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Automotive

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         Current and comprehensive automotive repair information including engine-specific diagnostic and repair procedures, electrical diagrams, maintenance schedules and more. This database is only available at the East, Penrose, Fountain, Ruth Holley, and Sand Creek Branches.
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         Provides information from manuals on automotive repair.

    

Business

Paid For By PPLD All-in-One Search ( Ebsco - * Article text and data available. )
         Search a number of databases covering a variety of topics
Paid For By PPLD America's Top-Rated Cities ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Includes current, comprehensive statistical information on top-rated U.S. cities.
Paid For By PPLD America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Designed to provide current, concise statistical profiles of top U.S. cities with populations between 25,000 and 99,999.
Paid For By PPLD Business and Company Profile ASAP ( Gale - * Article text and data available. )
         Comprehensive source for company data and business periodicals.
Paid For By PPLD Business Plans Handbook ( Gale )
         Examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans. Includes a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.
Paid For By PPLD Business Source Elite ( Ebsco - * Article text and data available. )
         Provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications with some titles dating back to 1985.
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         GIS data, reports, and maps providing consumer market, market segmentation, and demographic data.
Paid For By PPLD Cities of the World ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         A compilation of current information on cultural, geographic, and political conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports.
General Internet Source Colorado Secretary of State - Business Center ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Economic Indicators ( Pikes Peak Library District - * Article text and data available. )
         
Paid For By PPLD Foundation Directory Online ( Foundation Center )
         This database is only available at the Penrose Library.
Paid For By PPLD Foundation Grants to Individuals Online ( Foundation Center )
         This database is only available at the Penrose Library.
Paid For By PPLD Global Issues in Context ( Gale - * Article text and data available. )
         Presents global perspectives on 21st –century social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.
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         Get LIVE job coaching, resume assistance and more. Assistance available online Monday - Sunday from 2 - 11 p.m.
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         Find SIC, total employees, legal status, annual US sales dollar equivalent, and more, for 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian leading public and private businesses.
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         Information on 14 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households.
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         A full-text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world.
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         Write resumes, learn interview tips and search millions of job openings from one location.
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         Comprehensive investment survey for over 1700 stocks. This database is now available outside of library facilities. Regular Edition

    

Children

General Internet Source Ask.com for Kids ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
General Internet Source Awesome Library ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
Paid For By PPLD Biography Resource Center ( Gale - * Article text and data available. )
         Biographies of contemporary and historical figures.
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         Live homework help from expert tutors in math, science, social studies and English plus writing and reading assistance for grades 3 - 12. Tutors available online Monday - Sunday from 2 - 11 p.m.
Paid For By PPLD Britannica Online for Kids ( Britannica - * Article text and data available. )
         Includes Encyclopædia Britannica® ,Compton's® by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and more.
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         Offers resources in Spanish for all ages - Enciclopedia Universal en Español for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
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         Includes over 200 reports on countries and cultures and state reports outlining the diversity and history of each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Designed for upper elementary-aged children.
General Internet Source CyberSleuth Kids ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
Paid For By PPLD Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         An introduction for students into the topic of weather and natural disasters for students.
General Internet Source Family Friendly Search ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
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         Offers broad, comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom, ranging from the simple -- sponges and corals -- to the complex -- mammals.
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         Live homework help from expert tutors in math, science, social studies and English plus writing and reading assistance for grades 3 - 12. Tutors available online Monday - Sunday from 2 - 11 p.m.
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         InfoTrac Junior Edition (Gale): Full-text magazines for junior high and middle school students. Includes newspaper articles, Columbia Encyclopedia, World Almanac, Book of Facts and more.
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         Covers thousands of species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates as well as all major biomes and habitats.
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         Provides comprehensive coverage of the foods and recipes from 70 representative countries and culture groups worldwide.
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         Presents profiles of 194 countries of the world.
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         Presents profiles of the 50 states of the nation, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. dependencies.
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         Offers in-depth information on world holidays.
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         Search interface designed for grades K-5.
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         Search for fiction titles by genres, authors and subjects and browse lists of award winning titles.
General Internet Source OneKey ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
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         Covers children's magazines and pamphlets designed for the elementary school student.
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         Provides access to children's magazines and reference works, including EBSCO Animals.
General Internet Source Yahoo! Kids ( Public Internet Site )
         Children

    

Community

General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Agencies ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Arts ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Authors ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Child Care Providers ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Clubs ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Courses ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Economic Indicators ( Pikes Peak Library District - * Article text and data available. )
         

    

Computers

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         Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
General Internet Source Learn On Demand ( CustomGuide )
         Interactive online training for Microsoft Office software. Includes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows and Word. New users will need to Create an Account.

