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This resources provides electronic access to a number of titles: The Fifties in America; The Sixties in America; The Eighties in America; The Nineties in America; Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives; Great Events from History: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Events; and Milestone Documents in American History.
Library Use Only. No remote access. Provides Bay Area consumers with information, ratings, and advice regarding local service firms, stores, and providers. Evaluates the quality and prices of area companies and assigns unbiased ratings based on the findings.
Library-use only. No remote access. Comprehensive database of over five million print and out-of-print books, audio CDs and videos/DVDs.
Integrates company news, corporate histories and profiles, industry developments, financials, rankings, market share, and associations.
Access academic and business journals for in-depth research on companies, industries, management topics, product development, marketing, economics and finance, forecasts and trends, and labor issues.
Library Use Only. No remote access. Offers unbiased, independent, and expert recommendations on a variety of different consumer products. Includes over 1K ratings, reviews, product comparisons, buying advice, and more.
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on over 120,000 authors.
"Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages." Users can search for articles across all titles or browse journals by subject.
Identifies live, print and electronic sources of information listed under alphabetically arranged subjects--industries and business concepts and practices. Listings are arranged by type of resource (directories, databases, newsletters, indexes, research centers, etc.) within each subject. Many entries also provide e-mail addresses and URLs covering online resources.
Contains information on U.S., Canadian, and international radio and television stations, cable companies, and print media.
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