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Articles from popular Hispanic magazines. Articulos de revistas hispánicas populares.
RBdigital's Acorn TV offers free streaming mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond. Access is free, but first time users will need to register and create a RBdigital username and password. The username and password is good for all RBdigital products offered by MCPL.
Searchable profiles of U.S. and international advertising agencies and public relations firms. Plus profiles of companies that advertise, including their brands and personnel. MCPL has a limited number of concurrent users on this product. If you can't get in, clear your browser's Temporary Internet Files, and try again after a while.
Full-text title from Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Listen to music from America's past. Songs by and about African Americans, American Indians, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests.
Physics journal articles. In-Library Access Only.
Primary sources, critical articles, literary and cultural analysis, and biographies.
RBdigital's ArtistWorks offers unlimited access to beginning through advanced, self-paced video lessons for instruments, voice and physical art. Access is free, but first time users will need to register and create a RBdigital username and password. The username and password is good for all RBdigital products offered by MCPL.
Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles. All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and includes step-by-step repair information, diagrams, maintenance schedules, parts and labor estimates, service bulletins and recalls.
Biographical articles from reference books and periodicals. (Previously called Biography Resource Center.)
An online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction e-books from Scholastic.
Book discovery and readers' advisory website, with read-alikes and suggestions, award lists, series lists, author information, reviews, and reader ratings.
Provides worldwide company information; worldwide industry overviews and research reports; case studies; economic and business statistics; journal articles. From Gale.
Contains almost 300 model business plans for various types of small business.
Over 2200 full-text journals, as well as market research reports, industry reports, country reports, and company profiles. In addition, the supplemental Regional Business News provides access to nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications. From Ebscohost.
Adult learners, earn a high school diploma and advance your career with Career Online High School, an accredited, non-traditional online high school diploma program. MCPL has a limited number of scholarships, enabling successful applicants to enroll in the program free of charge. Please email us library at: MCPL.COHS@montgomerycountymd.gov to request more information and next steps.
Choral works, symphonies, operas, vocal and instrumental music, chamber music, and more. Ranges from medieval to contemporary music.
Scores for instrumental and vocal works of all types of classical music. Listen along when pieces are also in the Classical Music Library.
Access full-text of Consumer Reports using Explora Public Libraries. Go to Advanced Search, type Consumer Reports in the Publication box, and select Search.
Listen to music from around the world in genres such as reggae, worldbeat, swing and jazz, plus traditional music including Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, and zydeco.
Nurture your creative side with 1,000+ video classes on painting, knitting, crafting, sewing, and more! Most videos are captioned.
Coverage includes more than 150 cover-to-cover titles, including U.S. national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.
Website for learners who want to practice their skills before taking the real DMV test. The site provides permit practice tests for the State of Maryland for cars, motorcycles, and CDL. Please note, these practice tests are for personal use only. Also includes the Maryland Driver's, Motorcycle, and CDL Handbooks.
Search across all of our EBSCO periodical and reference products.
A collection of 222 Cliffs Notes, study aids for works of classic and modern literature . These titles are to be read online through your browser; they are not downloadable.
Offers thousands of education-related journal articles, books, and conference papers for students, teachers, and education professionals. Covers all levels of education.
Over 1100 full-text periodicals and reports covering issues, research, and practical techniques in education. See also ERIC free online. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) indexes education journals, with a few in full-text, and provides full-text of many research and policy reports.
Una enciclopedia de conocimientos generales.
Information about national, international, and local nonprofit and membership organizations. Part of the Gale Directory Library
Highlights content relevant to teachers, including lessons plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources.
Designed specifically for elementary school students, this database provides access to popular full-text magazines for elementary school research.
Supports student research. Search results include articles, essays, and primary source documents.
Offers the most complete collection of full-text reference resources available for middle schools.
Read current and back issues of your favorite adult and children’s magazines online.
Comprehensive data on grantmakers and grants. While libraries are closed, this is now temporarily available from home.
Information about 8,300 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grant seekers. (Available only at the Rockville Memorial Library, which is a partner in the Foundation Center's Funding Information Network.)
Mapping tool for grantmakers and grantseekers. In addition to grant data, maps can display demographic, socio-economic, and other data. (Available only at the Rockville Memorial Library, which is Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.)
Demographics Now provides users with actionable demographic data to support market research and business planning.
Reference and periodical content covering all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more.
This highly intuitive online planning tool has what you need to move through the entire business development cycle.
High-quality, free courses and career training programs entirely over the Internet.
Directory of newspapers, periodicals, radio, television, and cable. Part of the Gale Directory Library.
