FOR HISTORY & GENEALOGY BUFFS - FOOTNOTE  - What if history was an ever-expanding perspective where anyone was free to interpret, extend and connect their own ideas and stories to the Big Picture? What if you could discover, interact and share millions of the most interesting original sources from the world's greatest archives as easily as getting your email? Footnote.com is a place where original historical documents are combined with social networking in order to create a truly unique experience involving the stories of our past. The Footnote.com collections feature documents, most never before available before on the Internet, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more. 
Footnote.com is more than just an online repository for original documents. In addition to hosting millions of records, Footnote supports a community of people that are passionate about a variety of topics relating to history.
Register for free at home to search topics or come into the library for full access including printing out of Premium images and documents.

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Take tests from home!! We have purchased a database of Practice tests that you can access remotely using your library card and PIN. Some available practice tests are SAT’s; Nursing Exams; GRE; Paramedic; Reading Skills Improvement and MORE!

NOVELIST  Find fiction titles based on favorite author, title or description. Browse lists based on genre or awards, search by subject heading, reviews, publishers. Read and use feature articles, book discussion group guide, and book talks developed exclusively for NOVELIST.
To access this database in the library simply connect to the Internet and click on the link on the homepage or go under Favorites. From home go to the internet and type in search.epnet.com. You will be prompted for a user name which is Fiske and a password which is Novelist and you are ready to go !!

Access the Reference Databases available in the library from home by entering your SAILS library barcode number. 

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