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Articles & Information

Countries & States

Note: These online subscription resources require a Henrico library card number for use outside the library.

Britannica Online for Kids
[in the library]    [outside the library]
Multimedia encyclopedia including Compton's Encyclopedia (for middle school students), Elementary Encyclopedia, and Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary.

Britannica Online Reference Center
[in the library]    [outside the library]
Multimedia encyclopedia including Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus.

CQ Press Electronic Library
[in the library]    [outside the library]
Current and historic information about the government of the United States of America, including CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly.

eLibrary
[in the library]    [outside the library]
Over six million 100% full-text documents from popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, television and radio transcripts, reference and historical sources.

Expanded Academic
[in the library]    [outside the library]
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

Gale Virtual Reference Library
[in the library]    [outside the library]
Titles are Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States; Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World; and Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.

Grolier Online
[in the library]    [outside the library]
Grolier Online contains America the Beautiful (a comprehensive program about the states and territories of the U.S.), The Encyclopedia Americana,  The New Book of Knowledge, The American Heritage Dictionary, and the Grolier Online Atlas.

Selected Websites

World Refugee Survey
U. S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants archives, with the World Refugee Survey, Refugee Reports, and other reliable information. You can also listen to refugees tell their stories on Refugee Voices® or view photographs from USCRI's recent missions.