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Research Databases
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You can log into almost all of the databases listed below from outside the library using your library barcode number. If you don't have a library card, you may register for one online.
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Those databases specified with "No Remote Access" must be used from a computer inside the library. "Remote Access (CLP Card)" databases are only accessible with a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) library card. Click here if not a CLP cardholder.
Access PA POWER Library
| Access PA POWER Library | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 29 of the databases listed here.
Beginning February 1 there will be changes to the Pennsylvania POWER Library, including the loss of some resources and the addition of others. Thank you for your patience while we finalize these new arrnagements. Questions, comments and access problems should be addressed to info@carnegielibrary.org. | ||||
Art & Architecture
| Art Full Text + Art Index Retrospective | Library Access |
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Index to articles from art, architecture & design magazines, back to 1929. Some full text and abstracts.
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| Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (within FirstSearch) | Library Access |
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A comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s) to the present. Updated weekly.
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| ArtFact | Main Library Only | NO Remote Access | ||
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Auction records for antiques & collectibles, used by the experts on the Antiques Roadshow
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| Artnet.com: Price Database | Main Library Only | NO Remote Access | ||
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This database requires a Username and Password so it is available ONLY in the Main Library with the assistance of a librarian.
Auction records (1985-present) for fine arts. | ||||
| Oxford Art Online | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Oxford Art Online includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
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| Auto Repair Reference Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Detailed and diagrammed automotive repair and maintenance information covering most major manufacturers.
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Biography
| African American Experience | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full text information on African American history and culture.
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| Biography and Genealogy Master Index | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Comprehensive index to biographical reference works.
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| Biography Reference Bank | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals. Full text articles, abstracts and photographs are available from periodicals, feature articles, interviews, essays, performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.
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| Biography Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines.
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| Contemporary Authors | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
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Books
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Access Pennsylvania
On-Line Catalog | Available to Everyone | |||
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Shared catalog for materials owned by most Pennsylvania libraries.
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| ARBAOnline | Library Access |
Remote Access
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American Reference Books Annual online.
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| BookFLIX | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Read or listen to children's books online.
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| Naxos Spoken Word Library | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Listen to streaming audio of adult and children's classic fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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| netLibrary | Library Access | Remote Access* | ||
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Full text electronic books (both text and audio).
For Remote Access you must create an account from within the library. | ||||
| NoveList | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title.
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| Novelist K-8 | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional journals and book talks for selected titles are available in this database.
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| WorldCat | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Search the holdings of over 9,000 libraries at one time. If you find something that you want, and we don't have it, you can use Interlibrary Loan.
Non-CLP cardholders: Search WorldCat | ||||
Business
| Associations Unlimited | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Detailed information on national, international and regional associations.
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| Business and Company Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Company profiles, industry descriptions, association information, investment reports, full-text articles and citations.
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| Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database - Total U.S. | Library Access |
Remote Access
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14 million companies, from the smallest to the largest, with extensive information on each and downloading capabilities.
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| Morningstar Investment Research Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc.
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| PROMT - Predicast's Overview of Markets and Technology | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Provides comprehensive, reliable, and global coverage of companies, products and technologies including market data.
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| Pittsburgh Technology Council Member Directory | Available to Everyone | |||
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A searchable directory of the 1,400 Southwestern Pennsylvania member companies of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
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| Reference USA | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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| Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage | Library Access |
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Online access to Standard & Poor's stock, bond and mutual fund research and reports plus the investment newsletter The Outlook. Also includes access to the in-depth S&P Industry Reports [no remote access], Corporation Records, and directories of corporations, their executives, and securities dealers in North America.
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| STAT-USA |
LIMITED*
Library Access* | NO Remote Access | ||
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community.
*ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business and Reference Services in the Main Library in Oakland; fee-based offsite. | ||||
| USA Trade Online |
LIMITED*
Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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A sister website to STAT-USA by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce it provides U.S. import and export data on over 18,000 commodities.
*ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business and Reference Services in the Main Library in Oakland; fee-based offsite. | ||||
Current Topics & Controversies
| CQ Researcher | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Provides in-depth, non-biased, full text reports on political and social issues & controversies.
