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- ↑ College of Micronesia - FSM. College Of Micronesia-FSM.
- ↑ Congress of Micronesia Library. FSM National Department of Education.
- ↑ "FSM Supreme Court Law Library(s)(FSMSCLL)", Atarino A. Helieisar, 2019.
- ↑ "Pohnpei Public Library", Pohnpei Public Library, 2019.
- ↑ Arlene Cohen, Alice Hadley. New Hospital Medical Libraries in Micronesia. National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- ↑ "Public Library", Kosrae State Department of Education, 2017.