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Magazines & Newspaper Index
View the listings of available online journals and newspapers.

Ancestry Library  In-Library Use Only	[Save Record]
A broad genealogical collection providing coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom. The database includes census, church, court and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas.

Arizona Guide to Grants  In-Library Use Only	[Save Record]
A searchable directory of corporate and foundation resources for Arizona grantseekers. Gives current, detailed profiles of over 1,800 corporations and foundations with a history of making grants in Arizona. Includes contact listings, program descriptions, and grant priorities.

Arizona Republic 1999-Present	[Save Record]
Full text access to the Arizona Republic Newspaper from Septrember 2005-Present. NOTE: ProQuest is adding content to this database and hopes to have it back to 1999 by Fall 2009.

Article First - OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
Index and citations for articles from over 16,000 journals in business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture.

Associations Unlimited	[Save Record]
Profiles of approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.

Auralog (en español)

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Aprenda un idioma nuevo con "Auralog Tell Me More" Este programa se utiliza para el aprendizaje de idiomas. Es compuesto de niveles introductorios hasta niveles avanzados de instrucción cubriendo aspectos audibles, el habla, vocabulario, lectura, escritura, y la gramática. Incluye lenguaje de conversación y de negocio en inglés, español, italiano, alemán, francés y danés. Si esta utilizando "Auralog Tell Me More" por la primera vez, necesitara establecer una cuenta propia en donde Creara un nombre de usuario y contraseña para entrar a su cuenta. Localice el enlace "New Account" en la página principal. Al crear su cuenta podrá escoger el idioma en que aparece el programa y el idioma que desea estudiar. Auroralog esta remplazando Rosetta Stone en Phoenix Public Library. Rosetta Stone ha hecho la decisión de discontinuar vendiendo su base de datos electrónico a todas bibliotecas públicas. Rosetta Stone no será disponible en Phoenix Public Library a partir de junio 30, 2008.

Auralog-Tell Me More	[Save Record]
Self-paced language tutor to help you learn English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch. Includes sections for learning conversational and business language. Includes an optional assessment test before you begin.

Biography Reference Center	[Save Record]
Offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full-text biographies. In addition to keyword searching, users can also locate biographies of interest by browsing more than 20 genre categories, including actors, authors, composers, explorers, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, current world leaders and many others.

Biography Resource Center	[Save Record]
Biography Resource Center contains nearly 415,000 biographies on more than 320,000 people gathered from more than 780 volumes of over 120 Gale reference sources as well as full-text articles from more than 280 magazines specifically chosen for their biographical content in a broad range of subject areas.

Books & Authors	[Save Record]
Expert book reviews, recommendations and author biographies.

Business Directory - Reference USA

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Directory information of more than 14 million publicly and privately owned companies in the United States. Search by business name, type, size or location. Includes modules for: CorpTech: Access hard to find details on 285,000 executives at 95,000 high-tech companies, including international data. Specializing in 17 industries including, biotech, computer hardware/software, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. US New Businesses: Updated with more than 50,000 new businesses added each week. Use to research hot areas of economic development. US Lifestyles: Use to research consumers based on their lifestyles, hobbies and interests.

Business and Company Resource Center	[Save Record]
A fully integrated database bringing together detailed company and industry news and information, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, HR law case digests, and over 4,000 magazines, journals, and newsletters. The job seeker, researcher, or casual investor can find up-to-date company and industry information on thousands of global companies.

CQ Electronic Library	[Save Record]
CQ Electronic Library provides online indexing and full text access to the files of CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher. Useful, expert, and unbiased analysis for researching American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs for students, citizens and professionals.

Chilton's Car and Truck Repair Library	[Save Record]
More than 45 years of information with step-by-step procedures, engine, chassis, electrical, drive train, routine maintenance, suspension work and more is made easier for mechanics of any experience level.

EBSCO MasterFILE Premier

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Index and abstracts to almost 3000 magazines covering a broad range of topics. Many are available in full-text, dating as far back as 1990. Includes an image database, the American Heritage Dictionary,access to full-text of Essential Documents of American History and Essential Historical Speeches, as well as full-text articles from Magill Book Reviews, covering classic literature and best sellers.

