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Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Provides definitions of a wide variety of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations and similar contractions, translating them into their full names or meanings. Terms from subject areas such as associations, education, the Internet, medicine and others are included | | √ | √ | √ |
Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | A general resource for African research for students at the high-school level or higher. Consists of 450 alphabetically arranged entries covering countries, regions, geographic features, cultural groups, personalities, and general subjects such as body adornment and clothing, oral tradition, and writing systems. Includes timelines, definitions and quick-reference fact boxes. | | √ | √ | √ |
African American Almanac
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The African American Almanac provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture. It includes a chronology, primary documents, directories of organizations and businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, and hundreds of brief biographies, photographs, maps, and statistical charts. | | √ | √ | √ |
African American Almanac
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The African American Almanac provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture. It includes a chronology, primary documents, directories of organizations and businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, and hundreds of brief biographies, photographs, maps, and statistical charts. | | √ | √ | √ |
Agriculture Collection
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. Over 20 Delmar titles provide in-depth coverage on agricultural related topics. | | √ | √ | √ |
Alternative Energy
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This three-volume set introduces students to issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options. While there is significant discussion of the non-renewable resources now used to meet the majority of the world's energy needs (oil, coal and natural gas), the primary focus of the set is on newer options to meet the ever-growing demand. | | √ | √ | √ |
America Eras
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles and individuals important to particular eras in U.S. history. | | √ | √ | √ |
American Decades
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | American Decades is a cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history. | | √ | √ | √ |
American Decades (1900-1999)
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999. Each decade is covered, with a chronology of world events and a general overview of the decade. Within each topic, alphabetically arranged entries discuss historically important events, issues, definitions of difficult concepts or terms, and other interesting trivia and sideline stories. | | √ | √ | √ |
American Decades Primary Sources
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more. | | √ | √ | √ |
American Men and Women of Science
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This respected resource is a biographical dictionary of the significant players in physical, biological, and related sciences. Each edition includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists. | | √ | √ | √ |
Ancestry.com - Library Edition
(Available inside library only) | The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps, American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War Collection. | | √ | √ | √ |
Ancient Civilizations Reference Library
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The ancient civilizations of Iraq, Egypt, India, China, Central America and other regions are the focus of this remarkable contribution to student reference. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Ask Us Now | Maryland AskUsNow! is a 24/7 live online interactive service for the residents and students of the state of Maryland. It uses the expertise of trained librarians to provide answers to questions, research guidance, and help navigating the Internet. The librarian should be able to take you to various websites and will communicate with you using Internet chat. A normal session lasts no longer than 15-20 minutes. The librarian may offer to follow-up by e-mail if your question cannot be answered online in this timeframe. | | √ | √ | √ |
Atlas of the Civil War
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This atlas describes the Civil War in five chronological sections, each of which frames the war as both a military conflict and a substantial social force that shaped the United States. In addition to substantial coverage of the war’s multiple military theaters, this atlas also devotes substantial attention to nonmilitary elements of the struggle. Maps of population, economic development, elections, transportation networks, and patterns of enlistment accompany the text articles to better illuminate the war’s social impact. | | √ | √ | √ |
Auto Repair Reference
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954. | | √ | √ | √ |
