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Online Databases Books
& Literature | Business | Education
| Genealogy | Health &
Science | Kids & Homework | Magazines
& Newspapers |
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| Books & Literature | |
| Twayne's Author Series | Twayne
World, U.S., and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently
used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, U.S., or English
authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles. (Supported by the
NOVEL project.) |
| Business | |
| Business and Company Resource Center | Company
profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories,
chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company
and industry news and information. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
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Ebsco's
Career Reference Center |
Career Library offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Users can explore interests and aptitude to match their interests to occupations and education prospects. Career Library also provides resources to practice tests and skills, build resumes and plan for technical, military or professional jobs. |
| Regional Business News | This database provides 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. This database is updated on a daily basis. |
| Reference USA | A comprehensive
directory of business and residential telephone numbers and addresses. Search
by name, company name, geographic area or zip code. Find out company size,
top personnel, year established, type of business, credit rating, yearly
sales ranges and more. |
| Thomson
Gale LegalForms |
Provides
a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across
the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital
agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included
is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions
explained in laymen's language. |
| Education | |
| Primary Search | Full text of 57 children's magazines plus almanacs and an encyclopedia. Useful for finding short stories, crafts, games, puzzles, recipes, classroom activities and more. (For a more graphical interface, see Searchasaurus.) (Supported by the NOVEL project.) |
| Grolier Online (includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge | Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Encyclopedia articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related Encyclopedia Americana articles. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards. The New Book of Knowledge is for middle grade students and includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more. |
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Testing & Education Reference Center |
Taking
a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate
school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands
of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet
their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks
to obtain your education goals. |
| Genealogy | |
| Ancestry Library Edition | Includes
approximately 4,000 databases including U.S. Federal Census, the Map Center
containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical
Index (over 200 volumes); and Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage
(over 150 volumes).
Note: This can only be used within the Library |
| Health & Science | |
| General Science Collection | Offers
full text coverage back to 1992 for more than 60 of the popular science
journals. |
| Health & Wellness Resource Center | Contains
articles from medical publications and general interest publications on
medical topics; medical pamphlets; a health organization directory; medical
and alternative health encyclopedias; a medical dictionary; drug and herb
information; health assessment tools; and links to health news and Internet
sources. (Supported by the NOVEL project.) |
| Health Source - Consumer Edition | This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source - Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. |
| Kids & Homework | |
| Grolier Online (includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge) | Includes
access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
Encyclopedia articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related Encyclopedia Americana articles. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards. The New Book of Knowledge is for middle grade students and includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more. |
| General Science Collection | Offers
full text coverage back to 1992 for more than 60 of the popular science
journals. |
| Infotrac Junior | For junior
high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most
are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular
culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. (Supported
by the NOVEL project.) |
| Kids Search by EBSCOhost | Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. |
| Primary Search | Contains
full text of 57 children's magazines plus almanacs and an encyclopedia.
Indexing and abstracting for 80+ titles. (For a more graphical interface,
see Searchasaurus.) (Supported by the NOVEL project.)
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| Science Research Center | Contains full text articles on topics including: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, physics, science & society, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also assists teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards. |
| Searchasaurus | An interface
to Primary Search, which contains full-text articles from elementary school
magazines, an encyclopedia and a dictionary. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| TopicSearch | Covers
social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other
popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Formats include magazine
and newspaper articles, pamphlets, book reviews, opinion polls and government
information. (Supported by the NOVEL project.) |
| Twayne's Author Series | Twayne
World, U.S., and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently
used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, U.S., or English
authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles. (Supported by the
NOVEL project.) |
| Magazines & Newspapers | |
| Academic Search Premier | The world’s
largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides
full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than
3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available
for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are
provided for more than 1,000 titles. This database is updated on a daily
basis via EBSCOhost. Title List More Information |
| Custom Newspapers | This full-text
newspaper database lets you search newspapers electronically by title, headline,
date, author, or section. Includes 9 newspapers from NewYork State. (Supported
by the NOVEL project.) |
| Informe | This full-text
periodical database contains popular Spanish and bi-lingual magazines. It
is best searched in Spanish as well. Topics covered include business, health,
technology, culture and other general subjects. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Newspaper Source | Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. |
| National Newspaper Index | 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.
(Supported by the NOVEL project. |
| ProQuest Platinum | Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Browsable subjects include arts and humanities; computers and Internet; education; environment; health; lifestyles and culture; politics and government; science and mathematics; social issues and policy; and sports and entertainment. |
| New York State Newspapers | Search
this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York,
including the New York Times and the New York Post. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Times Union | Contains
most locally written stories published since 1986. Headlines and summaries
can be viewed for no charge. Due to a unit subscription charge incurred
for full text access, patrons need to see librarian for limited mediated
article access. (In library use only, not available
from home or office.) |
| TopicSearch | Covers
social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other
popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Formats include magazine
and newspaper articles, pamphlets, book reviews, opinion polls and government
information. (Supported by the NOVEL project.) |