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ONLINE DATABASES
The following databases are available for student and teacher use at school or from home. All subscription databases require a password and/or login. Please see a librarian for access.
 DATABASES BY SUBJECT
General Reference | Arts | Biography | Business & Industry
en Espanol | Health & Medicine | History | Literature & English | Math
News & Current Events | Religion | Science & Technology | Teacher Resources
General Reference
EBSCOhost - Text Only
Access to approximately 250 full text and secondary databases are made available via EBSCOhost®.
Facts for Learning - Reference Library
This database provides a unique archive of reference materials for LS and MS students and teachers produced by Weekly Reader and World Almanac Books.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Junior Edition - K12
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in middle school covering multiple disciplines.
Kids Search
Search EBSCO's approximately 250 full-text databases using this interface designed specifically for Lower School students.
MasterFile Select - Full Text Magazines
Updated daily, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 700 general reference publications and an Image Collection of 276,622 photos, maps and flags with coverage dating as far back as 1984.
ProQuest Platinum *NEW*
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
Searchasaurus
Full text articles for nearly 70 popular magazines for lower school research with information that dates as far back as 1990.
World Almanac for Kids
This unique reference database is loaded with statistics, historical dates, and fun facts that are comprehensive and easily accessible for LS & MS students.
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Arts
JSTOR Databases - The Scholarly Journal Archive *NEW*
This not-for-profit organization strives to maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals spanning many disciplines while providing access to as wide an audience as possible.
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Biography
Biography Resource Center
Search for people--both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor--based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.
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Business & Industry
Business and Company ASAP
This database provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries--from market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews.
Business and Company Resource Center
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
ProQuest Platinum *NEW*
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
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en Espanol
EBSCOhost Espanol - Spanish Interface
Access to approximately 250 full text and secondary databases (in Spanish) are made available via EBSCOhost®.
Informe (en Espanol)
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Nuevo! World Almanac para Ninos
This unique reference database (written entirely in Spanish) is loaded with statistics, historical dates, and fun facts that are comprehensive and easily accessible for LS & MS students.
Health & Medicine
Health Reference Center Academic
This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources dating back to 1980.
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials including nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications.
ProQuest Platinum *NEW*
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
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History
Ancient and Medieval History Online
This data base explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
JSTOR Databases - The Scholarly Journal Archive *NEW*
This not-for-profit organization strives to maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals spanning many disciplines while providing access to as wide an audience as possible.
Modern World History Online
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history?from mid-15th century to the present.
ProQuest Platinum
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
Searchasaurus
Full text articles for nearly 70 popular magazines for lower school research with information that dates as far back as 1990.
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Literature & English
JSTOR Databases - The Scholarly Journal Archive *NEW*
This not-for-profit organization strives to maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals spanning many disciplines while providing access to as wide an audience as possible.
ProQuest Platinum *NEW*
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
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Math
JSTOR Databases - The Scholarly Journal Archive *NEW*
This not-for-profit organization strives to maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals spanning many disciplines while providing access to as wide an audience as possible.
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News & Current Events
Custom Newspapers
Search a collection of more than 900 national and international newspapers.
National Newspaper Index
Quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers (dating back to 1977) in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
New York State Newspapers
Search this database of 28 major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
New York Times (Historical) - Graphical *NEW*
This definitive digital archive-offers full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times dating back from 1851 to 2004.
New York Times (Historical) - Traditional *NEW*
This archive of The New York Times (1851-2004) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
Weekly Reader News
Offers engaging educational materials, reinforcing curriculums with reader friendly, supplemental learning tools for LS students.
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Science & Technology
EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
General Science Collection
This database offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications with information dating back as far as 1992.
JSTOR Databases - The Scholarly Journal Archive *NEW*
This not-for-profit organization strives to maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals spanning many disciplines while providing access to as wide an audience as possible.
ProQuest Platinum *NEW*
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
Science Reference Center
This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.
Science Resource Center
Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
Searchasaurus
Full text articles for nearly 70 popular magazines for lower school research with information that dates as far back as 1990.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
>>back to Subjects
Teacher Resources
Facts for Learning - Teacher Created Materials
This database of resources for LS & MS teachers includes Brain Teasers & Activities, Homework Corner, Teachers' Toolbox, and more.
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DATABASES BY TITLE
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P
Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
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Ancient and Medieval History Online
This data base explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
>>back to Titles
B
Biography Resource Center
Search for people--both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor--based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.
Business and Company ASAP
This database provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries--from market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews.
Business and Company Resource Center
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
>>back to Titles
C
Custom Newspapers
Search a collection of more than 900 national and international newspapers.
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E
EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
EBSCOhost Espanol - Spanish Interface
Access to approximately 250 full text and secondary databases (in Spanish) are made available via EBSCOhost®.
EBSCOhost - Text Only
Access to approximately 250 full text and secondary databases are made available via EBSCOhost®.
>>back to Titles
F
Facts for Learning - Teacher Created Materials
This database of resources for LS & MS teachers includes Brain Teasers & Activities, Homework Corner, Teachers' Toolbox, and more.
Facts for Learning - Reference Library
This database provides a unique archive of reference materials for LS and MS students and teachers produced by Weekly Reader and World Almanac Books.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
>>back to Titles
G
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General Science Collection
This database offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications with information dating back as far as 1992.
>>back to Titles
H
Health Reference Center Academic
This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources dating back to 1980.
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials including nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications.
>>back to Titles
I
Informe (en Espanol)
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
>>back to Titles J
Junior Edition - K12
Now with over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this periodical database is designed for students in middle school covering multiple disciplines.
JSTOR Databases - The Scholarly Journal Archive *NEW*
This not-for-profit organization strives to maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals spanning many disciplines while providing access to as wide an audience as possible.
>>back to Titles
K
Kids Search
Search EBSCO's approximately 250 full-text databases using this interface designed specifically for Lower School students.
>>back to Titles
M
MasterFile Select - Full Text Magazines
Updated daily, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 700 general reference publications and an Image Collection of 276,622 photos, maps and flags with coverage dating as far back as 1984.
Modern World History Online
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history?from mid-15th century to the present.
>>back to Titles
N
National Newspaper Index
Quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers (dating back to 1977) in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
New York State Newspapers
Search this database of 28 major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
New York Times (Historical) - Graphical *NEW*
This definitive digital archive-offers full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times dating back from 1851 to 2004.
New York Times (Historical) - Traditional *NEW*
This archive of The New York Times (1851-2004) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Nuevo! World Almanac para Ninos
This unique reference database (written entirely in Spanish) is loaded with statistics, historical dates, and fun facts that are comprehensive and easily accessible for LS & MS students.
>>back to Titles P
ProQuest Platinum *NEW*
This database contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, and social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
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Q
Questia School *FREE TRIAL*
This database opens a new world of digital learning and literacy with a full-text 15,000+ volume online resource enhanced by research and productivity tools, lesson plans, and more.
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S
Science Reference Center
This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.
Science Resource Center
Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
Searchasaurus
Full text articles for nearly 70 popular magazines for lower school research with information that dates as far back as 1990.
>>back to Titles
T
The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
>>back to Titles
W
Weekly Reader News
Offers engaging educational materials, reinforcing curriculums with reader friendly, supplemental learning tools for LS students.
World Almanac for Kids
This unique reference database is loaded with statistics, historical dates, and fun facts that are comprehensive and easily accessible for LS & MS students.
>>back to Titles
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Password: The 14-digit number from the back of your BPL card is required for access BPL's databases.
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NYPL Databases and Indexes Online
Password: The 14-digit number from the back of your NYPL card is required for access NYPL's databases.
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