Auto Repair

Auto Repair Reference Center
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Biography

Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full title

Business
Business and Company Resource Center   
A resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information  

Detailed information on over 14 million U.S, businesses and health professionals. Search by geographic area, company or health professional name, SIC number, or yellow page directories. Also includes reverse a telephone directory.
PROMT    
 Overview of Markets and Technology. Use this database to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete

Careers

Careers Internet Database
Take a test to determine the best career for you, check out the job opportunities, and find out the education you need on the Careers Database! Click on the "Members" button, then type in user name "9401", and password "future". 

Computers
Computer Database  

Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology

Countries
Countries of the World and Their Leaders E-Book

Culture Grams

Use keyword searches in "Countries of the World" to find maps and facts, or experience the cultures of 190 countries and territories in "Culturegrams".

Genealogy
Ancestry
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Search for your Ancestors
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Heritage Quest: Family records
and local history
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Grants
Foundation Directory Online
Fundraising Research
(Kennewick Branch Only)

Health
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module   
 Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications. 

History

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Washington Historical Maps  
American Decades E-Book
Covers 20th-century events and social history from  1900 to 1999.

Law
LegalTrac    
 Provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals

Literature
Literature Resource Center    
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. 


Novelist: 
Your guide to Fiction by genre, age levels, and series.
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Magazine Articles

GaleNet
Search this index for full text popular and academic articles.


Full text general interest and academic magazines & newspapers.

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For ages 8 and up

Music
The Mid-Columbia Library System now offers three on-line Music Databases for your listening pleasure.  
Smithsonian Global Sound American Folk Music, World Music, Poetry, Speeches.
Classical Music Library Choose music from the largest multi-label database of classical music recordings.
African American Song  12,000 tracks from historical recordings. Includes Blues, Jazz and Gospel.  

Social Issues
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center    
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues.  OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Tests
Learning Express
Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams for GED, SAT, AP, civil service, military and professional licensing and certification exams and much more. When logging on from home, please use your library card number as your user name.

Union Catalogs
WorldCat/OCLC
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