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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training Center The Offers over 150 courses to help you develop skills in cutting-edge technology and unlock new education and career opportunities. Key topics include artificial intelligence, cloud essentials, serverless applications, containers, cost management, data processing, machine learning, and database migrations.
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Beanstack Beanstack helps you discover books based on your child's interests, allowing patrons to explore deeper into The City Library's catalog of children's books. Sort and filter titles by genre, topic, age range, even the type of main characters in the book. Track your child's reading progress with badges and Learning Tracks. Beanstack provides all sorts of learning tips and other resources to build children's literacy. The entire experience is optimized for mobile devices, including recommends of downloadable learning apps for your child.
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Business Plans Handbook Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.
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Candid Candid connects people who want to change the world with the resources they need to do it. Analyze data on 2.7 million nonprofits and confirm a nonprofit's eligibility, search millions of grants and discover new funding opportunities, inform your decisions with research, develop skills for nonprofit success, get practical wisdom from funders, improve your nonprofit's online identity, share key information and data on your nonprofit, request custom data sets or add data to your site or applications, and stay up-to-date with news and insights from experts.
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Candid Learning Offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers and nonprofits.
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Career Preparation Achieve your job and career goals and get ready for future success with occupational certification exam prep for careers in nursing and allied health, military, law enforcement, education, and the trades
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Chilton Library Get the detailed information you need to tackle vehicle maintenance and repairs, including specification tables, step-by-step service and repair procedures featuring close-up photographs and illustrations, vacuum and wiring diagrams, and a labor estimating tool.
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836–1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690–present.
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College Preparation Offers practice tests, interactive tutorials, and eBooks to help you review your knowledge and hone your skills in preparation to take the ACT®, SAT®, PSAT®, AP® Tests, EFL Tests, and College Placement Exams.
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ComicsPlus Thousands of digital comics, manga, graphic novels, and picture books, free with your City Library card. Find new and back issues from some of the most exciting indie publishers, including Boom!, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Fantagraphics, Image, Oni, and more!
Browse the collection anytime, anywhere. You can take them on-the-go with your mobile device and download for offline reading. No holds, no wait lists, and no borrowing limits!
Also Available: ComicPlus for Kids and Comics Plus for Teens
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Consumer Reports Online ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services, including cars, appliances, electronics and more.
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Creativebug Creativebug brings you the latest in art and craft education, and works with renowned artists to do so. By signing up for Creativebug you'll enjoy unlimited free access to thousands of online art and craft classes taught by expert instructors. Watch their classes anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace.
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Cypress Résumé With Cypress Résumé, you can create professional résumés in three quick and easy steps. Simply type basic information about yourself and Cypress Résumé will automatically format your page layout and generate concise, descriptive statements detailing your abilities. Cypress Résumé also makes expertly written cover letters available, specifically geared toward specific job titles and professions.
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Digital Sanborn Maps Provides digital access to large-scale maps of all the available towns and cities in Utah from 1867–1970.
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Directory of Early Stage Investment Profiles potential funding sources and firms that enable start-ups, providing contact information, a brief description, market focus, fund size, and more. An invaluable tool for users ranging from aspiring entrepreneurs, inventors, new and existing start-up businesses, and individuals and companies that either require or offer early stage investment opportunities.
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Directory of Nonprofit Organizations Provides contact and basic factual information about the largest nonprofit organizations in the United States (annual incomes of at least $25,000) using data obtained from the Internal Revenue Service.
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EBSCOhost Powerful database tools that index millions of full-text articles across all subject areas.
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Encyclopedia of Associations Provides detailed descriptions and comprehensive information on more than 94,000 nonprofit membership organizations, including the following types: trade and professional associations; social welfare and public affairs; labor unions; fraternal and patriotic; religious, sports, and hobby groups; and many other volunteer organizations. Covers associations and societies that are organized and function at the regional (both interstate and intrastate), state, county, city, neighborhood, and local levels.
