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Databases:  Articles and Reference Sources

BiographyBusiness and InvestmentEncyclopediasGenealogyGeneral Reference
HealthHistoryLiteratureNewspapersScienceYouth

See the alphabetical listing for complete descriptions of the databases.
Find out how to access these subscription databases from home.

General Reference

General  database descriptions





PowerSearch (provides a sophisticated, yet simple, solution for managing a wealth of periodical, and primary source information through a single system.)
General Reference Center Gold
(Inc. full-text articles. Journal List.)
AccessMeL Periodical List -- Full Text
Art Museum Image Gallery
Classical Music Library / Smithsonian Global Sound / African American Song
ChiltonLibrary Automotive Repair
Computer Database (Journal List)
CultureGrams (Standard Edition)
Educators Reference Complete
Expanded Academic ASAP (
Journal List)
Facts on File
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Firstsearch (Title List)
Full Text Magazines & Newspapers

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Tutor Me Homework Help
Information Please
Informe
Infotrac OneFile (
Journal List)
Internet Public Library (IPL)
Issues and Controversies
Learn-A-Test

Legal Forms Online - MICHIGAN FORMS ONLY
LegalTrac (
Journal List)
MeL - Michigan eLibrary
MyLibraryDV (click here for additional help)
Opposing Viewpoints (
Journal List.)
Oxford Reference Online
Professional Collection
Public Library of Law
Reference Shelf Plus
World Almanac
World News Digest (1940 - present), World News Digest (1940 - 1979)

*Notice*
Rosetta Stone Online is no longer available to public libraries as a database. While the Bloomfield Township Public Library searches for a replacement, please consider visiting these free sites which offer a similar service: 

 www.mangolanguages.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/default.aspx

In addition, the library offers many print and audiovisual language learning materials which you can borrow. Please go to our catalog at http://catalog.btpl.org and search the catalog using the English term for the language you want to learn. For more information and assistance, call Adult Services, 248-642-5800, ext. 171.
 

Biography

Biography database descriptions

Biography Resource Center including the Marquis Who's Who Database (Journal List)
Wilson Biography Plus Illustrated

Additional Full Text Sources

Business and Investment

Business database descriptions


Business and Company Resource Center (Journal List)
Corporation Affiliations Online
General Business File ASAP (Journal List)
Morningstar
Reference USA
Small Business Resource Centerfsdafs
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantag
(home users please click here)
Thomas Register
ValueLine Research Center
Additional Full Text Sources


Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia database descriptions


Grolier Online (At home users, click here)
World Book Online
World Almanac Encyclopedia
 

Genealogy


America's GenealogyBank
American Family Immigration History Center (Ellis Island Records)

Ancestry-Library Edition (in-house library use only)
Biography & Genealogy Master Index
HeritageQuest Online
Making of Modern Michigan
ProQuest Obituaries
Sanborn Digital Maps
 

Health

Health database descriptions


Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Journal List)
Health Reference Center Academic ( Journal List )
MEDLINE (Journal List)
Merck Manual, Home Edition
Additional Full Text Sources


History


American History Online
Greenwood Daily Life Online/Daily Life Through History
History Resource Center U.S.
History Resource Center World
In The First Person
Library of Congress' American Memory
Additional Full Text Sources


Literature

Literature database descriptions

Books in Print
Booklettersfsdafs- New list of great titles for your reading or listening pleasure, selected by our staff and linked to our catalog. To receive any of these lists by email sign up here.
Fiction Connection
Literature Resource Center -- LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors  (Journal List)
MagillOnLiterature Plus
netLibrary (at home users can create a new Netlibrary account from this link).
NoveList
Paris Review
Play Index
Poem Finder on the Web
Story Finder
What Do I Read Next?
Wilson Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog
Wilson Senior High School Library Catalog
Wilson Fictional Library Catalog
Wilson Public Library Catalog
WorldCat
Additional Full Text Sources

Newspapers

Newspaper database descriptions


Birmingham Eccentric
Detroit Free Press, 1982 - current (Newsbank)
Detroit News, 1999 - current (Newsbank)
The Eagle Newspaper

Grand Rapids Press (2002-Current)
Lansing State Journal (1/1/1999-Current)
Michigan Newspapers

New York Times, Full text from 1995 to present day (Gale)
New York Times, 1980 - current (Proquest)
Historical New York Times, 1851 - 2003 (Proquest)

Oakland Press
Wall Street Journal, 1986 - present (Proquest)
Washington Post, 1977 - current (Newsbank)
Other Full Text Newspapers,   (Title list and coverage dates)

Science

Science database descriptions


Encyclopedia of Life
Facts on File Science Online
Today's Science
Grolier New Book of Popular Science (At home users, click here.)
Additional Full Text Sources


Youth Databases

Youth database descriptions

America the Beautiful (At home users, click here.)
Children's Catalog
Children's Magazine Guide
CultureGrams Kids Edition

Current Biography Illustrated
Curriculum Center, Junior Edition
eLibrary Elementary (Journal List )
Grolier Online (At home users, click here.)
Infotrac Junior -- K12
Infotrac Kid's Edition (Journal List)

Junior Authors & Illustrators
Kids InfoBits (Journal List)
Lands and Peoples ( At home users, click here.)
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog
NoveList K-8
SIRS Discoverer
StateGrams
Student Edition



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