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ABCmouse

The award-winning ABCmouse.com curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse.com offers more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas including reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.

Cincinnati Business Courier

Includes current issues of The Cincinnati Business Courier and archives back to 1996. Also offers the Book of Lists.

Ebrary

Authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.

FactCite

Collection of ten databases for students. These include biography collections (Sports Champions, Shapers of Society, etc.), Defining Moments in American History, special topic collections (World Mythology, Countries and Cultures of the World, etc.), and a general purpose encyclopedia.

LitFinder

Access over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Also includes secondary materials like biographies and images.

Lynda.com

Award-winning library of video tutorials for learners who want to gain specific software, technology, creative, or business skills.

New York Times Online

Through the Library's "Group Pass" account with the New York Times, Library cardholders can enjoy free and unlimited access to news stories, multimedia content, and special features on the New York Times website. Access is free but first-time users will need to create an account with the New York Times. See our NYT Group Pass webpage for instructions on getting started.

NewsBank: Cincinnati Post (1882-1984)

This fully searchable online archive captures local history in the late 19th and 20th centuries articles from the Cincinnati Post.

ProQuest Digitized Newspapers: The New York Times Recent

The full-page images of this digitized newspaper provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with cover-to-cover access to recent newspaper content. Every page is full-text searchable. Coverage: 2008 - recent (3-month embargo).

Safari Books Online

Over 800 searchable, full-text versions of books covering a wide range of computer and information technology topics.

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