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Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica's Internet Guide, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.		 In Library Access Home Access
World Book Online - Containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. Note: For Home Access, enter the first 5 numbers of your Blauvelt library card number in both the login and password prompts.
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library.		 In Library Access Home Access
EBSCO Masterfile Premiere - Searchable full text for nearly 1,860 journals, including Consumer Reports and Business Week.
Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program		 In Library Access Home Access
Grove Dictionary of Art - The only comprehensive art reference work in the world. It covers all the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990's
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library		 In Library Access
Books-in-Print - The first place to find currently available and forthcoming books, audios, and videos.
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library		 In Library Access
ReferenceUSA - Contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library		 In Library Access Home Access
Gale Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System		 In Library Access Home Access
¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) - Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Search prompts in English at this link.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program		 In Library Access Home Access
World Almanac & Issues and Controversies - With thousands of articles, it's the most complete, authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive almanac around.
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library		 In Library Access In Library Access
PriceIt! Antiques & Collectibles - Over 23 million prices realized for Art, Antiques and Collectibles combined with over 10 million images, PriceMiner™ provides the ultimate identification, research and pricing tool.
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library		 In Library Access In Library Access
LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
Funded by the Blauvelt Free Library.		 In Library Access Home Access
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - Full-Text access to scholarly journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access.
 In Library Access Home Access
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center - ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.
ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).		 In Library Access Home Access
BEST ONLINE REFERENCE SITES - A web guide to 500 of the best free web sites for answering common questions. [Note: access to these sites may be restricted on PCs within a library dedicated to the library catalog.]
Compiled by librarians in the Ramapo Catskill Library System		 Home Access