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All other links can be accessed from home or the library.

Art & Collectibles

• Fine Arts & Music Collection (Search for articles on drama, music, art history &  filmmaking from 1980- present)
• 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 In Context (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 Research (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)
• Business Economics Theory Collection (Search economic publications from 1980-present)
• Communications & Mass Media Collection (Search 250 titles on advertising, PR, writing & linguistics from 1980- present)
• General Business File ASAP (Analyze company performance and industry trends from 1980-present)
• Hoovers (Company histories, overviews, products, officers and industry data)
• Insurance & Liability Collection (Search 20 journals on labor relations, mortgage banking, & legal issues)
• 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)
• Small Business Collection (Search 280 periodicals for strategies, tips and success stories)

Career & Testing

• Career Cruising (Career profiles and college information)
• Career Cruising
• JobsNow (Provides resume help, career advice, and test preparation assistance)
• Learning Express Library (SAT,GRE, & GMAT practice exams – Username must be library barcode number)
• Optimal Resume (Create resumes, write cover letters &  produce personalized career websites)
• Testing & Education Reference Center (College & licensing exams including scholarship information)
• Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection (Search 300 industry publications from  gerneral career guides to specialized journals)

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

• Nassau Digital Doorway (Download eBooks & electronic Audiobooks)
• Overdrive.com (Download eBooks & electronic Audiobooks)
• Sesame Street Ebooks (Collection of over 160 interactive ebook & audiobook titles) 
• Sesame Street Ebooks
• Tumble Books (Collection of online animated talking picture books)
• Tumble Readable (Collection of online read-along titles for k-12 students)
• Tumble Talking Books ( Collection of online audio books including fiction and non-fiction titles)

Education & College

• Career Cruising (Career profiles and college information)
• Career Cruising
• Education Periodicals (Search full-text education journals from 1991-present)
• ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center Index & related resources)
• Learning Express Library (SAT,GRE, & GMAT practice exams – Username must be library barcode number)
• Testing & Education Reference Center (College & licensing exams including scholarship information)
• Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection (Search 300 industry publications from  gerneral career guides to specialized journals)

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 Management Journals (Search for information on health administration issues from 1986-present)
• Health Reference Center Academic (Search nursing and allied health journals from 1980-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)
• Nursing & Allied Health Collection (Search over 1,000 journals on patient care and health care administration from 1980- present)
• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection (Search 60 titles on treatments &  research from 1980 -present)
• Psychology Collection (Search 500 journals on the mind, behavior  & emotions from 1980- present)
• Pubmed (National Library of Medicine biomedical, life science & health citations and resources)
• ReferenceUSA (Health Care Database provide information on physicians and dentists)

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 through History (Everday life and social customs throughout US & World history)
• Daily Life through History
• Diversity Collection (Search 150 journals on cultural differences from 1980-present)
• History Reference Center (World history resources including videos, images and primary documents from ancient times to the present )
• Latino American Experience (History and culture of Latinos living in the United States)
• Latino American Experience
• Military & Intelligence Collection (Search 500 titles including reference books, magazines and newwire sources)
• Pop Culture Universe (Social history and pop culture resources from colonial perioid to present)
• Pop Culture Universe
• Religion & Philosohy Collection (Search 250 periodicals from 1980 -present)
• Salem History (Search for information on American history from the 50s, 60s, & 70s including full text historical documents from 1763 – 2003)  
• Salem History
• Student Resource Center (Students in grades 6-12 can search reference works, magazines & primary sources)
• War & Terrorism Collection (Search 100 periodicals on global conflicts from 1980-present)
• World History Collection (Search 40 journals on events throughout world history)
• World History In Context (Historical primary documents, articles and books from the 20th century-present)
• World History: Modern Era (World history resources  from 1500 to the present including primary documents)
• World History: Modern Era

Language Learning

• Mango Language Learning (Learn 22 foreign languages & 14 English as a Second Language courses)

