Electronic Resources
- Reference Sources
- Encyclopedias
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| Encyclopedias ***NEW*** |
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The World Book Encyclopedia (in library use)
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The World Book Encyclopedia (home use) |
All Ages |
| More than 40,000 articles from the venerable 22 print volume set of the World Book Encyclopedia form the foundation of this expansive reference database. This resource also includes: a dictionary, atlas, Spanish language encyclopedia, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to state curriculum standards, and much more. |
| Newspapers |
The Union Leader & New Hampshire Sunday News
The full-text of the daily newspaper since 1989. |
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Young Adult & Up |
The Concord Monitor
The full-text of the daily newspaper since 2002. |
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Young Adult & Up |
Newspaper Source
Provides full text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, news wires, newspaper columns as well as other sources. This database also contains indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. |
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Young Adult & Up |
Magazines & General Reference |
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,600 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. This database is updated on a daily basis. |
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Adult |
| Legal Forms ***NEW*** Standard legal tasks are now less daunting thanks to this online resource, which offers an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach to addressing basic legal matters. Available forms range from bankruptcy, bill of sale, contracts, incorporation, living wills, real estate and more. . . Just locate and download the specific form, enter all relevant information, and print it. |
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Adult |
MAS Ultra: School Edition
Provides full text for over 515 general interest and current events magazines. |
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Young Adult & Up |
MasterFile Premier
Provides full text for over 1,900 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. |
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Young Adult & Up |
EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. |
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Children's & Up |
Middle Search Plus
Provides full text for over 145 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle school students. |
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Children's & Up |
Primary Search
Provides full text for 57 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. |
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Children's & Up |
TOPICsearch
Explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. This current events database includes more than 400,000 full-text articles selected by teachers and librarians, an online dictionary, and more than 2,500 diverse reference sources including newspapers, biographies, opinion polls, book reviews and government information. |
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Children's & Up |
Searchasaurus
A colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students. It includes Primary Search and Middle Search Plus as well as EBSCO Animals and Funk and Wagnell's New World Encyclopedia. |
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Children's & Up |
Grolier Online ***NEW***
A comprehensive resource for homework help and curriculum support. Includes the following suite of educational databases: the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Knowledge, and the New Book of Popular Science. |
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Children's & Up |
Best of the Internet
A resource compiled and maintained by librarians at the New Hampshire State Library. Its purpose is to aid New Hampshire librarians, media specialists, teachers and the general public locate quality information on the Internet. |
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Children's & Up |
Books, Periodicals & Other Materials |
NHU-PAC
A union catalog that contains the holdings of the State Library as well as more than 300 public, school and special libraries in the state. In most instances, the records in the NHU-PAC reflect only those titles acquired by a library since the mid-1980s. |
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Young Adult & Up |
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Business Source Premier
Provides full text for over 1,100 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more. |
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Young Adult & Up |
ReferenceUSA ***NEW***
A database that contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses. It provides addresses, sales information, executive names; it is searchable by state, city, zip code, area code, SIC code, and yellow page headings; and searches can be customized by company size, sales volume, geographic location, and industry. Coverage: current, updated continuously |
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Young Adult & Up |
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis. |
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Young Adult & Up |
Genealogy, History & Biography |
Ancestry Library (Available for In Library Use Only)
Provides instant access to more than 1 billion names, more than 3,000 databases, primary-source document images and a variety of genealogical research features including 450 million census records from the U.S. Federal Census between the years 1790 and 1930. In addition, AncestryPlus includes immigration, vital, military, court, church and ethnic records; city directories; genealogical societies; Social Security Death Index; Periodical Source Index; family history library; and much more. |
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Young Adult & Up |
Biography Resource Center
A comprehensive online biographical reference database with over 400,000 biographies covering literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts and news makers. |
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Young Adult & Up |
HeritageQuest Online
With over 25,000 books, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, and other expanding collections, HeritageQuest Online provides access to one of the largest collections of genealogy material in the country. This collection of research materials helps in tracing family history and studying American culture. |
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Young Adult & Up |
| New England Ancestors ***NEW*** (Available for In Library Use Only) The Rye Public Library is pleased to offer access to the New England Historic Genealogical Society's New England Ancestors suite of online databases. For access within the library building please click on the above icon. Remote access is unavailable at this time. |
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Young Adult & Up |
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LearnATest ***NEW***
LearnATest provides practice tests and tutorials on a variety of subjects and skills ranging from SAT and AP prep. to preparing for vocational exams in such fields as nursing, firefighting, and law enforcement. This site also includes access to a collection of test preparation ebooks. |
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Young Adult & Up |
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Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Contains full text for nearly 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 200 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. |
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Young Adult & Up |
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Professional Development Collection
Provides a highly specialized collection of over 515 full text journals, designed for professional educators. |
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Adult |
ERIC
The Educational Resource Information Center contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests. |
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Adult |
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