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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.
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World Book Online - The Premier online reference source--containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more.
Funded by the Aglialoro Family.
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
Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
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
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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 West Nyack 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
Books-in-Print - The first place to find currently available and forthcoming books, audios, and videos.
Funded by the West Nyack Free Library
In Library 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).
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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
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