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Encyclopedia of Mental Health Provides detailed information on mental disorders and conditions. Also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders.
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Foundation Directory Online Professional Provides access to essential facts on grantmakers and their funding activities worldwide. To pinpoint prospective funders, explore four comprehensive databases: Grantmakers, Grants, Recipients, and 990s. Available at all City Library locations.
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Foundation Grants to Individuals A comprehensive database of foundations that provide a wide range of funding support for individuals seeking scholarships, student loans, fellowships, internships, arts and cultural projects, research and general welfare. Available at all City Library locations.
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Foundation Maps The Foundation Center's premier data visualization tool and the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. Available only at the Main Library.
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Fuel Economy Guide The U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publish an annual Fuel Economy Guide featuring estimated fuel cost, emissions information, and fuel economy data for new model year cars. The website also features fuel economy data for new and used passenger vehicles dating back to 1984.
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Gale Books and Authors Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
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Gale Business Entrepreneurship Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
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Gale Business Insights Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistical data, and comprehensive reports.
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Gale Business Plan Builder Gale Business Plan Builder will guide you step-by-step through a workflow to help you brainstorm and plan for your small business or nonprofit, beginning with foundational activities that will help you think about the skills, support, and motivation you bring to the table as an entrepreneur. For those already operating a business, activities and tools are designed to help you manage and optimize your company's operations. Nonprofits can also leverage the same steps that for-profit businesses use. When you indicate that you are forming or managing a nonprofit, certain elements of the tools will automatically transform to better fit your needs.
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Gale Directory Library The Gale Directory Library is a collection of comprehensive guides offering essential information and data sources for organizations, designed for entrepreneurs, marketers, and nonprofit professionals.
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Gale Health and Wellness Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
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Gale Interactive: Science Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
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Gale OneFile Gale OneFile collections offer authoritative journals, periodicals, and multimedia across diverse subjects, supporting research for academics and professionals. With resources for Spanish-language users and high school students, Gale OneFile is a comprehensive tool for various research needs.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library A database of encyclopedias, digital books, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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Goodreads If you're an avid reader, you may be interested in becoming a member of The City Library's Goodreads Group. Members can share what they're currently reading, what's in their queue for future reading, join discussions groups, and browse recommendations, reviews, and book lists created by Librarians at The City Library.
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GrantStation Provides searchable access for private and government funding opportunities, tutorials and articles that address a range of grant development issues, as well as resources for writing and securing grant awards. Available only at the Main Library.
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Guidestar Pro Access 2 million+ nonprofit profiles. Easily find local nonprofits where you can donate, work, or volunteer. Research outstanding partnership opportunities, comprehensive nonprofit profiles, and explore best practices to aid strategic planning. Available at all City Library locations.
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HeinOnline HeinOnline provides access to Utah State General Session Laws, dating back to the 1st Annual Session in 1851. These are available as fully searchable, image-based PDFs, replicating the original print versions, including all graphics, footnotes, and page numbers.
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ALL RESOURCES (A-Z) Genealogy |
HeritageQuest Online A genealogy reference resource that contains census data, family records, local histories and documentary collections.
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High School Equivalency Center Practice tests, interactive tutorials, and eBooks to help you prepare to take the GED® test or HiSET®.
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HUM The HUM Collection is a free, local music service that provides streaming access to everyone and digital downloads to City Library cardholders. The collection includes 100 albums — and growing! — representing Salt Lake City's local music scene.
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Jobs & Career Accelerator Job & Career Accelerator provides an easy-to-use search tool with everything patrons and students need to find, apply for, and get hired into ideal positions. It delivers award-winning information on careers, skills and interest assessments to match individuals with ideal career paths.
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Kanopy Kanopy gives patrons access to over 30,000 films and TV episodes (five views per month). Browse popular favorites in categories including award winners, classics, arthouse films, documentaries, and Great Courses (three views per month).
Includes unlimited access to Kanopy Kids, featuring PBS Kids content, science and math exploration, foreign language learning, and animated storytime favorites!
