines and scholarly journals, current newspapers and news wires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps, great children’s publications, and reference and historical sources.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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Novelist is a reader’s advisory program. It helps you find books that are similar to authors and titles that you have read and liked. Search by author, title, series, or plot. Includes information for teachers.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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OCLC® WorldCat®(the OCLC Online Union Catalog) lets you locate books, videos, audiocassettes, etc. from more than 46 million bibliographic records and holdings in libraries throughout the United States. International records –representing 400 languages– are also included. Find that long lost title you’ve been searching for and the Stevens Memorial reference staff order it for you.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) is the first reference database to provide indexing, full text, and images of the most popular Hispanic magazines. It also includes full text pamphlets on a variety of topics, such as health care.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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netLibrary provides thousands of E-books on subjects such as computers, travel, business, health, law, psychology, sports, and nursing. Reach over 4,000 classic texts including Homer, Shakespeare, Alcott, and more.

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

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LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the tests they must pass.

IN-HOME & IN-LIBRARY USE

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World Book. The premier online reference source. With thousands of articles, state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, periodical content, and more!

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Library Edition

IN-HOME USE -or- IN-LIBRARY USE