| ABCmouse (In-Library Use Only)
ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more. ABCmouse can be used for free at all our library locations.
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| Academic OneFile Select (Login required - click here)
Academic OneFile contains millions of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines.
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| Acceda Noticias (Login required - click here)
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| Archive Grid
ArchiveGrid includes over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more.
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| Archives Unbound (Login required - click here)
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history. Collections are chosen based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students.
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| Auto Repair Source (formerly AutoMate) (Login required - click here)
Auto Repair Source contains service information. diagrams, maintenance schedules, part numbers and more for vehichles.
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| Books & Authors (Login required - click here)
Browse for your new favorite book. Discover read-alikes for your books and authors you love.
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| Business Collection (Login required - click here)
Business Collection covers all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. It includes business and trade publications.
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| Business Insights: Essentials (Login required - click here)
Business Insights has detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, financial reports, and company histories. Use the comparison charts to compare companies and industries.
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| Business Plans Handbook Series (Login required - click here)
View business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. See sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.
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| Consumer Health Complete (Login required - click here)
Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
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| Consumer Reports (Login required - click here)
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| Computer Science Collection (Login required - click here)
Computer Database has leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.
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| Culinary Arts Collection (Login required - click here)
Contains journals and magazines articles on all aspects of cooking and nutrition as well as thousands of recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
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| DemographicsNow (Login required - click here)
Access a demographic report on any geography – or compare multiple geographies - for information including income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses and more.
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| Ebsco Landing Page
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| Entrepreneurship Center (Login required - click here)
Entrepreneurship Center covers all major areas of starting and operating a business: financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, taxes, and more. View sample business plans and "How To" guides.
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| Environmental Studies Collection (Login required - click here)
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection has scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies. It includes diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests.
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| Explora Educator's Edition (Login required - click here)
Search lesson plans, support materials, and professional development resources in this database. Common Core and STEM resources available.
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| Explora Primary Schools (Login required - click here)
Kids can find articles, ebooks, and videos on topics relative to their age, such as math, art, music, geography, social studies, and science.
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| Explora Public Libraries (Login required - click here)
Search for articles, ebooks, and videos about a multitude of topic, including health, biographies, business and careers, current events, history, and culture,
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| FamilySearch (In-Library Use Only)
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| Fine Arts and Music Collection (Login required - click here)
Fine Arts and Music Collection has scholarly journals and magazines in areas including drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. It emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.
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| Flipster- eMagazines (Login required - click here)
Read popular magazines on your computer or download the app on your smartphone or tablet.
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| Florida Newspapers (Login required - click here)
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| Gale Directory Library (Login required - click here)
For business researchers, Gale Directory Library is a treasure trove of 51 trusted directories on companies, publishers, associations, and more—sources that cannot be found elsewhere on the Internet.
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| Gale eBooks (Login required - click here)
Gale Virtual Reference Library contains reference e-books on many topics including business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, science, social science, and more.
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| Gale Landing Page (Login required - click here)
View a list of all our databases from Gale.
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| Gardening, Landscaping, and Horticulture Collection (Login required - click here)
Gardening, Landscape, and Horticulture Collectionhasacademic journals and magazines on both the practical aspects and the scientific theory of horticulture studies. Content is relative to biotechnologists, farmers, hobbyists, and landscape architects alike.
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| General OneFile (Login required - click here)
General OneFile is a one-stop source for millions of news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines.
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| General Science Collection (Login required - click here)
General Science Collection has scholarly journals and magazines covering the latest scientific developments. Key subjects include biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology.
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| Health & Wellness Resource Center (Login required - click here)
Health & Wellness Resource Center has reference material, magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. It includes directories, a medical dictionary, and information on drugs and herbs.
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| HeritageQuest Online (Login required - click here)
HeritageQuest® Online is a treasury of American genealogical and historical sources including primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Coverage dates back to the 1700s.
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| History Reference Center (Login required - click here)
View primary and secondary sources inlcuding journal articles, reference books, historical documents, biographies, maps, photos, and videos.
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| Home Improvement Collection (Login required - click here)
Home Improvement Collection has content for hobbyists and professionals alike. Topics includes architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
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| Home Improvement Reference Center (Login required - click here)
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| Hoopla - Streaming movies/TV shows, e-books, e-audiobooks, music and comics
Hoopla has e-audiobooks, movies, music, e-books, TV shows, and e-comic books. All content can be viewed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Create an account and check-out 5 titles/albums per month.
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| Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure (Login required - click here)
Hospitality, Tourism, and Leisure Collection has scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications on cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. It provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.
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| Information Science Collection (Login required - click here)
Information Science and Library Issues Collectionhas scholarly journals and trade publications for information professionals and knowledge workers. Topics including information infrastructure, metadata architecture, publishing, and more.
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| Informe Académico (Login required - click here)
Informe Académico proporciona acceso a periódicos y revistas especializadas de lengua española y portuguesa. La base de datos ofrece una amplia gama de contenidos sobre América Latina.
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| Insurance and Liability Collection (Login required - click here)
Contains academic journals and trade publications covering the insurance industry and topics like labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
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| Job and Career Accelerator (Login required - click here)
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| LearningExpress Library (Login required - click here)
LearningExpress Library provides access to practice tests & review exercises, interactive tutorials, and eBooks designed to help you pass academic and occupational licensing tests including the GED, SAT, ACT, GRE, citizenship, and ASVAB, as well as Civil Service exams.
