Arts & Collectibles | Biography | Business & Investment | Career & Testing | Community | Dictionaries & Encyclopedias | Download eBooks | Education | Genealogy | Health & Medicine | History | Language Learning | Law & Tax | Literature & Criticism | Magazines & Newspapers | Photographs & Images | Science & Technology | Spanish Resources | Student Resources | Telephone Directories | Reference Room Use Only
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.
Art & Collectibles
- Oxford Art Online (Encyclopedia and dictionary of art)
- Oxford Art Online
- Oxford Music Online (Encyclopedia and dictionary of music)
- Oxford Music Online
- Prices For Antiques & Collectibles Reference (P4A)
Biography
- Biography Resource Center (Over 1 million historical & current biographies)
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Citations to locate over 4 million biographies)
Business & Investment
- 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)
- Associations Unlimited (International & national organizations, societies, associations & non-profits)
- Business & Company ASAP (Research companies, markets & industries from 1980-present)
- Business & Company Resource Center (Company & industry information & news)
- General Business File ASAP (Analyze company performance and industry trends from 1980-present)
- Hoovers (Company histories, overviews, products, officers and industry data)
- MergentOnline (Annual reports & SEC filings for US & International firms)
- MergentOnline
- Morningstar Online (Access weekly print reports in PDF format)
- Predicast PROMT (This” Overview of Markets & Technology” includes company & industry data from 2005-present)
- Proquest Business (Search business & industry publications including Hoovers Company Data)
- RealQuest (Real estate data provides property details, comparabale sales, etc.)
- ReferenceUSA (Detailed yellow page directory information for over 12 million US businesses)
Career & Testing
- Career Cruising (Career profiles and college information)
- Career Cruising
- Learning Express Library (SAT,GRE, & GMAT practice exams – Username must be library barcode number)
- Testing & Education Reference Center (College & licensing exams including scholarship information)
Community
- Associations Unlimited (International & national organizations, societes, associations & non-profits)
- Community Resource Database of Long Island (10,000 programs, organizations, services & resources)
- RealQuest (Real estate data provides property details, comparabale sales, etc.)
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Britannica Online
- Britannica Online
- Britannica 21st Century Explorer (Designed for ESL & adult literacy students)
- Britannica 21st Century Explorer
- Credo Reference (Search full-text reference books & image files)
- Discovering Collection (Research subjects in history, literature, science, and social studies)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Search the full text of popular reference e-books)
- Global Reference Center (Search Britannica resources in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean & Chinese)
- Global Reference Center
- Grolier Online (Encyclopedia Americana, Multimedia Encyclopedia, & New Book of Knowledge)
- Grolier Online
- Oxford Art Online (Encyclopedia and dictionary of art)
- Oxford Art Online
- Oxford Music Online (Encyclopedia and dictionary of music)
- Oxford MusicOnline
- Webster’s Dictionary
- Webster’s Dictionary
- World Data Analyst (Snapshots, comparisons, and statistics for Countries of the World)
- World Data Analyst
Download e-Books
- NetLibrary (First Time User) (Search and download full text eBooks )
- NetLibrary (Account Holder)
- Overdrive.com (Download eBooks & electronic Audiobooks to your IPOD)
Education & College
- Career Cruising (Career profiles and college information)
- Career Cruising
- ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center Index & related resources)
- Learning Express Library (SAT,GRE, & GMAT practice exams – Username must be library barcode number)
- Professional Education Journals (Search 615 full-text education journals from 1991-present)
- Testing & Education Reference Center (College & licensing exams including scholarship information)
Genealogy
- Ancestry Library (1790-1930 Census data, passenger lists, birth, death, & marriage records)
- HeritageQuest (1790-1930 Census data, books and articles)
- HeritageQuest
Health and Medicine
- 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)
- MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine & National Institute of Health medical information & resources)
- Pubmed (National Library of Medicine biomedical, life science & health citations and resources)
- ReferenceUSA (Health Care Database provide information on physicians and dentists)
- Student Resource Center Health (Students in grades 6-12 can research health issues & topics)
History
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Latino American Experience (History and culture of Latinos living in the United States)
- Latino American Experience
- Pop Culture Universe (Social history and pop culture resources from colonial perioid to present)
- Pop Culture Universe
- Student Resource Center (Students in grades 6-12 can search reference works, magazines & primary sources)
Language Learning
- Mango Language Learning (Learn 22 foreign languages & 14 English as a Second Language courses)
Law & Tax
- CCH Tax Research Network (Federal & state tax cases and rulings)
- LoisLaw (Federal & state case law, statutes, acts, rules & public records)
Literature & Criticism
- 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)
- Literature Resource Center (Literary criticism, reviews,& biographical information on 130,000 writers worldwide)
- LitFinder (Information on poems, short stories, essays, speeches & plays)