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LearningExpress Library Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help patrons, teen students, and adult learners alike succeed on required academic or professional exams.
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Libby, by OverDrive Allows you to instantly access and borrow The City Library's thousands of eBooks, Audiobooks, and Magazines. It's simple! It takes just a few taps to find and borrow a title, and you can download them for offline access or stream them to save space. Enjoy audiobooks at home or on the go—with support for syncing your phone or tablet to devices like Sonos wireless speakers, Amazon Echo smart home, Apple CarPlay, and more. Download the app for iOS or Android devices, or click here to browse the collection.
If you prefer reading with Kindle, Libby can send your library books to your device.
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Libby Magazines, by OverDrive Full digital copies of your favorite magazines! View magazines on both your computer or mobile device. Unlimited access to the entire collection.
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LinkedIn Learning LinkedIn Learning provides an extensive library of training videos on practically any software program imaginable, including business productivity programs like Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), professional design software such as Adobe's Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.), audio and video production, mobile platforms (iOS, Andriod, etc.) and so much more. The City Library's LinkedIn Learning membership offers patrons unlimited access to a library of over 100,000 high-quality, current, and engaging video tutorials as part of over 13,000 courses taught by recognized industry experts in seven languages.
NOTE: Mobile app users can login under the Library's LinkedIn Learning license from the app's home screen by tapping Sign in, then tapping the Sign in with your library card button. On the Library ID line, enter thecitylibrary (all lower case), then enter your Library card number and PIN on the next screen.
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Mango Languages With access to over 60 languages, including American Sign Language (ASL), Mango Languages uses a unique teaching method that quickly engages you in real conversations between two native speakers.
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Market Share Reporter Presents comparative business statistics reports on U.S. and international markets, featuring data and market description; lists of producers/products along with their market share; all while citing the original sources. Provides a unique resource for competitive analysis, diversification planning, marketing research, and other forms of economic and policy analysis.
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Medicare Supplement Insurance Buyer's Guide Generates an individually customized PDF report for each user, based on their age, gender, and ZIP code. The report allows users to learn what Medicare does and does not cover, explore their coverage options, compare rates for each Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan, pick a plan that is right for them, locate the best insurers, and find an authorized agent.
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Medline Plus A database of good health and medicine information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
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Mitchell 1 ProDemand A repair, estimating, and service information reference resource providing detailed coverage back to cars and motor vehicles from 1974. Available in all City Library locations.
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Morningstar A database of stock and mutual fund ratings and analyses that allows the investor to research thousands of investment possibilities.
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NewsBank Full-text versions of The Salt Lake Tribune (1990–Current) and Deseret News (1988–Current). Search across all issues or within a custom date range, or view a single issue by year and day. Search all text within an article or obituary and filter by headline, author, section, or name.
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NoveList Plus & NoveList K–8 Plus NoveList Plus & NoveList K-8 Plus are reading recommendations databases. They are a comprehensive source of information about books that includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more. NoveList has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.
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Oxford English Dictionary A reference guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past, illustrating their usage through 2.5 million quotations.
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PressReader PressReader has the largest selection of newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries in over 60 languages. That's 7,000 trusted publications on a single platform. And readers can instantly translate articles in up to 21 languages. Includes The Economist, USA Today, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, and Newsweek. NOTE: To get started on PressReader.com, click Sign in, then click Library or Group, search for "Salt Lake City Public Library," then enter your Library card # and PIN.
PressReader app available via the App Store or Google Play.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers Fully reproduced, cover-to-cover, in full-page digital images of The New York Times— from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements — covering 1851–2010.
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ProQuest Global Newsstream Global Newsstream offers access to leading contemporary news sources worldwide, including newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and more. Updated daily, including same-day access to over 250 full-text newspapers.
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Recursos Para Hispanohablantes Herramientas de aprendizaje, carrera y ciudadanía en español.
