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Databases Accessible from Home
These databases include the following searchable article formats from magazines, newspapers and reference books:
FULL TEXT, ABSTRACTS, CITATIONS, TEXT+GRAPHICS and PAGE IMAGE
- Click on the logo or link of the database that you would like to search.
- Have your library card available! You must enter your library card number to access these databases. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes).
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
This database is an index tool for locating biographical material
on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of
endeavor.
It also acts as an index to other indexes. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica - Online Encyclopedia.
Annals of American History Online - Annals of American History Online, from Encyclopædia Britannica, is organized by time, subject, and author to allow students to learn the relationships between important events and issues. It is ideal for research as well as thought-provoking discussions and debates.
Webster's Dictionary Online - Dictionary, Thesaurus
World Data Analyst - Country Photos; Country Comparisons & Ranked Statistics.
Global Reference Center - Enjoy all the benefits of Britannica in Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese & French! |
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Career Cruising
is an interactive career reference guide. Includes college information, occupational profiles, resume help and financial aid information. |
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Community Resource Database of Long Island
The Community Resource Database of Long Island is a free, online
directory of health, human service, and education agencies and programs
on Long Island – services for children, teens, adults, families, and
seniors in both Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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Contemporary Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and
references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
All genres are covered. From the print series: Contemporary
Authors, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series. |
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Country Watch
provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the
world and public and private sector organizations with global
operations
and interests.
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Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a multi-disciplinary online reference library, offering access to 320+ reference books from 60 of the world's leading publishers.
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Ebsco A-to-Z is a single, comprehensive list of Journal Titles from Ebsco, Gale, & ProQuest. Quickly locate and link to journals of interest, searching for journals by keyword or by browsing an alphabetical list by title or subject.
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EBSCOHost Web
Includes Primary Search, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Kids Search, NoveList Plus, NoveList K-8. Also Searchasaurus, EBSCOhost Espanol.
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Facts on File Science Online is a curriculum-oriented database that offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the sciences. Diagrams, experiments, essays, definitions and biographies are arranged by topic and contain thousands of hyperlinks that create thematic paths through the content.
Facts on File Bloom's Literary Reference Online contains information on thousands of authors and their works, an archive of 38,000 characters, plus articles on topics and themes, a timeline, and a special feature on Harold Bloom's Western Literary Canon.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. |
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Global Road Warrior - The Global Road Warrior Library Edition is the most comprehensive business travel, telecommunications and business culture reference available in the world. |
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Greenwood Daily Life in America - Everyday life and social customs throughout world history. Maps and Multimedia.
The African American Experience - Everyday life and social customs of the African American Experience.
The Latino American Experience - Everyday life and social customs of the Latino American Experience.
Pop Culture Universe - Current and up to date Pop Culture information worldwide.
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Includes InfoTrac Newstand, Custom Newspapers, New York State Newspapers, Gale Virtual Reference Library, General OneFile, Prompt, Informe, Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Health & Wellness Resource Center, Twayne's Authors Series, Kids InfoBits, LitFinGeneral Reference Center Gold, Business and Company Resource Center, General Business File ASAP, National Newspaper Index, Contemporary Authors, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. |
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Custom Newspapers - Gale Group
Search a collection of over 150 newspapers, both national and international. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded by LSTA grants. |
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New York State Newspapers - Gale Group
Search collection of New York newspapers from Binghamton, Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, Westchester County, including the New York Post. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded by LSTA grants.
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HeritageQuest Online is a database that will help you trace family records and local histories. This database includes primary source materials and genealogical and local history publications. |
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Informese Aqui!
Brought to you by the Nassau Library System, this web site provides resources available to the Latino community, Spanish language databases and other library services, and a selective guide to Internet sites for latinos.
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InfoTrac- Business & Company Resource Center
is an integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
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LearningExpress Library
Interactive exam preparation, tutorials and practice tests;
SAT, GRE, GMAT and other educational tests;
Civil Service and Licensing Exams |
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LitFinder
Access full-text poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. Includes both classic and contemporary works.
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NoveList Plus is a readers' advisory database that directs adults and teens to books they may enjoy based on authors, titles, or subjects they have already read and liked. It also provides full-text reviews and annotations for over 20,000 titles. |
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Provides a detailed source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. |
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Comprehensive resource for all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present. Access to 41,000+ articles on the art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific, with links to images and further information in museum and other art-related Web sites. |
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Oxford Music Online
Is an authority source on all aspects of music and is widely
used throughout the academic and professional community and also by
music
lovers worldwide.
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Includes over 1800 periodicals on a wide range of topics, including the
arts, business, humanities, health, social issues, sciences. Also
ABI Select,
Business Dateline, Trade & Industrial Journals, Hoovers, The Financial Times, Research Library, Health Management, Black News (Current), National Newspaper Premier, NY Times Historical, Newsday, and ProQuest Professional Education Journals . |
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This database, with information about large and small United States
companies, is searchable by name, executive name, ticker symbol,
yellow
page headings and geography. |
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SIRS
Researcher
Perfect for the student researcher -- this reference
database
contains thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific,
health, historic, business, political and global issues.
Additional
content databases include World Almanac excerpts, Maps of
the
World, Today's News and more. |
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Twayne's
Author Series
Critical introductions to the lives and works of hundreds of authors.
From the print series: United States Authors, English
Authors, World Authors. |
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