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  • Learn a new language online with our Transparent Languages. Choose from over 70 languages. ESL options are also available. Start learning right now at your home computer. Click here to log on.
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  • NewsBank logo
    The electronic editions of record for valuable local (The Centre Daily Times), regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search databaseA subscription to a (password protected) website full of information. . Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Included in this database are back issues of the Centre Daily Times, the New York Times and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  and the Philadelphia Inquirer among others.
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  • Teen Ink
    Magazine, blogs, book series and website written entirely by teens. An excellent resource for teen writers and artists.
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  • CA logo

    A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies of these authors are included.

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  • SIRS logo

    Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level of either Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.

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  • netLibrary logo

    Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link. netLibrary eBooks are full text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online formats.

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  • BRB logo

    Links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals. Full text articles, abstracts and photographs are available from periodicals, feature articles, interviews, essays, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.

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  • NoveList K-8 logo

    Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional journals and book talks for selected titles are available in this database. A good resource to expand student reading interest by introducing new authors or additional books in a subject area.

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  • NoveList logo

    Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title. Expand your reading horizons with Novelist. Librarians can use this database as a readers advisory service to assist patrons who enjoy fiction. Teachers can use this resource for enhancement of curriculum.

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  • ARRC logo

    Supplied by Point 5 Technologies with complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton information. Most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles are listed. Repair information is available for most manufacturers as far back as 1954.

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