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ALIScat (Millennium) - The online catalog gives you Web access to Bryant holdings, as well as those of the other Nassau County public libraries. Select Roslyn Library from the list. Our holdings will be highlighted when you complete a search.To place a Web Request or check your Library Account enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes). Pin no. = last 4 digits of your phone no. Use 1234 if your number is unlisted. |
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A-to-Z (EBSCO) - Master title database providing link and coverage information to more than 76,000 unique titles from more than 750 database and e-journal packages from more than 100 different providers. Search by title, subject, or keyword. |
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Science The McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology on the Web. Get full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates — in all areas of science and technology — updated daily. Click on Subscriber Login. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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The AccuNet/AP Multimedia
Archive is
the largest collection of news photos available
online to public library users. Easy-to-use, the
Photo Archive is a comprehensive tool for researching virtually
all
major news events photographed from the 1840s to within minutes
of an event occuring today. Please ask the Reference Librarian for username and password. |
| Alt-HealthWatch - is a full-text/image database of publications focused on complementary, alternative, and integrated approaches to health care and medicine. It contains over 50,000 full-text articles on both the consumer and professional level, from over 170 international publications. (See EBSCOhost Web) | |
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America The Beautiful - A unique and exciting State-by-State authortative resource that provides the latest information on states and territories as well as complete and current geographical, historical, and cultural information. |
| Ancestry
Plus - With over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases,
AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information
for conducting genealogical and local history research available.
Included in AncestryPlus are the digitized images of the U.S.
Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical
Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index,and
much more. (Galenet) (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
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| Associations
Unlimited - Contains information for approximately 460,000
international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit
membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on
U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. (Galenet) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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| Biography and Genealogy Master Index - This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes any print product that includes biographical information on multiple persons. It also acts as an index to other indexes. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
| Biography
Resource Center - This database combines award-winning biographies
from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also
includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. With
the Complete Marquis Who's Who( find quick reference information
on an additional 900,000 people. (Galenet) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Bowker's Books in Print
- is the
online version of a publication with a long print tradition.
It offers information on not only books in paper and
hardcover form, but videos and audiocassettes. The database covers
items available for sale, publications that are out of "print",
and those which will be published within the next several months. Ask the Reference Librarian for username and password. Please remember to logout when you are finished searching. |
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Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Britannica to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Business
and Company Resource Center - is a fully integrated resource
bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings,
investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
Search this database to find detailed company and industry news
and information. NYS Funds. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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CollegeSource Online
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| CRD (Community
Resource Directory) This computerized diretory profiles more than 6,000 community services available in the Long Island Area. (NO USERNAME OR PASSWORD NEEDED) |
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| Custom Newspapers - Search a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international. NYS Funds. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
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Country Watch is
an information provider for schools, universities, libraries
and individuals who need up-to-date information and news
on the
countries of the world and for public and private sector organizations
with global operations and interests. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of
topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing,
abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat
of familiar animals. (See EBSCOhost
Web) This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service. |
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EBSCOHost
Web -
Books in Print with Reviews, Alt-HealthWatch, MasterFILE Select,
Primary
Search, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, EBSCO Animals. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Elibrary
(formerly bigChalk) - Searchers will find millions of resources
from seven different media types: magazines, newspapers, reference
books, TV/radio transcripts, pictures, maps, and streaming audio
and video. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Encyclopedia Americana - is a 25,000,000-word repository of text and images maintained by the encyclopedia's editorial staff.. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Essay Finder - is a unique database of full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century which have been analyzed in standard library indexes. The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. (See EBSCOhost Web) | |
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Galenet
A Web version of Gale Research products: Associations Unlimited, Biography Resource Center, History Resource Center, Literary Resource Center, Student Research Center. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Gale
databases from the NYS Library through LSTA funds Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library - is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). |
| Galenet A Web version of Gale Research products: Associations Unlimited, Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who, History Resource Center, Literature Resource Center - LRC, Student Resource Center, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English & Twayne World Authors. |
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Grolier
Online A general reference database that offers rich multimedia content. It provides quick access to definitive factual information and readily understandable overviews of broad subjects. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Grove's
Dictionary of Art The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990s. Instant access to award winning scholarship in 41,000 articles on the art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific, with links to images and further information in museum and other art-related Web sites. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Health Reference Center - Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. NYS Funds. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
| History
Resource Center - provides integrated access to over 1,000
historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles,
and over 65 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals
and periods in U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.
(Galenet) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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| History Resource Center: Modern World draws on themes and trends from the history curriculum for the 20th Century along with full-text articles from more than 100 academic journals, and maps and images. Full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents from Primary Source Microfilm collections are also included in the collection. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
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InfoTrac
Provides indexing to newspapers and many full-text articles in magazine, health and business indexes. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Health Reference Center - Academic Full-text, database includes 40 full text nursing and allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; reference books; newsletters; pamphlets; and newspaper articles. |
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Kid's and Junior Editions Kid's edition gives children easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles. Junior edition is designed for junior high and middle school students. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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| Informe!
Designed to meet the research needs of Spanish-speaking users. With full-text articles from the most popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals, it provides quality Hispanic reference materials. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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InfoUSA Contains access to 11 million business ratings and 120 million consumer telephone numbers and addresses. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no dashes or spaces) |
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Investext Plus is the premier financial research database available today. Search this database to find investment, company and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in full page PDF image. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no dashes or spaces) |
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Kids InfoBits - meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Enger all 14 digits of your library card number. (no dashes or spaces) |
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Lands and Peoples - a multifaceted Web site designed to serve as a principal resource on countries, cultures, and current events for the classroom and for the library. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Literary
Resource Center - Access biographies, bibliographies, and
critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age
and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes
15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary
genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne
World, US, and English Authors each contain the full text
of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual
World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles.
