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Biography Resource Center - provides full text articles from hundreds
of periodicals and reference works. Contains biographies of 320,000 people
from around the world and throughout history. Search for people by name
nationality, occupation, gender or birth year. Available through
Findit VA.
(You will need your library card)
eLibrary - Full-text magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps,
and TV & Radio transcripts. Includes the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Roanoke
Times & World News, Washington Post, Washington Times and more.
Available through
Findit VA.
(You will need your library card)
Educator's Reference Desk -
Formerly Ask Eric, this site contains links to over 3,000 resources on a
variety of educational issues, including Internet sites, educational
organizations, and electronic discussion groups. There are also lesson plans
written and submitted by teachers from the US, and a question archive.
 Find It Virginia
- Find magazine &
newspaper articles, encyclopedias and other reference works, TV & radio
transcripts, company information, investment reports, health & wellness
information, and homework help, plus photos, charts, maps, diagrams &
illustrations.
Heritage Quest Online - HeritageQuest Online is the marriage of ProQuest's Genealogy & Local
History Online, a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and
content from HeritageQuest, the largest genealogical data, products,
supplies and equipment provider to consumers and institutions in the United
States.
(Library barcode required)
Infotrac - Periodical database for students.
Available through
Findit VA.
(You will need your library card)
Learning Express Library - Practice free tests online to help you meet your school and
career goals. You can access this site from home or inside the library. just
create a new account or log in to an existing account. Use your 14 digit
Portsmouth library card as your username, then create your own password.
Tests available: ACT, Advanced Placement, ASVAB, Basic Skills
Success, Business Writing Help Center, Catholic High School, Civil Service,
Cosmetology, EMT/Paramedic, ESL (Spanish) Skills Improvement Courses, FCAT,
Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Job & Career Help Center, Law Enforcement, LSAT,
Nurse Aide, Postal Worker, Real Estate, SAT, Skills Improvement Courses,
TASP, Teacher Certification, Technical And Career College Preparation, TOEFL,
US Citizenship.
Literary Index (Gale Group) - An author and title index to "109
literature products from Gale Group and the imprints Charles Scribner's
Sons, St. James Press, and Twayne Publishers." Contains over 135,000
authors, including pseudonyms and variant names, and over 165,000 titles.
Search by author, title, nationality, and birth and death dates. The major
indexed works, which include the various Gale Contemporary Authors and
Literary Criticism titles, contain biographies and critical essays and may
be found in most larger libraries.
netLibrary - The world's premier provider of electronic books (eBooks),
netLibrary offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for
accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books.
(Create your own username and password from within the library first,
then you can access this from home)
Senior Navigator - Provides free information about the health and aging
resources available to Virginians. The information focuses on senior related
issues such as health and aging, financial concerns, legal questions, health
facilities, assisted living and housing, exercise programs, support groups
and more.
What Do I Read Next? - This unique readers' advisory tool allows you
to identify new books to enjoy that meet a personalized reading profile,
create customized reading lists by using the "Keeper List" function, and
conduct a "Find Similar" title search or view the list of similar titles
supplied by genre experts. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see
selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around
different subjects each month. Available through
Findit VA.
(You will need your library card) |
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PPL's
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Librarian's Index to the Internet |
