Live
Librarian
Live Librarian is an after hours reference service. It is a service available
to residents of Nassau County, NY. It enables real-time communication with a
Reference Librarian who can assist you with your Internet search or questions
regarding the use of electronic resources. Live Librarians cannot provide computer
technical support.
ALISweb
Use this link to access the library's online catalog, as well as the holdings
of other public libraries in Nassau County.
Click HERE if you would
like detailed instructions on placing an online reserve.
AccuNet/AP
Photo Archive(use this link from inside the library)
AccuNet/AP
Photo Archive(use this link from home)
Search 700,000 current and archival photos from the Associated Press. Photos
date from the 1840s to the present and include images of people, places, and
significant news events from throughout the world.
Enter the first 5 digits of your library card number for both User Name and
Password.
Book
Index with Reviews
Book Index with Reviews
is a comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book
titles in a wide range of formats, inlcuding large print, books on tape, etc.
Fiction and non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all genres.
The product contains over 800,000 full text searchable reviews
Britannica
Online (use this link
from inside the library)
Britannica
Online (use this link from home)
Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica
Book of the Year. Internet directory includes more than 300,000 links.
Columbia
Granger's World of Poetry (use this link from inside the library)
Columbia
Granger's World of Poetry (use this link from home)
Contains 13,000 full-text poems, plus indexing of 250,000 poetry citations,
including commentaries, biographies, etc.
Enter the first 5 digits of your library card number for both User Name and
Password.
Career
Cruising
This comprehensive and interactive career guidance resource includes in-depth
profiles of hundreds of different careers, detailed information on colleges
and universities, and multimedia interviews with real people in every career.
EBSCOHost
Includes : MasterFile Premiere, Business Source Elite, Newspaper Source, Regional
Busines News, Books in Print w/ Reviews, Health Source (Consumer), Alt-Health
Watch, Medline, General Science Collection, Computer Source, Magills OnLiterature
Plus, ERIC, Primary Search, Middle Search, Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia,
Ebsco Animals,Topic Search, Salud para Todos, and EbscoHost Espanol. Full-text
articles can be translated into Spanish, French and German.
Electric
Library (use this link
from inside the library)
Electric
Library (use this link from home)
Electric Library is updated daily via satellite, and provides access to more
than 150 full-text newspapers, 800 full-text magazines, international news wires,
plus books, TV & Radio transcripts, maps and photographs.
eLlibrary
Elementary (use this
link from inside the library)
elibrary
Elementary (use this link from home)
eLibrary Elementary offers
a broad range of full-text and multimedia content selected specifically for
young readers. Search more than 90 magazines, along with newspapers, books,
transcripts, and thousands of maps and pictures.
GaleNet
Includes :General Reference Center Gold, InfoTrac OneFile, General Business
File ASAP, Promt, Business & Company Resource Center, Investext, Literature
Resource Ceter, Biography Resource Center, Biography and Geneology Master Index,History
Resource Center, Student Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center,
Testing & Education Reference Center, Newsletters ASAP, Assoications Ulimited,
Informe, Junior Edition and Kid's Edition.
GroveArt (use this
link from inside the library)
Grove
Art (use this link from home)
The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the
visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts
and photography - from prehistory to the present day.
GroveMusic
(use this link from inside the library)
GroveMusic
(use this link from home)
The Grove Dictionary of Music is acknowledged as the unsurpassed authority on
all aspects of music. Search, browse, or access over 3000 links to related sites,
including sound archives and illustrations.
HeritageQuest
Online(use this ink from inside the library)
HeritageQuest
Online(use this link from home)
HeritageQuest Online unites ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History
Online. This collection includes over 25,000 family and local histories, U.S.
federal census data, banking and military records, and other primary source
materials.
¡Informe!
Full text of 50 Spanish language and bilingual periodicals and newspapers, including
popular titles such as: Actual Latina, Siempre! and the El Nuevo Herald (Miami,
FL.).
InfoTrac
Junior (Middle School) and Kids InfoBits (Elementary School)
Use this database, designed
for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for nformation
on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health and more.
Learning
Express
Source for test preparation materials and interactive practice exams based on
official tests. Exams include: GMAT, GRE, SAT, Advanced Placement, GED, Police
Officer, Civil Service and more. Note: You will be acked to set up an
account. The Username must be your 14 digit library card number.
Legal
Forms Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state)
popular legal forms. Includes power of attorney, real estate, contracts, wills,
pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant, employment, name
change, taxes, and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state
directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
LILRC
Union List
Identifies periodical collections
for the public, academic and special libraris of Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Search here to find which library has holdings for a specific magazine title.When
prompted, enter the first 5 digits of your library card number for both User
Name and Password. Click on"LILRC Union List of Serials" when
this phrase appears on the page. Select "Title" tab at top of search
box and enter the name of the periodical you are looking for.
LitFinder
Includes PoemFinder, StoryFinder and EssayFinder. Provides access to thousands
of of full-text poems,short stories and essays, along with explanations, biographies,
pictures and more.
Mergent
Online (use this link from inside the library)
Mergent
Online (use this link from home)
Provides you with fully searchable data on more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq
exchange companies, including all their SEC (EDGAR®) filings.
NetLibrary
NetLibrary offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for accessing
the full text of several thousand reference, scholarly, and professional books.
Before you can use NetLibrary from home, you must first register at the library's
Reference Desk.
NOVEL/Empire
Link
N OVEL is a statewide virtual
library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. Includes:
National Newspaper Index, New York State Newspapers, Custom Newspapers, Gale
Virtual Reference Library, Business & Company ASAP, Health Reference Center,
Business & Company Resource Center, Kids Infobits, Junior Edition, Informe
and Twayne Author Series.
NoveList
NoveList is a "Readers' Advisor" that helps you select fiction. Use this database
to identify other books based on titles, authors and topics you have read and
enjoyed. NoveList provides full-text reviews and annotations for over 20,000
fiction titles.
NoveList
K-8 (Kid's Edition)
NoveList K-8 contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture
books, chapter books, and young adult titles.
Prices
For Antiques (Use this link from inside the
library)
Prices
For Antiques (Use this link from home)
The p4a Antiques Reference database provides price and background information
on antiques, collectibles, fine art, and historic Americana. Data is based on
regional auctions throughout the United States.
ProQuest
Direct
ProQuest Direct includes full-text and graphics from issues of : Historical
New York Times (1851-1999) Recent New York Times (1999-Present),
Newsday (from 1985) Washington Post (from 1987), Wall Street
Journal (from 1984) Christian Science Monitor (from 19888).
Note: This database requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for some documents.
Click here for
information about this application.
Reference
USA (American Business Information)
This database includes the phone numbers and addresses of 120 million U.S. households,
12 million businesses and 650,000 physicians and dentists. Companies are searchable
by name, executive name, ticker symbol, yellow page headings and geography.
If you are experiencing difficulties, please
click here.
Click HERE
for Database Troubleshooting
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