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Biblioteca TumbleBook

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Descripción: Ciber-libros para ciber-niños.

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Biography Reference Bank

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Description: This collection of original content allows students and patrons to quickly find new biographies and updated versions of preexisting articles.

Notable sources include: Current BiographyNew Grove Music, New Grove Artists, H.W. Wilson Biographical series (Junior AuthorsComposersWorld Authors), and Library of North American Bio Series

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Biography Reference Source

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Description: More than 390,000 biographies. Includes complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine as well as thousands of narrative biographies.

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Black Freedom Struggle in the United States

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States

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Description: Open Access collection of primary documents from 1790 to the modern day detailing the black struggle for freedom in the United States.

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Book Collection: Nonfiction

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Description: Designed for public libraries, thousands of books cover core subject areas as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more. 

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Booklist

Booklist

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Description: Book review journal of the American Library Association, connecting library and education workers to the books and resources needed to support and enrich their communities.

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BookPage: America's Book Review

BookPage

A discovery tool for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres, BookPage is editorially independent; only books we highly recommend are featured. Any publisher-sponsored content is clearly labeled as such.

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Books in Print

Books in Print

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Description: Search the availability of current books, audio and video in a database of millions of titles. Also contains full text reviews from standard magazines.

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Boundless by Baker & Taylor (formerly, Axis360)

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Formats Available: Audiobooks, Ebooks, Graphic Novels

Description: check out audiobooks or ebooks for 14 days to use on your smartphone, tablet or computer (not compatible with Kindles)

 

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Britannica Library

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Description: Complete encyclopedia with related Internet links, best websites rated by EB editors, Britannica’s Lives and the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary.

 

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Britannica Library for Children

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Description: All the resources found in Encyclopedia Britannica, plus special online learning materials for students, in grades K-8.

 

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Business Source Complete

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Description: Features full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines. Includes Marketline SWOT Company Profiles and The Harvard Business Review.

 

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