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 ProQuest Discovery
Full-text articles from over 2200 magazines covering the arts, business, education, health, literature, politics and general interest, from 1972 to the present. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

 WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Updated daily. Details
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network.

 ReferenceUSA
Directory of 14 million U.S. businesses. Also includes U.S. white page listings, new businesses, and Canadian businesses. Details
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues and from Hennepin County property taxes

 NetLibrary
Full text of over 10,000 books plus 1200+ audio ebooks. Details
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network. Additional funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

 General Reference Center Gold
Full text access to 3,033 general interest and business magazines back to 1980. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

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  Infobel.com 
A collection of online directories for searching white and yellow pages, reverse lookups and more.

Citation Machine 
An interactive Web tool that generates citations using MLA and APA styles.

Fast Facts 
An extensive list of links to websites providing factual and statistical information. Compiled by Gary Price.

Your Dictionary.Com 
Dictionaries for hundreds of world languages, English-language thesauri, quotation dictionaries, rhyming dicti...more

Morse Code and Phonetic Alphabets 
Includes a list of the codes, translation tools, and a dictionary of phonetic alphabets.

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