CQL Online: The World at Your Fingertips

2008-08-15T13:02:00.062-07:00

This web page is an updated version of the handout used at our Virtual Library Services program. Each resource included in the presentation can be accessed by clicking its logo. Other links are located on the library's web site.

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UniversalClass - Learn something new today! UniversalClass offers hundreds of online classes taught by dedicated instructors sharing their knowledge on almost any imaginable topic [PDF, 55kb]. When you're ready to take a class, you'll need to register a new account

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Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations.

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Use the EBSCO database to find information about subjects of interest to you in magazines and newspapers, then read, print, or save the entire article! Full-text access to more than 3,000 titles provided in partnership with the Arizona State Library.

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WebFeat is a one-stop way to search several differerent resources simultaneously for articles in magazines, newspapers, books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other online resources.

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If you need reliable information from federal, state, county, or city governments, USAgov is the gateway for you!

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Use this link to the National Library of Medicine if you are looking for reliable health information from traditional and alternative sources.

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Use our local Sirsi catalog to find materials throughout the county and, if you can't find what you need, check out the WorldCat catalog of over 10,000 libraries worldwide! Then, ask our Interlibrary Loan Service to order it for you.

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Learn-A-Test! Use your home computer or come to the library and practice taking the exam you need to earn your GED, qualify for your dream career, or attend the college of your choice. This resource also includes English, math, and writing tutorials. Provided in partnership with the Cochise County Library District. Includes: * GED * ACT * SAT * GRE * Postal * AP * Police * Fire * EMT * Teacher * Nurse * ASVAB * Border Patrol * Other Federal Civil Service * and more! (use your Bisbee library card barcode to create an account)

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Car making funny noises? Wondering about recalls on your ride? Looking for an electrical diagram or an exploded view of your transmission? Want to know the maintenance schedule on your timing chain? Try these online Chilton manuals from the Auto Repair Reference Center and the Cochise County Library District (requires login with your library card barcode)

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Do you have a few favorite authors and wish you could find more just like them? Want to know who's won Pulitzers, Nobels, Booker Prizes, or Seuss/Geisel illustrator awards? Looking for a good mystery, fantasy, or romance read? If so, try NoveList, a Readers' Advisory resource of 150,000+ fiction titles & over 4,000 custom-created articles & lists (including Discussion Guides, Feature Articles, and Book Talks!)

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If you're a music fan, check out RadioLocator, your guide to local, state, national, and international music streams. Search by call letter, channel, city, country, or genre... and don't forget our very own KBRP-FM!

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The Arizona Memory Project
A treasure trove of Arizona history and culture, the Arizona Memory Project at the Arizona State Library includes photographs, maps, manuscripts, government reports and documents, oral histories, streaming music, lectures, and a Bisbee Deportation archive (this link provides additional information at the University of Arizona) -- just to name a few of its many gems! And, if that's not enough history for you, try exploring the Library of Congress' amazing American Memory Project or its other digital collections.

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"Universal Access to Human Knowledge"
Finally, as a bonus for fans of digital collections, check out the ultimate digital collection at the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is "building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form." Like a paper library, the Internet Archive provides access to moving images, live music and other audio files, digitized texts, software, open education resources, and an archive of over 85 billion web pages -- free! -- to researchers, historians, scholars & the public.

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For further information on the resources listed here, contact the Copper Queen Library at 432-4232.