Research Databases & Selected Websites
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RESEARCH DATABASE POWER SEARCH
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The Florida Electronic Library is a gateway to online resources that offer access to reliable information directly from reputable publishers of books, articles, and encyclopedias. Sources are digitized versions of reference books and articles. [View all available databases] Research current events, education, business, health topics, and more! Free to all Florida residents with a library card. Type search terms in the box for a POWER SEARCH -OR- CLICK HERE To Customize Your Database Search |
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InfoTrac OneFile - Find articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books, many with full-text and images. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Popular Magazines -
Includes 1000 of the most searched magazines online. This database is 100% full text and includes over 600 titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries". For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Fine Arts & Music Collection - With more than 150 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Biography In Context - Search for biographies by using a name, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, gender, birth and death dates, or a combination of criteria. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Literature Resource Center - Biographies, bibliographies, literary criticism, articles, and work overviews for authors from every age and literary discipline. For home access: enter your library card number. [SEARCH TIPS] |
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Books & Authors - Use Books & Authors to enhance the experience of the book you are currently reading, dig deeper into its themes and origins, or learn how the author′s life and times contributed to the work. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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NoveList - Find new fiction books to enjoy based on an author, title, or topic in which you are interested. Book discussion guides, and feature articles are also available. For home access: contact the Reference Desk for instructions. | ||
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BUSINESS - ALSO SEE OUR BUSINESS RESOURCES PAGE FOR MORE
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Demographics Now - DemographicsNow is a comprehensive and powerful yet easy-to-use tool that provides highly sought after demographic data that allows prospective entrepreneurs, long-time business owners and students building marketing plans to collect, analyze and quickly act upon that data. For home access: enter your library card number. [SEARCH TIPS] |
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Please see our Business Resources Page for numerous links!
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| Try the Consumer Product Review Tool: Quickly locate product and service evaluations for some of today’s most purchased products. Choose from a select list of products, or type a product name into the search box to locate evaluations from a variety of publications. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Home Improvement Collection - This collection of more than 180 home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more will meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals alike. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection - Farmers, landscape architects, and biotechnologists alike will have their information appetites sated with this collection of nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Educator's Reference Complete - Provides access to over 1,000 titles covering multiple
levels of education from preschool to college and includes every
educational specialty, i.e. adult learning, bilingual studies, child
development, counseling and human development, instructional technology,
mathematics, special education, testing, and many others. It also
includes resources on issues related to administration, funding, and
policy in education. Also includes a cross section of reports from the
U.S. Department of Education cited in ERIC. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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Eric (Education Resources Information Center) - Provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million citations of journal articles and other education-related materials. Links to full text are included when available. |
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WorkNet Pinellas - Search for jobs in Pinellas County and the Tampa Bay Area. |
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GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY - ALSO SEE OUR GENEALOGY RESOURCES PAGE FOR MORE
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Ancestry Library Edition via ProQuest - The library version of Ancestry.com allows you to search census, immigration, vital, military, court, church, and ethnic records as well as the Social Security Death Index and much more. Only available for use in the library. |
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American Ancestors - Access to nearly 3,000 genealogical and historical collections, focusing on (but not limited to) the New England area. Compiled by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Only available for use in the library. |
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PALMM (Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials) - A cooperative initiative of the public universities of Florida to provide digital access to important source materials for research and scholarship. |
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Please see our Genealogy Resources Page for numerous links! • Featured link: Tarpon Library Genealogy Group Blog |
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Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection - Full text reources. This collection of nearly 500 journals provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field. Includes full collection of Fodor's Travel Guides! For home access: enter your library card number. |
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GOVERNMENT
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Please see our E-Government Page for government services on the web!
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Environmental Studies & Policy Collection - A custom collection of nearly 200 journals providing robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests. For home access: enter your library card number. |
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