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Comprehensive database of car repair information. IN LIBRARY USE ONLY.
ALLDATA is an automotive diagnostic and repair database with repair information direct from the original manufacturer for accurate car repairs. This comprehensive resource provides a suite of products including specifications (mechanical, electrical, fluid types, pressure, vacuum, and temperature), service interval tables, diagnostic trouble codes, technical service bulletins and wiring diagrams.
Find recipes and learn about historical food culture and cuisine from across the United States.
Discover traditional recipes and learn about food culture for 174 countries around the world.
Digital auto repair manuals for thousands of vehicles.
Chilton Library offers vehicle maintenance, repair, and technical service bulletins for most years, makes, and models. This continually updated resource provides step-by-step service and repair procedures, wiring diagrams, maintenance and specification tables, troubleshooting guides and diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams and multimedia (videos and animations), and ASE test prep.
Expert video workshops and classes on painting, sewing, knitting and more for all skill levels.
With Creativebug you can stream thousands of art and craft classes taught by experts in each discipline as well as download patterns, templates, supply lists and recipes.
Provides detailed “how-to” instructions and creative ideas for virtually every hobby enthusiast.
Hobbies and Crafts Source provides full-text articles from leading hobby and craft magazines to satisfy hobby enthusiasts. Content Includes: Full text for nearly 2,000 magazines and books, 720+ videos, 180+ hobby profiles, and 10,000+ recipes.
Provides detailed “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.
Home Improvement Source features full-text content from leading home improvement magazines and videos of popular home repair projects. Content Includes: 130+ full-text reference books, 40+ full-text magazines and trade publications, 35,000+ images not available anywhere else online, and nearly 100 videos of popular home repair projects.
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