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Library Hours
Monday - Friday
10 a.m. - Noon &
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Monday , Wednesday, and
Friday Evenings
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
(September - May)
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(June - August)
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Our Databases
NoveList
Find the perfect book with NoveList. This online readers' advisory service will help you locate new fiction books based on books you've already read or topics in which you are interested. You can search for books by title, author, or by simply describing a book you would like to read.
NoveList K-8
This is a juvenile resource that lets kids find just what fiction they would like to read based on books they have already read or topics in which they are interested. Kids can search for books by title, author, or by simply describing a book they would like to read.
Career Cruising
Note: you must have an East Williston barcode on your library card to use this database. If you don't have one, stop in at the library to get it at the desk. Career Cruising
Career Cruising is a comprehensive and interactive career guidance resource that provides the information YOU need to make the right career choice. It includes in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers, detailed information on colleges and universities, and multi-media interviews with real people in every career.
Business and Company Resource Center - InfoTrac
Search this resource to find detailed company and industry news and information. This fully integrated resource brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Available via NOVEL, a service of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Grove's Dictionary of Art
A comprehensive worldwide visual arts database. Includes information about painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, and photography from prehistory to the present day. Includes art reproductions and links to web sites of museums, galleries and artists. Available county-wide courtesy of NLS' Co-Central Libraries.
Grove's Dictionary of Music
Authoritative and comprehensive source of information about music, musicians and musical instruments from pre-historic to contemporary times. Includes full text of the print editions of Grove's Dictionary of Music, Dictionary of Opera and 20th Century Music. Available county-wide courtesy of NLS' Co-Central Libraries.
Health Reference Center - InfoTrac
Use this database to find information on: diseases, nutrition, pregnancy, fitness, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, HMOs and medical care, and other health-related topics. Available via NOVEL, a service of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Health & Wellness Resource Center from Gale is a comprehensive
resource for libraries, schools, and hospitals that provides integrated access
to medical, statistical, health, and related information. The Health &
Wellness Resource Center features a fully updated, intuitive interface
-- providing multiple pathways to key information. Its browser style format lets
you browse the latest news, review a set of subject areas, review and select a
particular resource, or search across the entire database.
InfoTrac Junior Edition
Kid's edition gives children easy access to magazines, reference books and
newspaper articles. Provided by the New York State Library through LSTA
funds.
Informe! - InfoTrac
Art?culos de revistas y otros publicaciones en Espa?ol. A Spanish-language database with full-text articles from Spanish and bilingual magazines, newspapers, and books. Available via NOVEL, a service of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
EBSCO
Databases
Full text of over 760 magazines and newspapers covering a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health, science, humanities and multicultural. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
netLibrary
Access a collection of approximately 4,000 e-books (electronic books). Mostly non-fiction with some literary classics. Search by subject, index, and table of contents. You must create a netLibrary account at your local public library before this collection can be accesses from home. (State Mandated Access Cardholders must create their accounts at the one of the NLS Co-Central Libraries -- Levittown or East Meadow.)
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
An authoritative, award-winning health information site which provides information in both English and Spanish. This site is sponsored by a variety of libraries and library organizations in and around NY City including the New York Academy of Medicine.
Salud para todos
This database is a full text consumer-health databse written entirely in Spanish.
Searchasaurus - EBSCO
Information on a wide range of general topics. Includes the World Almanac, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, and The Encyclopedia of Animals. Designed for elementary school children but useful for teens and adults as well. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Community Resource
Database of Long Island provides information on nearly 12,000 health,
education, social and human service agencies and programs on Long Island 24
hours a day-7 days a week.
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