eResources
Welcome to the e-branch of the Portage District Library! Here you will find electronically accessible books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and directories, the majority of which you can access with your library card from home or anywhere.
Electronic Reference Titles Databases:
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Explores the economic status of Americans and provides the latest data on the wealth of American households. Examines household income trends by age, household type, race and ethnicity, education, region of residence, and work status. Also focuses on the poverty population.
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Anywhere with a library card
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Provides the demographics and spending patterns of American consumers. Includes data on education, health, housing, income, labor force participation, living arrangements, population, spending, and wealth.
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Anywhere with a library card
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Presents detailed time use data for the most important demographic characteristic in determining how people spend their time-their age. Analyzes raw time use data to produce the percentages of people participating in activities, the indexes, and the rankings--each of which reveals significant differences in time use by lifecycle stage.
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Anywhere with a library card
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Explore the Art Institute of Chicago's online collections, which offer access to over 87,000 works and basic information about works of art from all areas of the AIC's encyclopedic collection. Browse the collections by selecting one of the categories shown on the left side of the page. Or, search by entering terms into the "Quick Search."
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Anywhere
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Analyzes household spending on numerous products and services by age, income, household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and educational attainment of householder. Identifies which households spend the most on a product or service (the best customers) and which control the largest share of spending (the biggest customers).
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Anywhere with a library card
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The database is an inventory of the Museum’s collection and aims to record what is known about it. It is primarily designed to support curatorial and research work, and much of the text is specialised in nature and terminology. There are currently 2,246,659 records available, which represent more than 3,500,000 objects.
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Anywhere
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This comprehensive four-volume set covers all aspects of complementary and alternative medicine, both past and present, providing sound medical advice on a controversial and sometimes confusing field.
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Anywhere with a library card
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