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ABCMouse (Home Access)

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With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, this award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-8+).

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ABCMouse (In-Library Access)

ABCMouse.com

With 3,500+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, this award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-8+).

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Academic OneFile Select (Gale)

Gale Academic OneFile Select

Journal, newspaper, and magazine articles covering a variety of disciplines.

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Acronym Finder

Librarian Reviewed Website

With more than 750,000 human-edited definitions, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms for writing.

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Adult Learning Center

Adult Learning Center

Powered by Brainfuse. Tools to prepare for citizenship and high-school equivalency exams, live tutors to help with Microsoft Office, Excel or Powerpoint, writing experts to assist you in perfecting your resume, and much more.

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African American Funerals Program

Librarian Recommended Website

The African American Funeral Programs Collection consists of more than 1800 funeral service programs dating from the 1960s to the present collected by the African American Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

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African American Sheet Music

Librarian Reviewed Website


An online collection of digitized African American sheet music from Brown University Library in Rhode Island, from 18th century to present day, with the majority of titles from the period of 1840-1950.
 

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AfriGeneas

AfriGeneas African Ancestored Genealogy

A great starting place for African-American genealogy provided by Mississippi State University. Includes links to specific Internet sites, numerous records, and has a searchable surname index.

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Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

Organization dedicated to the study and research of African American history and genealogy.

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Agriculture (Gale OneFile)

Gale OneFile Agriculture logo with tractor.

Journal and magazine articles focused on agriculture and related fields. A subset of Gale Power Search.
 

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ALA Book, Print, & Media Awards

Librarian Recommended Website

Books, Print, and Media Awards from the American Library Association. Includes information about Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, and other awards.

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All About Jazz

Librarian Recommended Website

Website to provide information and opinion about jazz music from around the world - past, present, and future.

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ALLDATA

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Automotive repair. Access the latest Technical Service Bulletins and print wiring diagrams. Available only on computers at Busch Annapolis, Glen Burnie and Odenton Libraries.

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allmusic

Librarian Recommended Website

Extensive information featuring key artists, albums, and definitive music by decade.

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America's News

America's News by Newsbank logo over American flag.

Explore and stay informed on local and national topics. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.

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American FactFinder (U.S. Census)

United States Census Bureau

U.S. Census site featuring facts about American communities.
 

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American Physical Society Journals

American Physical Society Journals

Access to publications of The American Physical Society Journals on a variety of topics within the realm of physics. Premium Resource; must be used inside a library branch.
 

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American Rhetoric

Librarian Recommended Website

Indexes a database of full text sources, audio and visual versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, interviews, and other recorded media events.

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EBSCO Discovery Service

Search through a comprehensive collection of content from many of our Library Exclusive resources. Includes subject indexes and access to full-text articles from thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers.