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  • Academic OneFile - Search thousands of periodical, news content and journals.
  • Ancestry Library Edition (In Library use only) - Largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy.
  • Article First - Articles from the contents pages of journals.
  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Index to a large number of current and retrospective biographical compilations.
  • Biography Resource Center - 432,000+ biographies on more than 340,000 people gathered from more than 980 volumes of more than 135 award-winning Thomson Gale reference sources.
  • Bookletters - Provides eNewsletters and RSS feeds.
  • Catalog of Art Museum Images Online - Is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums.
  • Chilton's - Reference sources for Do-It-Yourself automotive enthusiasts and professionals.
  • Computer Database - Comprehensive information about the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
  • Cross Search Databases (InfoTrac) - Search all of InfoTrac databases at once.
  • eLibrary Elementary - Recommended for: K-12. All full text. Video, audio, books, pictures, magazines, maps, newspapers, & transcripts of TV and radio shows. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.
  • Educator's Reference Complete - Academic journals, reports, and reference sources for teachers and school administrators and more.
  • ERIC - 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials.
  • Expanded Academic ASAP - Fulltext articles of every academic concentration journals in a large database.
  • Fiction Connection - Online resource with information on authors and books.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - Takes eBooks to the next level of usability — delivering reference content in a database format.
  • General BusinessFile ASAP - Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directories.
  • General OneFile - Online periodicals and newspapers.
  • General Reference Center Gold - General interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, maps, historical images, and newspaper articles.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - U.S. government publications.
  • Grand Rapids Press - Full text newspaper.
  • Grolier Online - It includes 4 encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, The New Book of Knowledge, America the Beautiful, and Lands and Peoples.
  • Health Reference Center Academic - Health-related research.
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center - Electronic resource center for all levels of health research.
  • Heritage Quest - Resource site for census data, family records, and local histories.
  • History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) - Recommended for: Colleges and universities. HSTM integrates four premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and citations from the Wellcome Library) to create an international bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine.
  • History Resource Center - USA - Integrated collection of full-text periodicals, reference works and primary source documents.
  • History Resource Center - World - World History, American History, Civics and other historical links and information.
  • Infotrac Custom Newspapers - Collection of full-text newspapers from around the United States and the world.
  • InfoTrac Junior Edition - Magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
  • InfoTrac Student Edition - Quick and easy way to do classroom assignments and get answers to general reference questions.
  • Kids InfoBits - Curriculum-related information on current events, arts, sciences, health, people, government, sports, history and more.
  • Learning Express Library (Learn A Test) - Learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.
  • LegalTrac - All major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law
    publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles.
  • LitFinder - 135,000+ full-text poems, stories, plays and more.
  • Literature Resource Center - Comprehensive literary collection.
  • Making of Modern Michigan - A digital collection about the state's history.
  • MEDLINE - Database of all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
  • MEL - Michigan Electronic Library
  • Mel Michigana - Digitized historical resources from around Michigan.
  • Michigan Authors & Illustrators - Authors and illustrators born in Michigan, who live in Michigan, or who have written books about or set in Michigan.
  • Michigan Go Local - a directory of healthcare services, programs and providers covering the entire state. The directory currently contains over 6800 records and additional records are being added daily.
  • New York Times - Full text newspaper.
  • Newsbank Michigan Newspaper - Full text of the Detroit News (1/1/1999-Current), Grand Rapids Press (2002-Current, and Lansing State Journal)
  • Novelist - Electronic readers’ advisory resource that helps fiction readers find new authors and titles.
  • Opposing Viewpoints - Designed to aid students in the study of today's hottest social issues.
  • Oxford African - American Study Center - Explore the world of African American history.
  • Patron Books in Print - Patron-based online book, audio book, video, and publisher information source.
  • Prices 4 Antiques - International prices for antiques and collectibles and early American antique furniture.
  • Reference USA - 10.5 million businesses with the ability to search by company name, type of business, geography, business size and more.
  • Science Resource Center - Research process: speed, power, flexibility, depth, reliability and answers.
  • SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs - General user and Colleges and universities. Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs is the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in existence.
  • Small Business Resource Center - Thomson Gale’s Small Business Resource Center provides entrepreneurs with tools to start and run businesses.
  • SIRS Discoverer Deluxe - This interactive tool strengthens research, reading, writing and computer skills. Articles and graphics from more than 1,400 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents are carefully selected for their educational content, interest and level of readability.
  • Gale Legal Forms - Do-it-yourself resource for legal assistance.
  • Turfgrass Information File - Comprehensive publicly available collection of turfgrass educational materials in the world.
  • What Do I Read Next - Uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles.
  • Wilson Select Plus - Articles in science, humanities, education and business.
  • World Almanacs - Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
  • Worldcat Dissertations - Over 5 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses.