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Academic OneFile (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Formerly Expanded Academic ASAP, Academic OneFile offers peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Coverage:
1980-

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to Search The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4500 serials - including full text for over 3600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more. Coverage:
1984-

ACLS Humanities E-Book Project (HEB) (ACLS)     Full-Text e-books Now comprising the full text of over 1500 titles, HEB is expanding from only history titles to include most humanities disciplines and area studies. These are works of major importance to humenities studies — books that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students and are frequently cited in the literature. (See title list.) Formerly the ACLS History E-Book Project, HEB adds approximately 300 books annually to the collection. Coverage:
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ASCE Publications CE Database (Free Internet source)     Abstracts & citations The Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) provides access to over 100,000 bibliographic and abstracted records from American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Publications. Subject areas covered include: Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Bridges, Computer Practices, Construction, Earthquake Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrology, Irrigation and Drainage, Materials Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, Urban Planning and more. Coverage:
1970-

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Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchTry the new Business Searching Interface. The Business Searching Interface (BSI) provides an easy way to browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research, and then use the results as limiters in a keyword search, if desired. Business Source Premier is a collection of popular business magazines, scholarly journals, and trade publications offering coverage of topics including accounting, banking, finance, international business, management, marketing, real estate, regional studies, sales, trade, and technology. Offers more than 2300 journals including full text for more than 1100 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage:
1984-

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CCH Tax Research (CCH)     Full-Text Provides tax news as well as federal and state tax information. Included are tax codes, regulations, court cases, rulings, legislative documents, treaties, and IRS publications, as well as CCH explanation and analysis. Coverage:
1994-

Computer Database (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. Coverage:
1983-

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchCommunication & Mass Media Complete provides selective full text and references in all areas related to communication and mass media. Coverage:
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CQ Encyclopedia of American Government (Congressional Quarterly)     Full-Text The Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government is a comprehensive overview of the American Government system. This web resource offers over 1100 searchable topics covering the three branches of government. Usage info.: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users. Coverage:
All periods of American History

CQ Researcher Plus Archive (Congressional Quarterly)     Full-Text CQ Researcher Plus Archive contains more than 3,000 reports and analysis of issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published 44 times a year. Each CQ Researcher report is based on a common structure. The first section or "Overview" introduces the key issue; the "Background" provides a history of the issue, with mention of any key policies. The most popular is the "Pro/Con" section which provides position statements from opposing persons or groups. Coverage:
1923-present

Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) (Credo)     Full-Text      How to SearchCredo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) is a giant online reference library providing access to over 250 reference books. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles covering topics from art to accountancy and literature to law. Coverage:
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Dialog1 (Dialog)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations *See librarian for mediated search.* Covers the categories of World News, Business Intelligence, Marketing, Biotech, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals.
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EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text Useful for Education students, EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Coverage:
Limited to familiar animals

EBSCOhost (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchEBSCOhost is a collection of databases providing full-text material from journals, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, and reference books. Databases include Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Regional Business News, Primary Search, MAS Ultra-School Edition, Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia, Military & Government Collection, and more. Coverage:
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ERIC (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. Coverage:
1966-

Expanded Academic ASAP (Now Academic OneFile) (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Formerly Expanded Academic ASAP, Academic OneFile offers peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Coverage:
1980-

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Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. Coverage:
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale)     Full-Text Gale Virtual Reference Library offers searchable full text of reference books in subjects including business, environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, and science. Coverage:
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General Business File ASAP (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Analyze domestic company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. Coverage:
1980-

General Business File International (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Analyze international company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and directory listings with full text and images available. Coverage:
1980-

General Reference Center GOLD (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations General Reference Center GOLD is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Coverage:
1980-

GPO Access (Free Internet source)     varies GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction unless specifically noted. In particular you can find the Congressional Record the Federal Register the U.S. Code Congressional Bills and other documents of the United States. This website is freely accessible to the public. Coverage:
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Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)     Full-Text Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology Inc., hundreds of pamphlets, and health-related articles from 2200 general interest publications, in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Coverage:
1980-

Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations This database is a wide-ranging reference tool covering all aspects of health and medicine, including fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and many other topics. Coverage:
1980-

HeinOnline (Hein)     Full-text articles HeinOnline PoliSci Basic offers the full-text of 50 influential legal journals, along with all U.S. treaties and agreements and the U.S. Presidential Library. Coverage:
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HighWire Press Science Journals (Free Internet source)     Citations abstracts & some free full-text * Please note that not all articles in this database are free.* Highwire Press is an online journal publisher and database of over 300 academic science journals. Many of the journals available through Highwire provide free access to the full text of some of their articles - either back issues before a specific date or all articles for a limited trial period. Click here to see the list of free full-text HighWire journals. Note: If you find a citation for an article that is not free be sure to check for the journal at CBU here: E-Journals (Find Journals) or requesting it via InterLibrary Loan. Coverage:
Generally from 1995 onwards

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In the First Person (Alexander Street)     Citations & Full-Text In the First Person is a landmark index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. Working with archives, repositories, publishers, and individuals, Alexander Press has indexed first person narratives from hundreds of published volumes -- those that are publicly available on the Web and those held by repositories and archives around the world. Coverage:
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Informe! (Revistas en espanol) (Gale)     Full-Text articles & citations in Spanish Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Coverage:
1999-

InfoTrac OneFile (Gale)     Full-text articles A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily. Coverage:
1980-

Intute: Engineering Ejournals Search (Free Internet Source)     Full-Text Search the content of over 250 freely available full-text engineering mathematics and computing ejournals - selected for relevance and quality. Academic journals trade publications and society journals are covered. All sites are also listed in the Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology catalogue of Internet resources. Coverage:
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JSTOR (JSTOR)     Full-Text JSTOR provides complete electronic backfiles of core journals in various subjects. Full-text coverage begins at the first issue of each journal and usually ends within five years of the present. Current and recently published issues are not available in JSTOR. Covers anthropology, Asian studies;, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, and sociology. As of October 2006, we have access to three JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences I (title list); Arts & Sciences II (title list), and Arts & Sciences IV (title list). Funds for the JSTOR Archive Capital Fee were generously provided by an anonymous donor. Coverage:
varies up to most recent 2-5 years

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Kids InfoBits (Gale)     Full-Text Useful for Education students, Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Coverage:
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LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations LexisNexis Academic primarily covers three areas: news, business, and legal research. News coverage includes top news, general news topics, news transcripts, and foreign language news sources. Business coverage includes company industry and market news, company financial information, accounting, auditing, and tax information. Legal Research covers law reviews, federal case law, U.S. Code, and state legal research. LexisNexis also includes general medical and health topics and medical abstracts. Coverage:
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Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost)     Citations and abstracts Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Coverage:
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Literature Online (ProQuest)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations A fully searchable library of literary criticism and reference, as well as biography and bibliography. It includes 128 full-text literary journals and 6,500 essays from literary reference and textbooks covering: literary movements, world fiction, poetry, biographies of contemporary and canonical authors, and a wealth of bibliographic information. Usage Info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users. Coverage:
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Literature Resource Center - LRC (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers - with in-depth coverage of 2500 of the most-studied authors. Coverage:
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Mas Ultra - School Edition (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Useful for Education students and designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Coverage:
1980-

Medline/PUBMED (Free Internet source)     Citations and abstracts The PubMed search system provides access to the PubMed database which is drawn primarily from MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE. In addition for participating journals that are indexed selectively for MEDLINE PubMed includes all articles from that journal not just those that are included in MEDLINE. Finally PubMed also provides access to the molecular biology databases included in NCBI's Entrez retrieval system. Coverage:
1966-

Mergent Online (Mergent)     Full-Text Mergent Online is a suite of global business and financial information products from Mergent Inc. formerly Moody's Financial Information Services. It includes U.S. Company Data covering 10000 public companies and their SEC filings; International Company Data covering international companies; U.S. Annual Reports with current and historical annual reports on 10000 U. S. public companies; and International Annual Reports. Usage info.: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users. Coverage:
1993-

