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Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Library is open 9:00AM - 9:00PM. 

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We subscribe to the following online databases.

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2-1-1 Long Island   Assoc Unlimited Home
Free, non-emergency health and human services
Health & Wellness Resource Center   
Consumer health and medical information
21st Century Explorer  red house
Reference and learning tools from Britannica for students who read below grade level and for adult literacy students
Heritage Quest   
Genealogy - tracing family histories
Images of original U.S. Census records
ALLDATA  (in library use only)
Auto repair information, domestic and imported, 1980 - present
Repair tips, troubleshooting, service bulletins
and diagrams
Historical Newspapers (1851 - 1999)   
Ancestry Library    (in library use only)
Genealogy - tracing family histories
Images of original U.S. census records
Social Security Death Index
History Resource Center: US   
Articles and overviews from pre-colonial times
to present
Historical (primary) documents
Annals of American History    
Primary source documents
Hoover's Company Records   
Biography Resource Center  Assoc Unlimited Home
Biographies in the areas of literature, science, business, entertainment, history, current events and the arts
InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold      arrow
arrow Newspaper and magazine articles of general interest
arrow Includes children's magazines and reference books
Bloom's Literary Reference    red    Infotrac Newsstand     
arrow Recent New York Times, the New York Post and others
arrow Regional, local and foreign language newspapers
arrow NOVEL NY
Informe   
Articles from Hispanic magazines in Spanish
and English
Britannica Online    Assoc Unlimited Home
Comprehensive multimedia encyclopedia
Links to Britannica Junior for younger users
Issues & Controversies   
Information on social issues and current events
Pros and cons, topic overviews, charts and primary documents
Business & Company ASAP    
Articles from business, finance, management
and industry publications
Literature For Students Online   little house
Criticism and analysis of  Poetry, Novels, Drama, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Shakespeare, etc.
Business & Company Resource Center  Assoc Unlimited Home
U.S. and International company profiles and histories
Industry rankings, investment reports and financial overviews
 
Literature Resource Center   
Criticism, biographies and list of works for
noted authors
Career Cruising   Assoc Unlimited Home
Career profiles, including multimedia interviews
red bullet Information on colleges and universities
LitFinder   
Poems, Short Stories, Essays, Speeches and Plays
Congressional Quarterly Library    Assoc Unlimited Home
Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government
Researcher -  Reports on hot topics in the news
Weekly Web - Reports on issues before Congress
National Newspaper Index     
Index and abstracts from NY Times, Christian Science Monitor, LA Times and Wall Street Journal
Contemporary Authors   
Biographical information - U.S. and International
New York Newspapers     
Articles from regional New York State newspapers
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select   Assoc Unlimited Home
Critical essays on noted authors
Newsday      
Full-text from 1985 to present
Country Watch    Assoc Unlimited Home
Facts and news on 191 countries of the world
Novelist   
Book discussion guides and book talks
Find similar books and book reviews
Country Watch Youth Edition red house bullet
red arrow Tailored to young students exploring the countries of the world and global events
Opposing Viewpoints  red house
red bullet Pros and cons on social issues and current events
red bullet Topic overviews, statistics and primary documents
Oxford Art   red house
red bullet Visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present
Discovering Collection   red house bullet
red bullet
Reference articles on literature, U.S. history, social studies, and science
red bullet Primary source documents, images, maps, flags
Oxford Music   red house
red bullet
Up to date music information, including biographies
EBSCO A-to-Z   Assoc Unlimited Home
red bullet
Find out what online databases contain a particular periodica
PROMT  red house
red bullet Predicast's Overview of Markets and Technology
Facts on File World News Digest    Assoc Unlimited Home
e U.S. and World News 1940 to Present
e Features on Current Events and Topics
ProQuest  red house
red bullet Articles in newspapers, magazines and
academic journals
red bullet Newsday, N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal, Barrons, etc.
Fiction Catalog    Assoc Unlimited Home
Selected annotated list of fiction for adults
Reference USA   red house
red bullet Directory info for U.S. businesses, residences, doctors and dentists
red bullet Annual Reports, 10-Ks and other SEC Information
First Search     (in library use only)   
Includes full-text journal articles in Wilson
Select Plus
 Scribner Writers Series   red house
red bullet Critical essays on the works of noted world authors
red bullet Biographies and research topics
Gale Virtual Reference Library    Assoc Unlimited Home
Cover to cover reference titles in a searchable database
Science Online   red house 
General Business File ASAP    
Business articles from newspapers, journals,
and news wire releases
Broker research reports

Something About the Author  red house 
General OneFile    
Newspaper and periodical articles of general interest
Student Resource Center    red house
red bullet Magazines, newspaper articles and more
red bullet For middle and high school students
Greenwood Daily Life Online   
Everyday life and social customs throughout history
Includes World Cultures Today
Student Resource Center Health   red house
Greenwood: The African American Experience    house 

Testing & Education Reference Center   red house
red bullet Interactive practice tests, such as ACT, GRE,
SAT, etc
red bullet College and career handbooks

Greenwood: The Latino American Experience    house  Tutor.com    
Greenwood: Pop Culture Universe    house  Twayne's Author Series     red house
red bullet Critical essays on the works of noted world authors from ancient times to present
Grolier Online   
For middle school and high school students
Includes Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Popular Science, New Book of Knowledge, Encyclopedia Americana, and America, the Beautiful
Westlaw NY Pro Plus Law Library      
(in library use only)
red bullet NY cases, NY Official Reports, McKinney's annotated statutes and   administrative law
red bullet US Supreme Court, 2nd Circuit and NY Federal District Court Cases
red bullet US Code Annotated
  Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated   red house
red bullet Biographies and obituaries with photographs
  World Book Online Info Finder    red house
  World Book Online Reference Center  

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