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Note: These online subscription resources require a Henrico library card number for use outside the library.
Access Science
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research
Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations,
and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and
more.
Biography Resource Center
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Over 200,000 biographies searchable by birth and death year,
nationality, ethnicity and occupation.
Britannica Online for Kids
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Multimedia encyclopedia including Compton's Encyclopedia (for
middle school students), Elementary Encyclopedia, and Merriam-Webster's
Student Dictionary.
Britannica Online Reference Center
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Multimedia encyclopedia including Encyclopaedia Britannica
and Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Select
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Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection
of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains
a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources
for further study.
CQ Press Electronic Library
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Current and historic information about the government of the
United States of America, including CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly.
eLibrary
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Over six million 100% full-text documents from popular magazines,
scholarly journals, newspapers, television and radio transcripts,
reference and historical sources.
Expanded Academic
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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
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Titles are Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of
North America; Biology; Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference
of the United States; Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference
of the World; Business Leader Profiles for Students; Contemporary
Fashion; Contemporary Novelists; Contemporary Poets; Encyclopedia
of American Industries; Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia
of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior; Encyclopedia
of Small Business; Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer; Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic
Disorders; Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine; Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America; Gale Encyclopedia
of U.S. Economic History; Grzimek's Animal Life; International
Film and Filmmakers; St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture; and World
of Earth Science.
Grolier Online
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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.
Junior Edition
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Junior Edition from GaleGroup is designed for students in junior high
and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are
full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture,
health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids Edition
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Kids Edition from GaleGroup is designed for elementary school students,
with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for
information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health,
people, government, history, sports and more.
Kids InfoBits
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Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten
through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate,
visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search
and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine,
newspaper and reference content for information on current
events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history,
sports and more.
LearningExpressLibrary
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NOTE: You MUST login using your library
card number and password. Read these instructions.
Offers online practice tests of over 50 different exams covering
civil service, cosmetology, EMS, firefighter, law enforcement,
military, real estate, SATs, and many more!
Literary Reference Center
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Plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary
criticism; author biographies & interviews; full text of
literary journals; book reviews; classic & contemporary
poems; classic & contemporary short stories; full text
of classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006); and images of
key literary figures. The database contains the Bloom Series
and all of MagillOnLiterature Plus™, including the Masterplots
series.h coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.
NetLibrary
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NOTE: You MUST have a have a Henrico
Library Card and a NetLibrary Account to access eAudiobooks and eBooks. Read
these instructions.
NetLibrary offers two types of electronic books: eBooks --
which can be read on any computer and eAudiobooks which
you can download to your computer and optionally to your portable
listening device. eAudiobooks can be downloaded only on computers
outside the libraries.
Student Edition
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Student Edition from GaleGroup 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.
Selected Websites
Academic Info
Educational Resources & Subject Guides since 1998
Jamestown Resources
Explore these websites and
guides to library resources for information on all aspects
of colonial Jamestown and the year commemorating “America’s 400th Anniversary.”
Science Fair
Projects
Selected Websites and books, handpicked by Henrico Library
staff.
Virginia
Indians
Selected Websites and books, handpicked by Henrico Library
staff.