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchDesigned to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles. Coverage:
1990-

Military & Intelligence Database (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials. The content in this database is also part of InfoTrac One File. Coverage:
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)     Citations and abstracts      How to SearchMLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from JSTOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text. Coverage:
1926-

Morningstar Library Edition (Morningstar)     Full-Text Use this database to conduct company research, to select mutual funds, or to evaluate possible investment options. Provides access to a number of research tools: Stock/Mutual Fund Screener, Stock/Mutual Fund Reports (including analyst reports), and the Portfolio X-ray. Usage info.: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users. Coverage:
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National Newspaper Index (Gale)     Citations and abstracts National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. Coverage:
1977-

NetLibrary (NetLibrary)     Full-Text e-books NetLibrary offers more than 53,000 titles in all subject areas. Includes scholarly reference and professional works from leading university, academic, and professional publishers. Coverage:
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Oxford English Dictionary      Citations The Oxford English Dictionary is the definitive historical dictionary of the English language. This mammoth dictionary includes English language words from the earliest records of written language to the present day. Entries include over 2 million dated quotations from English language history literature and records and facts concerning word forms changes and etymology. Coverage:
English Language

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection      Full-Text Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection provides the full text of over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Includes general reference sources on language, science and medicine, humanities, Social Sciences. and business and professional topics. Usage info.: Licensed for 1 concurrent user. Coverage:
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Primary Search (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchPrimary Search provides full text from 50 children’s magazines appropriate for elementary schools and children’s reading rooms. In addition to the full text this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 80 magazines. Coverage:
1990-

Professional Collection (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology. Coverage:
1990-

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles      How to SearchPsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage:
1894-

PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)     Citations and abstracts      How to SearchPsycINFO , from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages. Coverage:
1887-

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Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations      How to SearchProvides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Database is updated on a daily basis. Coverage:
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Religion & Philosophy Database (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Features a custom selection of more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and philosophy and the related areas of archaeology and anthropology. Provides sources to study the impact that religion and philosophy have had on culture throughout history - including literature and arts. The content in this database is also part of InfoTrac Onefile. Coverage:
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ScienceDirect (Free Internet source)     Citations and abstracts Free access to abstracts and tables of contents of Elsevier science journals. ScienceDirect is the largest electronic collection of science technology and medicine information in the world. Note: See librarian for assistance in obtaining full-text articles through interlibrary loan or pay-per-view purchase of articles. Coverage:
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Serials Directory (EBSCOhost)     Directory The Serials Directory provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This invaluable resource is made available via EBSCOhost. It contains nearly 212000 U.S. and international titles - including newspapers; data from nearly 108235 publishers worldwide including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry. Coverage:
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TEL Databases (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) provides access to a wide selection of electronic databases for all libraries serving the citizens of the state of Tennessee. InfoTrac is the company providing these databases. The Tennessee libraries participating in TEL include the public library system public and private school academic and special libraries. Coverage:
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TEL Junior Edition (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Useful for Education students, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Coverage:
1999-

TEL Student Edition (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Useful for Education students, this periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Coverage:
1999-

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What Do I Read Next? (Gale)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Features over 80000 recommended titles and entries from the standard readers advisory books including What Do I Read Next?, What Do Children Read Next?, What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, and What Historical Novel Do I Read Next?, plus thousands of award winners and best sellers. Includes contemporary mainstream fiction, classic fiction, and popular nonfiction. Coverage:
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Wiley InterScience (Wiley)     Full-Text articles abstracts & citations Wiley InterScience is an online journal service from John Wiley and Sons. CBU users have full-text electronic access to 219 journal titles through a partnership with TENN-SHARE. View the title list (Excel file). Wiley InterScience offers a registration option for users who want to save articles for later use. Coverage:
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xreferplus (now Credo Reference) (Credo)     Full-Text      How to SearchCredo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) is a giant online reference library providing access to over 180 reference books. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles covering topics from art to accountancy and literature to law. Coverage:
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