Genealogy resource especially for U.S. and Canadian records. Includes census, birth, marriage, death, immigration, military records and more. Also includes some European, Australian and New Zealand records.
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Over 700,000 biographies of more than 500,000 people throughout history. Also includes video and audio files.
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Encyclopedia articles, images and videos, biographies, a country comparison tool, and a world atlas. Also includes Britannica Library Children and Britannica Library Young Adult.
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A French-language reference resource. Universalis includes an atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia and a country data comparison tool.
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FamilySearch is the world's largest genealogical database. Operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), FamilySearch provides access to a worldwide community family tree, digitized historical records, books, images, genealogies and more. A free FamilySearch account is required. The normally locked Affiliate Library collections are available seamlessly when accessing FamilySearch.org on a library computer or by connecting to the library’s wireless network on a personal device.
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Directories of associations, broadcast media, brands, business information, consultants, and publications.
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A full-text non-fiction ebook collection covering a wide-variety of subjects, including business, film, health, history, literature, science and social science.
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Full-text interdisciplinary research eBooks covering a range of fields including economics, philosophy, science, technology, and society.
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The accepted authority on the English language, the OED provides the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words. Updated every three months.
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A collection of reference eBooks from Oxford University Press, such as the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Companion to Architecture and Dictionary of Political Quotations.
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