Online Research Tools & Databases
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ABMS Directory of Board Certified Specialists
ABMS Directory of Board Certified Specialists
This electronic directory provides quick and easy access to professional information about more than 800,000 board certified physicians in 50+ specialties and 100+ subspecialties from the 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. -
Academic OneFile
Academic One File
Full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. -
American Physical Society Journals
American Physical Society Journals
NO REMOTE ACCESS, FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY A collection of over 400,000 scientific research papers ranging from 1893 to the present. -
Ancestry
Ancestry
NO REMOTE ACCESS, FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY Research your family history using one of the premier tools for genealogical research. -
Auto Repair Reference Center
Auto Repair Reference Center
Includes automotive repair information for many vehicles back to the 1970’s, and for a few back to the 1940’s. -
Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank
A reference tool for researching famous people. -
Brainfuse
Brainfuse
- Homework Help: Interact with live tutors in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, PSAT/SAT, ACT, AP and state standardized tests.
- Skills-Building: Brush up or catch up on a subject or skill with a live tutor
- 24-Hour Writing Lab: Create a Brainfuse account and submit essays and other forms of writing for constructive feedback within one business day.
- 24/7 Homework Question Center: Create a Brainfuse account and submit homework questions to be answered within one business day. If you have a question that can be answered by your local library (questions about library hours, your account, library programs, etc) please contact your library directly.
- Adult Learning Center: Access a library of rich adult learning content (GED) and live, professional assistance in resume/cover letter writing, proof-reading, U.S. citizenship prep, MS Office Essential Skills Series, and more!
- Foreign Language Center /Spanish-Speaking Support: Live help for your Spanish homework.
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Britannica School
Britannica School (all 3 levels)
Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources for Elementary, Middle and High School. -
Britannica Elementary
Britannica Elementary
Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources for K - 6th. -
Britannica: Middle School
Britannica Middle School
Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources for 7th, 8th and 9th. -
Britannica: High School
Britannica High School
Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources for High School students. -
Britannica: Academic
Britannica Academic
Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. -
Britannica: Escolar
Britannica Escolar
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Business Insights - Essentials
Business Insights: Essentials
Contains company histories, company profiles of both public and private companies, reports, articles from business magazines and newspapers, chronologies, rankings, and more. -
Career Cruising
Career Cruising
Career Cruising is an interactive career reference guide. Includes college information, occupational profiles, resume help and financial aid information. -
Childrens Literature
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
An excellent tool for researching children's authors and illustrators. -
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
This premiere poetry on-line resource contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms. Read More + -
Consumer Reports Magazine
Consumer Reports Magazine
Search the contents of Consumer Reports. -
Consumer Reports Online
The iconic magazine in online form. Read More + -
Credo Reference
Credo Reference
Contains the full text of over 240 major reference works including: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, books of quotations and a host of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature. -
CultureGrams
CultureGrams
Concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 200 cultures of the world. A trusted perspective on our changing world. -
Daily Life Through History
Gives a detailed portrayal of life for ordinary people in different cultures and countries throughout history. Read More + -
Ebsco E-Books
A collection of E-books. Read More + -
ERIC
ERIC
A bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations on education topics going back to 1966. -
Explora - Public Libraries
Explora Public Libraries
This database provides access to articles, essays, and videos pertaining to a wide range of topics including art and literature, biography, business and careers, current events, geography and culture, health, history, math, and science. -
Fold3
Fold3
(formerly Footnote) Fold3 provides access to almost 64 million digitized historical images. It is able to bring you many never-before-seen historic documents through partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other institutions. -
Gale Infotrac Newstand (National Newspaper Index)
Gale Infotrac Newstand
(National Newspaper Index) Infotrac Newsstand contains 192,321,508 articles from Newspapers all around the country. -
General One File
General One File
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. -
Greenfile
Greenfile
Study all aspects of environmental issues in this database covering global warming, sustainability, energy efficiency, environmental sciences and much more. -
Health Reference Center - Academic
Health Reference Center - Academic
Multi-source database providing access to full-text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources that offer reliable health information to researchers, including nursing and allied health students. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. -
Heritage Quest
Heritage Quest
Trace your ancestors with this helpful database of genealogical resources. -
History Reference Center
History Reference Center
Comprehensive, full text, history reference database designed for secondary schools and undergraduate research. Features full text for 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books. -
Home Improvement Reference Center
Home Improvement Reference Center
Home Improvement Reference Center provides users with detailed, user-friendly “how-to” information covering all types of home improvement/repair projects. The database contains full-text content from leading home improvement magazines and videos of popular home repair projects. -
Hoovers
Hoover's, Inc., features comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence with a database of 12 million companies. Read More + -
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits
Designed especially for students in kindergarten through grade five. -
Law Depot
Law Depot
Provides access to thousands of legal forms. Simply create an account and begin creating personalized forms. -
Learning Express
Learning Express supports academic and career development as well as lifelong learning through tutorials, test-preparation, and skill-building resources. The new Learning Express format continues to offer skill-building in math, science and reading/writing for school-aged and adult learners as well as practice tests for the new GED, SAT, PSAT, AP ACCUPLACER, ASSET and COMPASS exams. You will also find practice certification tests for NCLEX-RN, PRAXISI and II and more. You will need your library card number to access the resource from home and registration is required the first time you use the service. Read More + -
