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NOVEL Databases

Currently, the databases described below are funded by a temporary federal Library Services & Technology Act grant. Please write your state legislators encouraging them to support the New York State Regents' and the NYS Library Association's New Century Libraries plan to continue free access to these resources by paying for them with state money.

Thomson Gale Group, Inc. Databases

infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_nc_cantfree
Username and password: empirelink

A review of the databases available for searching follows -

Health Reference Center - Academic 1980 - present
Consumers and medical care professionals can 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.

Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together global business and company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, suits and claims against, chronologies, and business magazines and newspapers where the copmpany is mentioned. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Junior Edition (K12)
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.

Twayne's Author Series
Features the content of over 600 books and their authors that comprise three print series - World, US, and English Authors. The site includes biographies of authors from Chinua Achebe to Emile Zola. The series is devoted to literary critical interpretation and discussion for high school students and above.

Informe! 1994 - present
Revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. It contains over 40 full text Spanish language and bilingual magazine articles, reports and maps; a total of over 75,000 articles and is updated daily.

Custom Newspapers
A collection of over 150 full text newspapers, both national and international.

New York State Newspapers
Search this database of six major newspapers published in the state of New York: New York Times, Post-Standard, Herald American, New York Observer, Buffalo News, and the New York Post.

National Newspaper Index 1977 - present
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 - present
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.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
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. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). Business handbooks, historical references, and medical encyclopedias are available electronically.

Business and Company ASAP 1980 - present
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.

 

EBSCO Databases - The following databases make up this valuable search site.

EBSCO Link
Username cannovel
Password library

MasterFILE Select
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 800 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 20 full text reference books, and an image collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Primary Search via Searchasaurus – (Two ways to search this site)
**Selecting Primary Search via Searchasaurus will take you to the Searchasaurus Map. The map is a screen that makes reference materials available through kid-friendly images ... along the lines of a pirates' map with the information you seek being the treasure. This search area is geared for students in Grades 1-6.

Using the Primary Search link, the site gives the typical search box options. Primary Search provides full text for 57 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s pamphlets, and is designed without a graphic interface, but for the elementary school student. It provides full text for more than 60 popular magazines for elementary and middle school research - general encyclopedias, an encyclopedia of animals, word search via the dictionary link, and many, many pictures. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. The database is updated annually.

EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms . TOPICsearch contains full text for over 92,000 articles from more than 2500 diverse sources, including 1,650 full text periodicals.

General Science Collection
This database offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications. Providing information on all aspects of the scientific world, the General Science Collection offers full text information dating back as far as 1992.

Wilson Omnifile: Full Text Select Edition

http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml
username: AXT70 (Write these two access points down before leaving this page.)
password: PUNY117989

A multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database with indexing and abstracts. Databases include Art Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education Full Text, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, and Social Sciences Full Text.

For a complete list of journals indexed and subjects covered, click on the Journal Directory on the left side of the screen. Instructions for basic and advanced searches are also given.