Alphabetical List of Online Databases |
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A-to-Z
(EBSCO)
provides a single, comprehensive list of journal and newspaper
titles with the databases that include full text coverage.
Search
by keyword or browse an alphabetical list by title or subject. Link
directly to the database. You will only be able
to link to those
databases that the Library subscribes to.
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ABI/Inform
Dateline
(ProQuest)
focuses on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of
large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups,
executive profiles, marketing, finance and industry news.
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ABI/Inform
Select
(ProQuest)
is a source for essential information from over 500 core business
periodicals. Users can research advertising, economics, human
resources, finance, marketing, computers and more.
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ABI/Inform
Trade & Industry
(ProQuest)
includes more than 1200 business periodicals with a trade or
industry focus. Users can access the latest industry news, product
information, marketing trends and a wide variety of other topics.
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Access Science
includes the
latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science &
Technology, new trends and developments, definitions
of
scientific and technical terms, biographies of scientists and
thousands of illustrations.
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African American
Experience
(Greenwood)
is a
comprehensive research tool for African American history and
culture. Primary source documents, interviews, Web links,
photographs and more are included.
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Alt Health Watch
(EBSCOhost)
provides full text articles from journals, newsletters and
pamphlets as well as book excerpts with a focus on complementary and
alternative approaches to health care and wellness.
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America the Beautiful
(Grolier)
state-by-state coverage includes geography, history, economy,
government and cultural highlights. Timelines and maps are also
featured.
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Ancestry Library
Edition
(ProQuest/Only Available in the Library) is a
comprehensive genealogy resource center including census, vital,
church, court and immigration records. It contains billions of
names as well as thousands of databases such as the U.S. Federal
Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930.
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Annals
of American History (Encyclopedia
Britannica)
explores the rich and varied history of the United States through
speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images and
multimedia.
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AP Images
includes
photographs dating back to the 1800s and as current as a few moments
ago. The primary source content is provided by The Associated
Press.
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Biography Resource Center +Marquis
Who's Who
(Gale)
contains authoritative
biographies from Gale Group sources and full-text articles from
hundreds of periodicals. It also includes the Marquis Who’s Who
for quick reference information on over 1 million people.
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Black
Newspapers
(ProQuest)
includes a collection
of significant Black newspapers from the United States.
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Business & Company Resource Center
(Gale / NOVEL*)
is a fully integrated resource bringing together company
profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company
histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to
find detailed company and industry news and information. It is
available through NOVEL, a statewide virtual library provided free
to the public by the New York State Library.
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Byki
stands for
“before you know it.” This powerful language learning database
includes over 70 languages including English for speakers of other
languages. You must create a user name and password to keep track
of your progress. |
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Career Cruising
is an
interactive career resource designed for people of all ages. Find
careers that match your interests. Resumes, cover letters and
interview skills are covered. Conduct a job search from current
listings.
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Community Resource Database of Long Island
is a directory of health, human service and education
agencies and programs on Long Island. It includes services for
children, families and seniors in both Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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ConsumerReports.org
is one of the most trusted sources for information
and advice on consumer products and services.
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Country Watch
is a source of up-to-date news and information on each of the
recognized countries of the world. Political, economic, investment,
social and environmental overviews are included.
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Credo Reference
provides a complete reference collection of over 3 million entries. Access the full text of more than 290 titles from over 50 publishers along with images, maps and data. Major topics including art, business, history, medicine, science and technology are covered.
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Custom Newspapers
(Gale/NOVEL*)
contains over 140 full text newspaper titles.
It is available through NOVEL, a statewide
virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State
Library.
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Daily Life America
(Greenwood)
spotlights the day-to-day lives of
Americans, past and present, including work, religion, housing and
social customs. Primary source documents, photos, Web links,
drawings and maps are included.
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Daily Life
Through History Premium
(Greenwood)
offers information on people and
places around the world, past and present. Primary source
documents, Web links, illustrations and maps are included. Browse
by time period, region or subject.
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EBSCOhost Español
includes Primary Search and Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia
translated into Spanish. Search an individual database or both
together.
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Education Periodicals
(ProQuest)
includes professional magazines and periodicals related to all
aspects of education and education-related issues.
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Encyclopedia Americana
(Grolier/NOVEL*)
can be used to search the encyclopedia’s content. The Americana
Journal, a weekly posting of current events as well as essays with
Web links are included.
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online
is a powerful resource to search for information in encyclopedias,
magazines, videos and Web sites. Access to the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary & Thesaurus is also included.
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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
(EBSCOhost)
provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of
subject areas.
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Gale LegalForms (Gale)
provides a wide selection of New York State legal forms on most
popular subjects including real estate, trusts, wills, bankruptcy
and divorce. Sample letters are also featured. Many forms can be
filled in before printing.
Public users should consult an attorney for
serious legal matters.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
is a
multidisciplinary database of encyclopedias and specialized
reference sources in eBook format in the fields of the arts,
biography, business, education, the environment, history, law,
literature, medicine, multicultural studies, religion and social
science.
