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Absolute Michigan - News and links about Michigan. It includes Michigan arts, businesses, communities, events, food, real estate, travel, technology, and recreation
Academic Onefile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources
America the Beautiful - Encylopedia of the 50 states
America's Newspapers - National, regional, and local papers from across the country
Ancestry Library - Family history - (In Library Use Only)
Biography in Context - Contains thousands of biographical entrie
Birmingham Eccentric - Web site
Books and Authors - Search for your favorite books and authors
Business & Company Resource Center - Company and industry information
ChiltonLibrary.com - The most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
Christian Science Monitor - Find full-text articles back to 1988
Computer Database - Comprehensive information about the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
Consumer Reports Online - Find product reviews and ratings from Consumer Reports
CultureGrams - 4-page reports on 175 countries and the 50 states
Detroit Free Press - Full text back to 1982
Eccentric - Web site
eLibrary - Offers magazines, newspapers, pictures, and more
Electric Library Elementary - Magazines, newspapers, pictures, and more for elementary students
Enciclopedia Esudiantil Hallargoz - (World Book: Student Discovery Encyclopedia: Spanish) Complete Spanish language encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Americana - Gives the full-text of the Encyclopedia Americana (Grolier)
Encyclopedia Britannica - Gives the full-text of the Encyclopedia Birtannica
Expanded Academic - Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers
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Famous Quotes and Authors - Famous Quotes and Authors.com is a collection of useful quotations. They provide a large collection of famous quotations for all occasions! Browse over 25,000 quotes online from over 6,700 famous authors
Gale PowerSearch - Choose from a selection of databases and search them together
General Business File ASAP - Company, finance, and business research
General OneFile - "One-stop shopping" for thousands of magazine and newspaper articles on a wide range of topics
General Reference Center Gold - Magazines, newspapers and reference books
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - Internet-based encyclopedia featuring atlases, pictures, photographs and more
Health and Wellness Resource Center - Magazines, reference books, etc.
Health Reference Center Academic - articles on fitness, nutrition, diseases, medicine, etc.
Heritage Quest Online - Primary source documents including family and local histories; census data
Historical New York Times - (1851 - 2003)
History Online from Facts on File
InfoTrac Junior Edition - Full-text magazine and newspaper articles for junior-high and middle-school students
InfoTrac Kid's Edition - Full-text magazine and newspaper articles for elementary school students
Infotrac Newsstand - from US and abroad
InfoTrac Student Edition - Full-text magazine and newspaper articles for high-school students
Kids InfoBits - Research collection for students in Kindergarten through grade 5
LA Times - Find full-text articles back to 1985
Lands and Peoples Online - The online version of Grolier's popular encyclopedia
Lansing State Journal - Find full-text articles back to 2002
Learning Express Library - Practice tests for school and career preparation
Legal Trac -Articles from major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers
Literature Reference Center Plus - Read critical essays and biographical info on authors and their works
Mango Languages - This premier online software program offers in-depth language courses and several basic language courses. Note: To create an account in Mango Languages, you need to be a cardholder in Birmingham, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms or Bloomfield Hills.
Michigan Authors & Illustrators - Biographical database
Michigan Newspapers - Links to Michigan and national newspaper content
MORE: Michigan Online Resources for Educators - Includes both information about content expectations and vetted websites for research
Morningstar Investment Research Center - Financial and analyst reports, portfolio screening (stocks and funds)
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NetAdvantage - Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is the world's foremost provider of industry-leading research on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, funds and the economy.
New Book of Knowledge - Contains text and images from the New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia (Grolier)
New Book of Popular Science - Contains text and images from the New Book of Popular Science Encyclopedia (Grolier)
New York Times - Find full-text articles back to 1980
Newspapers - from US and abroad
Novelist Plus - Search for fiction & nonfiction books and browse lists of award winning titles
Nursing Resource Center - Health and nursing resources
Oakland Press - Web site
OmniSelect Plus - Fulltext articles from over 1200 periodicals
OpenJurist.com - Free access to published court opinions from the US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd series of the Federal Reports
Opposing Viewpoints
Points of View - Investigate the pros and cons of current social issues
Proquest National Newspapers - Find full-test articles from The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, the LA Times, the Detroit Free Press, and the Washington Post
Reference USA - Directory information for US businesses and households
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Science Online - Covers earth science, science history, life science, physical science, science and technology, and space
Seeking Michigan - Gives access to the Library of Michigan the Archives of Michigan collections particularly of photos, audio, maps, and document. Great for learning about family histories or for engaging Michigan history with primary source documents
SIRS Discoverer - Full-text articles for grades 1-6
SIRS Researcher - Thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Perfect for term papers and reports.
Small Business Resource Center
Today's Science - Covers current events and trends in science
Tumblebooks - Read and listen to stories online with these e-books for e-kids
Value Line Investment Survey Lookup - Done your research? This link will give you the quickest access to Value Line reports by ticker, company name or industry.
Value Line Investment Survey Reports - Browse in-depth coverage of over 1,700 equity issues. Every week, about 135 stocks in seven or eight industries are covered.
Value Line Research Center - The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks
Wall Street Journal - Find full-text articles back to 1984
Washington Post - Find full-text articles back to 1987
What's Next - Search for adult fiction series titles
World Book Discover - Uncluttered interface with text-to-speech feature and automated translations into 14 languages. Includes World Book Explains, a special video series
World Book Kids - Simple navigation and easy-to-read articles for elementary students
World Book Spanish - Complete Spanish language encyclopedia
Worldcat - Find books at libraries around the world