A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W
These databases can only be accessed from within the library.
These databases can be accessed from home with your library card number.
Enter your Port Washington library card number (without spaces) at the login screen for each database service.
All other links can be accessed from home or the library.
A
- ABI/INFORM Dateline (Search 200 regional and local business publications)
- ABI/INFORM Select (Search for business news and information from over 500 industry journals)
- ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry (Search for companies, industries & products from 1,250 journals)
- Academic OneFile (Search full -text peer reviewed journals from 1980 -present)
- African American Experience (History and cultural resource from African origins to present day)

- African American Experience

- Annals of American History (Primary documents, speeches, images & multimedia resources)

- Annals of American History

- Ancestry Library (1790-1930 Census data, passenger lists, birth, death, & marriage records)

- Ask A Librarian (24/7 Online Reference service to answer your questions in English & Spanish)
- Associations Unlimited(International & national organizations, societies, associations & non-profits)
B
- Biography Resource Center (Over 1 million historical & current biographies)
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Citations to locate over 4 million biographies)
- Black Newspapers (Collection of regional newspapers and publications from 1989-present)
- Book Index with Reviews (Information & reviews on 3 million book titles including audiobooks and large type)
- Books & Authors (Search authors, books, genres and topics to see what to read next)
- Britannica Online

- Britannica Online

- Britannica Online (Spanish encyclopedias for middle and high school students)

- Britannica Online (Spanish encyclopedias for middle and high school students)

- Britannica 21st Century Explorer (Designed for ESL & adult literacy students)

- Britannica 21st Century Explorer

- Business & Company ASAP (Research companies, markets & industries from 1980-present)
- Business & Company Resource Center (Company & industry information & news)
C
- Career Cruising (Career profiles and college information)

- Career Cruising

- CCH Tax Research Network (Federal & state tax cases and rulings)

- Community Resource Database of Long Island (10,000 programs, organizations, services & resources)
- Computing Journals (Search over 390 technology publications from 1990-present)
- Consulta (Biographies, maps, dictionaries, & literature resources in Spanish)
- Credo Reference (Search full-text reference books & image files)
D
- Daily Life in America (Everday life and social customs throughout US history)

- Daily Life in America

- Daily Life Online World (Everday life and social customs throughout World history)

- Daily Life Online World

- Discovering Collection (Research subjects in history, literature, science, and social studies)
E
- Ebsco (Select and search multiple databases simultaneously)
- Ebsco A to Z (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
- EbscoHost Espanol (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia and Primary Search)
- Ebsco Image Collection
- Electric Library (Search books, serials, transcripts, pictures, maps & videos)

- Electric Library

- elibrary Elementary (K-6 students can search newspapers, magazines, books, maps,etc.)

- elibrary Elementary

- ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center Index & related resources)
F
- Full Text Sources Online (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)

- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
G
- Gale (Select and search multiple databases simultaneously)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Search the full text of popular reference e-books)
- General Business File ASAP (Analyze company performance and industry trends from 1980-present)
- General Reference Center Gold (Search general interest books, magazines & newspapers from 1980-present)
- Global Reference Center (Search Britannica resources in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean & Chinese)

- Global Reference Center

- GreenFIle (Resources and information on current environmental issues and concerns)
- Grolier Online (Encyclopedia Americana, Multimedia Encyclopedia, & New Book of Knowledge)

- Grolier Online

H
- Health Reference Center Academic (Search nursing and allied health journals from 1980-present)
- Health Management Journals (Search for information on health administration issues from 1986-present)
- Health Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module (Books, news, pamphlets from 1980-present)
- HeritageQuest (1790-1930 Census data, books and articles)

- HeritageQuest

- Historical New York Times (Full text coverage from 1851-2006)

- Historical New York Times (1851-2006)

