Access these databases from home: Password List
General Articles
- EBSCO* - Provides full text for over 780 periodicals. Includes NoveList, a database of book recommendations for all ages.
- Gale / InfoTrac* - Includes Health Reference Center Academic, Business & Company Resource Center, and Junior Edition K-12, a periodical database designed for middle school students including full text magazines, newspapers and reference books.
- World Book Online - Online encyclopedia including a special guide to New York state.
Science & Health
- Science Resource Center: - Science journal & magazine articles, experiments, pictures & biographies.
- EBSCO* - Provides full text for over 780 periodicals. Includes NoveList, a database of book recommendations for all ages.
- Gale / InfoTrac* - Includes Health Reference Center Academic, Business & Company Resource Center, and Junior Edition K-12, a periodical database designed for middle school students including full text magazines, newspapers and reference books.
- World Book Online - Online encyclopedia including a special guide to New York state land, climate, plants and animals.
- Maps101+ - Earth Science maps. Look under map collections.
Social Studies
- American History Online - American History, including biographies, subject entries, primary sources, timelines, images, maps, and web links. Based on Facts on File reference books.
- History Resource Center: US - Primary documents, reference articles, and full-text journals about U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
- Culturegrams - Information about countries and states. Includes photos, recipes, & famous people.
- Biography Resource Center - Database of biographies from Gale Group sources. Also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
- EBSCO* - Provides full text for over 780 periodicals. Includes NoveList, a database of book recommendations for all ages.
- Gale / InfoTrac* - Includes Health Reference Center Academic, Business & Company Resource Center, and Junior Edition K-12, a periodical database designed for middle school students including full text magazines, newspapers and reference books.
- Maps101+ - Maps, lesson plans, games & quizzes
English
- TeachingBooks.net - Author & book information, videos, audio files, lists of recommended books
- NoveList K-8 - enhanced subject access for over 55,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles.
Music & Videos
- Ed.Video PowerMediaPlus - A rich collection of videos, core concept clips, audio files, including speeches, audio books, and music; educational photos, clip art images, and illustrations; and print resources, as well as a databank of 15,000 quiz questions and 1,000 pre-made quizzes. You'll also enjoy a safe space for publishing and locating educational podcasts.
- National Archives - Onlibe exhibits featuring historic video, images, and sound files.
- SoundzAbound - A collection of copyright-free music and sound effects.
Careers, Colleges & Interests
- Career Cruising - Explore careers and colleges. Includes an interest survey.
*NOVEL is a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the NY State Library. It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
What is an Online Database?
Online databases make it easy to find good quality information. You should use databases when you are looking for:
- Newspaper articles
- Magazine articles
- Encyclopedia articles
- Biographical information
- Statistical information
Internet vs. Databases?
Internet
- It has both good and bad information. You have to sort through it all to find the good information by evaluating websites for quality.
- Not all websites are made by experts. Anyone can publish to the web.
- Usually FREE...but sometimes free is not always good.
- Not very well organized
Databases
- Organized by specific types of information
- Good quality information - Facts are checked by many people.
- Most databases are NOT FREE. Most libraries pay for access to database information.