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ConsumerReports.org

Contains full access to the Consumer Reports website, with expert, unbiased ratings, reviews, product comparisons, and buying guides for many essential consumer products.

AtoZdatabases

Provides directory information on businesses, households, and healthcare professionals in the United States. Includes a job search, detailed maps, business email addresses, and much more.

Newspaper Source

Provides access to regional, national, and international newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts. Includes Al Jazeera, the Daily Mail, the Times of India, and more.

Morningstar Investing Center

Presents comprehensive financial information and independent analysis on investments, including mutual funds, stocks, ETFs, and CEFs.

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Morningstar Investing Center

Presents comprehensive financial information and independent analysis on investments, including mutual funds, stocks, ETFs, and CEFs.

National Geographic Kids

Explores science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space through the publications of National Geographic Kids.

National Geographic Virtual Library

Features every issue of National Geographic Magazine from 1888 to present, including additional content from National Geographic such as maps, videos, images and books.

New Religions: Emerging Faiths and Religious Cultures in the Modern World

This book provides insightful global perspectives on the emergent faith communities and new traditions and movements of the last two centuries.  The entries highlight thematic and broader issues that run across the individual religious traditions and provide insight into the common difficulties faced by emergent religious communities.

Newspaper Source

Provides access to regional, national, and international newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts. Includes Al Jazeera, the Daily Mail, the Times of India, and more.

Niche Academy

Provides video tutorials that explain how to use popular social media services and the UA Library’s subscription databases.

Northstar – Digital Literacy

Northstar was developed in response to the needs of job seekers who may lack the digital literacy skills needed to seek, obtain, and retain employment, as well as to perform other tasks in daily life. Northstar Digital Literacy defines basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online. Online, self-guided modules assess the ability of individuals to perform tasks based on these skills. Included are basic computer digital literacy standards and modules in three main areas:

NoveList K-8 Plus

Recommends fiction and nonfiction books to young readers based on books they’ve liked in the past, their interests, and their reading levels. Includes guides and recommendations based on Common Core.

NoveList Plus

Recommends fiction and nonfiction books to teens and adults based on books they’ve liked in the past, favorite authors, and genres.

NuWav Legal Documents

Contains legal forms and a tool to help fill them out, including forms for estate planning, real estate, business, and more.

Oxford English Dictionary

Provides a guide to the meaning and history of words from across the English speaking world, including quotations tracing changes in meaning over time.

Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Contains in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries of a variety of topics, including history, psychology, economics, physics, and more.

Oxford Very Short Introductions

Offers concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas, including climate, algebra, economics, literary theory, and more.

People’s Chronology

Presents a global record of human events from prehistory until 2004, including events in the arts and humanities, education, transportation, science and medicine, politics, and war, among others.

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