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Capital
District Business Review - http://www.amcity.com/albany-
You'll find some of this week's top stories from The Business Review,
along with other popular features including a Street Talk column,
Daybook, a weekly Business Calendar of seminars and events, the Strategies
section, and more. You may search through material from all 35 business
newspapers owned by American City Business Journals and the past 2
years of the print version of the Capital District Business Review. Electric
Times Union - http://www.timesunion.com/-The
on-line version of the Times Union newspaper including weather, sports,
and the classified. Allow the user to search through back issues for
articles and classifieds. Metroland - http://www.metroland.net- The online version of the Capital Region's weekly alternative newspaper. Includes local news and entertainment information. New
York Times on the Web - http://www.nytimes.com
-Most of current day’s Times (for example, Sunday magazine is not
on the Web) plus some archived articles. Includes some Web-only features.
Free registration for now. RADIO WRPI
- FM 91.5 - http://www.wrpi.org
- in Troy is the flagship station for RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) TELEVISION WTEN TV (TV Channel 10) - http://www.wten.com/ WNYT TV (TV Channel 13) http://www.wnyt.com WRGB Home Page (TV channel 6) - http://www.wrgb.com EBSCO - http://www.uhls.org/UHLS/Databases/- MasterFILE Premier has the full text and indexes for 2,000 magazines, newspapers, and other databases. Look up current topics or use it for in-depth research. Gain access to information on a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health and multi-cultural subject areas. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Hoover's Company Profiles and Company Capsules are also available here. Use of the database requires a valid library card. Google's
Magazine Directory - http://www.google.com/Top/Shopping/Publications/Magazines/
- a comprehensive listing. Discovery
Online - http://www.discovery.com-
Includes information in article format in the categories of Technology,
History, Nature, Science and Exploration. Allows you to search through
previous web site information and find out what’s on TV ( Discovery
Channel, The Learning Channel and the Animal Planet) History
Channel - http://www.historychannel.com
- Includes : This day in history, great speeches, TV listings, a history
fact of the day, a history hotlist, and information on special exhibits.
Also includes information for teachers and students. National Geographic Online - http://www.nationalgeographic.com - Highlights stories from the current issue of National geographic- does not include full-text of the articles. Also includes National geographic Travelers magazine and World for Kids. Publist:
The Internet Directory of Publications - http://www.publist.com/
Publist claims to be "the only Internet-based reference for over
150,000 domestic and international print and electronic publications
including magazines, journals, e-journals, newsletters, and monographs."
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