Online Resources
Business Development
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Designed for use as a reference and research tool for students, job seekers, and researchers. |
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Continuing Education
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Step by step videos and worksheets that teach you how to use your computer. |
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Consumer Reports
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Digital Media
Fact Checking: Real News vs Fake News
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Duke Reporters' Lab: Fact Check Includes a database of global fact-checking sites, which can be viewed as a map or as a list; also includes how they identify fact-checkers. |
"FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania....a nonpartisan, nonprofit 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases." |
"Headquartered at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. The site provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular." |
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International Fact-Checking Network The International Fact-Checking Network "is a forum for fact-checkers worldwide hosted by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies." |
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"Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy." |
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Pulitzer Prize winning site run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times (Florida) newspaper. "PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.... The PolitiFact state sites are run by news organizations that have partnered with the Times." Read about their principles under 'About Us.' |
"The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation." |
"The purpose of this Web site, and an accompanying column in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post, is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local." |
Genealogy
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Research your family history for free with your library card! |
Hobbies and Crafts
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Home Improvement
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Your source for "how-to" information on a variety of home improvement and repair projects. |
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Job/Career Help
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Language Learning
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Online language learning for over 30 languages, including English!
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Reference/Research
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Full-text, scholarly articles from the world's leading journals. |
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Multi-source content on key figures from history to present day. |
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A way to explore readers' advisory by topic, genre, and more.
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Full text and multimedia information on topics throughout the curriculum. |
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Full-text resource for over 1,100 regional, national, local, and international newspapers. |
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Search all Gale reference resources through this one search platform.
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Help with test preparation (GED, SAT, GRE, etc.), career exploration, and job applications. |
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Video, audio, and printed sources covering 5,000 years of world history. |
