ProQuest


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CultureGrams

Description:  CultureGrams contains cultural reports on over 200 countries, plus all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It has a Kids version and a version aimed at high school on up. Written by local experts, there is information on government, religion, daily life and customs, history, plus maps, flags, and both photographs and videos.

Direct URL:
http://online.culturegrams.com

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eLibrary

Description: eLibrary is aimed at high school and on up.  It contains reference books, journal and magazine articles, and multimedia (photos and video).

Direct URL:
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com

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eLibrary Elementary

Description: eLibrary Elementary contains reference books, journal articles, newspapers, photographs, maps, and radio and television news transcripts and is geared towards children in grades K-9.  All articles are full text.

Direct URL:
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/k6

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HeritageQuest Online

Description: HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. Federal Census records with 22,000 titles from the digitized version of the UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content including Freedman's Bank records, PERSI, the Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, and the LexisNexis® U.S. Serial Set.  It is mostly full text.

Direct URL:
http://www.heritagequestonline.com

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Lansing State Journal

Description: Comprehensive coverage (2002 - Present) of articles, stories, columns, commentaries, reviews and more for the newspaper from the state capital of Michigan.

Direct URL:
http://search.proquest.com

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SIRS Discoverer Deluxe

Description: SIRS Discoverer Deluxe contains magazine and newspaper articles, maps, government documents, and photographs and is geared towards children in grades K-9.  All articles are full text.

Direct URL:
http://discoverer.sirs.com

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SIRS Renaissnance

Description: SIRS Renaissance provides dynamic information on architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts.  Articles, which are all full text, are selected from more that 1,200 domestic and international publications.

Direct URL:
http://sks.sirs.com

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