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- Catalog of books and other materials located in Nassau County public libraries. ALIScat allows you to search for books, videos, and music; as well as renew materials and place reserves electronically. More information about using this catalog is available at: http://www.nassaulibrary.org/freeport/pdfs/aliscat.pdf
- Contains all of Harold Bloom's criticism for novels, plays, etc. as well as information on various authors. - This database includes approximately 5.8 million books that are in print, forthcoming, or declared out-of-print or out-of-stock indefinitely since 1979, as well as more than 500,000 full text reviews.
- This new reader's advisory tool contains over 130,000 records, with 1,000 new records added monthly. Search for books by topic, genre, setting, character, location, or timeframe. Includes fiction, biographies, authobiographies, and memoirs. Fiction Connection is also available from within the Books In Print database.- Electronic versions of many popular Reference books.-
International in scope, this database covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content including more than 126,500 full text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 full-text speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. -
this database to access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 140,000 authors from every age and literary discipline with this database. - Overdrive downloadable audiobooks and ebooks -
This reader's advisory tool that helps readers discover fiction books based on books they've read or topics in which they are interested.
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Children and their parents will find this database useful when looking for age-appropriate novels.
- Online collection of read-along books for children, young adults, and adults.- is an online audio book collection for children, young adults, and adults.. You may listen to these titles online, but they can not be downloaded to an MP3 player. - This database provides literary critical interpretation and discussion of nearly 600 authors and their works, as well as literary movements and genres. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants. Business [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- This database delivers over 175 journals, with more than 170 available in full text. It includes hard-to-find local and regional business pubications with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets, and more. ABI/INFORM Dateline allows users to research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies, and other topics from a local and regional perspective. ABI/INFORM Dateline includes major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and area business publications. Titles include: Crain's Chicago Business, Business Journal - Central New York, Smart Business Pittsburgh, Sacramento Business Journal, and Texas Business Review. - ABI/INFORM Select is a source for acquiring business news and information. ABI/INFORM Select delivers over 510 journals, with more than 400 available in full text. Users can research industry and economic conditions, business tactics, market strategies, and more. - This database provides major trade and industry news. It includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends, and other topics for more than 1,200 publications, with over 1,150 in full-text. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others. Titles include: Candy Industry, Airline Industry Information, Global Cosmetic Industry, Hospital Business Week, and R & D. -
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. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants. - This database is the place to look for analysis of company performance and activity, industry events and trends and the latest in management, economics and politics. Content includes broker-research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals, and company directory listings with full text and images. - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. - Features profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives, - Use this database to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. This database 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 report. - Search across all five business databases from Proquest: ABI/Inform Dateline, ABI/Inform Select, ABI/Inform Trade & Industry, Hoovers Company Profiles, and the Proquest Research Library - Business. -
Provides addresses, sales information, and executive names for over 12 million U.S. companies and 1.3 million Canadian companies. Searchable by state/province, city, zip/postal code, SIC code and yellow page headings. Searches can be customized by company size, sales volume, geographic location, industry, etc. Many of the listings are for small businesses. Database also includes residential listings for phone numbers and addresses for 120 million U.S. households and 1.3 million Canadian households and information on 650 physicians and dentists- TheStreet.com Ratings is the source for accurate ratings that you can rely upon to make sound, informed financial decisions. Every quarter, they evaluate the financial strength of more than 13,000
institutions, including life, health, and annuity insurers, property and casualty insurers, HMOs, Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, banks, and savings and loans. In addition, they track the risk-adjusted performance of over 20,000 mutual funds and more than 6,000 stocks. - Search ThomasNet.com, the most comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more. Career and Exam Preparation [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- Career Cruising is an interactive career resource designed for people of all ages. Use this database if you want to find the right career, explore different career options, or plan future education and training. -
Offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Five user-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more. JobNow is made possible through a federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunity - Prepare for a number of exams, take practice tests, and find career resources. Practice tests include: Real Estate, Police Officer, EMT/Paramedic, Cosmetology, Military (ASVAB), Civil Service, GED and more! Now includes the ESL (Spanish) Skills Improvement Course. Encyclopedias [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- EB Online includes the complete encyclopaedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. It includes an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. Included are more than 72,000 articles, updated and revised by EB editors and contributors; over 10,000 illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags; and more than 75,000 definitions. - Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries that are searchable by subject, or keyword. - . Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants. Includes:
- A comprehensive reference source devoted to the visual arts worldwide and throughout history, Grove includes the entire text of the 34 volume print edition of the Grove Dictionary of Art. The 45,050 articles include more than 22,000 links to art images in galleries and museums around the world. - This database includes the full text of the 29 volume print edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. There are more than 3000 links to related sites, including sound clips and illustrations.- An up-to-date, and extremely well illustrated encyclopedia, with over 9,600 pictures and maps, 60,000 cross-reference links, and 800 videos, animations and sounds. (NOTE: TO USE THIS DATABASE FROM HOME, YOU MUST CLICK ON THE HOUSE. AFTER CLICKING ON THE HOUSE YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR YOUR 14-DIGIT LIBRARY CARD BARCODE.) Genealogy [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- A genealogy resource combining census data, family records, local histories, and other primary sources. Users may search on personal names, place, type of material, and keywords. Full-image census records are further searchable by year, surname, given name, age, gender, race, birthplace, locality, county, and state. Many collections are delivered in full page image, ready for printing or pdf downloading. - The ProQuest Obituaries collection is a premier resource for genealogical and historical research. You can use the collection to search oituaries and death notices from prominent newspapers, such as the New York Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. General Reference [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- Profiles more than 6000 community services & resources, with information on private, non-private and government sponsored agencies dealing with health, education, etc.
