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Includes digitized archival material from Denver Public Library's Special Collections and Archives. Search original historical documents about the Chicano/Chicana and Latino/Latina experience in Denver, Colorado, and the American Southwest. Primary sources created by writers, political figures, farmworkers, Chicano movement activists, and labor organizers. Papers and photographs of individuals, families, and organizations who worked for improved education, health care, and political representation for Mexican, Hispanic, and Latino Americans.

• Federal government & Congress: Find Department & agency leadership, CIOs, purchasing contacts, career and non-career SES appointees, advisors, program managers, policy-makers, deputies, directors, and assistants.
   
• Congress: Find members of Congress and its staff (including district/state staff), leadership organizations, committee and subcommittees offices, support agencies, congressional caucuses, task forces, boards, and staff associations. Research congressional legislation, linked to the offices of the sponsors and co-sponsors of the bills.   
   
• State & Local government: Find detailed profiles of elected officials, chiefs of staff, city managers, CFOs, IT decision makers, appointees, attorneys general, police chiefs, state legislators and city council members, department heads, and many more.
   
• Find leaders in News Media Organizations, Law & Lobbying  Firms, Companies (Fortune 1000), Nonprofits & Associations, and Courts.  

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GED tests and practice tests and courses for all ages, from school age help for tests and skills, to high school equivalency, college prep and college skills, to career skills, computer skills, citizenship and recursos en español. Create a free account to get started and track your progress.

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Sample legal forms for a variety of issues, many available translated into Spanish. Many forms (with numbers starting with CO-) are specific to Colorado.  Also includes Legal Definitions, Legal Q&A, Helpful Topics, and more. 

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Full text of top consumer legal reference books, many from NOLO. Includes books on patents, copyright, trademarks, and nonprofits. Support Documentation

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Index to articles, with many full text, in major law reviews and journals, legal newspapers, and federal and state cases, laws and regulations.

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Our largest collection of digital magazines.

Full-text and indexing of key library and information science periodicals. Video Tutorial

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A multidisciplinary collection of audiovisual content and music that touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every department.  Listening allows students and researchers alike to analyze unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors around the world.

Search this digital master index to find coverage of authors and works in products published by Gale.

Full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.

Find comprehensive and up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on 300,000+ writers from all eras, and around the world. Research literary figures, themes, and topics in genres such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. Many Topic Pages offer a link to a full text of the work. Includes content from the Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism. 

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