    

Education

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         Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.
General Internet Source Booktalking Colorado ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         Use this tool to search for booktalks for use in middle schools.
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         Live homework help from expert tutors in math, science, social studies and English plus writing and reading assistance for grades 3 - 12. Tutors available online Monday - Sunday from 2 - 11 p.m.
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         Comprehensive and up to date, this database profiles more than 2,000 of today's most exciting jobs in more than 90 industries.
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         Comprehensive information resource for career and college research.
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         A premier database for research in all the academic disciplines offering balanced coverage of every academic concentration.
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         This database is only available at the Penrose Library.
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         This database is only available at the Penrose Library.
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         Presents global perspectives on 21st –century social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.
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         Interactive online training for Microsoft Office software. Includes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows and Word. New users will need to Create an Account.
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         Provides full text for over 460 general interest and current events magazines.
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         Provides full text for over 120 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students.
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         Write resumes, learn interview tips and search millions of job openings from one location.
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         Provides sources of scholarships, fellowships, loans, internships, work study, and other education-related financial aid.
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         Practice tests to help prepare for higher education and the working world plus information on private high schools, undergraduate and graduate programs and executive education programs, searchable by location, major, tuition, sports and more.

    

Encyclopedias

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         Includes Encyclopædia Britannica® ,Compton's® by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and more.
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         Offers resources in Spanish for all ages - Enciclopedia Universal en Español for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
Paid For By PPLD Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia ( Ebsco )
         Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries.

    

Genealogy

Paid For By PPLD 19th Century U.S. Newspapers ( Gale - * Article text and data available. )
         Provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages (over 28 million articles) of primary source newspaper content from the 19th-century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. (This database is supported by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society.)
Paid For By PPLD HeritageQuest ( ProQuest )
         Formerly Genealogy and Local History Online.
Paid For By PPLD Newspaper Archive ( Heritage Microfilm )
         Contains tens of millions of historical newspaper pages from 1759 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date.
General Internet Source Pikes Peak NewsFinder ( Pikes Peak Library District - * Citations are available. )
         Contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper.

    

Government

Paid For By PPLD Checks and Balances: The Three Branches of American Government ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Presents easy to understand information about the inner workings of the federal government.
General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Economic Indicators ( Pikes Peak Library District - * Article text and data available. )
         
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         Presents global perspectives on 21st –century social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.
General Internet Source Kramer Library Government Documents ( Public Internet Site )
         From the library at UCCS
General Internet Source Tax Information ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         Tax contacts, assistance programs, and online forms.
General Internet Source Tutt Library Government Documents ( Public Internet Site )
         From the library at Colorado College.

    

Health

General Internet Source Colorado Springs Area Agencies ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         
Paid For By PPLD Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices.
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         Presents global perspectives on 21st –century social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.
Paid For By PPLD Health & Wellness Resource Center ( Gale - * Article text and data available. )
         Medical reference and periodical materials covering all levels of health reserarch. Includes alternative health information.
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         Full-text nursing and allied health journals
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         Provides continually updated, evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™, EBSCO’s clinical and nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center™. Please visit this site often and feel free to share, post, and email this link to your colleagues, patrons, family and friends.

    

History

Paid For By PPLD American Civil War Reference Library ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Offers comprehensive and wide-ranging research options on this compelling era of American history.
Paid For By PPLD American Decades ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999.
Paid For By PPLD American Decades Primary Sources ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century.
Paid For By PPLD American Home Front in World War II ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Examines the effect of World War II on people living in America.
Paid For By PPLD American Revolution Reference Library ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Supplies in-depth information about the American Revolution that students and researchers need for class assignments and reports.
Paid For By PPLD Ancient Civilizations Reference Library ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Examines the ancient civilizations of Iraq, Egypt, India, China, Central America and other regions.
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         Covers the Cold War period between the Western powers and the Communist bloc -- from the end of World War II through 1989.
Paid For By PPLD Colonial America Reference Library ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Provides students with comprehensive information on the Colonial American period.
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         Examines the core aspects of criminal justice. Essays focus on types of crimes, apprehension of wrongdoers, criminal trials, and types of punishment.
Paid For By PPLD Dictionary of American History ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history.
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         Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents.
Paid For By PPLD Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Provides detailed studies of tribes from all over the United States and Canada, including small tribes and some that no longer exist.
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         Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference.
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         Entry topics include gods and goddesses; heroes and other key characters; motifs and global themes; major myths; and national or cultural mythologies.
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         Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day.
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         Contains historical overviews, biographical entries, and primary source material on the French and Indian War.
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         Formerly Genealogy and Local History Online.
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         Searches all Gale eBooks pertaining to history.
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         Covers themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
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         Extensive coverage of the 20th century plus coverage for the Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Near East and Asia as well as the Middles Ages, the Renaissance, the modern Middle East and Latin America.
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         Covers the ideas and social turmoil that marked the Industrial Revolution as well as the machines, manufacturing processes and energy sources that spurred it on.
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         Covers the Korean War by exploring the major topics and events related to the period.
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         Covers the period from the U.S. annexation of Texas to the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo (1848).
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         Covers the Middle Ages and helps students find causal links in historical events.
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         Brings the people and the events of the Renaissance and Reformation to life.
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         Chronicles and illustrates the important period between 1783-1815 when America forged its place at home and on the international stage.
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         Covers the underlying causes of the Spanish American war, the battles, and the resolution of the conflict with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
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         Covers everything from the First Crusade (1095-99) through the Ninth Crusade (1271-72).
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         Covers the Vietnam War from every angle.
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         Covers the War in the Persian Gulf.
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         Covers the War of 1812 by providing a detailed overview of an often overlooked war.
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         Dedicated to events, people and insightful primary sources that present an objective yet entertaining look at frontier life.
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         Provides comprehensive coverage of the World War I period.
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         Includes information about the World War II period.

