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Internet Resources Available
at the Flint Public Library:
InfoTrac Databases
Provide access to popular magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, newswire services, business
directories, investment reports, health pamphlets, prescription drug information, and literature reviews.
Databases include: Biography Resource Center (with Marquis Who's Who),
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Expanded Academic PLUS, General BusinessFile ASAP, Business and Company
ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center Academic, InfoTrac K-12 Kids Edition, InfoTrac
K-12 Junior Edition, InfoTrac Student, Kids InfoBits, Professional Collection.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Because of state budget cuts, the following databases are no longer available, effective
January 17, 2003: Info Trac OneFile, PROMT, Contemporary Authors (all author entries are contained in Biography
Resource Center), Health and Wellness Resource Center, Business and Company Resource Center. Another database entitled
Business and Company ASAP has been added to make business and
company searching easier for some school and public library users.
Brought to you by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the six Regional Massachusetts
Library Systems.
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eLibrary
This is a comprehensive reference tool with 100% full-text research information that includes hundreds of magazines,
journals and newspaper articles as well as dozens of international and international domestic newswires. Also contained
in this database are thousands of classic books and literature reference materials, TV and radio transcripts, 40,000
photographs and major works of art and 1,000 maps from around the world.
Brought to you by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.
Grolier Online
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: 36,000 entries intended for students in middle school and up and as a quick reference
look-up tool for public library patrons of all ages.
New Book of Knowledge: 9,000 articles suitable for grade 3 and up as well as ESL. Provides description of complex
subjects in an easy-to-understand manner.
Brought to you by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.
OCLC
WorldCat
OCLC® WorldCat® the OCLC online Union Catalog) offers
more than 46 million bibliographic records -- representing 400
languages -- and holdings information.
Brought to you by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.
SIRS Discoverer
- This database is most appropriate for students enrolled in
Grades 1-9.
Articles in the database fall under one or more of 15 categories:
animals, arts, countries, cultures, drugs & alcohol, environment,
health & human body, history and government, just for fun, notable
people, personal growth, science, social issues, sports and
technology. Articles and graphics are carefully selected from more
than 1,600 newspapers, magazines and U.S. government documents for their educational content, interest and level of readability.
Brought to you by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.
NewsBank
NewsBank's Comprehensive Newspapers is an online resource that provides instant full-text access to individual
newspaper titles. With Comprehensive Newspapers, you will receive the full text of all staff-written news features,
special interest stories, editorials, daily columns, letters to the editor, sports reports, and much more.
Boston Globe(1980-current)
Boston Herald(1997-current)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette(1989-current)
Brought to you by the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.
netLibrary
Read more than 3,500 classic eBooks, including works by Homer, Shakespeare, Bronte, and thousands more. Find
another 3,000 contemporary works of non-fiction, speeches, government reports, and other electronic texts in the
following subjects: business, buying and selling a home, careers, Complete Idiot's guides, computer how-to books,
consumer health, consumer law, psychology, self-help, sports coaching, study guides, travel, and Web development.
Brought to you by the Boston Public Library Statewide Reference and Referral Center, funded by
the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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