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The following are high-quality online resources purchased with taxpayer funds. They are restricted to use within the library or, outside the library, to city residents or paying non-residents with valid library cards.
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American Decades - a cross-disciplinary source for those who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history. Ten volumes cover the decades of the twentieth century
American Song - history database of music from America's past from Native Americans to the civil rights and anti-war movement
Associations Unlimited - information for approximately 144,000 international and U.S.national, regional, state, and local, nonprofit membership organizations in all fields. Features full contact information,description, SIC codes, meetings and publications information, and more
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index - indexes any print product that includes biographical information on multiple persons. It also acts as an index to other indexes
Biography Resource Center - approximately 50 of the most frequently consulted Gale biographical databases with more than 270 full-text periodicals from Information Access Company (IAC) to research historical and contemporary figures
Business and Company Resource Center - Business & Company Resource Center brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings,investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information
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Career Library - this free database from Ebsco features career planning and exploration, including assessment tests, job descriptions, and a resume builder. Available until the end of 2009
ChiltonLibrary - ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site
Classical Music Library - includes vocal and instrumental works from the Middle Ages to the present
College Blue Book - guide to thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography - provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented
Contemporary World Music - popular music styles such as reggae, Bollywood and Arab swing and genres of traditional music such as flamenco, zydeco and more
CultureGrams - fact sheets on countries and states
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Demographics Now - database of demographics, consumer and business statistics. Covers the entire nation
Dictionary of American History - This authoritative work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure
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eLibrary - an easy-to-search magazine and newspaper database for students which includes images, audiovisual materials, and television news transcripts
eLibrary Elementary - searches magazines, newspapers, reference books, maps, pictures and TV/Radio Transcripts chosen for younger researchers
Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs - describes numerous drugs of abuse, including both pharmaceutical and natural products
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior - explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society - provides issues, concepts, theories, examples, problems, and policies, with the goal of explicating an emerging way of thinking about people and nature
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture - a survey of food and its place in human culture and society, featuring multidisciplinary coverage of such topics as comfort food, ethnicity and food, medieval banquets, and nutrient composition, among many others
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change - explores major topics related to global warming and climate change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes
Encyclopedia of Religion - embraces a cross-cultural approach, while emphasizing religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture, this new edition is the definitive work in the field for the21st century
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Facts on File World News Digest - news reports on current events, country profiles, and discussion of controversial topics
Foundation Directory Online Professional - Spokane Public Library is a Cooperating Collection of the
Foundation Grants to Individuals - database covers 6,000 foundation programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Only accessible in the Downtown Library
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Gale Virtual Reference Library - full-text encyclopedias and other reference sources in a number of subject areas
General Reference Center - use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc. Full text is available for many of the titles
GreenFILE - information about environmental concerns, indexing scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia - a comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia of all types of animal life
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Health and Wellness Resource Center - research topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness. Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines,journals, and newspapers
HeritageQuest - includes all the images and extensive indexing of the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1790 to 1930 plus searchable full text of 20,000 local and family histories as well as hundred of primary-source documents
History Resource Center: U.S. - primary documents, reference books and magazine articles on U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center - full-text articles, diagrams, and photographs from popular craft and hobby magazines and books. This database will expire on 12/31/09 and will not be renewed.
Home Improvement Reference Center - full text articles from books and magazines with detailed instructions on repair and improvement projects around the home. This database will expire on 11/30/09 and will not be renewed.
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Infotrac OneFile - a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education,environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles many with images. Updated daily
Issues & Controversies - explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, it offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep
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Jazz Music Library - will be the largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz available online, with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres
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Literature Resource Center - in-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 125,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
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Music Online - Music Online allows users to search all of the music databases published by Alexander Street Press, including American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Jazz Music Library
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NetLibrary - features Cliff Notes, test study guides, and other high demand items that can be browsed or checked out for three days
NetLibrary eAudiobooks - audiobooks that you can download directly to your personal computer or portable listening device from the Library’s collection
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas - brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society
Novelist -a fiction database searchable by title, author, series name or plot description. It also includes lists of best fiction and author "Read-a-likes"
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center- access Opposing Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics,primary documents, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
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Proquest Direct - use this general interest database to search magazines and newspapers for information on current events, education, the arts and social sciences,etc. This database includes Washington State Newsstand which has the full text of articles from the Spokesman-Review since 1995 plus articles from other Washington newspapers
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Reference USA - a database and directory of over 14 million
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Smithsonian Global Sound - offers traditional music from all over the globe with audio and video downloads, streaming media, educational resources, and detailed liner notes
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Washington State Legal Forms - Official, Washington State specific, Federal business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues
West's Encyclopedia of American Law - provides current information on more than 5,000 legal topics
What do I Read Next - from a database of over 70,000 titles, you can search by title,author, subject, time period, geographic location, character and reading level to find the right book for your interests
World Conflicts Today - detailed reports and slideshows on current world conflicts from CultureGrams, including history, implications, and teaching tools
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