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Marvel! Maine's Virtual Library

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JSTOR
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Online Databases 

The library offers free online connections to full text magazine, encyclopedia and  newspaper articles. 
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Find articles on just about any subject in general interest magazines, academic journals, newspapers or specialized sources like Health Source: Consumer Edition or Contemporary Literary Criticism and more.... Click on Marvel box in lower left hand column.

Literary Criticism
(find in Marvel)
Access Novelist, Scribner Writers, Twayne's Author Series, the Literature Resource Series and more. 

Newspapers in the Proquest Database (find in MARVELAccess newspaper articles in the Bangor Daily News (full text 1992-current), the New York Times (full text 1999-current), and many other newspapers around the country. 
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JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive

Use this database to find scholarly articles from back issues of journals like The American Historical Review, American Mathematical Monthly and many others. This database can be accessed within the Bangor Public Library network or from outside the library system (off-site). Off-site users must provide their last name and URSUS library barcode for authentication purposes only.

JSTOR
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Gale General OneFile
Use this database to find articles on a wide variety of general interest topics from economics to sports to computers in magazines and newspapers including the New York Times (1985 to present, updated daily).   
                                                                                                                       
Check with the Reference Dept. to obtain passwords for home use for both these databases.  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/bang45018

Biography Resource Center and Marquis Who's Who
Integrates biographies of past and present noteworthy people with full text magazine articles, images, and website links. 
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(In-Library-Use Only, ask at the Reference Desk for access help)
500+ titles  including Dictionaries, Thesauri, Encyclopedias, Quotations and Atlases from the best known and respected publishers in a myriad of subjects. Search the Encyclopedia of the Human Brain or Who's Who in Classical Mythology. Access a talking dictionary or an interactive map.
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Maps101.com

Maps101 is a great source for teaching geography and history. Besides online atlases it also includes interactive maps and animated maps of major historical trends. It also has zoomable copies of the National Geographic Magazine maps. There are lesson plans, geography puzzles and other learning resources. Suitable for grades K - 12. We are working on a dedicated link, until then contact Reference for the id/password
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