14-volume encyclopedia, published in 2011, with entries on legal topics as well as cases, important statutes and documents, legal terms and concepts, and notable persons. Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Full-text reference books on topics including business, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, travel, and more. Fully searchable and browsable.
Our largest periodical resource. Articles from 11,000 periodicals and newspapers. Indexing starts in 1980; later years have majority in full-text. National Public Radio transcripts and audio. Machine translation into 8 languages. Save your searches and post RSS feeds.
Learn something about almost anything, from history to health, science to literature with RBdigital's Great Courses. Over 3,500 engaging video lectures from top professors. Access is free, but first time users will need to register and create a RBdigital username and password. The username and password is good for all RBdigital products offered by MCPL.
Articles on health, medicine, and wellness from magazines, journals, and reference books. Also covers alternative medicine.
Rich resource for genealogists, including Census and U.S. military records and full-text family and local histories. Help with printing Census records.
Reference articles, journal articles, primary sources, maps, and charts on topics in American history. From Gale/Cengage.
Reference articles, journal articles, primary sources, maps, and charts on topics in world history. From Gale/Cengage.
Full text from history reference books and periodicals. Plus historical documents, biographies, images, maps, and video. From EBSCO.
A digital platform that provides access to a variety ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, and television shows. All content is available immediately - no holds required!
RBdigital's IndieFlix is a streaming movie service that offers access to pop culture favorites, box office hits, awarding-winning feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Access is free, but first time users will need to register and create a RBdigital username and password. The username and password is good for all RBdigital products offered by MCPL.
Listen to streaming music from thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres.
On-demand film streaming. Collection includes award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema. Cardholders can access up to 10 films per month. Kanopy also offers Kanopy kids.
For students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Content from children's magazines and reference books.
Live and on-demand wellness and personal development classes and quick-tip videos.
LearningExpress Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books to help customers of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills improvement; skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science; career certification and licensure exam prep; college and grad school entrance test prep; GED® test prep; and more.
General forms as well as forms specific to Maryland. From Gale.
Legal Information Reference Center is designed to provide the general public access to a variety of legal information including consumer legal reference books and thousands of legal forms.
Literary Reference Center includes thousands of summaries, critical essays, book reviews, literary journal articles, and author biographies.
Literary criticism and biographies from journals and reference books.
Lynda.com is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.
Online language courses, emphasizing conversational skills. Covers more than 70 languages, plus English courses for speakers of about 20 languages. Mango Languages has apps for Apple devices and for Android devices. To use the app, first log in to the Mango website with your library card number, and create your Mango account. Then download the app to your device.
This collection consists of deaf-related eBooks and audiobooks from OverDrive. Customers can access the content by logging on using their library card.
MasterFile Premier is designed for public library users and provides fulltext, online access to magazine articles, reference books, and primary source documents. It also includes an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.
RBdigital's Method Test Prep offers comprehensive self-paced test preparation for the ACT and the SAT. Access is free, but first time users will need to register and create a RBdigital username and password. The username and password is good for all RBdigital products offered by MCPL.
Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. It covers history, current events, science and sports. It also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, as well as over a million photos, maps and flags.
Archive of the Montgomery Times. Newspaper later became the African American Times after merging with the Prince George's Time.
Investment reports on specific stocks and funds. Search for investments that meet your criteria.
Search across all of our streaming music resources at once. Music Online includes all the content of American Song, Classical Music Library, Classical Scores Library, Contemporary World Music,Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound. Music Online now includes almost 140,000 tracks ofrock, pop, punk, new age, metal, holiday music, hip-hop, rap, electronic, film and theater soundtracks, and more, which are not in the subcollections.
Interactive language learning for children. Teaches 8 languages, including English, with animation and games. To use Muzzy on a mobile device, please install the free Muzzy BBC app from the App Store or Play Store. Once either app is downloaded, the username is MontgomeryCountyMD@muzzybbc.com. The password is MontgomeryCountyMD.
Articles from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and two dozen other newspapers. Funded in part by the Friends of the Library, Potomac Branch Chapter.
1980 to the present in full-text. Use these specific links for the full-text coverage of the NYT Book Review and the Sunday NYT Magazine, beginning in 1986. Part of National Newspapers Premier from ProQuest.
1851-2014. Available only at the Rockville Memorial Library. Completely searchable images of every page.
Find good books, fiction and nonfiction, for kids and teens. Kid-friendly, with recommended reading lists, read-alikes, award winners, series titles, and more.
Find fiction by series, plot, setting, and read-alikes. Also book discussion guides, booklists and award winners, booktalks, and other articles. Covers fiction and nonfiction for all ages.
