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Credo Reference
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Credo Reference is a digital reference library that places a world of factual information at your fingertips. Containing a selection from 240 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers, Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research. Offering access to over 1.7 million individual entries, Credo Reference contains all the types of reference books that you'd want to see in any quality library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, not to mention a host of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature. And because all our books are provided by the best reference publishers, you know you can believe what you read. | | √ | √ | √ | Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior 2nd
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | The Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior specifically addresses the new frontiers that have opened in the area of addictive studies, exploring not only the biological basis for addiction, but also recent enhancements in diagnosis and treatment. | | √ | √ | √ | Encyclopedia of Small Business
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business. Contains 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues. | | √ | √ | √ | Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Contains new and updated original articles covering recent concepts (i.e. adoption, race, the Constitution, birthright citizenship) and court cases since 1992 offering comprehensive coverage of all aspects of constitutional law, as well as biographies of people who have had an impact on our government's legal framework (Supreme Court Justices, Presidents, Cabinet Members, Lawyers, and more). Also covers judicial decisions handed down by the Supreme Court. | | √ | √ | √ | Encyclopedia of World Cultures
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture. | | √ | √ | √ | Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | This database provides over 25,000
encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. | | √ | √ | √ | Grolier Online
(You must use local library site from this page to access remotely.) | Includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science. | | NA | NA | √ | World Book
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Features the content of The World Book Encyclopedia, plus 16 additional databases, which include an online atlas, Spanish-language encyclopedia, teacher resources, World Book Kids, images and sounds, current events, and an online version of the World Book Dictionary. | | √ | √ | √ |
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