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eBooks

Book Title	Description	Link to Help
African-American History Online	Provides information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.
American Women's History Online	American Women’s History Online is an authoritative reference database containing biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject specific timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women’s history.
Bloom's Literary Reference Online	Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life	Covers cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized by continent, covering history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life, and more.
Encyclopedia of Diets	Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects of a person's dietary choices on one's health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly.
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior	Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.
Encyclopedia of Science	Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.
Facts On File (portal page)	Search across all Facts on File subject databases.
Gale Virtual Reference Library	Search across all GVRL subject encyclopedias.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia	A completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
EBSCO (NetLibrary) eBook Collection	2000+ eBooks on a variety of subjects.
Salem Health Online	Online access to content from the following Salem Press reference books: Cancer Genetics and Inherited Conditions Magill's Medical Guide Psychology & Mental Health
Salem History Online	Online access to content from the following Salem Press reference books: Encyclopedia of American Immigration The Decades: 30s, 40s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s Great Events from History: 17th, 18th, 19th, and GLBT Events
Salem Literature Online	Online access to select content from Salem Press' Critical Insights reference series including the following authors and works: Authors Isabel Allende Ernest Hemingway Jane Austen Barbara Kingsolver James Baldwin Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gwendolyn Brooks Arthur Miller Emily Dickinson Toni Morrison T.S. Eliot John Steinbeck F. Scott Fitzgerald Mark Twain Nathaniel Hawthorne Tennessee Williams Works Death of a Salesman The Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe Dracula The Red Badge of Courage The Great Gatsby Slaughterhouse-Five The Handmaid's Tale A Streetcar Named Desire House on Mango Street The Sun Also Rises I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings To Kill a Mockingbird One Hundred Years of Solitude
Salem Science Online	Online access to content from the following Salem Press reference book: Encyclopedia of Global Warming Encyclopedia of Global Resources Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, Revised Edition
Science Online	Presents a broad range of science topics through definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments. (Facts on File)
Shakespeare for Students	Collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.