ERIC - OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
Provides annotated references to nonjournal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

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Detailed profiles of thousands of jobs and industries, valuable advice on career skills, and thousands of resource entries enable the searcher to learn about a wide variety of jobs, industries; scholarships, internships, and professional programs. Includes advice on applying for a job, acing an interview, behaving professionally in the work environment, and related topics, supplemented by dozens of sample resumes and cover letters created by professional career consultants, and a searchable archive of articles from current and past issues of Career opportunities news, a newsletter that provides timely information about colleges and the job market.

Foundation Directory (Burton Barr Central Library Only)	[Save Record]
Offers extensive program details for leading foundations, application guidelines for 91,000+ foundations, and sponsoring company information for corporate givers. Includes a searchable file of 1.2 million grants. The Trustees, Officers, and Donors search allows users to search among 440,000+ trustee, officer and donor names. Also includes over 425,000 IRS 990s for grantmaking organizations.

Foundation Grants to Individuals  In-Library Use Only	[Save Record]
Online database of more than 6,500 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

GPO Monthly Catalog - OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
Catalog of all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.Covers 1976 through present.

Gale Virtual Reference	[Save Record]
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials can be accessed online from the library or remotely 24/7. Searches can be done by choosing a product or products or by simply searching all available items.

Health and Wellness Resource Center	[Save Record]
Offers access to authoritative health information, including full-text medical encyclopedias, health and medical journals, thousands of pamphlets, streaming videos, and health articles from more than 3,000 general interest publications covering health care, drug & herbal remedies, diet, and fitness topics. Includes helpful information for students, patients and those in the medical profession.

Heritage Quest	[Save Record]
Genealogical information covering America since the late 1700s. Collections include census images from 1790 to 1930; 25,000 family and local history books; Revolutionary War records; Freedman's Bank Records; and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) covering over 6,500 genealogical periodicals since 1800.

Homework Helper-Kids Search	[Save Record]
Contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. Also includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Homework Helper-Student Research Center-High School	[Save Record]
Designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. Full text is also available for biographies, primary source documents, 360 reference books, an Image Collection of over 440,000 photos, maps & flags, and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.

Homework Helper-Student Resource Center--Middle School	[Save Record]
Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays, and an Image Collection of over 400,000 photos, maps and flags.

Hoover's Company Records	[Save Record]
Find up to date records on more than 40,000 public and non-public U.S. and international companies and 225,000 key executives. Record may include: Fact sheet, overview, history, people, financials, products & operations, subsidiaries & affiliates, competitors.

IT Pro by Books24x7	[Save Record]
Over 7,000 ebooks in the field of high tech from Wrox, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft Press, and many more. For use by IT Professionals, Programmers, Database Designers, and anyone who wants to improve their knowledge, understanding and skills in Information Technology.

Informe!	[Save Record]
(Revistas en Español)Investiga las noticias y eventos más corrientes, linformación denegocios del momento, los artículos de salud más importantes, temas de cultura popular y muchas otras materias incluidas en las revistas hispánicas más populares.

IngentaConnect	[Save Record]
Index and abstracts to more than 20,000 interdisciplinary journals, dating as far back as 1988. Online ordering via credit card for journals not available at the Phoenix Public Library.

LearningExpressLibrary	[Save Record]
Online academic and career practice tests. Areas covered include SAT preparation courses, SAT practice exams, civil service, cosmetology, EMS, firefighter, GED, law enforcement, military, postal services, real estate, U.S. citizenship, and more. Test score report includes explanation of right and wrong answers.

Library Lit & Info Full Text	[Save Record]
Coverage dates: Indexing 1984+, Abstracting 1984+, "select" Full Text 1994+. This database indexes English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. The full text articles are gathered from over a hundred publications.

Literary Reference Center	[Save Record]
Full text database that combines information from reference works, books, and literary journals specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. Includes plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, poems, short stories and much more.