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| GreenFILE | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles on environmental issues. Topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.
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| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.
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Dictionaries
| Oxford English Dictionary | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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Contains the complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary from its 20-volume Second Edition and its 3-volume Additions Series.
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| Oxford Reference Online | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more.
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Education
| Live Homework Help | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Got homework? Get online help from real tutors! Live Homework Help offers online tutoring for 4th grade to College level questions in English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Non-traditional students and adult learners can take advantage of essay writing, skills building, GED prep, and other tutoring services designed specifically for adults. To find out how it works, sign up for an account and click their "Check out our FAQs" link.
Every day from 3 pm to 10 pm!
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| Testing & Education Reference Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Database of college, graduate & vocational schools that also offers test preparation & practice exams for high school, college entrance, professional certification and licensing, military, and civil service.
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| Tuition Funding Sources | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Students can search the TFS databases for scholarships and other forms of financial aid, take personality and career aptitude tests, and search for detailed college information. TuitionFundingSources.com also maintains a large database of athletic scholarships. When registering, new users should select "Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh" as their school.
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Genealogy
| Ancestry Library Edition | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.
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| Footnote |
Library Access
(Pennsylvania Department Only) | NO Remote Access | ||
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A database of original source documents, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more.
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| Historic Pittsburgh | Available to Everyone | |||
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Search U.S. Census Schedules for the City of Pittsburgh (1850-1880) and Allegheny City (1850-1870), view images of historic Pittsburgh maps and photographs.
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| Newspaper Archive |
Library Access
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An historical newspaper database which contains newspapers from every state and 7 foreign countries- over 2,434 titles. The archive's newspapers date from 1759 to the present.
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| Passenger Lists from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) | Available to Everyone | |||
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Four series of passenger lists containing over 6 million names of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Russia and the famine years of Ireland.
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General Reference
| Access PA POWER Library | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Beginning February 1 there will be changes to the Pennsylvania POWER Library, including the loss of some resources and the addition of others. Thank you for your patience while we finalize these new arrnagements. Questions, comments and access problems should be addressed to info@carnegielibrary.org. | ||||
| Access Pennsylvania On-Line Catalog | Available to Everyone | |||
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Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries.
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| African American Experience | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Full text information on African American history and culture.
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| Associations Unlimited | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Detailed information on national, international and regional associations.
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| Oxford Reference Online | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more.
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| Reference Universe | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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Reference Universe searches the complete indexes of more than 10,000 designated reference titles, and then indicates which titles are in the collection at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Main Library. Nearly 2,000 of these titles are online editions. Reference Universe places the reference collection of Carnegie Library’s Main Library at your fingertips and is updated monthly.
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| WorldCat | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Search the holdings of over 9,000 libraries at one time. If you find something that you want, and we don't have it, you can use Interlibrary Loan.
Non-CLP cardholders: Search WorldCat | ||||
Government
| CQ Researcher | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Provides in-depth, non-biased, full text reports on political and social issues & controversies.
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| Lexis Nexis Congressional Papers & United States Serial Set | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
There are four databases you can search, all using the same search page or interface. Use advanced search to limit it to only one database.
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| MarciveWeb DOCS | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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Catalog of U. S. Government publications from 1976 to the present.
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Grantseeking
| Foundation Directory Online Professional | Foundation Center ONLY | No Remote Access | ||
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Only available at the Foundation Center
Foundation Directory Online Professional is the grantseeker's most valuable resource of information on nearly 100,000 foundations, grantmaking public charities, and corporate donors throughout the United States. This database also provides information on over 1.8 million recent grants, access to nearly 650,000 IRS 990s, and is updated weekly. | ||||
| Foundation Grants to Individuals Online | Foundation Center ONLY | No Remote Access | ||
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Only available at the Foundation Center
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, by the Foundation Center (New York), profiles over 6,500 foundations and public charities that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. | ||||
| GrantSelect | Foundation Center | No Remote Access | ||
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Only available at the Foundation Center
GrantSelect, by Oryx Press, offers snapshots of over 10,000 public and private funding sources for both nonprofit organizations and individuals. Its strengths are in the arts, education, and research. Updated daily. | ||||
| GuideStar Premium | Foundation Center ONLY | No Remote Access | ||
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Only available at the Foundation Center
GuideStar provides information on the programs and finances of more than 1.8 million IRS-recognized nonprofits across the United States. GuideStar Premium is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information on both grantmakers and grantseeking tax-exempt charities. It is easy to use and updated each day. | ||||
Health
| Consumer Health Complete | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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This full-text database covers health topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
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| EBSCOhost Influenza Evidence-based Information | Available to Everyone | |||
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Designed to inform patients and their families and provide information to clinicians to help them with H1N1 diagnosis and H1N1 treatment by making up-to-date diagnosis and treatment information available. The resources being made available will also provide up-to-date information about the H1N1 vaccine.
