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AP
(ASSOCIATED PRESS - ACCUNET)
| AccuNet/AP
Multimedia Archive (From your home computer,
enter Username "alhambra" and Password
"alhambra") |
AccuNet/AP (Associated Press) Multimedia Archive
has over 1.5 million photos and images from the 1820's
to a minute ago. In addition, the Archive contains audio
clips from the 1920's to 48 hours ago, as well as
graphics and AP news articles. All content may be used
for educational purposes. |
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BIOGRAPHY
| MagillOnLiterature
Plus (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
MagillOnLiterature Plus offers
biographical information on over 1,500 authors of
fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy, as well as
editorially- reviewed critical analyses and plot
summaries of the most studied works in the history of
literature. |
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BUSINESS
| Business
Source Premier (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Business Source Premier offers
more than 3,000 full text business journals, covering
various subjects including marketing, economics, and
management. |
|
Business Searching Interface (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Business Searching Interface incorporates four
different profiles into its database: Companies,
Industry, Countries, and Markets. |
Reference USA
(Home users --
you will need to enter
the 14 digit number found on the back of your library
card. If you are having trouble accessing this service
please click
here.) |
Reference USA provides useful information
on almost 13 million businesses in the U.S., and 120
million residential phone numbers. |
Regional
Business News (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Regional Business News searches 75
full-text business journals, newspapers, and newswires
from all metropolitan and rural areas within the
U.S. Updated
daily. |
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CAREER
GUIDANCE/TEST PREPARATION
| Learning Express
Library.com |
Learning Express Library.com offers real test-taking
experience and instant scoring and feedback on a wide
variety of academic and career
exams. |
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DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
|
American
Heritage Children's Dictionary (inside the
library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
American Heritage Children's Dictionary is
a dictionary designed for younger
students. |
| Encyclopedia
of Animals (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Encyclopedia of Animals allows you to explore the nature and habitat of familiar
animals. Animal-related topics are covered in
detail. |
|
Kids Search (inside the
library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Kids Search is dictionary and encyclopedia
designed for younger students. |
| Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
(inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
has over 25,000 encyclopedic entries, searchable by
subject or keyword. |
|
Searchasaurus
(inside the library)
Home users
click here
(you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the
back of your library card |
Searchasaurus
helps younger students with their research for reports. |
|
Student Research Center
(inside the library)
Home Users
click here
(you will need to enter the 14 digit number found on the
back of your library card |
Student Research
Center helps older students with their research for
reports.s |
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HEALTH
| Clinical
Pharmacology (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Clinical Pharmacology helps find
information on all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find
herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter
products, and new and investigational
drugs. |
| Health
Source - Consumer Edition (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Health Source - Consumer Edition provides
access to more than 200 full-text articles from consumer
health periodicals. |
|
Consumer Health Complete (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Consumer Health Complete provides :
Evidence-Based Reports, Encyclopedias & Reference
Books, Fact Sheets & Pamphlets, News,
Drug & Herb Information, Alternative Sources,
Images & Diagrams, Videos & Animations |
|
Salud en Espanol (dentro de la
biblioteca) Los
usuarios caseros
clic aquí (usted necesitará incorporar el número
de 14 dígitos encontrado en la parte posteriora de su
tarjeta de la biblioteca de Alhambra)
|
Salud en Español hace disponible reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas
de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y
el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren
todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general
importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y
procedimientos de diversos tratamientos
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LITERATURE
| MagillOnLiterature
Plus (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
MagillOnLiterature Plus offers
biographical information on over 1,500 authors of
fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy as well as
editorially- reviewed critical analyses and plot
summaries of the most studied works in the history of
literature. |
| NetLibrary
(You must create an
account inside the Library before you can use this
service at home) |
NetLibrary provides electronic access to
electronic versions of printed books. Titles in
this collection include books in the public domain
(primarily classic works of history and literature), as
well as popular computing and legal self-help
books. |
| Novelist
(inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Looking for a good book? Novelist
helps readers of all ages locate books they might like
to read. Search over 40,000 books by title, author, or
describing a plot. |
|
|
DearReader.com is an online
book club that emails you a chapter of a book each day. |
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
|
Magazines
- MasterFILE Premier (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Magazines - MasterFILE Premier Access over
1,950 full-text articles covering general reference,
business, education, science, and much more. In
addition, MasterFILE also provides access to 100,000
biographies, 164 full-text reference books, 76,000
primary source documents, and a collection of over
116,000 photos, maps, and flags. |
|
Revistas en Ingles con Traductor a Español Los
usuarios caseros
clic aquí (usted necesitará incorporar el número
de 14 dígitos encontrado en la parte posteriora de su
tarjeta de la biblioteca de Alhambra) |
Acceso a mas de 1,950
artículos con texto completo que cubre referencia
general, negocio, la educación, la ciencia, y mucho más.
Además, MasterFILE también proporciona el accesso a
100,000 biografías, a 164 libros de consulta con texto
completo, a 76,000 documentos de fuente primarios, y a
una colección sobre de 116,000 fotos, mapas, y banderas. |
|
Los Angeles
Times / Proquest
(From inside the Library)
Los Angeles Times / Proquest (From your home computer. You
must enter all 14 digits of your Library card number.)
|
Los Angeles Times/Proquest
offers searchable access to full-text articles from the
Los Angeles Times newspaper from January 1, 1985 to the
present. |
| Primary
Search (inside the library)
Home Users
click here (you will need to enter the 14 digit
number found on the back of your library card) |
Primary Search is designed for the
elementary school student and provides full-text access
to more than 50 popular magazines dating back to
1990. Lexile reading levels are also
included. |
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RESIDENTIAL DIRECTORY
|
Reference USA
(Home users --
you will need to enter the 14 digit number
found on the back of your library card. If you
are having trouble accessing this service please
click
here.) |
Reference USA provides 120 million
residential phone numbers, as well as useful
information on almost 13 million businesses in the United States. |
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