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    IMF eLibrary

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    Free direct access to the International Monetary Fund’s 20,000+ publications (periodicals, books, working papers and studies), and statistical datasets.

    Find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and so much more.

    Service Provider: International Monetary Fund

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    Information Science & Technology Abstracts

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    This database indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in the field of library science. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.

    Service Provider: EBSCOhost

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    Internet Archive

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    First time access to borrow and/or read eBooks requires the creation of a free personal account.

    Non-profit digital library providing free access to collections of native digital and digitized materials, including millions of books. Today this archive contains:

    • 735 billion web pages,
    • 41 million books and texts,
    • 14.7 million audio recordings (including 240,000 live concerts),
    • 8.4 million videos (including 2.4 million Television News programs),
    • 4.4 million images,
    • 890,000 software programs.

    Books published prior to 1927 are available to read online for free, and hundreds of thousands of modern books can be borrowed at 1-hour intervals, pending availability. More information is available on the Internet Archive’s “Books to Borrow” web page.

    One of the Internet Archive’s missions is to serve people who have difficulty interacting with physical books, so most of our digitized books are available to people with print disabilities (access information is available on the Internet Archive’s “Books for People with Disabilities” web page).

    Service Provider: Internet Archive

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    Internet Archive’s “Books to Borrow”

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    First time access to borrow and read eBooks from this collection requires the creation of a free personal account.

    Books in this collection may be borrowed by logged in patrons. You may read the books online in your browser or, in some cases, download them into Adobe Digital Editions, a free piece of software used for managing loans.

    Please note that works in this collection are protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). Copying, redistribution or sale, whether or not for profit, by the borrower is not permitted unless authorized by the rights holder or by law.

    Service Provider: Internet Archive

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    IPA Source

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    Trusted resource for assisting educators and singers with language understanding and pronunciation. The goal of IPA Source is to promote comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in order for the singer to imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content.

    This database contains over 15,000 professionally translated and transcribed titles including texts of arias, art song and liturgical texts in French, Italian, German, Spanish, English and Latin. Representing works from 927 composers and 1,141 poets, subscribers can easily find the repertoire they need.

    Service Provider: IPA Source

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    Issues and Controversies

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    Online source of information on more than 800 of the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, this database offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates.

    Service Provider: Facts on File (Infobase)