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General OneFile
(Gale)
is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology and many general interest topics.
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Global
Reference Center
(Encyclopedia
Britannica)
is an extensive collection of Encyclopedia
Britannica’s foreign language content in Spanish, French, Chinese,
Korean and Japanese.
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Global Road Warrior
is the ultimate guide
to the world for travelers. Society & culture, business culture,
points of interest and travel essentials are among the numerous
topics covered for over 170 countries.
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GreenFILE
(EBSCOhost)
offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human
impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government
and general-interest titles includes content on global warming,
green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable
energy, recycling and more.
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Grolier Multimedia
(Grolier/NOVEL*)
is derived from the Academic American Encyclopedia database. It
consists of more than 40,000 articles and associated media,
including still pictures, maps, sounds and multimedia.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
(Gale)
is a source of information on medicine, nutrition, diseases and
herbal remedies. Included are links to Web sites and government
databases.
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HeritageQuest Online
(ProQuest)
offers a collection of genealogical information dating from the
late 1700s. Search U.S. Federal census records, over 20,000 books
of family and local histories and primary source documents such as
tax lists, city directories and more.
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History Resource Center: U.S. (Gale)
provides access to historical (primary) documents as well as
articles from reference titles and journals covering themes, events,
individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to
the present.
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History Resource Center : World
(Gale)
is a comprehensive collection of articles from reference titles and
journals as well as primary sources, images, maps and charts
covering world history from ancient Europe to Latin America and from
the Far East to the Renaissance.
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Hoover’s Company Records
(ProQuest)
covers more than 40,000 public and
non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's, widely
recognized as a leading provider of corporate data, delivers in
depth industry analyses, information on a company's location,
summary financials, top competitors, top officers and more.
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Informe
(Gale)
is a collection of
articles in Spanish on business, health, technology, culture and
other topics.
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Informese
aqui
is brought to you by the Nassau Library
System. Discover the resources available to the Latino community.
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InfoTrac Newsstand (Gale/NOVEL*)
is an innovative
newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly
by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned
fields. Search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers.
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Issues
and Controversies (Facts on File)
explores more than 800 hot topics in
business, politics, government, education and popular culture.
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Job & Career Accelerator
provides
personalized, step-by-step job search assistance. Prepare resumes
and cover letters. Up-to-date job postings are also included. |
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Lands and Peoples
(Grolier)
is derived directly from the articles that appear in the
print version of
this comprehensive resource on countries, cultures and current events.
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Latino American
Experience
(Greenwood)
is
a comprehensive resource on the history and culture of Latinos.
Content from encyclopedias, primary source documents, maps, images,
Web links and more are included.
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Learning Express
Library
is a resource center for elementary school
students through adult learners. Includes test preparation for SAT,
GRE, GMAT, GED and other educational tests as well as civil service
exams. Computer skills tutorials and job search courses are also
included.
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LexisNexis Library Express
(Remote
access)
includes extensive news coverage, detailed
company information as well as legal resources. Note: Legal
resources are not available with remote access.
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LexisNexis Library Express
(In-library)
includes extensive news coverage,
detailed company information as well as legal resources. Note:
Legal resources are not available with remote access
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
(EBSCOhost)
indexes journals, books, research
reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship,
classification, cataloging, online information retrieval,
information management and more.
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Literature Resource Center
(Gale)
is a complete literature reference database rich in
biographical, bibliographical and critical content on literary
figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction,
nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism and more.
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LitFinder
(Gale)
covers
world literature and authors throughout history. Access thousands
of full text poems, short stories, speeches and plays as well as
biographies, explanations and overviews to enhance understanding.
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Magill On Literature Plus
(EBSCOhost)
produced by Salem Press, is the premier literary database, combining
MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. This database includes all
the literary works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot
summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as all
the biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.
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McKinney's Forms Online
(only available in the library)
provides detailed information on the various legal forms used
in New York.
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Morningstar Investment
Research Center
combines in one convenient database all the stock, fund, industry
and ETF information necessary for in-depth research and smart
portfolio construction. It is a one-stop-shop for screening and
report building tools including extensive help and education
materials.
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National Newspaper Index
(Gale/NOVEL*)
provides indexing (1977-present) of America’s top five newspapers,
the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor,
Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.
It is available
through NOVEL, a statewide virtual library provided free to the
public by the New York State Library.
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netLibrary
provides access to
eBooks, digital full-text versions of reference works, scholarly
monographs and fiction titles that you can view
on your personal
computer.
(Jericho Library cardholders must create a user account from a Library computer before "borrowing" netLibrary eBooks)
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New Book of Knowledge
(Grolier/NOVEL*)
includes all the resources of the
print version, informative articles, maps and illustrations, facts
and figures as well as projects and activities.
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New Book of Popular Science
(Grolier)
provides accessible, easy-to-understand articles on science,
medicine and technology from
The New Book of Popular Science database, a 2.5-million-word repository of
text and images.