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Reference Solutions The premier source of business information for reference & research, with detailed information on more than 25 million U.S. businesses. Used by entrepreneurs, businesses, students, job-seekers, or anyone wanting access to information on businesses. Other modules of interest include: U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles, a marketing/demographics module, and the telephone White Pages for U.S. and Canada.
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Rosetta Stone Includes 23 languages to meet a range of cultural interests. Learning is structured around core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills and also includes focused activities to refine grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and more. City Library cardholders can also take advantage of the Rosetta Stone mobile apps that enable learners to reinforce their language learning on the go. NOTE: Patrons will be asked to create a user account. Mobile app users must first login via this web link in order to utilize the Library's Rosetta Stone license. Doing so should automatically open the app.
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Salt Lake City New Business License List Each month the Salt Lake City Business License office generates a list of all businesses that applied for a business license during the previous month.
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Scholarships, Fellowships, & Loans Directory Lists thousands of sources of education-related financial aid at all levels of study, sponsored and administered by private organizations and companies.
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Small Business Reference Center Offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, a collection of state-specific resources supported with demographic data and other local information, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding. Also features a database of business videos that provide critical information for business owners including interviews, 'lessons learned' features, lectures and 'how to' videos to help foster success in all aspects of managing a business.
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Statistics Sources Quantitative information on more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources. Provides U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.
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The New York Times Stay connected to the nation and the world with news and expert opinion from news bureaus around the globe, and enjoy interactive content, multimedia, and photography that bring the news to life. Browse full issues from our robust archives, and see all articles, photos and ads as they originally appeared in print. NOTE: Patrons must create a user account and be logged in on NYTimes.com in order to utilize one of the Library's licenses for unlimited access.
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The Salt Lake Tribune Utah's independent source of news since 1871. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, The Tribune provides a comprehensive report on the issues and events in Utah. Unlimited access to sltrib.com is available in all City Library locations.
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TumbleBooks Library: Children's eBooks A collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books), TumblePuzzles, TumbleQuizzes and TumbleResources for Teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which have been licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.
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TumbleMath Uses stories and literature to teach math concepts. TumbleMath has a comprehensive collection of math stories which combine animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages. The books are all accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans, instructional videos, educational games, plus quizzes in order to test and track.
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Utah NewSearch (2006–Current) Utah NewsSearch is a digital newspaper service of the Utah Press Association. It provides public access to all of Utah's newspapers. Each newspaper is a fully-searchable PDF that you can print or download. Search all of Utah's newspapers by keyword or filter by newspaper, city, county, or zip code. Current issues are embargoed for two weeks. Additional back issues are being added.
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Utah's Digital Newspapers Holds over 1,000,000 pages of historic Utah newspapers, with a collection that grows monthly.
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Utah's Online Library Offers a portal to many different research tools and databases. Topics include genealogy, newspapers and magazines, health and medicine, business and finance, auto repair, jobs and careers, homework help and kids, and more.
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Value Line Research Center Includes access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks.
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The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal delivers breaking business news, investment insight, and original market analysis that people rely on to make smarter professional and personal financial decisions. NOTE: Patrons must create a user account and be logged in on WSJ.com in order to utilize one of the Library's licenses for unlimited access.
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World Book: Children's eBooks World Book eBooks offers a selection of kid-friendly titles from their acclaimed nonfiction series. The collection spans a variety of subjects catering to reading levels K–12, as well as offering fun interactive features including games, videos, and audio clips. These highly illustrated and engaging titles can be accessed 24/7 on desktop computers, iPad, and select Android devices.
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World Book Online Authoritative content designed for diverse ages, reading levels, and learning styles. Includes World Book Online for Kids, World Book Online Info Finder, World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Discover, World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, and World Book Early World of Learning. Great for homework help and general reference research.
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World News Digest The complete archive of this publication, presenting more than seven decades of authoritative news summaries and background articles. Includes access to topic-based news summaries and background articles, facts and figures that researchers can trust, up-to-the-minute news coverage, as well as a "Week in Review" feature that spotlights timely, hot-button events of the week.
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