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| LearningExpress Recursos para Hispanohablantes (Login required - click here)
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| Legal Information Reference Center (Login required - click here)
Legal Information Reference Center has over 225 full-text publications and thousands of downloadable legal forms. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo.
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| LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Learn software, creative and business skills to achieve your personal and professional goal. Browse over 1,000 tutorials including helpful exercise files.
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| Literary Reference Center (Login required - click here)
Find information and literary criticism on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
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| LitFinder (Login required - click here)
Contains more than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and plays. Includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
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| Local Historic Digital Collection
Images and documents from the Manatee County Public Library Historical Digital Collections portray Manatee County people, activities, and buildings from the late nineteenth century to the early 1980's.
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| Manatee River Journal (1897-1924)
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| Mango Languages
Mango is a self-paced language-learning system that uses real-life situations and conversations to teach a new language. Choose from languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, and more!
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| MasterFile Premier (Login required - click here)
This multidisciplinary database has nearly 1,700 periodicals articles dating as far back as 1975, 500 reference books, over 164,400 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
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| Mergent Intellect (Login required - click here)
Mergent contains valuable information on millions of North American businesses.
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| Morningstar Investment Research Center (Login required - click here)
Morningstar Investment Research Center provides independent ratings of mutual funds and financial news that may affect
market values. Our subscription includes everything from the print edition of Morningstar as well as analysis of stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
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| NewsBank (Florida, USA & World Newspapers) (Login required - click here)
NewsBank has current news articles and back issues, plus broadcast video content and news wire data from over 3000 sources across the U.S. and worldwide. Also included: Genealogy Bank, Current Events, Special Reports and Maps.
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| NewsBank (Bradenton Herald) (Login required - click here)
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| The New York Times Archive (Login required - click here)
Read articles from The New York Times back to 1995.
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| NextReads e-Newsletters
Sign up for e-newsletters with book recommends in genres such as mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, biography, local authors, and more. There's also e-newsletters on children's, teen, and tween books.
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| NoveList- Book Recommendations (Login required - click here)
NoveList Plus provides book recommendations in fiction and nonfiction, by identifying read-alike titles, series, authors, and genres by matching setting, plot, and style.
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| NoveList K-8 Plus - Book Recommendations (Login required - click here)
NoveList K-8 matches young readers with the perfect books for them. Browse sections for Teens, Tweens, and younger.
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| Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Login required - click here)
Nursing and Allied Health Collection has academic journals and reference content covering all aspects of nursing, from direct patient care to health care administration. It offers current and authoritative content for professionals and students.
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| OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete (Login required - click here)
Professional Collection provides access to academic journals and other reference content for educators. The database offers balanced coverage for any professional educator or user interested in professional development.
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| OneFile: Health and Medicine (Login required - click here)
OneFile Health and Medicine has medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, and reference books and pamphlets. The database is designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers.
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| OverDrive - eBooks and eAudiobooks
OverDrive contains thousands of e-books and e-audiobooks. You can read books on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
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| Peterson’s Career Prep (Login required - click here)
With this database, you can take a career assessment, browse career paths, learn how to write resumes and cover letters, and simulate a job interview.
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| Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Login required - click here)
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection has academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. Iinformation, includes proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.
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| Physics and Other APS Journals (In-Library Use Only)
Access to scholarly journals published by the American Physical Society including Physics and Physical Review Letters.
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| Points of View (Login required - click here)
Points of View Reference Center contains 450 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument). Each topic features a Guide to Critical Analysis which helps the reader evaluate the controversy and enhances students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspective on the issues, and write or debate an effective argument on the topic.
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| Popular Magazines (Login required - click here)
Access over 1,800 magazines including The New Yorker, The Economist, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Popular Science, Men's Health, Ebony, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, USA Today, and Vogue.
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| Psychology Collection (Login required - click here)
Psychology Collection has academic journals and magazines for researchers and general users. The content covers the study of emotions, personality, and the human mind.
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| Religion and Philosophy Collection (Login required - click here)
Religion and Philosophy Collection has scholarly journals and magazines for researchers and general users. It has balanced content that covers topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.
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| Research in Context (For Elementary School Students) (Login required - click here)
InfoBits has great information for young researchers. Topics include animals, sports, technology, geography, arts, health, science, literature, and more!
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| Research in Context (For Middle School Students) (Login required - click here)
This database includes Books, images, biographies, audio, video, magazines, newspapers, creative works, primary sources, on topics most-studied by middle school students. Topics coverd are cultures, government, people, U.S. history, sports, world history, geography, literature, science, and social issues.
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| Science Reference Center (Login required - click here)
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| Small Engine Repair Reference Center (Login required - click here)
Small Engine Repair Reference Center offers assistance in providing routine maintenance (tune-ups, brake service, etc.) as well as extensive repairs (engine and transmission disassembly) and allows users to search by product type, brand, model/engine type, specific area of model/engine type, and model numbers.
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| Sources in U.S. History- The Civil War (Login required - click here)
This robust digital collection contains over 500 primary sources from the the Civil War. Documents unclude personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, regimental histories and photograph albums, legal treatises and children's books.
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| U.S. History Collection (Login required - click here)
U.S. History Collection has scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians and advanced academic researchers. It has balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
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| Vocations and Careers (Login required - click here)
Contains information on different occupations, schools and training, job searching, and maintaining a career.
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| Value Line (Login required - click here)
Value Line Online is a diverse financial database that evaluates
stocks and mutual funds as well as providing financial news that may affect market values. Our subscription includes the Value Line Investment Survey and the Value Line Small & Mid-Cap Survey.
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| World History Collection (Login required - click here)
World History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers.
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