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Formerly ReferenceUSA. Same great resource with a new name! Reference Solutions helps users of all kinds search for jobs, research U.S. businesses, create marketing and small business plans, locate specific people, and more.

The EBSCOhost eBook Collection provides full-text access to electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, science, and literary criticism. 

This FREE site provides access to a growing collection of databases of digitized records for genealogical research. Users are required to create a free account. Lincoln Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library.

Access to US military records, including the stories, photos and documents of the men and women who served. Contains millions of records from world-class archives.

Gale Academic OneFile Select covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences.

Research a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.

Gale eBooks is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and other specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

A source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and