Literature Resource Center	[Save Record]
Provides full text access to bibliographical and biographical information, literary criticism, and contextual information covering more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers. Allows for searching of information from Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography, as well as access to full-text criticism from Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Marcive  In-Library Use Only	[Save Record]
Catalog of publications of the federal government from 1976 to the present.

Medline - OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
Indexes publications in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.

Mitchell On Demand  In-Library Use Only	[Save Record]
Automotive diagnostic and repair information, including original equipment wiring diagrams, factory technical service bulletins, and maintenance schedules and tables for most foreign and domestic cars and trucks from model year 1983 to the present.

Morningstar Investment Research Center	[Save Record]
Provides financial data on over 8,000 stocks and 23,000 mutual funds, with independent reports on 1,200 stocks and 2,000 funds. Potential investors can plan investment strategies and monitor mutual funds, as well as research current or prospective holdings, find price performance records, and learn about fund portfolios and their management. Includes exclusive Morningstar Ratings

Motorcycle and Small Engine Repair Center (EBSCO)

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The definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: Motorcycles, ATVs, boats, jet skis, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, outdoor power equipment, tillers and other small engines. Full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job. the database often contains more than 25 years of an engine model, and offers assistance in providing routine maintenance, such as tune ups and brake service, as well as extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly.

NoveList	[Save Record]
Tool to help readers of all ages find new books to read based on books they've already read or topics in which they are interested.

OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
A collection of electronic databases and indexes from OCLC which can be used to locate books, periodical and newspaper articles, theses, films, computer software, recordings, and other types of material on a wide variety of topics

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center	[Save Record]
An online library of current event topics--facts and arguments for and against each topic. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Points of View Reference Center

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Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, , immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, and many more.

ProQuest Obituaries Online	[Save Record]
Offers more than 10.5 million obituaries and death notices in full-image format from uninterrupted historical archives of the Atlanta Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Washington Post. Exact dates vary by newspaper from 1851-1994.

Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982	[Save Record]
Provides access to nearly 100 years of citations from more than 500 leading popular periodicals and magazines with citations to more than 3,000,000 articles.

Residential Phone Directory - Reference USA	[Save Record]
National telephone directory of over 120 million residential (consumer) listings. Searchable by name, location or phone number.

Sams Photofact Online Electronic Repair Manuals	[Save Record]
Sams provides service documentation for consumer electronics devices including television, radio,and VCRs. Over 180,000 different models and brand names are covered. Searching is by device model number.

Science Resource Center	[Save Record]
Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.

Student Resource Center Gold	[Save Record]
Primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, and full-text coverage of over 1,000 periodicals. Includes over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips. Includes Student Resource Center-Health Module.

Testing & Education Reference Center	[Save Record]
Provides users with in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and more. Also includes help for creating a successful resume.

TitleSource III  In-Library Use Only	[Save Record]
Catalog of books, music, spoken word and videos currently in print or recently out of print.

Tumble Book Biblioteca (Spanish)	[Save Record]
Una colección de libros animados para niños con actividades, juegos y rompecabezas.

Tumble Book Library	[Save Record]
Online collection of animated, talking picture books, reading comprehension quizzes, educational games, and teacher resources.

Typing Master	[Save Record]
Practice touch typing, test your typing skills, build up typing speed, and learn to use the numeric keypad.

Wall Street Journal 1984-Present	[Save Record]
Browse or search the Wall Street Journal with comprehensive, full-text access from January 2, 1984 to the present.

World Almanacs - OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
This sources contains Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, World Almanac and Book of Facts , World Almanacs of the U.S.A., U.S. Politics and World Almanac for Kids. It includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.

World Book Online	[Save Record]
One of the premier online general encyclopedias for students. It includes more than 26,000 articles as well as more than 12,000 pictures and maps. The World Book Online Reference Center is continuously updated to incorporate new and important developments relevant to students.

WorldCat - OCLC FirstSearch	[Save Record]
Catalog of books and other materials owned by OCLC member libraries across the nation and around the world.