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| MedlinePlus® | Available to Everyone | |||
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Authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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| Salem Health | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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Electronic access to over 1,000 articles on diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and medical issues. Also contains over 400 photographs and illustrations. This electronic resource includes the entire contents of both Magill's Medical Guide and Salem Press's reference book, Cancer.
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History & Social Studies
| African American Experience | Library Access |
Remote Access
(CLP Card) | ||
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Full text information on African American history and culture.
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| American History in Video | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Log in to watch historic newsreels, award-winning PBS shows, History Channel content and more directly in your web browser. Browse by historical subject/era or search for specific topics. Also includes video transcripts and specialized playlists, as well as the option to create your own list of historical favorites.
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| CQ Researcher | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Provides in-depth, non-biased, full text reports on political and social issues & controversies.
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| Expanded Academic ASAP | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
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| Footnote |
Library Access
(Pennsylvania Department Only) | NO Remote Access | ||
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A database of original source documents, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more.
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| Historic Pittsburgh | Available to anyone | |||
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A digital collection for Pittsburgh history, including full-text books, digital images & maps, census records, & a timeline.
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| History Resource Center: United States | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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One-stop source for U.S. history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
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| History Resource Center: World | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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One-stop source for world history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
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| Newspaper Archive |
Library Access
(Pennsylvania Department Only) | NO Remote Access | ||
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An historical newspaper database which contains newspapers from every state and 7 foreign countries- over 2,434 titles. The archive's newspapers date from 1759 to the present.
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| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.
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| Salem History | Library Access ONLY | NO Remote Access | ||
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Salem History provides online access to the following reference books: Milestone Documents of American Leaders, Milestone Documents of American History, Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century, The Seventies in America and The Sixties in America. Browse and search for full-text articles and primary sources with this online reference collection.
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Jobs & Careers
| Career Cruising | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Career profiles, assessment tools, and other career-related information.
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| Homework Help - Career Center | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Live Homework Help has added a Career Center for 2010. Every weekday between 3 and 10 p.m., you can receive live, personalized assistance with resume writing, preparation for the GED and U.S. Citizenship Exam. Live Homework Help also offers a "Back to School" section for non-traditional students designed to help them return to the classroom. Visit the Skills Center anytime for printable practice tests for the GRE, MCAT, LSAT and other standardized tests.
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| Resume Maker | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Step-by-step resume instruction, job search advice, and career information are available to you via the ResumeMaker portal. Users can create a free account to save document drafts and other career information. Also contains job and career-related video clips and tutorials.
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| Testing & Education Reference Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Database of college, graduate & vocational schools that also offers test preparation & practice exams for high school, college entrance, professional certification and licensing, military, and civil service.
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Kids' Resources
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Access Pennsylvania Database (Online Library Catalog) | Available to everyone | |||
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Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries, including school libraries.
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| AP Multimedia Archives | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.
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| BookFLIX | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Read or listen to a book online.
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| Live Homework Help | Library Access |
Remote Access
(CLP Card) | ||
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Got homework? Get online help from real tutors! Live Homework Help offers online tutoring for 4th grade to College level questions in English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Non-traditional students and adult learners can take advantage of essay writing, skills building, GED prep, and other tutoring services designed specifically for adults. To find out how it works, sign up for an account and click their "Check out our FAQs" link.
Every day from 3 pm to 10 pm!
