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updated 07/03/07
AP (ASSOCIATED PRESS - ACCUNET)
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AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive:
Home users click here (enter Username "alhambra" and Password "alhambra") |
AccuNet/AP (Associated Press) Multimedia Archive has over 1.5 million photos and images from the 1820's to a minute ago. In addition, the Archive contains audio clips from the 1920's to 48 hours ago, as well as graphics and AP news articles. All content may be used for educational purposes. |
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BIOGRAPHY
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MagillOnLiterature Plus:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
MagillOnLiterature Plus offers biographical information on over 1,500 authors of fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy, as well as editorially- reviewed critical analyses and plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. |
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BUSINESS
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Business Source Premier:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Business Source Premier offers more than 3,000 full text business journals, covering various subjects including marketing, economics, and management. |
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Business Search Interface:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Business Searching Interface incorporates four different profiles into its database: Companies, Industry, Countries, and Markets.
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Mergent:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card ) |
Mergent provides business and financial information on U.S. and international companies. |
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Reference USA:
Home users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card)
If you are having trouble accessing this service please click here. |
Reference USA provides useful information on almost 13 million businesses in the U.S., and 120 million residential phone numbers. |
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Regional Business News:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Regional Business News searches 75 full-text business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the U.S. Updated daily. |
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CAREER GUIDANCE/TEST PREPARATION
| Learning Express Library.com |
Learning Express Library.com offers real test-taking experience and instant scoring and feedback on a wide variety of academic and career exams. |
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DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS / TUTORING HELP
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American Heritage Children's Dictionary:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
American Heritage Children's Dictionary is a dictionary designed for younger students. |
Encyclopedia of Animals:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Encyclopedia of Animals allows you to explore the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Animal-related topics are covered in detail. |
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Kids Search:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Kids Search is dictionary and encyclopedia designed for younger students. |
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encylopedia:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia has over 25,000 encyclopedic entries, searchable by subject or keyword. |
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Searchasaurus:
Home users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card
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Searchasaurus helps younger students with their research for reports. |
Student Research Center:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card |
Help Now (powered by Brainfuse):
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card |
This is a new, online tutoring service for students in grades 3 to 12, for use between the hours of 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. It provides HELP in the following subjects: English - Language Arts; Math (including Geometry, Algebra I & II, Calculus and Precalculus; Science (including Biology, Chemistry & Physics); Social Studies (including Global and U.S. History); and Writing. |
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HEALTH
Clinical Pharmacology:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Clinical Pharmacology helps find information on all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, and new and investigational drugs. |
Health Source - Consumer Edition:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Health Source - Consumer Edition provides access to more than 200 full-text articles from consumer health periodicals. |
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Consumer Health Complete:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Consumer Health Complete provides : Evidence-Based Reports, Encyclopedias & Reference Books, Fact Sheets & Pamphlets, News, Drug & Herb Information, Alternative Sources, Images & Diagrams, Videos & Animations
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Salud en Espanol:
Los usuarios caseros clic aquí
(usted necesitará incorporar el número
de 14 dígitos encontrado en la parte posteriora de su tarjeta de la biblioteca de Alhambra)
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Salud en Español hace disponible reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos |
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LITERATURE
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MagillOnLiterature Plus:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
MagillOnLiterature Plus offers biographical information on over 1,500 authors of fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy as well as editorially- reviewed critical analyses and plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. |
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NetLibrary:
(You must create an account inside the Library before you can use this service at home) |
NetLibrary provides electronic access to electronic versions of printed books. Titles in this collection include books in the public domain (primarily classic works of history and literature), as well as popular computing and legal self-help books. |
| Novelist:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Looking for a good book? Novelist helps readers of all ages locate books they might like to read. Search over 40,000 books by title, author, or describing a plot. |
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DearReader.com is an online book club that emails you a chapter of a book each day. |
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
Magazines - MasterFILE Premier:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Magazines - MasterFILE Premier Access over 1,950 full-text articles covering general reference, business, education, science, and much more. In addition, MasterFILE also provides access to 100,000 biographies, 164 full-text reference books, 76,000 primary source documents, and a collection of over 116,000 photos, maps, and flags. |
| Revistas en Ingles con Traductor a Español:
Los usuarios caseros clic aquí (usted necesitará incorporar el número de 14 dígitos encontrado en la parte posteriora de su tarjeta de la biblioteca de Alhambra) |
Acceso a mas de 1,950 artículos con texto completo que cubre referencia general, negocio, la educación, la ciencia, y mucho más. Además, MasterFILE también proporciona el accesso a 100,000 biografías, a 164 libros de consulta con texto completo, a 76,000 documentos de fuente primarios, y a una colección sobre de 116,000 fotos, mapas, y banderas. |
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Los Angeles Times/Proquest:
Home users - click here (You must enter all 14 digits of your Library card number.) |
Los Angeles Times/Proquest offers searchable access to full-text articles from the Los Angeles Times newspaper from January 1, 1985 to the present. |
| Primary Search:
Home Users click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card) |
Primary Search is designed for the elementary school student and provides full-text access to more than 50 popular magazines dating back to 1990. Lexile reading levels are also included. |
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RESIDENTIAL DIRECTORY
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Reference USA:
Home users - click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the back of your library card)
If you are having trouble accessing this service please click here. |
Reference USA provides 120 million residential phone numbers, as well as useful information on almost 13 million businesses in the United States. | |