- Online collection of different types of maps.
- Information about US States and Territories
Information about 175 countries. -one-stop source for biographies on hundreds of thousands of notable individuals from throughout history, as well as figures at the center of current events and popular culture.
Online reference service featuring over 250 full-text reference titles covering all subject areas with over 3 million entries from 57 highly-respected publishers all aggregated and integrated in a robust search engine.
- GreenFILE offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. -Access to two databases, Bloom’s Literary Reference Online and Science Online.
- E-content, specifically designed for those engaged in international business travel, with banking, culture, currency,hic, currency, customs,, demographic information, maps, country facts, etc.
-Included in Biography Resource Center, but can be searched separately, with short bios from Who’s Who 1985 to present.
- Offers a comprehensive,curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats. It includes science experiments, articles, definitions, biographies and multimedia – videos, animations and images. - Database with a graphical interface designed for elementary-to-middle school students. It contains encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, books, and more.
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- The African American Experience (AAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora. - content is enhanced with new books, articles, images, maps, primary documents, moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. -
The Latino American Experience (LAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos. - The history of some of our favorite people, places, and things, searchable by decades or subject. It includes a skills center and lesson plans. - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Language Learning [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- Online language-learning system teaching actual
conversational skills for a wide variety of languages. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. - Language learning program that applies speech-recognition technology to foreign language learning. Languages include: German, American English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian, and Spanish (Latin American). PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST USE INTERNET EXPLORER TO ACCESS AURALOG.
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This comprehensive resource includes reference material like the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and the Alternative Health Encyclopedia, as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from authoritative medical sources. There are also links to related websites. Coverage includes such topics as chiropractic, herbal remedies, homeopathy, midwifery, and yoga. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants. - A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.- Find complete, full-text information from leading publications covering all
aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals,
finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations
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This database provides contact information for 650 physicians and dentists. - Online access to the Salem Health Cancer database Periodicals and Newspapers [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- This database includes full-text articles from 150 national and international newspapers. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants. - This database provide full-text coverage for nearly 750 periodicals as far back as 1985; indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 titles; 28 reference and travel books including the World Almanac and American Heritage Dictionary; and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps, and flags. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
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A general interest database that integrates newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images, in one easy-to-use interface. - Search a collection of over 1000 news from both the US and abroad.
- This database provides quick access to the indexing of America 's five newspapers on one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
- Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the State of New York , including the New York Times and the New York Post. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants. - This database includes full-text articles from Newsday from 1985 to present. - Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites on social issues.
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Designed for the elementary school student, this database provides full text for over 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets. - Whether you’re an expert in the field or an undergraduate, ProQuest Computing delivers vital information directly to your desktop from scholarly journals and trade publications as well as consumer titles. The database includes product reviews, database design and management, software, hardware, e-commerce, Web site development, intranets and extranets, and technology management.- Full-text journals, dissertations, newspapers, and articles on a variety of subjects. - Search professional magazines and periodicals related to all aspects of
education and education-related issues. - Search a pre-selected collection of articles from The New York Times covering the major events in U.S. history over the last 150 years. Extra! Edition offers an intuitive graphical interface that is suitable for K-12 students. (NOTE: TO USE THIS DATABASE FROM HOME, YOU MUST CLICK ON THE HOUSE. AFTER CLICKING ON THE HOUSE YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR YOUR 14-DIGIT LIBRARY CARD BARCODE.) This database offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproduction providing access to every page from every available issue. - Search the entire collection of Proquest Newspapers, including those listed below. Use this link to search the collection of newspapers at once, or select the individual papers within the database.
- From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 3,820 titles—over 2,550 in full text—from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. This combination of volume and scope makes it one of the broadest, most inclusive databases ProQuest has to offer.Additional Databases [TOP][BOTTOM] Please remember to click on the house symbol when logging in from home.
- Search for images on a variety of topics
- Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to nature and habitat of familiar animals.
- This source contains eleven databases that provide full text articles and in-depth information
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-Este portal le ofrece recursos de referencia en español para todas las edades en dos interfaces exclusivos — cada uno con una enciclopedia adaptada al lector: Enciclopedia Universal en Español para High School (edad de 14+) y la Enciclopedia Juvenil para edades de 6-12 años.
- Spanish versions of the EBSCO databases.
- articulos completos-
Provee reports completes basados en evidencias & fichas de datos relacionadeos a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. 