- History Resource Center US (Historical primary documents, articles, and books from pre-colonial times-present)
- History Resource Center World (Historical primary documents, articles, and books from the 20th century-present)
- Hoovers (Company histories, overviews, products, officers and industry data)
I
- Informe (Articles from Hispanic magazines in Spanish & English from 1980-present)
- Infotrac Junior Edition (Middle & junior high school students can search magazines & newspapers)
- Infotrac Newsstand (Search 1,000 international & national newspapers)
- Infotrac OneFile (Newspaper & periodical articles on a wide range of topics from 1980-present)
K
- Kid’s Infobits (K-5 students can search books, magazines & newspapers)
- Kid’s Search (K-8 students can search books, magazines & newspapers)
L
- Latino American Experience (History and culture of Latinos living in the United States)

- Latino American Experience

- Learning Express Library (SAT, GRE, & GMAT practice exams – Username must be library barcode number)
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Index for 600 library publications from 1960-present)
- Literature Resource Center (Literary criticism, reviews, & biographical information on 130,000 writers worldwide)
- LitFinder (Information on poems, short stories, essays, speeches & plays)
- Live Homework Help (Tutor.com – Service available from 2-10 PM daily including Spanish assistance)
- Live Librarian (24/7 Online Reference service to answer your questions)
- LoisLaw (Federal & state case law, statutes, acts, rules & public records)

M
- Mango Language Learning (Learn 22 foreign languages and 14 English as a Second Language courses)
- MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine & National Institute of Health medical information & resources)
- MergentOnline (Annual reports & SEC filings for US & International firms)

- MergentOnline

- Morningstar Online (Access weekly print reports in PDF format)

N
- Nassau Digital Doorway (Download eBooks & electroinc Audiobooks to your IPOD)
- National Newspaper Index (Index & abstracts for NYT, WSJ, LAT,CSM,& WP from 1977-present)
- NetLibrary (First Time User) (Search and download full text e-Books)
- NetLibrary (Account Holder)
- Newsday (Search Nassau & Queens edition of Newdays from 1985-present)
- New York State Newspapers (Search 28 newspapers including the NY Post)
- NoveList Plus (Fiction & non-fiction reader’s advisory service provides reviews and helps you find similar titles)
- NoveList Plus K-8 (Grade school fiction & non-fiction reader’s advisory service with reviews & what to read next)
O
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Current event overviews & opinions)
- Overdrive (Download e-Books & electronic Audiobooks to your IPOD)
- Oxford Art Online (Encyclopedia and dictionary of art)

- Oxford Art Online

- Oxford Music Online (Encyclopedia and dictionary of music)

- Oxford Music Online

P
- Pop Culture Universe (Social history and pop culture resources from colonial period to present)

- Pop Culture Universe

- Predicast PROMT (This” Overview of Markets & Technology” includes company & industry data from 2005-present)
- Prices For Antiques & Collectibles Reference (P4A)

- Primary Search (K-6 students can search magazine articles, maps, & flags from 1990-present)
- Professional Education Journals (Search 615 full-text education journals from 1991-present)
- Proquest (Search multiple databases simultaneously including Newsday 1985-present,& NY Times 2005-present)
- Proquest Academic Journals (Search education, health, technology, & research periodicals)
- Proquest Business (Search business & industry publications including Hoovers Company Data)
- Proquest Newspapers (Search Newsday, WSJ, LA Times, Barrons, & Financial Times simultaneously)
- Pubmed (National Library of Medicine biomedical, life science & health citations and resources)
R
- RealQuest (Real estate data provides property details, comparabale sales, etc.)

- ReferenceUSA (Residential, business, health care, new homeowners & Canadian telephone listings)
- Research Library (Search academic subjects from over 3,900 publications from 1971-present)
S
- Scribner Writer Series (Critical essays for 2,000 significant authors worldwide)
- Searchasaurus (K-8 students can search articles, books, biographies & more)
- Student Resource Center (Students in grades 6-12 can search reference works, magazines & primary sources)
- Student Resource Center Health (Students in grades 6-12 can research major health issues & topics)
T
- Testing & Education Reference Center (College & licensing exams including scholarship information)
- Tutor.com (Live homework help service available from 2-10 PM daily including Spanish assistance)
- Twayne Author Series (Critical essays & biographies for 600 authors worldwide)
W
- Webster’s Dictionary

- Webster’s Dictionary

- World Data Analyst (Snapshots, comparisons, and statistics for Countries of the World)

- World Data Analyst
