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Encyclopaedia
Britannica
This database provides the full content of the current Encyclopaedia
Britannica as well as the Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Dictionary, video clips, quotations, and links to
more than 130,000 websites.
Provided by the Friends of the Verona Public Library
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information.
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Oxford
English Dictionary Online
The Oxford English Dictionary is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and
pronunciation of over half a million words from the English
language. The OED is a historical dictionary
that traces the chronological evolution of a word rather than
just its current and most common definition. Updated
quarterly.
Type in a quick search below:
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Medical
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Magill's
Medical Guide/Salem Health
This five-volume medical guide is now available as a
searchable, online database (the Library also owns a
print copy in the reference collection). The Guide
covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures,
specialties, anatomy and biology in an A-Z format
with sidebars addressing recent developments in
medicine. To have access from home, have your Verona
library card handy and click "Profile"
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Newspaper and magazine articles
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EBSCO
Full-text articles from over 1,700 popular
periodicals. Also included are general reference
information, health, history & biography resources,
photographs, maps, and more. Updated daily. Articles
may be printed or e-mailed.
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InfoTrac
Custom Newspapers by Thompson-Gale.
Included are the New York Times, Star-Ledger, and The
Bergen Record.
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ˇInformé!
Full-text Spanish language articles on many
subjects: cultural and lifestyle issues, health, parenting,
entertainment, and current events.
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Star-Ledger Archives
Available in library
only. Full-text articles from 1989 to the present. Does
not include photographs. |
Genealogy
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HeritageQuest
Online
Research your family history
here! This unique genealogical collection
contains searchable census records, periodicals, and
books back to the late 1700s. |
Literary criticism
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Contemporary
Authors
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information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. |
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Contemporary
Literary Criticism
Criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative
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What to
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NoveList
Wondering what to read next? Find book
suggestions and reading lists based on your own
preferences. Search by author, genre, plot,
characters, or "read-alikes" of your
favorite authors.
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Q&A NJ
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Many thanks to the
New Jersey State Library for funding the EBSCO databases,
InfoTrac, Informé & HeritageQuest. To search all
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