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ON THE LATEST DATABASES NOW BEING SERVED AT

EAST AND WEST LIBRARIES

 
 

Britannica Online

Has more than 72,000 articles and year-in-review articles from recent yearbooks.  Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Internet Guide classifies, rates, and reviews more than 130,000 websites.  Also database includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

Business and Company ASAP 1980 -                           Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.

Business and Company Resource Center   Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Business and Company Resource Center is a fully 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.

Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography                                                            Part of Gale Literary Databases package

Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select collects more than 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

The CQ Researcher Online

The CQ Researcher Online contains original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.  Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner in the CQ tradition.

Custom Newspapers                        Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Search a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international. 

EBSCO (Host Research Databases) (Novel)

Provides access to a broad range of full-text periodicals and reference sources covering several subject areas from elementary to adult levels.
Databases include: Masterfile Select, TOPICsearch, General Science Collection, Primary Search, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and EBSCO Animals.

Electric Library Classic

An electronic library, this resource provides direct access to full-text books, magazines, newspapers and journal articles, maps, pictures, photographs, as well as TV and radio scripts.

Gale Virtual Reference Library                       Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, 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.

Health Reference Center                  Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

!Informe!               Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

It is specifically designed to meet the research need of Spanish-speaking users.  It contains over 75,000 articles, reports and maps and is updated daily.

InfoTrac, Jr.                         Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in 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.

Issues & Controversies

This is a reference database combining authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics.

 J-STOR : Scholarly Journal Archive

JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. For more information about the JSTOR collections, please visit Currently Available Collections and Journals.

New York State Newspapers                          Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)

Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post. 

National Newspaper Index 1977 – Part of InfoTrac (Novel) through the NYS Grant (see *)               

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.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module 1980 - Part of InfoTrac (Novel)       

Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

LexisNexis Scholastic Edition

·          News - Search today's news, or glance back more than 20 years.

·          Legal Research - Find federal and state court cases, laws, and law reviews. 

·          Legislation - Locate federal and state bill text, bill
 tracking reports, and speeches from both houses of the U.S. Congress. ·

·          Statistics - Find answers fast by searching statistical tables.

·          List of Links – Link to related Web sites.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center       Part of Gale Literary Databases package

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.

Proquest Historical New York Times

Delivers the complete run of  The New York Times  -- offering an unparalleled resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, and more,  Every issue is reproduced cover-to-cover full-page image from news stories and editorials to graphic advertisements.  Title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001.

ProQuest Platinum

Full-text access to magazines and newspapers

SIRS Researcher®

Has full-text access to magazines and newspapers searchable by subject or keyword.  World Almanac excerpts and Maps of the World are available too

SIRS Government Reporter

Has full-text access to government documents (historic document, national archives, government agencies and U.S. Supreme Court).  This is a very valuable database for public policy and current issues.

The Twayne Authors Series Databases (English Writers, American Writers, World Writers)
          Part of    InfoTrac (Novel) (see *)

World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles for readers ranging from high school students through college and above.
 


*Thomson Gale INFOTRAC (NOVEL)

NOVEL    is a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

 

 
 

     
 

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