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New York State Newspapers(Gale/NOVEL*)
provides
full text articles from newspapers published in the state
of New
York, including the New York Times, the Daily News and the New York
Post. It is available through NOVEL, a statewide virtual library
provided free to the public by the New York State Library.
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Newsday
(1985-current/ProQuest)
includes full text
coverage from 1985 through the present.
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NoveList
Plus (EBSCO)
is
a complete resource for fiction and nonfiction pleasure reading.
Find works by a favorite author or a list of titles in a
particular series. Locate titles that have received awards and
honors.
Link to detailed book discussion guides.
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NoveList Plus K-8
(EBSCO)
can be used to help locate both fiction and nonfiction titles
for grades K-8. Find books in such popular categories as
adventure, mysteries, science fiction, graphic novels and
sports. Award winners for children and teens are included.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
(Gale
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is a one-stop source for information
on today's hottest social issues. Viewpoint articles, topic
overviews, magazine and newspaper articles, primary source
documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Web sites
are featured.
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Oxford Art Online
is the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects
of the visual arts worldwide in all its forms and mediums from
prehistory to the present day.
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Oxford Music Online
includes coverage of music history, instruments, composers,
performers and genres.
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Pop Culture Universe
(Greenwood)
is a digital library of information on American and world popular
culture, past and present. Sports and pastimes, fads, fashion,
movies, music and more are included.
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PROMT/ Predicasts Overview of Markets and Technology
(Gale)
can be used to research companies, the products and technologies
they produce and the markets in which they compete. It includes
summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade
journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies,
news releases and investment and brokerage firm reports.
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ProQuest
(Select from multiple databases)
contains articles in
newspapers and magazines on a wide range of topics including art,
business, education, health and the sciences. Search an individual
database or multiple databases.
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ProQuest Computing
includes
top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as
database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs,
Intranets and the Internet.
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includes information from leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
The New York Times (1851-2005)
offers full page and article images with searchable full text back
to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions
providing access to every page from every available issue.
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ProQuest Newspapers
provides full text articles from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal as well as many other
national newspapers. Search these papers individually or together.
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Reference USA
includes more than 14 million U.S. businesses with telephone
numbers, addresses and contact information as well as directory
information for U.S. residents and U.S. health care providers
(physicians and dentists). Searches can be customized to locate
companies by SIC number, business size, geographical area, etc.
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Research Library
(ProQuest)
provides articles from scholarly journals, trade publications,
magazines and newspapers on a broad range of subjects including the
arts, business, education, health, psychology and the sciences.
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Salem Health
(click on Remote Access Login tab)
provides online access to the complete content of Magill’s Medical Guide, an up-to-date, comprehensive reference resource. Diseases, disorders, treatments and procedures are covered as well as topics of current concern. |
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Science Online
(Facts on File)
covers major topics in science and technology. Science experiments,
biographies and definitions are featured.
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Scribner Writers Series
(Gale)
includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and
literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.
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Spanish Reference Center
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
offers
resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each
with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Enciclopedia Universal
en Espaņol for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia
Juvenil for ages
6-12.
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Star Service
(Only Available in the Library)
presents reviews of
hotels and cruise ships. Correspondents inspect more than 9,000
hotels and 250 cruise ships worldwide and give you their opinion of
what’s good...and what’s not.
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Teen Health & Wellness
(Rosen)
provides teens with reliable,
accurate information on diseases, nutrition, drugs and alcohol,
fitness and more.
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Testing & Education Reference Center
is the perfect online tool whether you are headed for college,
planning for graduate school or starting a new career. Find current
information on colleges and universities, available scholarships and
financial aid. Interactive practice tests for many examinations
such as the ACT, GED, GMAT, GRE, LSAT and SAT are included. You can
also practice taking the TOEFL, PRAXIS and civil service and
military tests.
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Today's Science (Facts on File)
bridges
the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and
the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.
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Twayne's Authors Series
(Gale/NOVEL*)
includes the full text of nearly 600
titles from Twayne's
U.S. Authors,
Twayne's English Authors and
Twayne's World Authors. The focus is on in depth
critical introductions to the lives and works of writers.
It is available through NOVEL, a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library.
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Value Line
Research Center
includes the Investment Survey,
Small & Mid-Cap edition, Mutual Funds, Options, Convertibles and
more. Value Line is one of the most widely used independent
investment information services.
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Webster's
Dictionary Online
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
provides access to Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
Unabridged, the largest and most comprehensive American
dictionary.
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World Book Online
includes all of
the articles from the print version of the World Book as well
as articles specially created for the online format. Content
is updated on a regular basis. Click on the link to World Book
Advanced for primary sources and e-books.
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World
Data Analyst
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
features country
snapshots, detailed statistics and the tools for creating
comparative charts and tables.
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World
News Digest
(Facts on File)
brings
together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned
Facts on File World News Digest in print.
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