E-books and video on information technology, computing, and business from major publishers within the last 2 to 3 years. Complete content of over 8000 books, with charts, graphics, and cut-and-paste code segments. Note: These titles are not downloadable. Read them from within your browser. You should be able to read these books on mobile devices with Web access after you log in with your card number and PIN, if the device supports Flash. Apple devices do not support Flash. MCPL has a limited number of concurrent users on this product. If you can't get in, clear your browser's Temporary Internet Files, and try again after a while.
Articles, overviews, editorials, statistics, and primary sources on controversial social issues.
Downloadable e-books and audiobooks.
Covers African American history, including primary sources and biographies. Features the African American National Biography, Africana, and the Encyclopedia of African American History.
Word entries include definitions, pronunciation, and history, with quotations that trace usage over time.
History, belief and practice, politics, and culture of the Islamic world, incorporating reference articles, primary sources, images, and timelines.
Practice SAT, ACT, AP, TOEFL, GRE, LSAT, GED, SSAT, NCLEX, civil service, career, military exams and many more, with both interactive and eBook formats. Search for colleges and graduate programs by your own criteria.
Points of View provides resources that present multiple sides of an issue. Students will find rich content that can help them assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop critical thinking skills.
Top newspapers and magazines from more than 120 countries. Just click Sign In, and select Library Card.
Primary Search offers full-text articles from popular children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and a vast collection of images. Covers lots of topics from science, music, history, and more.
Read digital e-magazines and watch self-paced video lessons for instruments, voice and physical art from ArtistWorks. First-time users should create an account on the site with a user name and password.
Downloadable magazines to read on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. Complete full color issues available of 100 magazine titles.
Find businesses in the U.S. and Canada by name, address, and phone number, as well as by type, size, and location. Find U.S. residences by name, address, or phone number. Search for jobs by type, keywords, geography, and estimated salary. Tutorials and webcasts.
Designed for middle school students, this database covers literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history topics.
Rosetta Stone courses offer learning for 30 different languages. Note for all users: The language can only be changed from the main login page. If you choose the wrong language, you will need to log out and log back in again.
Need help setting up the app? This is the help page explaining the entire process and this is our portal URL: https://s9108768.rosettastoneenterprise.com/en-US. You may also need our namespace, which is: s9108768.
Articles from science magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and reference books, including topic overviews, experiments, and biographies. From Gale/Cengage.
Full-text articles from science periodicals, reference books, and encyclopedias. From EBSCO.
Small Business Reference Center offers top consumer small business reference books, as well as business videos, a help and advice section, and details on how to create a business plan.
Full-text collection of small engine repair manuals from Clymer (www.clymer.com). Includes engines for motocycles, ATVs, personal water craft, snowmobiles, lawn mowers, tractors, snow blowers, generators, and more.
Listen to 45,000+ tracks of animal/nature sounds, dramatic performances, poetry, political speeches, war and protest songs, and traditional music performances from around the world.
Investment reports on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, plus company profiles and the S&P Outlook. With a new Financial Literacy section.
From Mozart to Metallica, enjoy the world’s largest collection of concert films and music documentaries. Access is free, but first time users will need to register and create a RBdigital username and password. The username and password is good for all RBdigital products offered by MCPL.
For middle and high school students. Articles from reference books and magazines, images, video, primary sources, and more. From Gale/Cengage.
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed education journals.
Over 250 performances of the world's leading plays, available in streaming video. Bookmark specific scenes or speeches and create your own playlists. Includes documentaries about theater. Flash Player 8 and a minimum of 400kbps of bandwidth are required.
An online collection of animated, talking picture books. Includes story books, chapter books, nonfiction, videos, and more. Also includes e-books in French and Spanish.
Top-rated courses from Udemy that offer upskilling in the areas of business, tech, and personal development across 75+ different categories.
Search the most recent US news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s. Includes the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and other national, regional, and local news sources.
Information and investment advice on stocks, industries, mutual funds, options, and convertibles. Allows screening by various criteria to create prospect lists.
1984 to the present in full-text. Part of National Newspapers Premier from ProQuest. 7/25/17: Browsing past issues is currently available onsite only. Searching and most recent issue are working remotely.
Consumer reviews of local services. While libraries are closed, this is now temporarily available from home.
Unlimited digital access to WashingtonPost.com. Expert reporting and analysis from Washington and around the world, including award-winning investigative coverage and editorial commentary.
1996 to the present in full-text. Part of National Newspapers Premier from ProQuest.
1877-2002. Completely searchable images of every page.
Encyclopedia for students and adults, with multimedia content.