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
For library professionals. Read More + -
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center
includes Magill Literature resources. -
Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center
Includes information about authors and their works and is intended for high school students, as well as undergraduate and graduate students. -
Lynda.com (from LinkedIn)
lynda.com (from LinkedIn)
Lynda.com is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. Through individual, corporate, academic and government subscriptions, members have access to the lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. -
Masterfile Elite
Masterfile Elite
Magazines for everyone are in MasterFile Elite, which provides complete articles from magazines and reference books. -
Medline
Medline
An index to peer reviewed and scholarly journal articles in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences with some links to entire articles. Once you find the article you want, request it from the library. -
Medline Plus
Medline Plus
A free web site of health information from the National Library of Medicine for both health professionals and consumers. -
Mitchell OnDemand
Mitchell OnDemand
NO REMOTE ACCESS, FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY Automotive repair and estimating system. -
Morningstar
Morningstar Investment Research Center provides in-depth recommendations and research for 24,000 funds and 10,000 stocks. It includes 2000 stock and fund analyst reports; sector, category, index and industry returns and reports; portfolio analysis tools and a Help and Education section. Read More + -
MyHeritage Library Edition
MyHeritage Library Edition
(formerly World Vital Records) Learn more about your family history and genealogy by searching through more than 5 billion records. -
National Geographic Kids
Features different people, animals, and places each month with facts, games, activities, and related links. Read More + -
National Newspapers
National Newspapers
Full text articles from over 100 national newspapers including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. -
New York Amsterdam News
New York Amsterdam News
New York Amsterdam News once one of the nation’s leading black newspapers and one of New York’s most influential black-owned institutions. -
New York State Newspapers
New York State Newspapers
Coverage of many New York state newspapers. Search results begin with articles from the New York Times if possible. -
New York Times
New York Times 1980-current
Full text of the New York Times late edition. Complete articles from 1851 onward including the Book Review and Magazine sections. -
New York Times Historical / Graphical
New York Times Historical 1851-2009
The entire historical run of The New York Times from 1851-2009. Each article is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. -
Newsday
Newsday
Complete articles from 1985 onward. -
Newsday Historical
Newsday Historical
Newsday full-text from 1940 through 1984 -
Novelist K-8 Plus
Novelist Plus K-8
Find fiction and nonfiction titles for children and young adults. Search by title, author, series or reading level to find similar titles and reviews. -
Novelist Plus
Novelist Plus
Fiction and nonfiction readers' advisory resource. Find series order, read-a-likes by author or plot description. -
Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints
Covers today’s hottest social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control. Resources include: over 9,000 pro and con viewpoint articles; 5,000 topic overviews; more than 140 full-text magazines, journals and newspapers (over 2 million articles), and much more. -
Oxford English Dictionary
The definitive record of the English language. Read More + -
P4A Antiques Reference
A unique database providing infomation on hundreds of thousands of recently auctioned/sold items(with pictures of each). It can be used to learn about or help value antiques, collectibles and fine art. Read More + -
Pronunciator
Pronunciator
Learn a new language with Pronunciator. -
Reference USA
Reference USA
Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses and 135 million U.S. households. ReferenceUSA can be used as a business resource, national yellow/white pages, demographic resource or lost friend/relative locator. -
Salem Health
Includes Salem Health:Cancer, Psychology & Mental Health and Magill's Medical Guide Read More + -
Salem History
Includes: The Fifties in America | The Sixties in America | The Seventies in America | Historical Encyclopedia of American Business | Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e. | Great Events from History: The Middle Ages, 477-1453 | Great Events from History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600 | Great Lives from History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600 | Milestone Documents of World Religions Read More + -
Salem Literature
Includes notable reference sets: "Critical Insights: The Hero's Quest", "Critical Survey of Long Fiction": "Critical Insights"- an in-depth analysis of Saul Bellow, Albert Camus, John Cheever, Jack London & John Updike; and "Masterplots", 4th Edition. Read More + -
Salem Science - The Solar System
Essential coverage of all major aspects of Earth's solar system, from every feature of the major planets to their satellites, small bodies, interplanetary phenomena, and cosmological context. Designed to meet the needs of both general readers and students. Read More + -
Science Online
Science Online
Science biographies, diagrams, essays, science experiments, and timelines. -
Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center
Contains science encyclopedias, reference books and other sources. -
Something About the Author
Something About the Author
Something About the Author Online provides access to the complete 217 volume series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. -
Suffolk Historic Newspapers
Suffolk Historic Newspapers
Suffolk Historic Newspapers is a constantly growing, online, searchable collection of Suffolk County newspapers. -
Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. -
U.S. & International Newspapers
U.S. & International Newspapers
Full text collection of over 1700 regional, national and international newspapers. -
U.S. History in Context
U.S. History in Context
Provides access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. -
Value Line Research Center
The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line's leading research publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Included in the Research Center is: The Value Line Investment Survey Standard Edition | The Value Line Investment Survey Expanded Edition | The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey | The Value Line Daily Options Survey | The Value Line Convertible Survey Read More + -
Wall Street Journal 1984-Current
Wall Street Journal, 1984 - Current
International daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news. -
Wall Street Journal 1889-2000
Wall Street Journal, 1889 - 2000
International daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news. -
Westlaw
Westlaw
NO REMOTE ACCESS, FOR IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY West's online legal research service provides instant access to New York State statutes, cases, and more. Please note: to protect your privacy be sure to sign out at the end of your session. -
World Book Online
link Online version of the popular World Book Encyclopedia. Read More +
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