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Online Databases
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| Art
and Literature |
| Twayne's
Author Series |
Twayne World, U.S., and English
Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne
Literary Masters books on individual World, U.S., or English authors,
for a total of 600 individual full-text titles. (Supported by the
NOVEL project.) |
| Business
and Finance |
| Business
and Company Resource Center |
Includes company profiles, brand
information, company histories, SEC reports, periodical articles,
and links to relevant Web sites. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Education |
| Grolier
Online (includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia, and the New Book of Knowledge) |
Includes access to the Encyclopedia
Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition.
Encyclopedia articles include links to further readings, a bibliography,
selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related
Encyclopedia Americana articles.
The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes encyclopedia
articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters.
It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped
by lexile level and are aligned to standards.
The New Book of Knowledge is for middle grade students and
includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments,
news, homework help and more. |
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Mango Language |
An online language-learning system
that teaches actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages,
including English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). |
| Primary
Search (EBSCO) |
Contains full- text of 57 popular,
basic school magazines plus almanacs, an encyclopedia, and a dictionary.
Indexing and abstracting for 80+ titles. Full- text is also available
for over 100 student pamphlets. Full text articles are assigned
a reading level indicator (Lexiles). For a more graphical interface,
see Searchasaurus. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| For
Kids & Teens |
| Kids
Search (EBSCO) |
Kids Search, an interface to the
Primary Search database, is designed for K-5 students. It contains
full text for over 50 popular, elementary school magazines, over
100 student pamphlets, an encyclopedia and a dictionary. |
| Primary
Search (EBSCO) |
Contains full- text of 57 popular,
basic school magazines plus almanacs, an encyclopedia, and a dictionary.
Indexing and abstracting for 80+ titles. Full- text is also available
for over 100 student pamphlets. Full text articles are assigned
a reading level indicator (Lexiles). For a more graphical interface,
see Searchasaurus. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Searchasaurus
(EBSCO) |
Searchasaurus is a colorful interface
to Primary Search. Designed specifically for elementary school libraries,
it contains full-text for more than 50 popular, elementary school
magazines. Full-text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets,
an encyclopedia and a dictionary. Full-text articles are assigned
a reading level indicator (Lexiles). (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Twayne's
Author Series |
Contains the full text of the Twayne
Literary Masters books which provide biographical and literarary
criticism information on a wide variety of World, US, or English
authors. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Health
& Medicine |
| Health
Reference Center Academic |
This health database includes over
2800 journals and magazines, many of which are full text. It contains
nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters
and consumer health magazines. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Multi-Subject |
| Academic
One File |
This database contains over 12,000
journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed
and full text. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences,
technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature
and more. The database also contains some full text titles that
are cited in databases such as AGRICOLA, CINAHL, EconLit, ERIC,
MEDLINE, MLA International Bibliography, PsycINFO and others. (Supported
by the NOVEL
project.) |
| General
One File |
This general periodical database
contains over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books and
multimedia sources, over half of which are full text. The backfile
extends nearly 30 years. Subjects include humanities, education,
environmental issues, technology, health care, politics and more
(Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Newspapers |
| Gale
Newsstand |
This innovative full-text newspaper
resource allows users to search
articles instantly by title, headline,
date, author, newspaper section or
other fields, eliminating random
searching through newspaper
archives. InfoTrac Newsstand provides
access to more than 1,000 major
U.S. regional, national and local
newspapers as well as leading titles
from around the world. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| National
Newspaper Index |
Provides indexing (1977 to present)
of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The
Washington Post. Indexing only. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| New
York State Newspapers |
A subset of InfoTrac Custom Newspapers,
this database includes the following full-text newspapers from around
New York State: Albany Times Union, Buffalo News, New York Times,
New York Post, New York Observer, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse
Herald-Journal, and Syracuse Post-Standard. (Supported by the NOVEL
project.) |
| Some databases are provided by
the New York State Library. NOVEL is an online virtual library connecting
New Yorkers to 21st century information via local libraries statewide.
NOVEL is currently supported with temporary federal Library Services
and Technology Act funds. New Century Libraries is an important
statewide funding initiative currently before the Legislature that
proposes permanent state funding for NOVEL. |
| These databases are available to
all 29 member libraries of the Upper Hudson Library System, through
the generous support of its Central Library - the Albany Public
Library. |
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