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Databases

AMICO
Online images of paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and more covering the earliest in history to the present day.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#3

Business Source Premier
Full text coverage for all categories of business including company and industry profiles, country reports and market research reports. Updates daily from EBSCOHost
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#6

EBSCOHost
Provides citations and full-text articles from various newspapers, periodicals, encyclopedias, monographs, news wires. Supports multiple folders, provides thesaurus search suggestions, HTTPS access, an Ask-a-Librarian link, autocomplete keyword functionality, and database grouping customization.
http://www.fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#1

EBSCOHost Academic Databases
Full text searching of Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, ERIC, Newspaper Source and other databases. Supports multiple folders, provides thesaurus search suggestions, HTTPS access, an Ask-a-Librarian link, autocomplete keyword functionality, and database grouping customization.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#1

FAFSA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid-a program offered through the U.S. Department of Education that provides financial aid to students attending college or career school.
http://www.fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#7

Internet Movie Database
Interactive movie database that allows for a wide range of search features including plots, characters, photo galleries, and actor filmographies. The now playing search option allows you to find what movies are presently playing in theaters as well as what movies will be opening in theaters in the months ahead.
http://www.fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#13

Kids Search
Designed especially for youth in grades K - 8. Search in a variety of resources including magazines, books & encyclopedias, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, photographs and primary sources.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#1

Library Spot
Simplifying the search for the best Library and Reference Resources on the Web.
http://www.libraryspot.com

Mango Languages
Free courses in learning more than 30 different languages. Uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#10

Merriam-Webster Online
Provides complete definitions of words, audio pronunciation, links to synonyms, antonyms, idioms, related words and sometimes color illustrations.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#2

Merriam-Webster Online
The online version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary and Merriam-Webster thesaurus. Provides complete definitions of words, audio pronunciation, links to synonyms, antonyms, idioms, related words and sometimes color illustrations.
http://www.m-w.com

NetWellness
Provides information about health compiled from various authoritative medical sources and evaluated by the faculty at the medical schools of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University.
http://www.fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#8

NewsBank
Electronic editions of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Ohio newspapers featured include: Toledo Blade, Cincinnati Post, Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News, and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#1

Ohio Historical Society
Electronic historical tools provided by the Ohio Historical Society. Among the topics these tools cover are African-American citizenry of Ohio, the Civil War, military rosters, death certificates, newspapers, historical sites, and local history.
http://www.fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#9

Ohio History Central Online Encyclopedia
For searching Ohio's natural history, prehistory and just plain history.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#9

Ohio Web Library
An evolving collection of thousands of online publications and research resources. Includes: popular magazines, trade publications, scholarly research journals, newspapers from Ohio and the nation, encyclopedias, dictionaries, speeches, poems, plays, maps, satellite images of Ohio, and more.
http://www.fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#2

Oxford Reference Online
100 language and subject dictionaries and other reference works.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#2

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Street maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company between 1867 and 1970.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#9

Searchasaurus
Magazine and Encyclopedia database geared for elementary and middle school-aged children. Supports multiple folders, provides thesaurus search suggestions, HTTPS access, an Ask-a-Librarian link, autocomplete keyword functionality, and database grouping customization.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#1

Student Research Center
Magazines, Newspapers, Film & Video are among the content sources offered. Supports multiple folders, provides thesaurus search suggestions, HTTPS access, an Ask-a-Librarian link, autocomplete keyword functionality, and database grouping customization.
http://fcdlibrary.org/reference/databases.php#1



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  2. Sites frequently move or disappear. While all links to remote sites are checked on a regular basis to confirm their continued existence, the Fairfield County District Library has no control over, and cannot be responsible for, the availability of remote sites.