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Databases                                                                                                                                Subject List        What is a database?
Find magazine and newspaper articles here.  Save, print, and email
options are available.  Search for business facts, statistics, biographies,
genealogy research, reader's advisory, and much more.

All
databases can be used within the Library on the public computers.  Most are also available from home or office by logging in with your WPPL card.  Click on Library or Home to log in.  Select   for an online tutorial or  for an info guide.

Read magazines online for free!  Click on a logo to begin your session.
(At home, you will be prompted to type in your library card number)

         

For more magazines and newspapers, search the databases below.
 

 Ancestry Library Edition           Click here for info guide  4,000+ databases; U.S. census, church, military records & more.  A virtual
 tutorial is available upon logging in.
 Library
 Associations Unlimited   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for info guide     From the Encyclopedia of Associations.  Contains info for international &
 U.S. national, regional, state & local nonprofit membership organizations.
 
 Library  Home
 Biography & Genealogy Index        Click here for a tutorial   Click here for an info guide  Find nearly 12 million biographical references.  Library  Home
 Biography Resource Center   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for an info guide  A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 335,000 people from
 throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
 Library  Home
 Books in Print                                    Click here for a tutorial  The complete Books In Print database.  Library
 Business & Co. Resource Center   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for info guide  Access company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, 
 company histories, chronologies and articles.
  
 Library  Home
 Children's Literature
 Comprehensive Database 
   With 300,000+ book reviews and many searching capabilities, find your child's next
 book here!  The database covers pre-K to grade 12; offers professional books, too.
 Library  Home
 EBSCOhost   Click here for a tutorial   Click here for an info guide  Index, abstract, and full-text coverage of 350+ magazines.  Library  Home
 Facts on File   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for an info guide  Get 70,000+ news articles, plus maps, photos, country profiles, biographies.
 It covers important events and figures since 1940.  
 Library  Home
 First Search   Click here for a tutorial  Access ERIC, Medline, U.S. Government Publications, and World Cat.
 (When accessing from home, you will be directed to the Florida Electronic
 Library. Type in your card number.)
 Library  Home
 Florida Electronic Library    Use the new "Power Search" to find complete news articles and media bits.
 Also, the "Florida Memory Project" provides interactive history for adults
 and children.
 Library  Home
 Heritage Quest   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for info guide  Census, genealogies, local histories, tax lists, directories, birth, marriage &
 death records, & more.
 Library  Home
 InfoTrac OneFile
 and other Thomson Gale databases
  Click here for a tutorial  A state-funded, shared resource offers the following databases:  Professional Collection; InfoTrac OneFile; Expanded Academic ASAP;
 General Reference Center Gold; General Business File ASAP; Health
 Reference Center Academic; Health and Wellness Resource Center, Informe; 
 Computer Database; Student Edition; Student Edition - K12; Junior Edition; Junior
 Edition - K12; Kid's Edition; Kid's Edition - K12; What Do I Read Next.
 Library  Home
 LearningExpressLibrary   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for info guide  Practice tests for ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, and others. Offers test prep e-books.
 Note: your library card number will be your username. You will then create your
 own password.
 Library  Home
 Lit Finder   Click here for a tutorial   Click here for an info guide  650,000 indexed poems (50,000 full-text) & criticism.  Library  Home
 Literature Resource Center              Click here for a tutorial   Click here for info guide  Data and critical analyses of over 122,000 writers.  Library  Home
 Live Homework Help   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for an info guide  Online tutors, grades 4 - College Intro.  In English/Spanish.  Library  Home
 New York Times Historical   Click here for a tutorial    Click here for info guide  Full-text, full-image digital reproductions from 1851-2003.   Library  Home
 Novelist    Click here for a tutorial  Have you just finished a good book and are looking for a read-alike?  Want to know
 the next title in that series you are reading?  Get that and more, including reviews,
 genre lists and Lexile ratings.
 Library  Home
 Orlando Sentinel
 & America's Newspapers
  Click here for a tutorial  Full-text articles from the Orlando Sentinel 1985 - current.  Browse 800+
 national newspapers for more full text articles including the New York Times
 from 2000 - present.
 Library  Home
 Prices4Antiques                         Click here for a tutorial   Click here for info guide  Tens of thousands of antiques in 1,280 classifications.  Library  Home
 Reference USA          Click here for info guide  Info on 12 million+ U.S. businesses plus articles.  Includes residential
 and health care directories.  A virtual tutorial is available on the Help screen.
 Library  Home
 Salem Health    Salem Press's award-winning Magill's Medical Guide covers diseases, disorders,
 treatments, procedures, specialties, & much more.  Includes illustrations. To use
 from home or office: After clicking on the "Home" icon to the right, the next screen
 will have a remote access option in the bottom left hand corner.  Click on that
 link.  Register with your email address and create a personal pass code.  It should
 then prompt you to enter your WPPL library card number. 
 Library  Home
 World Book                                        Click here for a tutorial    Click here for info guide  The 22-volume print set, and links to over 120 periodicals.  Library  Home


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The copyright law of the U.S. governs the making of photocopies or other
reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions, libraries are
 authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One condition is that the material
 is not to be "used for any other purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research."
 Other use of the material may make the user liable for copyright infringement.

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