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Databases by Subject

Enter your Port Washington library card number (without spaces) at the login screen for each database.

The following links may not go directly to the database that you request. In some cases, you must select the appropriate database from a list provided on the opening page.

In Library use onlyThese databases can only be accessed from within the library.


Accessible from home with your library card These databases can be accessed from home with your library card number.

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

 

Animals
Ebsco Animals (EbscoHost Web)

Antiques
Prices For Antiques (P4A) In Library use only

Prices For Antiques (P4A) Accessible from home with your library card

Associations
Associations Unlimited (Galenet)

Art
Grove's Dictionary of Art In Library use only
Grove's Dictionary of Art Accessible from home with your library card

Biography
Biography Resource Center (Galenet)
Biographical information on over one million people worldwide, both historical and current.

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Galenet)

Books and Reading
NetLibrary (Electronic E-boks & Audiobooks)

Novelist (EbscoHost)

Subject headings, reviews and annotations for about 125,000 fiction titles.
Novelist K-8 (EbscoHost) 

Business
Business & Company Resource Center (Galenet / NOVEL)
Business Source Premier (EbscoHost Web)
Full text for over 8,000 periodicals on all subject areas relating to business, some as far back as the 1920s.

General Business File ASAP (Galenet)
MergentOnline In Library use only
MergentOnline Accessible from home with your library card
Morningstar Online In Library use only
ReferenceUSA (Business Database)

Career

Career Cruising In Library use only
Career Cruising Accessible from home with your library card
Learning Express Library

 

Consumer Information

Ebscohost (MasterFILE Permier)

 

Encyclopedias
Credo Reference
Britannica Online In Library use only
Britannica Online Accessible from home with your library card
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EbscoHost)
World Book Encyclopedia In Library use only
World Book Encyclopedia Accessible from home with your library card

Foreign Language
EbscoHost (Articles can be translated into Spanish, French, German and Portuguese)
(See also Spanish Language Resources below)


Genealogy
Ancestry Plus In Library use only
HeritageQuest In Library use only
HeritageQuest Accessible from home with your library card


Health and Medicine
Alt-HealthWatch (EbscoHost)
Health Source Consumer Edition (EbscoHost)
Health Reference Center Academic (NOVEL)
Informe (Galenet / NOVEL)
ReferenceUSA (Health Care Database-Physicians and Dentists)
Salud para Todos ( EbscoHost - Spanish Version)

Teen Health & Wellness

Law
Gale Legal Forms

LoisLaw In Library use only

Library Catalog
ALIS Web

Literature
Books In Print with Reviews (EbscoHost)
Literature Resource Center (Galenet)
LitFinder
Novelist (EbscoHost)
Novelist K-8 (EbscoHost)
Monarch Notes In Library use only
Monarch Notes Accessible from home with your library card
NetLibrary (First time user)
NetLibrary (Account holder)
Student Resource Center (Galenet)
Twayne Author Series (NOVEL)

Local Databases
Community Resource Database of Long Island

Magazines & Newspapers
Ebsco A to Z
Electric Library In Library use only
Electric Library Accessible from home with your library card
General Reference Center Gold (Galenet)
Infotrac OneFile (Galenet)
MasterFILE Premier (EbscoHost)
Proquest

Newspapers
Custom Newspapers (NOVEL)
Historical New York Times (1851- 2003) In Library use only

Historical New York Times (1851-2003) Accessible from home with your library card
National Newspaper Index (NOVEL)
Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)
New York State Newspapers (NOVEL)
Proquest

Music
Grove's Dictionary of Music & Musicians In Library use only
Grove's Dictionary of Music & Musicians Accessible from home with your library card

Poetry
Columbia Granger'sWorld of Poetry In Library use only
Columbia Granger'sWorld of Poetry Accessible from home with your library card
LitFinder

Photographs & Images
AP Photo Archive In Library use only
AP Photo Archive Accessible from home with your library card
Image Collection (EbscoHost)
Galenet ( Google Image Search)

Primary Sources
Student Resource Center (Galenet)

Short Stories
StoryFinder (LitFinder)

Social Issues
Opposing Viewpoints (Galenet)

Spanish Language Resources
EbscoHost (Articles can be translated into Spanish, French and German)
EbscoHost Espanol
Informe (Galenet / NOVEL)
Salud para Todos ( Ebsco - Health)

Student Resources
Credo Reference
elibrary Elementary In Library use only
elibrary Elementary Accessible from home with your library card
Infotrac Junior & Kid's Edition (Galenet / NOVEL)
Live Homework Help (Tutor.com)
Points of View
Primary Search (EbscoHost)nassau
Searchasaurus (EbscoHost)
Student Resource Center (Galenet)
Teen Health & Wellness


Taxes
CCH Tax Research Network In Library use only

Telephone Directories
ReferenceUSA (Residential, Business & Health Care)

Television & Radio Transcripts
TV & Radio Transcripts In Library use only
TV & Radio Transcripts Accessible from home with your library card
Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)

Test Preparation
Learning Express Library (Username is your 14 digit library card number)

 


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