Tomball College and Community Library
Databases - Alphabetical
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Tomball College and Community Library
Databases - Alphabetical
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| A-Z Journal Locator |
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Identifies where magazine, newspaper, and journal titles are available as full text in the online databases. Search by title, subject, or database. (EBSCO) |
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Articles from journals, magazines, newspapers; many scholarly journals. (EBSCO) |
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| Access Newspaper Archive |
Historical archives of national and local newspapers., with coverage as far back as 1759 up through 1977 (not every paper has this extended coverage). " (Access Newspaper Archive) Only available on-site at the Tomball or Cy-Fair Libraries. |
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Index of agriculture literature index compiled by the National Agricultural Library (EBSCO) |
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Automotive diagnostic and repair information. (ALLDATA LLC) Only available on-site at the Tomball or Cy-Fair Libraries. |
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| Alt Health Watch | Full text for articles from more than 180 international journals, reports and proceedings, as well as association and consumer newsletters on complementary and alternative medicine. (Ebsco) | |
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Genealogy data including census and immigration records, directories, biographies, newspapers and periodicals. (Ancestry.com and ProQuest) Only available on-site at the Tomball or Cy-Fair Libraries. |
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Digital library of art images from museums, universities and other repositories. |
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| Bibliography of Native North Americans | Citations on native North American culture, history, and life. No full text. (EBSCO) | |
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"Over 45,000 biographies for people present and past." (H. W. Wilson) |
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| Book Index with Reviews |
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Find information on books and audio-visual items that are out of print, on print and also those that are forthcoming. (BIR) |
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Company profiles, industry rankings, current investment ratings, financial ratios. (Gale) |
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Scholarly journals & popular magazines on economics, management, finance, etc. (EBSCO) |
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Comprehensive listing of assistance programs administered by 57 Federal Agencies. |
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| Chronicle of Higher Education |
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Weekly newspaper that focuses on higher education issues. Leading source of job openings at colleges, universities and non-profit organizations. |
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This "is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals" and includes "more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937."(EBSCO) |
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"A valuable resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database contains more than 170 full text journals with PDF coverage back as far as 1973 including 120 peer-reviewed publications. |
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| Clinical Pharmacology | Current drug monographs for U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs, plus Patient Education Records, in English and Spanish. (EBSCO) | |
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Full text articles from over 160 journals in the communication disciplines, plus indexing and abstracts for 350 additional journals. |
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| Computer Source | Full text articles from 300 periodicals on computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. (EBSCO) | |
| Consumer Health Complete | Authoritative information on adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women's health and sports medicine. (EBSCO) | |
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Short
biographies of current authors. (Gale) |
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Literary criticism from scholarly journals and essays. (Gale) |
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International political, economic, and business information for 192 countries. |
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Analysis of current and controversial issues of the day. (CQ Press). |
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In-depth literary biographies of current and past authors. (Gale) |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals | Free full text scientific and scholarly journals. | |
| EBSCO Animals | Articles and images on the nature and habitat of familiar animals. (EBSCO) | |
| Economia & Negocios | Index of over 200 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, and the United States in the areas of business and economics. Not full text. (EBSCO) | |
| ELibrary Curriculum | Full text and multi-media reference sources for K-12. | |
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Spanish language gateway to all Ebsco databases. (EBSCO) |
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| Educational Research Online | Full-text educational reports, papers and journal articles. Includes some journal article from ERIC. (EdRes.org) | |
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Citations and abstracts of education-related journals, documents and digests from the U.S. Department of Education - Education Resources Information Center. Some full-text. (EBSCO) |
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Includes Issues & Controversies, Reuters News, Today's Science, World Almanac. (Facts.com) |
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United
States Federal Register online - 1994 to present |
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| Fuente Academica | Full text Spanish language content from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers in academic areas of business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. (EBSCO) | |
| Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia | Full text encyclopedia articles, brief biographies, and images. (EBSCO) | |
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| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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Reference works in art, business, education, law, library science, literature, multicultural studies, science, social science and technology. (GALE) |
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Index of U.S. government documents published by the Government Printing Office since 1976 (U. S. Government) |
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Full-text art reference covering all the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990's with image links. (Macmillan) |