(Galenet) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Long Island Union List of Serials - This database contains the Union List of Serials for participating libraries. LIULS is produced by the Long Island Library Resources Council, a regional, non-profit, cooperative, multitype library network serving member libraries and library systems in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, New York. Please ask the Reference Librarian for username and password. |
| MasterFILE Select - Provides full text for over 760 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.(See EBSCOhost Web) This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
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Mergent
Online Company Data Direct provides you with fully searchable data on more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchange companies, including all SEC (EDGAR®) filings. All financials are "as reported". Data is organized to facilitate research and is updated weekly to provide the most current information for investment research decisons. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Multicultural Reference Center provides a variety of data on thousands of multicultural topics with encyclopedia and periodical articles, as well as images. |
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netLibrary - The Bryant Library is excited to begin offering electronic books to our patrons. The Co-Central Libraries of Nassau Library System and netLibrary have arranged this pilot program. Users can search, preview, read, checkout and return eBooks over the Internet 24/7! Stop at the Reference Desk to register for a netLibrary User Account. |
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Book of Knowledge Online is designed for children in
grades 3 to 8. You can access the encyclopedia for articles,
or select NewScoops and get information on people, places and
events in the news. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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The New Book of Popular Science Online provides accessible, easy-to-understand science, medicine, and technology articles for a young audience. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online - is universally acknowledged as the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music. This great work is widely used throughout the academic and professional community, and revered by music lovers worldwide. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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York State Papers - Search this database of ten major newspapers
published in the state of New York, including the New York Times
and the New York Post. NYS Funds. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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| The New York Times (1851 to date) Comprehensive digital coverage is available for this internationally renowned U.S. newspaper through the ProQuest Direct. The complete text of recent articles is provided in the ASCII format. The entire run of the paper, dating back to the first issue in 1851, is available through a complementary database, ProQuest Historicals Papers. |
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Newsday - Full-text articles - 1985 to the present (Proquest) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Novelist
This "readers' advisor" database has something for everyone. Adults, teens and children will be able to identify other books based on titles, authors and topics they have read and enjoyed. It also provides full-text reviews and annotations for over 20,000 titles. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Novelist K-8 (For Kids) - is a resource for finding fiction titles that are useful in a K-8 setting. The product is designed for use by staff and students.Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre - Grolier Online in Spanish. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Play
Finder
- Over 1,000 complete plays covering the range of dramatic expression:
including one-act plays, puppet plays, Harlinquinades, tragedies,
gothic, children's, religious, romantic, historical, children's
and comedic plays. The collection includes many nationalities,
all in English or English translations. Plays are analyzed for
subjects, and also list all characters. This database will continue
to grow with periodic updates to the most complete single-source
for full-text plays available. Enter
all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces
or dashes) |
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Poem
Finder This thorough reference source is constantly updated. It includes over 100,000 full-text poems, which can be searched by any keyword in the poem, author, title, or subject fields. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Primary Search - Provides full text for over 50 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. (See EBSCOhost Web) This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
| PROMT - Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology. Use this database to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports. (IAC) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
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ProQuest
Includes full-text and graphics for The New York Times (90 days), The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal (full-text from 1989). Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Science Reference Center will help students understand theories and discoveries that are reported in the news. The database contains information on scientific topics with encyclopedia and periodical articles and hundreds of images. |
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Searchasaurus
- a database with a graphic interface designed for elementary-to-middle
school students. It contains encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines,
books and more.This database is provided by the New York State
Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Service. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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SIRS
Reseacher Search by title, subject and keyword; contains thousands of timely full-text articles on social issues. Maps of the world and excerpts from The World Almanac are also available. News events are updated hourly. Please ask the Reference Librarian for username and password. |
| Speeches -From antiquity to modern times, these speeches represent the finest examples of recorded oratory. Speechmakers have commented on the milestones of history as well as the minutiae of everyday life. We are collecting the best and the best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years and categorizing them into easily searchable genres. Enter your 14 digit library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
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Story Finder - provides thousands of full-text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more. The database will be updated constantly with classic and contemporary stories. Enter your 14 digit library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Student
Research Center - A fully integrated database containing thousands
of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical
essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage
of over 450 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and
illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
(Galenet) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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| Testing & Education Reference Center - Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals. (Infotrac) Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) | |
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Topic Search - contains articles on political, social and economic issues. Updated bi-monthly, the database contains 50,000 full-text articles derived from over 3,000 sources. This database is provided by the New York State Library's EmpireLink Project through an LSTA grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Service. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
| Twayne's
Author Series - features the content of nearly 600 books that
comprise three print series. This series is devoted to literary
critical interpretation and discussion for readers ranging from
high school students through college and above. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded by LSTA grants. Enter all 14 digits of your library card number. (no spaces or dashes) |
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Wildlife Reference Center has easily accessible information on wildlife, dinosaurs and endangered plants and animals of the world. |
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Book Online Access over 31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 web links, 25,000 periodical articles, 800 videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, 100 3-D bubble views, and much more. Please ask the Reference Librarian for username and password. |
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Geography - provides a wealth of information for approximately
two hundred countries, plus territories and continents. Each
nation has an overview, history, governmental information,
facts and figures, current events coverage, biographies of
prominent figures, organizational profiles, text of major documents,
a flag photo, and maps. (political and topograhic). (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
The above databases are offered to you as a service of The Bryant Library. Only Roslyn taxpayers and Bryant Library card holders are entitled to use these resources. Please do not give usernames or passwords to other users. Thank you.
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