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Comprehensive full-text content of the Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) from 2004; the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1986; and the Washington Post from 1977.
Search for people by name or personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. Browse lists such as Ancient Greeks & Romans, American Presidents, Notable Women, Nobel Prize Winners. (Provided by Find It Virginia)
BNA Online contains image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more. And each online species account contains recordings of that bird's songs and calls, selected from the extensive collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.
Designed for book groups and individual readers to enhance the experience of the book they are reading, dig deeper into its themes and origins, or learn how the author's life and times contributed to the work. Easy-to-follow menus allow users to broaden and narrow their searches according to author, title, series, awards and other criteria. An "if you like" search connects readers to themes and genres that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
Includes industry news, company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. (Provided by Find It Virginia)
In-depth exploration of a hot issue in the news each week. Topics include social and teen issues, environment, health, education, and science and technology.
Biographical/critical introductions, listing of principal works, and sources for further study on contemporary authors. (Provided by Find It Virginia)
Content from current magazines and newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV & Radio transcripts. Includes selected articles from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Roanoke Times & World News, Washington Post, Washington Times, and some Spanish-language publications. (Provided by Find It Virginia)
The classic encyclopedia, plus Internet Guide, Merriam Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus, video and media collection, World Atlas, Year in Review, and Timeline.
Kids search or browse arts, geography, language arts, mathematics, religion, science, social studies, sports. Student Center includes How to Write a Research Paper and more.
eSequels lists the most popular series so you can discover a new author or rediscover an enjoyable series of years past.The database also indexes character, location and subject as well as author and title so you can identify a series that you may recall only vaguely.
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Articles from newspapers and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Includes, as well, more than 500 travel guides, including hundreds of Fodor's titles, National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable transcripts, and full-text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present, updated daily. (Provided by Find It Virginia)
From the CHANGE DATABASES tab, smaller, specialized collections from General OneFile can be searched separately:
Expanded Academic ASAP, Fine Arts and Music Collections, General Science Collection, U.S. History Collection, World History Collection, Vocations & Careers Collections, War & Terrorism, and more.
Articles from health and fitness magazines and scholarly medical journals, medical dictionary and encyclopedias, health organization directory, health news, drug and herb finder, alternative health resources, and health assessment tools.
U.S. federal census data, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials.
Search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers, translate articles into 11 different languages, create email alerts, and customize your search options and results format.
Scanned images of archived academic journal articles as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
Highly visual, guided research tools for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. (Provided by Find It Virginia)
Biographies, lists of authors' works, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Search by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary themes.
Poems, stories, essays, plays, and speeches searchable by keyword, author, and subject. Includes KidsKorner.
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like French, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Russian, and more.
Research, data, and analysis to help make sense of the complicated world of investing.
Thousands of e-books and downloadable audiobooks. Individual titles are searchable here and through the CRRL catalog.
Information on businesses and people for researchers, students and job seekers.
Detailed property and land-use records for Virginia, useful tools for genealogy and historical research.
Curriculum-targeted articles, primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, photographs and illustrations, audio and video clips.
Information on colleges, technical schools and executive programs. Find application forms, identify scholarships. Use test-prep ebooks. Practice Civil Service, EMS, firefighter, military, real estate and many more exams.
Weekly online presentation of Value Line's Investment Survey. The service includes full-page reports with analyst commentaries as well as Timeliness™, Safety™ , and Technical™ ranks on over 3,500 large, small, and mid cap size companies. Includes, as well, information and rankings on an additional 4,500 companies and three-to-five year projections of key financial measures, and concise, objective commentary on current operations and future prospects.
Full-text articles from 1977 from The Washington Post newspaper.
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