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IMPORTANT: Home Access to the available databases on this page now requires a Patchogue-Medford Library card. You will be prompted to enter the barcode from your card.

America the Beautiful
Description: Comprehensive database covering facts about the states and territories of the United States.
Full Text: All records are full text complete.
Updates: Monthly

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Encyclopedia Americana
Description: An online version of the encyclopedia with over 45,000 articles.
Full Text: All entries are full text.
Updates: Quarterly.

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Encyclopedia of Animals
Description: Database entries describe the nature and habitat of many animals.
Full Text: All records are full text and most include a picture.

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Famous First Facts
Description: Database of inventions, discoveries and first happenings in American history from 10,000 B.C. to 1997.
Full Text: All records are full text.
Coverage: 10,000 B.C. -- 1997
Updates: Whenever a new edition of the print book appears.

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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Description: Multimedia encyclopedia designed for students.
Full Text: All articles are full text.
Updates: Weekly.

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Grolier Online Atlas
Description: Political and thematic maps of the nations of the world. Has links to corresponding encyclopedia articles. To access, click on the "Atlas" link in the upper right corner of the page.
Full Text: Linked articles are full text.

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Grolier Online Passport
Description: Allows you to search all five Grolier encyclopedias at once, including America the Beautiful, Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Grolier Online Atlas, and the New Book of Knowledge. The encyclopedias may also be searched individually. See the respective alphabetical entries.
Full Text: Linked articles are full text.

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New Book of Knowledge
Description: A reference and current events encyclopedia designed for elementary school students.
Full Text: All entries are full text, including links to several thousand full text articles.
Updates: Quarterly.

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World Atlas
Description: World Atlas provides more than 1,500 clear, reproducible maps and statistics and data on more than 280 nations, territories, regions, U.S. states, and Canadian provinces. Statistical data for states and countries may be compared and ranked.
Full Text: Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view some maps.
Updates: Bi-monthly.

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WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS

Britannica Concise
28,000 entry encyclopedia.

Columbia Encyclopedia
Contains the sixth edition of the encyclopedia with almost 51,000 entries.

Encarta
Standard edition of Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia with 40,000+ entries. Also includes World English Dictionary and Online Atlas.

Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 Edition
The 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is considered to be the best single edition of an encyclopedia ever published.

Fact Monster
Online reference center and encyclopedia with a colorful interface geared toward kids.

Information Please Almanac
Online searchable and browseable version of the almanac, with the Random House Websters College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.

WikiPedia: The Free Encyclopedia
WikiPedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate open content encyclopedia.

This page was last updated on April 27, 2007.