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Encyclopedia entries on Texas history, culture, and geography. (Texas State Historical Association) |
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Find magazine, newspaper, and journal titles available in Harris County Public Library databases by title or subject. (Serials Solutions, Inc.) |
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Health web sources, general interest health publications, health and medical journals. (Gale) |
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Fitness, medicine, nutrition, diseases, nursing, public health, occupational health & safety. (Gale) |
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| Health Source - Consumer Edition | Full text consumer health periodicals, pamphlets; and reference books. Includes prescription, over-the- counter, and alternative drug information. (EBSCO) | |
| Health Source - Nursing/Academic | 550 scholarly full text journals on nursing and allied health. Includes Clinical Pharmacology. (EBSCO) | |
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Family lineage, genealogies, third-party histories and local histories beginning with the 13 original colonies. (ProQuest) |
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Back issues of high impact scholarly journals in the life sciences. (HighWire Press/Stanford University) |
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| History Reference Center |
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"Full text from more than 1,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for 60 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. " (EBSCO) |
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Scholarly journals and reference materials on American History (ProQuest) |
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Full-text news articles from 1993 to the present (ProQuest) |
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| Information Science & Technology Abstracts | Index of 450 journals plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patent on subjects related to information science and mangement. Not full text.(EBSCO) | |
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Over 100 U.S. and international newspapers, including several Texas newspapers and the most recent 12 months of the New York Times. (GALE) |
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| Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts | Index of 400 trade publications, popular computer magazines, and professional journals on Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development, plus hardware and software reviews. Not full text (EBSCO) | |
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Controversial topics studied in-depth, pro & con. (Facts.com) |
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Scientific and educational publication of the American Animal Hospital Association. (AAHA) |
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Full-text articles from scholarly anthropology, education, economics, history, literature, philosophy, and sociology. |
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| Kids Search Interface | Search interface designed for grade K-8. Includes magazines, photos, reference books and flags.. (EBSCO) | |
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Test preparation using practice tests based on official exams. (LearningExpress) |
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| Legal Collection | Scholarly publications on topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, and the environment. (EBSCO) | |
| Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts | Index of library literature. (EBSCO) | |
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Biographical information and literary criticism from magazines, scholarly journals, and Gale print series. (Gale) |
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| Los Angeles Times | Full-text articles from 1985 to the present (ProQuest) | |
| Mas Ultra - School Edition | Biographies, primary source documents, and full text articles from over 700 popular high school magazines. (EBSCO) | |
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Periodical and newspaper articles, Magill's Book Reviews, Essential Documents in American History, Dun & Bradstreet info. Full-text Consumer Reports and Business Week. (EBSCO) |
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| MedicLatina |
Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. Includes access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals. (EBSCO) |
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National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE database with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Limited full text. (EBSCO) |
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Health information in English and Spanish. (U.S. National Institutes of Health) |
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Reference information on drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care and alternative medicine. Includes the PDR (Thomson Micromedex) |
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Easy-to-understand information, in English and Spanish, about all aspects of patient care, medications, and health. (Thomson Micromedex) |
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| Middle Search Plus | 140 popular, middle school magazines. (EBSCO) | |
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Current news pertaining to the military and federal government.(EBSCO) |
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Literary research index of journal articles, books and essays within books. (Gale) |
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| Morningstar |
Information on mutual funds, stocks and ETFs. Limit of five simultaneous users. |
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| Natural and Alternative Treatments | Detailed information on conventional and natural treatments for 180 conditions. (EBSCO) | |
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Classical, jazz, world, folk, new age, chamber, ballet, film and opera music recordings in 75,000+ tracks plus related text information about the works. Requires Windows Media Player 9 or higher to play music. Limit of 25 simultaneous users for this resource. (Naxos Digital Services Ltd.) |
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Complete contents of over 40,000 electronic books. Users must create a user id and password for netlibrary. Different titles are available in the college’s and HCPL’s netlLibrary collections. |
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Full-text articles from the NYT from 1980 to the present (ProQuest) |
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Full-text and full-image newspaper articles from the NYT from 1851-2003 (ProQuest) |
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| Newspaper Source | Cover-to-cover full text for 20 national & international newspapers. (EBSCO) | |
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Online interactive veterinary resources from the American Veterinary Medical Association. (AVMA) See librarian for log-in. |
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Reader’s advisory service for fiction literature. Search by author, genre, or similar books. (EBSCO) |
