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Databases only available from one or more of the public libraries, are listed under the column entitled available from: You will need the barcode # from your library card to access these resources.


All sources with this symbol
are provided by the New York State library through NOVEL, New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

General Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia includes:
available from:
Grolier Online
New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia, Encyclopedia Americana.

     


Biography Databases

database includes: available from:
Biography Resource Center Best all-around resource for detailed bibliographies on thousands of people.

Student Resource Center Use PERSON SEARCH button to find biographies

 BPL


Business & Company Directories and News

database includes:
Business and Company Resource Center


Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
SPC!
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Chinese Language Resources

database includes:
available from:
Chinese Electronic -Journal Database (Qikan) "Full-text access to over 500  popular and scholarly periodicals published in China"


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Health Resources
Use the Magazine databases to find articles on health, and encyclopedias to look for background information.

database includes:

New York Online
Access to Health

(NOAH)

"High quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased."
SPC!
(click link at left)
Gale Health Reference Center Academic


Over 2800 journals and magazines:  nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines.
SPC!
(click link at left)

History

database includes:
available from:
US History in Context

Variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. Also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps.

World History in Context Variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. Also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps.

NYPL
Student Resources in Context

Primary documents, biographies, essays and analysis on a variety of subject areas, including science, history,  and literature. Includes photos, illustrations, audio and video clips

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Literary Criticism and Author Studies

database includes:
available from:
Student Resources in Context Use the LITERATURE SEARCH button to begin your search

Twayne Author Series


Full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors.
SPC!
(click link at left)


Magazine Databases

database  includes:

Gale NOVEL Databases All the Gale databases available through NOVEL
Gale Academic OneFile Magazine articles from over 12,000 journals and reference sources.
SPC!
(click link at left)

Gale General OneFile
General periodical database contains over  12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books and multmedia sources.

SPC!
(click link at left
     


Newspaper Databases

database includes:
available from:
Gale's New York State Newspapers


Ten major newspapers published New York state, including the New York Times and the
New York Post.


SPC!
(click link at left)
Gales' Infotrac Custom Newspapers


A collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international.
SPC!
(click link at left)
Gale's National Newspaper Index
Article index for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. (Note: Not full text)

SPC!
(click link at left)




Social Issues Resources

database includes:
available from:
Opposing Viewpoints in Context Articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites on social issues.

SPC!
(click link at left)


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