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| Novelist K-8 | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional journals and book talks for selected titles are available in this database.
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| Readers' Guide Select (HW Wilson) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full-text database containing indexing, abstracting, and full text of 200 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.
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| Science Online (Facts On File) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Science Experiments and more. This database will not only help you find a science experiment, but it will provide definitions, diagrams, facts, timelines, and essays, too.
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| SIRS Discoverer | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.
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Languages
| Mango Languages | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Learn Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and a host of other languges, or improve your ESL skills, with Mango's interactive web-based lessons.
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| Overdrive | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Overdrive also offers downloadable language programs.
To access the free software, set up an account, and browse the collection of available OverDrive titles visit http://carnegie.lib.overdrive.com/.
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Literature
| African American Experience | Library Access |
Remote Access
(CLP Card) | ||
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Full text information on African American history and culture.
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| Contemporary Authors | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
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| Expanded Academic ASAP | Library Access | |||
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Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
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| Literature Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.
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| Naxos Spoken Word Library | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Listen to streaming audio of adult and children's classic fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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| NoveList | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular author or a certain title.
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| Salem Literature | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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Searchable literary criticism of selected authors and works. More titles added as they arrive. Current offerings include volumes on Toni Morrison and Jane Austen, and individual works by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.
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| Theatre in Video | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Explore 20th-century theatre history via this streaming video database. Contents include the complete BBC Shakespeare performances, live television broadcasts from the 1950s, experimental theatre of the 60s and 70s, important contemporary performances, and theatre documentaries.
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Magazines
| Expanded Academic ASAP | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
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| JSTOR |
Library Access (CLP Only) | No Remote Access | ||
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Search full-text archives of many core scholarly journals, particularly in the humanities, social sciences & music.
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| OmniFile Mega (HW Wilson) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Multi-disciplinary full-text database covering Art, Education, Social Science, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events, and more. Contains Indexing and Abstracting of 4000 journals, with Full Text from more than 2500 journals. Includes Full Text from 1995 forward, and Indexing from 1982 forward.
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| OmniFile Full Text Select (HW Wilson) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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100% full-text multi-disciplinary database Art, Education, Social Science, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events, and more.
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| EBSCO EJS (Electronic Journal Service) | Main Library Only | No Remote Access | ||
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Citations, with some abstracts & full text, for approximately 200 scholarly journals.
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| Readers' Guide Select (HW Wilson) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full-text database containing indexing, abstracting, and full text of 200 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.
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Music
Music Research
| The Jazz Discography | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Everything you need to know about virtually any jazz record ever released. The Jazz Discography gives you accurate, detailed information on over 100 years of recorded jazz in all genres.
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| JSTOR | Library Access Only (CLP Only) | NO Remote Access | ||
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Full-text archives of many core scholarly journals, particularly in the humanities, social sciences & music.
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| Music in Print | Main Library Access Only | NO Remote Access | ||
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lists currently available printed music.
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| Music Index | Library Access |
Remote access
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Citations to articles appearing in music periodicals back to 1979.
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| Oxford Music Online | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online (includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Dictionary of Jazz and Grove Dictionary of Opera) and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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Streaming Music
| African American Song | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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African American Song is now a part of American Song! To listen to historical recordings of African American music, visit American Song or Music Online Plus.
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| American Song | Library Access |
Remote access
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This site contains over 12,000 tracks (with more added regularly) that illustrate our country’s history through music. Songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children and many others are included. Of particular interest is the index by historical event.
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| Classical Music Online | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to classical music online
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| Contemporary World Music | Library Access |
Remote access
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A new addition, this site aims to be one that “delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent.” Currently this constantly growing site features over 8,000 tracks of music from around the world.
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DRAM Online
Digital Recordings of American Music |
Library Access
CLP-Main Only | NO Remote Access | ||
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A scholarly resource of recordings, including liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings (CRI) and other labels such as Albany, Frog Peak, Mode, and XI.
Only available within the Main Library of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | ||||
| Music Online Plus | Library Access |
Remote access
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Explore all of our Alexander Street Press music databases via the Music Online Plus interface. This portal lets you search and use materials from American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound without having to jump from database to database.
