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Many online resources are provided through the Bucks County Public Libraries.
Go to their Resources A to Z page for even more web resources.
Auto Repair | ||
Auto Repair | Labor times, part numbers, and photographs to help home mechanics keep their cars, jeeps, or trucks in top condition. |
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Business & Investing | ||
Hoover's | Hoover's delivers comprehensive insight & analysis about the companies, industries & people that drive the economy, along with the powerful tools to find & connect to the right people to get business done. |
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Morningstar | Track stocks & funds, research companies, & find financial information all in the Morningstar databases. Improve your investing skills with quick tutorials. |
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Standard & | Information on over 85,000 companies as well as tutorials & investments tips. |
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eBooks & Audiobooks | ||
OneClick Digital | Use OneClick Digital to download audiobooks to your computer or mobile device. Enjoy access to many popular titles. |
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Overdrive | eBooks & audiobooks for your Nook, Kindle, & other devices. |
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Tumblebooks | Read along or sit back and listen to picture books, easy readers, & chapter books for children. Literacy building games & puzzles & several books in French, Spanish, Chinese, & Russian. |
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Employment & Career | ||
Brainfuse | Free online live tutoring for all school subjects & state tests, writing assistance, job coaching, & resume writing. Tutors are available Monday - Sunday, 2pm - 11pm. |
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Universal Class | Over 500 continuing education classes are available from computer technology, career training, and test preparation. |
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Mango Languages | Learn a foreign language online with Mango Languages. Sign in, create a profile, and keep your progress as you learn. Includes 22 different language courses and 15 ESL courses. Best used at home because you will need a microphone and speakers. |
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Genealogy | ||
Ancestry.com | Search family histories through census records and other databases. |
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HeritageQuest | Census data, name catalogs, Revolutionary War records, & more. |
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Newsbank: | Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 23 million obituaries. |
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Newsbank: | A searchable archive of obituaries drawn from U.S. newspapers |
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Literature | ||
Dear Reader | Newsletters, on-line book clubs, and book news for adults, teens, & children. |
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Literature | Represents a range of modern & historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, & genres. |
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Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals | ||
ABC-CLIO Research Databases | Offers in-depth explorations of key research topics. Includes access to four databases: Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society; Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas; The African American Experience; and The Latino American Experience. |
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Access Newspaper | Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700's. Search for full-text articles from a wide selection of U.S. & foreign newspapers including the Bucks County Courier Times (1966-1977) & the Bucks County Gazette (1873-1915). |
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Education Full Text | Provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.
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LexisNexis Academic | LexisNexis Academic gives access to over 6,000 news, business, & legal sources, including all federal and state court cases back to 1789. |
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MLA International Bibliography | Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. |
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Newsbank | Full-text articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-present), the Bucks County Courier Times (Nov. 2002-present), & the Intelligencer (Nov. 2002-present) as well as other American newspapers. |
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Newsbank: The | The Historical Philadelphia Inquirer contains full-text issues spanning June 1834 through December 1844, resuming in July 1860, and continuing through December 1922. |
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POWERLibrary | Databases for children and adults. POWERLibrary provides access to thousands of full text periodical articles, a major encyclopedia, photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials, and more. |
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Zinio | Use Zinio to read digital magazines on your computer or mobile device. Enjoy access to many popular titles. |
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Nonprofit Information | ||
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Foundation | Provides the most comprehensive & accurate information on U.S. grantmakers & their funding activities. |
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Foundation | An online database containing detailed records of nearly 10,000 foundation & public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, & other individual grantseekers. |
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Philanthropy | Philanthropy In/Sight is an interactive mapping tool that combines the Foundation Center's data on grantmakers & their grants with familiar Google maps to tell the story of philanthropy. Choosing from a wide range of customization options, you can quickly create maps that reveal patterns of giving & funding relationships, areas where philanthropy has made an impact, & areas where opportunities exist to fill critical needs. |
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