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Transportation

Downtown Parking

One might ask why a mundane issue such as parking warrants examination. Yet parking in cities across the United States…

Business

Columbia Hotel

In 1870 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began service through Kalamazoo with a passenger station on the southeast corner…

News

Institutional Anti-Racism

I still remember when I was first invited to attend anti-racism training. I felt like I wasn’t racist, so I…

Biographies

Walbridge, David S.

Born in Bennington, Vermont in 1802, David Safford Walbridge’s ties to Kalamazoo began in 1842, when the industrious Walbridge arrived…

Houses

Kirkpatrick House

Photo by Ryan Gage Nestled away on a forested cul-de-sac in the Winchell Neighborhood, the James and Sarah Kirkpatrick House…

Databases

Home Improvement Reference Center

Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, this database provides users with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering a variety of…

Science Reference Center

Designed to meet every student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias,…

Ancestry Library

Ancestry allows family researchers to search through a database comprised of an array of public records. Provided via ProQuest, includes…

Literature Criticism Online

For students, researchers, history buffs and literature lovers, there’s no better source than Literature Criticism Online to discover commentary on…

LitFINDER

Poetry index of 600,000 poems with 50,000 full text. Short Story Finder offers full text, explanations, biographies. Over 1,000 complete…

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