    

Internet

General Internet Source 711 Christian Directory ( Public Internet Site )
         Christian
General Internet Source Alta Vista ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Ask.com ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Ask.com for Kids ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
General Internet Source Awesome Library ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
General Internet Source CyberSleuth Kids ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
General Internet Source DogPile ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Excite ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Family Friendly Search ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
General Internet Source Google ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source HotBot ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Lycos ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Maven ( Public Internet Site )
         Jewish
General Internet Source MetaCrawler ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source MonsterCrawler ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source OneKey ( Public Internet Site )
         Children
General Internet Source Search.com ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Shamash ( Public Internet Site )
         Jewish
General Internet Source Yahoo! ( Public Internet Site )
         
General Internet Source Yahoo! en Espanol ( Public Internet Site )
         Yahoo search engine in Spanish.
General Internet Source Yahoo! Kids ( Public Internet Site )
         Children

    

Language

General Internet Source BBC Language Instruction ( BCC Television )
         Simple language courses for French, German, Spanish, Italian and more.
General Internet Source Livemocha ( )
         Learn languages online at your own pace with fun language lessons.
Paid For By PPLD Tell Me More ( Auralog )
         Online foreign language courses for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch. Learn a new language! You will need to set up your own account. You will also need access to a computer with Flash, speakers, and a microphone.

    

Law

Paid For By PPLD Colorado Legal Forms ( Bradford - * Article text and data available. )
         Search legal forms for the state of Colorado
Paid For By PPLD Crime & Punishment in the United States ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Examines the core aspects of criminal justice. Essays focus on types of crimes, apprehension of wrongdoers, criminal trials, and types of punishment.
Paid For By PPLD LegalTrac ( Gale - * Article text and data available. )
         Includes a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.
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         Provides comprehensive full-text access to case law including the court decisions from the federal appellate courts and the appellate courts from all 50 states. Also provides state statutes and administrative codes. This database is not available outside of library facilities.
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         This database is only available at the Penrose Library.

    

Libraries

General Internet Source Colorado College Library ( Colorado College )
         
General Internet Source Colorado Virtual Library (ACLIN) ( ACLIN )
         Gateway to all Colorado Libraries Online
General Internet Source CU Boulder Chinook Library ( University of Colorado )
         Chinook
General Internet Source Denver Public Library ( DPL )
         Catalog provided by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
General Internet Source Interlibrary Loan (ILL) ( Pikes Peak Library District )
         Information on PPLD's ILL service and how to place requests
General Internet Source PPCC Library ( PPCC )
         
General Internet Source Prospector - The Colorado Unified Catalog ( Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries )
         Access the catalogs of 16 area libraries to find materials.
General Internet Source UCCS Kraemer Library ( University of Colorado )
         
General Internet Source United States Air Force Academy Library ( USAF )
         
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Literature

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Magazines & Newspapers

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Phone

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Reference Shelf

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         A three-volume survey of food and its place in human culture and society.
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Science

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Teens

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         Covers the history of witchcraft in the United States from the hysteria that facilitated the witch hunts during the colonial period to modern day followers of Wicca.
Paid For By PPLD World War I Reference Library ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Provides comprehensive coverage of the World War I period.
Paid For By PPLD World War II Reference Library ( Gale eBook - * Article text and data available. )
         Includes information about the World War II period.

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