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A to Z: the USA - A to Z covers information to all 50 states and 5 territories. Use A to Z: USA to find out everything from Art and Culture to Recreation and county & city information per state. One can also find maps, flags, photos and facts for each state and more. Trivia and crossword puzzles are included on this site. This is the site to use in order to travel the US. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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AllData - ALLDATA is the leading provider of OEM automotive repair information and solutions to the professional automotive service industry. Thousands of professional repair and collision shops across North America depend on ALLDATA for service and repair information. Available only in the library. |
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Ancestry Library Edition - Find out about your family history online by searching census, vital, church, court, and immigration records. Provides unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. Available only in the library. |
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Auto Reference Repair Center - Car repair, car maintenance and car bulletins & recalls. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Biographies - Gale Biography in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking information on the world's most influential people. The database merges authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly experience. Users can search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text. Access anywhere. |
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Consumer Reports - Ratings, reviews, advice and tips. Consumer Reports covers many consumer products and services. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Ed2Go - Ed2Go is an online learning center that offers free online courses and certification courses. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Facts on File - Search Facts on File World News Digest (1940 - present), Issues and Controversies, Today's Science, World Almanac and World Almanac Encyclopedia for professionally written news summaries describing events around the world since 1940. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Family Search - Family history can be a life-changing experience. Learning about your ancestors can bring perspective and understanding to your own life. It only takes a few minutes to learn how to get started. Soon, you'll know the basic steps to begin. Access anywhere. |
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Fold 3 - A genealogical and historical database that includes personal histories, historical military records and other special collections.
Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Global Road Warrior - The Global Road Warrior site allows for searches on countries throughout the world. This is a valuable resource for anyone doing research on a country from elementary to college students. Global Road Warrior is for anyone interested in going abroad for business or recreational purposes, as well as, studying abroad. The site allows you to find country protocols, food culture, currency exchange, cell phone information and emergency information. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Health and Wellness Rescource Center - Find alternative medicine-focused magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Herbal remedies, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites & government databases. Easily access 700+ videos from Healthology, Inc.'s consumer health video library. Spanish-language videos are available. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Access anywhere. |
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Heritage Quest - This genealogical site features unique resources such as Revolutionary War pension files; Freedmen's Bank records; searchable genealogy and history books; and PERSI, The Periodical Source Index. It also includes many federal censuses.
Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Hobbies and Crafts - Search this link for how- to instructions, creative craft ideas, articles and more. Access anywhere. |
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Hoover's - Hoover’s delivers comprehensive insight and analysis about the companies, industries and people that drive the economy, along with the powerful tools to find and connect to the right people to get business done. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Information(Homework) Gateway - Click here to explore a variety of databases and ebooks. This is a site to help ANYONE searching for INFORMATION. Homework Gateway gives the user access to multiple ebooks and sites that will explore US History, biographies, science, state information, hot topics and more. This is a one stop shop for any busy information seeker. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Informe - Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnologia, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Access anywhere. |
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INSPIRE Indiana's Virtual Library - INSPIRE, Indiana's Virtual Library, is a collection of academic databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents using any computer equipped with an Internet Protocol (IP) address located in Indiana and a Web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer.
INSPIRE's content includes: magazine and journal articles, websites, pamphlets, images, almanacs, library catalogs, and more.
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K-8: Novelist Plus - This site covers Fiction/Nonfiction for Grades K-8. It includes reading recommendations, as well as, read-a-likes for authors, titles, and series. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Legal Forms - Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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LitFinder - Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more! From Shakespeare's sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered. Access anywhere. |
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Morningstar - INSIDE LIBRARY - Available only in the library. |
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Morningstar - REMOTE ACCESS - Get comprehensive financial information on New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ stocks. Find comprehensive financial information on thousands of mutual funds. See financial information on hundreds of exchange-traded funds with up-to-date information on returns and reports.. Access PDFs of the most-popular newsletters from our mutual fund, stock, and ETF strategists, the newsletters available are Morningstar Mutual Fund, Morningstar FundInvestor, Morningstar StockInvestor, and ETFInvestor. Access remotely with your MPHPL library card. |
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National Geographic Kids - View and read copies of the National Geographic Kids magazines from 2009 until present. Search for pictures by National Geographic. Read National Geographic e-books. Materials on this site are e-reader, tablet and phone friendly. Explore places, cultures animals, history, science and find information on the environment. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Novelist Plus - This site covers Fiction/Nonfiction for teens and adults. It includes reading recommendations, as well as, read-a-likes for authors, titles and series. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Nursing Resource Center - Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process. Access anywhere. |
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Online Encyclopedias and Ebooks - eBook titles including Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Dictionary of American History, Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, and College Blue Book. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Opposing Viewpoints - Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Sam's Photofacts - Database of repair manuals covering almost 200,000 models of consumer electronics devices such as radios, televisions (including HDTV, Projections TVs), VCRs, DVDs, and more. Available only in the library. |
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Science Information - Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Science Information merges authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Access anywhere. |
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Small Business Rescource Center - Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include; sample business plans, how-to guides, articles and websites. Access anywhere. |
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Small Engine Repair Reference Center - Small engine maintenance & repair, motorcycle, tractor engines, watercraft & outdoor power equipment. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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South Bend Tribune Archives-Inside Library Access - The South Bend Tribune online archive contains articles from January 1, 1994 to the present. Access various News magazine issues too. Available only in the library. |
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South Bend Tribune Archives-REMOTE ACCESS - The South Bend Tribune online archive contains articles from January 1, 1994 to the present. Access various News magazine issues too. Access remotely with your MPHPL library card. |
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Talking Book & Braille Library - Welcome to the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) website. The TBBL provides large print books, braille books, and books on tape to Indiana residents who are unable to read regular print, because of a visual or a physical disability. Access anywhere. |
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TERC- Testing and Education Reference Center - Testing & Education Reference Center is a start-to-finish resource with all the information and support materials needed to make informed, confident decisions to shape the rest of your life. Over 100 free practice tests and courses are available, including: ACT, ASVAB, GED, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, NCLEX, PRAXIS, SAT and more.
Information on over 4,000 accredited schools and financial planning assistance too.
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Tumblebooks - The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), TumbleTV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books, and Tumble Puzzles & Games.
TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.
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U.S. History - U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today. Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from primary sources, articles from classic reference books and more. This is a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis. Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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Value Line - INSIDE LIBRARY - Available only in the library. |
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Value Line - REMOTE ACCESS - The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. This service is available through Value Line's website only and includes full subscriptions to: The Value Line Investment Survey; The Value Line Investment Survey: Small and Mid-Cap Edition; The Value Line Fund Advisor - PLUS; The Value Line Daily Options Survey; The Value Line Special Situations Service and The Value Line Convertibles Survey. Access remotely with your MPHPL library card. |
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World Book Online - The premier online reference source. With thousands of articles, state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, periodical content, and more! Access in the library and remotely with your MPHPL library card number. |
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World Vital Records - Access World Vital Records in the library, or at home. Available 24/7
World Vital Records is designed for guests who are either just beginning their family research or who after years of work want to discover more of their past. Search over 5 billion Family History and Genealogy records, and 28 million family trees. Access key collections: U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1940; military records; birth, marriage and death records; enhanced Social Security Death Index (SSDI) records; one billion newspaper articles, including full text of modern U.S. newspaper obituaries. This database has unique and exclusive local and world collections.
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