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bulletThese subscription databases provide high quality information and access to thousands of full-text articles in journals, magazines, and reference works free to library users, most through NOVEL and NY State Library regional funding.
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Database Description Business & Company Resource Center Database Description InfoTrak Junior Edition
Database Description The Chilton Library Database Description New York State Newspapers
Database Description Custom Newspapers Database Description Newsbank
Database Description EBSCOhost MasterFILE Select Database Description Novelist
Database Description Gale Literature Resource Center Database Description OCLC FirstSearch
Database Description Gale Virtual Reference Library Database Description Searchasaurus
Database Description General Science Collection Database Description TOPICSearch
Database Description Health and Wellness Resource Center Database Description Twayne's Author Series

 

Business & Company Resource Center

Detailed company and industry news and information, including company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Click here for a title list.  A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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The Chilton Library

The Chilton Library is a vast collection of Auto Repair Information from their well known print collection. Funded by Central Book Aid administered through the Central Library of the Southern Tier Library System.

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Custom Newspapers

Full-text newspaper database that lets you search newspapers electronically by title, headline, date, author, section or other assigned fields. Click here for a title list. Click here for a fact sheet with a detailed description of Custom Newspapers. A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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EBSCOhost MasterFILE Select

Full-text from over 750 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health and much more.  Includes special resources for school-aged children. A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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Gale Literature Resource Center

A complete literature reference database from Gale Group, Inc. designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student, as well as the sophisticated casual user.  Rich in biographical, bibliographical and critical content, the Literature Resource Center provides information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism and more. Access provided through NY State Library regional funding.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library

A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Includes: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, American Revolution Reference Library (4 volumes plus index), American Civil War Reference Library (4 volumes plus index), Major Acts of Congress (1st Ed., 3 volumes) and History Behind the Headlines (vol. 1-6 set). fact sheet A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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General Science Collection

Provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications. fact sheet  title list A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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Health and Wellness Resource Center

A fully-integrated, ever-growing electronic resource center for all levels of health research. Includes more than 700 health/medical journals and health-related articles from 2200 general interest publications.
A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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InfoTrak Junior Edition

This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. title list A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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New York State Newspapers

New York State Newspaper database contains: Buffalo News; Herald American (Syracuse); Herald-Journal (Syracuse); Journal News (Westchester); New York Observer; New York Post; New York Times; Post-Standard (Syracuse); Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton); Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Click here for coverage information. A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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NewsBank

Database of regional and national newspapers, including Buffalo News, Elmira Star Gazette, Ithaca Journal, New York Post, Syracuse Post Standard, Utica Observer-Dispatch and more. National papers include Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and more. A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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NoveList

NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction. Funded by Central Book Aid administered through the Central Library of the Southern Tier Library System.

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OCLC FirstSearch

Includes WorldCat, the world's foremost bibliographic database with over 46 million records of electronic and traditional materials in library collections around the world.  Also find full-text and full-image documents from well-known reference databases, magazines and web resources. Access provided by NY State Library regional funding.

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Searchasaurus from EBSCOhost

Designed for the elementary school student, Searchasaurus provides full text from over 50 children's magazines and over 100 pamphlets.  A general encyclopedia and an encyclopedia of animals are also available. Click here for a title listA NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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TOPICSearch
Explore social, political, economic, scientific and other popular issues with full-text content from magazines and journals, newspapers, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews and public opinion polls. title list A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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Twayne's Author Series

Browse an alphabetical list of authors to view biographical information or search by author’s name, genre, period, etc. To search by title of work, enter title in “full text” box on the “In Depth Search” page. Also includes “Research Ideas.” A NOVEL database provided by the NY State Library through LSTA funding.

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This page was last updated February 22, 2008.

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