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Resources
provided by Thayer Public Library:
Great Events from History: Modern Scandals
From
Home From
the Library
Modern Scandals covers 400 of the most
important and publicized scandals throughout the world
since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Great Events from History: The Renaissance & Early
Modern Era
From
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the Library
Events covered in this database are arranged
chronologically, forming a time line without regard to
region. Also includes information on major changes in
world economics and demographics. Funded by Thayer
Public Library.
Learning Express Library
From
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the Library
A comprehensive, interactive online 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. You'll get
immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an
individualized analysis of your results. Includes
test prep books, in ebook format, for college and graduate
school entrance exams, civil service tests, the GED,
citizenship, TOEFL and more.
Modern World History Online
From
Home or the Library
Covers the full scope of world history from the
mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of fully
hyperlinked subject entries, biographies, videos, images,
maps and charts, primary source documents, and timeline
entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view
of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined
modern world history.
Nineties in America
From
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the Library
The Nineties in America examines the iconic personalities
and moments of this important decade. Contains more than
600 articles about films, books, political leaders,
events, fads and technology. Funded by
Thayer Public Library.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource
Center
From
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the Library
A one-stop source for information on today's hottest
social issues. The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text
magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles,
primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts,
as well as links to Websites. Funded by Thayer
Public Library.
Science Online
From
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Provides reliable information in a variety of useful
formats including images, videos, and animations,
experiments, biographies, definitions, news articles, and
a searchable timeline that is updated monthly.
Today's Science
From
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Designed to bridge the gap between the science that
students learn in the classroom and the discoveries
pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly,
it explains important developments in biology, chemistry,
the environment, space, physics, and technology.
Information is provided in context, clearly explained and
abundantly illustrated, so new advances are seen not as
inexplicable wonders, but as resulting from the
application of the same concepts and principles of
investigation that are taught in school.
World Book Online Reference Center
From
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the Library
Online reference source-containing every article from the
22-volume World Book Encyclopedia print set plus thousands
more. Includes state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, as well
as editor-reviewed Web sites. Special features include World
Book Advanced for grades 8 and up that offers
primary and secondary source content in one integrated
search and World Book Kids, which is designed for
younger students. Funded
by Thayer Public Library.
Resources provided by the
Massachusetts Board
of Library Commissioners and the SouthEastern
Massachusetts Regional Library System:
Biography Resource Center
From
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Combines biographies from reference books with full-text
articles from hundreds of periodicals. F
Biography Resource Center: African Americans
From
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Narrative and thumbnail biographies about notable
African Americans from the sources in the
Biography Resource Center. Full-text periodical articles,
websites, and recent update news briefs enhance the
content.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
From
Home or the Library
An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary
writers. Each entry also contains a biographical/critical
introduction, a list of principal works, and sources for
further study
Ebsco Literary Reference Center
From
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the Library
A comprehensive, full-text database designed to
provide a broad spectrum of literary reference information
from antiquity to the present day. It includes
information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major
literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of
literary journals, and unique sources not available
anywhere else.
eLibrary
From
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the Library
A comprehensive general reference database which
includes content from a wide variety of sources, including
more than 150 full-text newspapers, hundreds of full-text
magazines, national and international news wires, 2,000
complete works of literature, over 28,000 photos, images
and maps, television, radio and government transcripts,
plus a dictionary, thesaurus, almanac and more. Funded
by the SouthEastern Massachusetts Regional Library System.
General Reference Center Gold
From
Home or the Library
Includes material from magazines, newspapers,
encyclopedias and other reference material.
InfoTrac Junior Edition
From
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This periodical database is designed for students in
junior high and middle school, with access to magazines,
newspapers and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more.
InfoTrac Student Edition
From
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This database is designed for high school students, with
access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers and reference books for information on current
events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more.
PowerSearch
From
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Select multiple databases from a list and then
search across all of the databases you have chosen.
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