Law

• Criminal Justice Collection (Search 700 law & criminology publications from 1980- present)
• Insurance & Liability Collection (Search 20 journals on labor relations, mortgage banking, & legal issues)
• Lexis Nexis Library Express (World news and business information. Library access to legal cases & patents)
• Lexis Nexis Library Express (World news resources, company data & Consumer Reports information)
• LoisLaw (Federal & state case law, statutes, acts, rules & public records)

Literature & Criticism

• 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 mobile device)
• 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 mobile device)
• Salem Literature (Critical Insights on Austen, Dickens, Hemingway, Twain and more) 
• Salem Literature
• Scribner Writer Series (Critical essays for 2,000 significant authors worldwide)
• Tumble Books (Collection of online animated talking picture books)
• Tumble Readable (Collection of online read-along titles for k-12 students)
• Tumble Talking Books ( Collection of online audio books including fiction and non-fiction titles)
• Twayne Author Series (Critical essays & biographies for 600 authors worldwide)

Magazines & Newspapers

• Academic OneFile (Search full -text peer reviewed journals from 1980 -present)
• Agriculture Collection (Search 400 titles on farming, horticulture & more from 1980- present)
• Communications & Mass Media Collection (Search 250 titles on advertising, PR, writing & linguistics from 1980- present)
• Computing Journals (Search over 390 technology publications from 1990-present)
• Culinary Arts Collection (Search 250 cooking, nutrition, and food industry  publications from 1980- present)
• Diversity Collection (Search 150 journals on cultural differences from 1980-present)
• Ebsco (Select and search multiple databases simultaneously)
• Ebsco A to Z (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
• Environmental Studies & Policy Collection (Search 700 publications from 1980- present)
• Expanded Academic ASAP (Search scholarly journals, magazines, & newspapers from 1980- present)
• Fine Arts & Music Collection (Search for articles on drama, music, art history &  filmmaking from 1980- present)
• Full Text Sources Online (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
• Gale (Select and search multiple databases simultaneously)
• Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection (Search over 100 trade & academic horticulture journals  from 1980- present)
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Collection (Search 30 journals  on gender studies & family issues  from 1980- present)
• General Reference Center Gold (Search general interest books, magazines & newspapers from 1980-present)
• General Science Collection (Search 300 publications on physics, mathematics, technology & scientific issues )
• Home Improvement Collection (Search for architectural techniques, material  & tool selection, and zoning requirements from 1980- present)
• Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection (Search over 800 travel and leisure  industry journals from 1980- present)
• Information Science & Library Collection (Search 100 industry journals from 1980-present)
• Infotrac OneFile (Newspaper & periodical articles on a wide range of topics from 1980-present)
• Insurance & Liability Collection (Search 20 journals on labor relations, mortgage banking, & legal issues)
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Index for 600 library publications from 1960-present)
• Military & Intelligence Collection (Search 500 titles including reference books, magazines and newwire sources)
• Popular Magazines (Search over 1,000 publications for current events, science, sports, health and more from 1980- present)
• Predicast PROMT (This” Overview of Markets & Technology” includes company & industry data from 2005-present)
• Proquest (Search multiple databases simultaneously including Newsday,  NYT, & WSJ )
• Proquest Business (Search business & industry publications including oovers Company Data)
• Proquest Research Library (Search academic subjects from over 4,000 publications from 1971-present)
• Proquest Science Journals (Search full-text science and technology publications from 1986 – present)
• Religion & Philosohy Collection (Search 250 periodicals from 1980 -present)
• Research Library (Search academic subjects from over 4,000 publications from 1971-present)
• Small Business Collection (Search 280 periodicals for strategies, tips and success stories)
• Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection (Search 300 industry publications from  gerneral career guides to specialized journals)
• War & Terrorism Collection (Search 100 periodicals on global conflicts from 1980-present)
• World History Collection (Search 40 journals on events throughout world history)