- Nassau Digital Doorway (Download eBooks & electronic Audiobooks to your IPOD)
- NetLibrary (First Time User) (Search and download full text eBooks )
- NetLibrary (Account Holder)
- 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)
- Overdrive.com (Download eBooks & electronic Audiobooks to your IPOD)
- Scribner Writer Series (Critical essays for 2,000 significant authors worldwide)
- Twayne Author Series (Critical essays & biographies for 600 authors worldwide)
Magazines & Newspapers
- Academic OneFile (Search full -text peer reviewed journals from 1980 -present)
- Ebsco (Select and search multiple databases simultaneously)
- Ebsco A to Z (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
- Electric Library (Search books, serials, transcripts, pictures, maps & videos)
- Electric Library
- Full Text Sources Online (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
- Gale (Select and search multiple databases simultaneously)
- General Reference Center Gold (Search general interest books, magazines & newspapers from 1980-present)
- Infotrac OneFile (Newspaper & periodical articles on a wide range of topics from 1980-present)
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Index for 600 library publications from 1960-present)
- Predicast PROMT (This” Overview of Markets & Technology” includes company & industry data from 2005-present)
- Proquest (Search multiple sources simultaneously including Newsday 1985-present,& NY Times 2007-present)
- Proquest Academic Journals (Search education, health, technology, & research periodicals)
- Proquest Business (Search business & industry publications including Hoovers Company Data)
- Research Library (Search academic subjects from over 3,900 publications from 1971-present)
Newspapers
- Black Newspapers (Collection of regional newspapers and publications from 1989-present)
- Historical New York Times (Full text coverage from 1851-2006)
- Historical New York Times (1851-2006)
- Infotrac Newsstand (Search 1,000 international & national newspapers)
- National Newspaper Index (Index & abstracts for NYT, WSJ, LAT,CSM,& WP from 1977-present)
- Newsday (Search Nassau & Queens edition of Newdays from 1985-present)
- New York State Newspapers (Search 28 newspapers including the NY Post)
- Proquest (Search multiple sources simultaneously including Newsday 1985-present,& NY Times 2007-present)
- Proquest Newspapers (Search Newsday, WSJ, LA Times, Barrons, & Financial Times simultaneously)
Photographs & Images
Science & Technology
- Computing Journals (Search over 390 technology publications from 1990-present)
- GreenFILE (Resources and information on current environmental issues & concerns)
Spanish Language Resources
- Consulta (Biographies, maps, dictionaries, & literature resources)
- EbscoHost (Articles can be translated into Spanish, French, German, etc.)
- EbscoHost Espanol (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia and Primary Search)
- Enyclopedia Britannica (Spanish encyclopedias for middle & high school students)
- Enyclopedia Britannica (Spanish encyclopedias for middle & high school students)
- Informe (Articles from Hispanic magazines in Spanish & English from 1980-present)
Student Resources
- 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
- Ask A Librarian Live Librarian (24/7 Online Reference service to answer your questions in English & Spanish)
- Britannica 21st Century Explorer (Designed for ESL & adult literacy students)
- Britannica 21st Century Explorer
- Credo Reference (Search full-text reference books & image files)
- 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)
- 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
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Search the full text of popular reference e-books)
- 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)
- Infotrac Junior Edition (Middle & junior high school students can search magazines & newspapers)
- Kid’s Infobits (K-5 students can search books, magazines & newspapers)
- Kid’s Search (K-8 students can search books, magazines & newspapers)
- Latino American Experience (History and culture of Latinos living in the United States)
- Latino American Experience
- Live Homework Help (Tutor.com – Service available from 2-10 PM daily including Spanish assistance)
- Novelist Plus K-8 (Grade school fiction & non-fiction reader’s advisory service with reviews & what to read next)
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Current event overviews & opinions)
- Pop Culture Universe (Social history and pop culture resources from colonial perioid to present)
- Pop Culture Universe
- Primary Search (K-6 students can search magazine articles, maps,& flags from 1990-present)
- Proquest Academic Journals (Search education, health, technology, & research periodicals)
- Searchasaurus (K-8 students can search articles, books, biograpahies & 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 health issues & topics)
- Tutor.com (Live homework help service available from 2-10 PM daily including Spanish assistance)
- World Data Analyst (Snapshots, comparisons, and statistics for Countries of the World)
- World Data Analyst
Telephone Directories
- ReferenceUSA (Residential, business, health care, new homeowners & Canadian listings)
Reference Room Use Only (See Librarian for Login Information)
- Ancestry Library (1790-1930 Census data, passenger lists, birth, death, & marriage records)
- CCH Tax Research (Federal & state tax cases and rulings)
- Full Text Sources Online (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
- Loislaw (Federal & state case law, statutes, acts, rules & public records)
- Morningstar (Access weekly print reports in PDF format)
- Prices For Antiques & Collectibles Reference (P4A)
- RealQuest (Real estate data provides property details, comparabale sales, etc.)