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| Naxos Music Library | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to classical, jazz and world music online.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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| Naxos Music Library Jazz | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to streaming audio of jazz music.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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| Smithsonian Global Sound | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to world, folk and traditional music online.
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Music Scores Online
| Naxos Music Library Sheet Music |
LIMITED*
Library Access |
Remote Access
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View and download classical and jazz sheet music.
This database requires the Freehand Solero Viewer plugin to download and view sheet music.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
* ONLY accessible in Music, Film and Audio, Main Library, Oakland
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Newspapers
| Infotrac Newsstand | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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This full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields, eliminating random searching through newspaper archives. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.
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| The Jewish Criterion | Available to anyone | |||
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The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project from the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries features The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962). Two other Jewish newspapers, The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present) will be added to the PJN database.
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| Newspaper Archive |
Library Access
(Pennsylvania Department Only) | NO Remote Access | ||
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An historical newspaper database which contains newspapers from every state and 7 foreign countries- over 2,434 titles. The archive's newspapers date from 1759 to the present.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NewsBank Database Search | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Complete full-text content of local and regional news, 1990-present.
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| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Website Search | Available to anyone | |||
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Articles posted on post-gazette.com since 1998. Does not include the entire archives of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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| Tribune-Review Website Search | Available to anyone | |||
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Site search is limited to articles published on the website since 2001. Does not include all articles published by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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Photographs
| AP Multimedia Archives | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.
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| Historic Pittsburgh | Available to everyone | |||
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View thousands of images documenting Pittsburgh history, as well as historic maps, and much, much more.
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Pittsburgh
| Access Pennsylvania On-Line Catalog | Available to everyone | |||
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Publicly available shared catalog for materials owned by most Pennsylvania libraries.
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| Pittsburgh Technology Council Member Directory | Available to everyone | |||
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A searchable directory of the 1,400 Southwestern Pennsylvania member companies of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
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| Historic Pittsburgh | Available to everyone | |||
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Search U.S. Census Schedules for the City of Pittsburgh (1850-1880) and Allegheny City (1850-1870), view images of historic Pittsburgh maps and photographs.
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| The Jewish Criterion | Available to everyone | |||
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The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project from the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries features The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962). Two other Jewish newspapers, The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present) will be added to the PJN database.
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| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at NewsBank | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Complete full-text content of local and regional news, 1990-present.
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| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Website Search | Available to everyone | |||
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Articles posted on post-gazette.com since 1998. Does not include the entire archives of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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| Tribune-Review Website Search | Available to everyone | |||
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Site search is limited to articles published on the website since 2001. Does not include all articles published by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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Science & Technology
| African American Experience | Library Access |
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Full text information on African American history, including contributions in science, health & medicine.
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| Applied Science & Technology Full Text | Library Access |
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Provides articles from major scientific and technical journals in all areas of engineering and technology, including topics ranging from acoustics to waste management.
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| Expanded Academic ASAP | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.
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| GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles on environmental issues. Topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.
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| IEEE Xplore |
LIMITED*
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IEEE Journals accessible online
IEEE Xplore contains a comprehensive collection of full text documents, reports and standards, providing access to the world's most highly cited journals in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. * ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business, the Main Library, and Squirrel Hill. | ||||
| Internet Bird Collection (IBC) | Available to Everyone | |||
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The Internet Bird Collection (IBC) is a non-profit endeavour with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna. It is an on-line audiovisual library of the world's birds (based on Handbook of the Birds of the World) that is available to the general public free of charge, though registration is required.
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| Science Full Text Select (HW Wilson) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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100% full-text database covering the sciences. Includes the full text from 360 journals from Wilson's Applied Science, Biological & Agricultural, and General Science databases, as well as science related articles from other Wilson databases.
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| Science Online (Facts On File) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Science Experiments and more. This database will not only help you find a science experiment, but it will provide definitions, diagrams, facts, timelines, and essays, too.
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| Science Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Magazine & journal articles, reference books, websites and more on science topics from biology to polymorphism.
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| WorldWideScience.org | Available to everyone | |||
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A global science gateway-accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.
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