Newspapers

• Black Newspapers (Collection of regional newspapers and publications from 1989-present)
• Financial Times (Search full text articles from June 1996 – present)
• Historical New York Times (Full text coverage from 1851-2007)
• Infotrac Newsstand (Search 1,000 international & national newspapers)
• National Newspaper Index (Index & abstracts for NYT, WSJ, LAT,CSM,& WP from 1977-present)
• National Newspapers Premier (Search full text articles from NY Daily News, NYT, WSJ, WP, etc.)
• Newsday (Search Nassau & Queens edition of Newdays from 1985-present)
• New York State Newspapers (Search 28 newspapers including the NY Post)
• New York Times (Full text coverage from June 1980 -present)
• Proquest (Search multiple databases simultaneously including Newsday,  NYT, & WSJ )
• Wall Street Journal (Search full text articles from 1984 – present)

Photographs & Images

• Ebsco Image Collection

Science & Technology

• Agriculture Collection (Search 400 titles on farming, horticulture & more from 1980- present)
• Computer Database (Search technology & electronic publications from 1980- present)
• Computing Journals (Search over 390 technology publications from 1990-present)
• Environmental Studies & Policy Collection (Search 700 publications from 1980- present)
• Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection (Search over 100 trade & academic horticulture journals  from 1980- present)
• GreenFILE (Resources and information on current environmental issues & concerns)
• General Science Collection (Search 300 publications on physics, mathematics, technology & scientific issues )
• Home Improvement Collection (Search for architectural techniques, material  & tool selection, and zoning requirements from 1980- present)
• Science In Context (Search earth science, space, technology, life science, mathematics and biographical resources)
• Science Journals (Search full-text science and technology publications from 1986 – present)

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 through History (Everday life and social customs throughout US & World history)
• Daily Life through History
• Discovering Collection (Research subjects in history, literature, science, and social studies)
• Diversity Collection (Search 150 journals on cultural differences from 1980-present)
• Expanded Academic ASAP (Search scholarly journals, magazines, & newspapers from 1980- present)
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (Search the full text of popular reference e-books)
• General Science Collection (Search 300 publications on physics, mathematics, technology & scientific issues )
• History Reference Center (World history resources including videos, images and primary documents from ancient times to the 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
• Learning Express Library (SAT,GRE, & GMAT practice exams. Username must be library barcode number)
• 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 In Context (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 Research Library (Search academic subjects from over 4,000 publications from 1971-present)
• Salem History (Search for information on American history from the 50s, 60s, & 70s including full text historical documents from 1763 – 2003)  
• Salem History
• Salem Literature (Critical Insights on Austen, Dickens, Hemingway, Twain and more) 
• Salem Literature
• Science In Context (Search earth science, space, technology, life science, mathematics and biographical resources)
• Science Journals (Search full-text science and technology publications from 1986 – present)
• Searchasaurus (K-8 students can search articles, books, biograpahies & more)
• Sesame Street Ebooks (Collection of over 160 interactive ebook & audiobook titles) 
• Sesame Street Ebooks
• Student Resources In Context (Students in grades 6-12 can search reference works, magazines & primary sources)
• Tumble Books (Collection of online animated talking picture books)
• Tumble Readable (Collection of online read-along titles for k-12 students)
• Tumble Talking Books (Collection of online audio books including fiction and non-fiction titles)
• 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)
• War & Terrorism Collection (Search 100 periodicals on global conflicts from 1980-present)
• World Data Analyst (Snapshots, comparisons, and statistics for Countries of the World)
• World Data Analyst
• World History Collection (Search 40 journals on events throughout world history)
• World History In Context (Historical primary documents, articles and books from the 20th century-present)

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)
• Full Text Sources Online (Find which online database will provide full-text articles)
• Loislaw (Federal & state case law, statutes, acts, rules & public records)
• Newsday.com (Search newspaper archive, career builder, yellow pages, etc. )
• Morningstar (Access weekly print reports in PDF format)
• Prices For Antiques & Collectibles Reference (P4A)
• RealQuest (Real estate data provides property details, comparabale sales, etc.)