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Descriptions of current careers, educational requirements, salary, job outlook, and professional associations. (Bureau of Labor Statistics) |
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An electronic version of the books which take a topic and look at both sides of an issue. (Gale) |
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Indexes and abstracts for occupational therapy related resources. (AOTA) (No full-text) See Librarian for log-in. |
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United States patents, trademarks, abstracts, full-text and images available. (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office) |
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| Primary Search | 70 popular, elementary school magazines and image collection of photos, maps, and flags.(EBSCO) | |
| Professional Development Collection | Full text education journals and reports. (EBSCO) | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text articles from over 250 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. |
| ProQuest Learning: Literature | Collection of resources that includes "over 3000 author pages giving access to biographies, original works, book reviews and criticisms, and contextual multimedia". Also includes poetry resources "over 185,ooo full-text poems". (ProQuest) | |
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Full-text articles from five national newspapers (the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor). (ProQuest) |
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Articles from journals, magazines, national newspapers, including many scholarly journals. (ProQuest) |
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| Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection |
575 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed titles, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. |
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Medical research; National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database Limited full-text. |
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With the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation and the latest streaming video technology, ReadtheBooks.com offers an innovative and entertaining solution to help connect kids with books. |
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Search over 12 million U.S. businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. health care providers by various criteria. (InfoUSA) |
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Daily international newswires and regional business publications. (EBSCO) |
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300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles on world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political and moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy." (EBSCO) |
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Covers tax accounting, financial reporting and management topics. Contact accounting professor for log-in. |
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Electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. Limit of 5 simultaneous users for this resource. |
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| Science & Technology Collection | 800 full text journals covering aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. (EBSCO) | |
| Scribner Writers Series | Biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of world authors, literary themes, and movements. (Gale) | |
| Searchasaurus | Search interface for young children. (EBSCO) | |
| Serials Directory | Current bibliographic and pricing information on popular serials. (EBSCO) | |
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A repository of health and social service programs in a 13 county area around Houston. Also includes statistics on populations, births, and deaths. (United Way & St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities) |
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An electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical resources. (Teton Data Systems) |
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| Teacher Reference Center | Index of 280 popular teacher and school administrator trade journals (EBSCO) | |
| Texas Almanac 2006-2007 | History, culture, political climate, and geography of the state of Texas. "The included Texas Towns database has information on current, and past, Texas towns." | |
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Maps of property and land-use records for Texas towns and cities for past 100 years. (ProQuest) |
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| Texas Reference Center | Full-text books and periodicals related to Texas history. (EBSCO) | |
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Texas laws online. (State of Texas) |
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| Thomson Gale Legal Forms | Business, personal and general legal forms that may be viewed and printed. (Thomson Gale) | |
| Today's Science on File |
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Latest developments in science, medicine, and technology. Click on the "Today's Science" tab to access |
| TopicSearch | Current events database covering social, political and economic issues, and scientific discoveries (EBSCO) | |
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Interactive children's books using Flash animation (TumbleBooks Inc.) |
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Complete contemporary & classic streaming audio books for adults & children (TumbleBooks Inc.) |
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| Twayne's Authors Series | Includes the content of the 600 books that make up Twayne's US Authors, English Authors and World Authors. | |
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Twayne's English Authors |
Part of the the Twayne's Authors Series. This part of the series focuses on the major literary works and figures of English literature. | |
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Twayne's US Authors |
Part of the the Twayne's Authors Series. This part of the series Includes the critical interpretation and discussion of the lives and works of individual American authors. | |
| Twayne's World Authors | Part of the the Twayne's Authors Series. Include a critical discussion of authors representing 34 nationalities and literature from ancient times to the present. | |
| Twentieth Century American Poetry | Full-text of American poetry from 1900 to the present day." (Proquest) | |
| Twentieth Century English Poetry | Full-text of English poetry from 1900 to the present day." (Proquest) | |
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United
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Laws (U.S. House of Representatives) |
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| Visual Thesaurus | Features 145,000+ English words with pronunciations and 115,000 meanings with a graphic map of relationships between words. (Thinkmap, Inc.) | |
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Investment advice on stocks. (Value Line) Only available on-site at the Tombal |