Provides over 600,000 biographies covering more than 525,000 people.
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Search for up-to-date facts and cultural information about people around the world.
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More than 1,400 reference e-books, plus every Gale information database at Multnomah County Library.
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News and current events from the New York Times newspaper from 1980 to the present date.
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This resource includes full-text and full-images of every page of the New York Times, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF format. It includes articles on national and international affairs, businesses, sports, New York regional news, regular columns, biographical stories and reports on science, medicine, the arts and more. It includes supplements such as the Book Review and Magazine. It also includes the complete text of all Presidential press conferences and other important speeches.
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Aimed at middle school and high school students, this resource includes content based on national curriculum standards in major subject areas such as history, literature, science and social
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Access to more than 7 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases including Census Records, Passenger Lists and UK & Ireland records. Library version of Ancestry.com -- only available in libraries.
This resource is a citation-only database covering a wide range of biographical information.
This resource offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.
This resource is a reader’s advisory tool that includes plot summaries, reading recommendations for similar titles, and searchable information on genre, characters, subjects, and time period.
For kids in Kindergarten through grade 5, use this to find articles, maps, charts and pictures.
This resource provides access to a broad span of literary works -- including more than 150,000 full-text poems and other materials.
This resource provides information about current events, including social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. It provides full-text of articles from magazines and newspapers, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews and public opinion polls.
