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complete access to the following databases:
General reference
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Encyclopædia
Britannica
This database provides the full content of the current Encyclopædia
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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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.
Search Oxford English Dictionary
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RefDesk
is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews
quality, credible, and current web-based resources. This
is a useful site for quick reference help on a wide variety of
topics.
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Great
Lives from History:
Inventors and Inventions |
Great Lives from History:
Inventors and Inventions
In-depth
critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time,
from around the world.
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Medical
Information
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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"
to register. |
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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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Star-Ledger
New Jersey's largest circulated newspaper. Full-text
articles from 1/1/1996 - present. |
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Newsbank
The electronic editions of local and national U.S. newspapers and
magazines (see also below: America's Newspapers and
America's News Magazines provide more direct access). |
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America's Newspapers
The electronic editions of local, regional, and national U.S.
newspapers (including the Verona-Cedar Grove Times and the
Star-Ledger)--all in one easy-to-search database. |
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America's News Magazines
10 different national magazines, including Parenting,
Newsweek, and US News & World Report. |
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InfoTrac
Custom Newspapers by Thompson-Gale.
Included are the New York Times and The
Bergen Record.
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¡Informé!
Full-text Spanish language articles on many
subjects: cultural and lifestyle issues, health, parenting,
entertainment, and current events.
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Historical
New York Times
New York Daily Times (1851 - 1857)
New York Times (1857 - 3 yrs. before current year) |
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Verona-Cedar Grove Times
Available in
library only
Searchable database (1948 - 1999); more current years
on CD-Rom (2000 - present). Articles and photos may be
printed, saved and e-mailed. |
Literary criticism
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Contemporary
Authors
Complete biographical and bibliographical
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
writers who are now living or who died after 1959. |
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book reviews and literary criticism can also be found in the periodical databases listed above (EBSCO,
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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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Live
Reference Assistance
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QandA NJ
Submit your question to a live reference librarian any time of
the day or night. Courtesy of the New Jersey State
Library. View their commercial on YouTube. |
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Many thanks to the
New Jersey State Library for funding the EBSCO databases,
InfoTrac, Informé & HeritageQuest. To search all
of these databases at once, visit JerseyClicks. |
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