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Downloadable Books
eAudiobooks includes a collection of more than 500 titles, with works from notable authors who regularly appear on the New York Times’ Hardcover Best Seller List.. Additional titles are added monthly.
Registered users CLICK HERE.
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Access Science
The McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology on the Web. For remote access please click here |
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ALISWeb
Search the online catalog for material in this and
other Nassau County public libraries using the newly designed Web
interface. |
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Ancestry.com
A great resource for building your Family Tree. Ancestry.com is a collection of more than 4,000 databases with two billion names, historical photos and maps, and downloadable forms to help you organize your search. Available only in the library . |
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Auto Repair
Search by year and make of your vehicle to get valuable repair information including service bulletins, recall information, maintenance intervals, specifications, and wiring diagrams.
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Career
Cruising
"Explore careers" where you can find career
information and see multimedia interviews with real people in every
career. Learn about colleges & universities across the country,
try the "career matchmaker" survey, and check out the
"featured interviews" where you can get the inside story
on your career choice. |
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Community Resouce Database
This computerized directory profiles more than 6,000 community services and resources available in the Long Island area. It provides individuals and organizations with easy access to current information about health, human service and education agencies and programs.
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CountryWatch.com
CountryWatch.com provides up-to-date information and
news on the countries of the world. For remote access: Click Here.
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Credo reference
Features full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. It’s a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet, your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits.
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Ebsco
Databases
MasterFile Select access to over 750 periodicals covering nearly all subjects.
Ebsco Animals:
in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Salud para todos a consumer health resouce written entirely in Spanish. Primary Search via Searchasaurus is designed for children
TOPICsearch allows you to search
by broad subject area
EBSCOhost Espanol a spanish language database and
EBSCOhost Text Only
AutoRepair search by year.
Science Reference Center
Available
via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded
by LSTA grants.
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Ebsco Eldercare
Provides a reliable source of eldercare-related information including:
- A Care Evaluator to help determine your appropriate level of care,
- A search for facilities in your area, and
- Answers to a wide range of questions, including long-term care insurance, Alzheimer's disease, and tips for caregivers.
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e Library
Updated daily, this database is a comprehensive reference resource. You can search through more than 150 full-text newspapers, 800 full-text magazines, international news wires, 2,000 books, TV & Radio transcripts, maps and photographs. |
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Facts for Learning
An on-line database for use on school projects, to research questions, and to help write reports. It provides access to a variety of educational, grade-appropriate resources including:
- The Weekly Reader
- The World Almanac for Kids
- The Oxford American Children’s Encyclopedia
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The
GaleNet Databases & Infotrac
Provides access to magazines, newspapers, Literature
Resource Center,
and the Student Resource Center.
Your barcode number is the password. |
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GaleNet-Business
& Company Resource Center
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. |
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Part of GVRL is made available to you by NOVEL: a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library offers you an online collection of premier reference eBooks. You can search a single book or across an entire book collection.
GVRL provides respected, authoritative essays on varied topics in numerous subject areas - from the Arts to the Social Sciences and everything in between, all in e-book format.
Gale Virtual Reference Library is available remotely 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Greenwood Daily Life
Based in part on Greenwood’s Daily Life through History series, a set that shows the interconnections of everyday life throughout history.
For access from home click here. You will need your library card.
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Grolier
Online
This database offers:
America The Beautiful (State Information), Encyclopedia
Americana,
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, Popular Science and Lands
and People.
Your barcode number is the password. In library users click here
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Grove
Dictionary of Art
An online resource for all aspects of the visual arts
from prehistory to the 1990s.
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Grove
Dictionary of Music
An online resource for all aspects of music.
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HeritageQuest Online
This database offers unique materials dating back to to the late 1700's, including census information, books, family and local histories.
For use in library click here
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Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers delivers the complete run of newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. It offers online resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, & more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover full-page image—from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements.
In order to access newspapers other than the New York Times, click on the "Topics" or "Timeline" tab at the top of the page. |
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Home Improvement
A full text database to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling
projects. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing,
outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating. |
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Health
Reference Center
Use this database to find information related to health
and fitness.
Available
via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded
by LSTA grants. |
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Infotrac
Use InfoTrac to search magazines, newspapers (NY Times
daily updates), and reference books for information on business,
health, industry, current events, the arts, science, entertainment,
etc.
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Junior & Kids
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Infotrac
Junior & Kids Edition
Kid's edition gives children easy access to magazines,
reference books and newspaper articles. Junior edition is
designed for middle school students.
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¡Informe!
The spanish version of Infotrac.
¡Informe! (Revistas en Español)
Available
via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded
by LSTA grants.
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Learning Express
This database provides access to many practice tests such as Civil Service Exams, SAT & ACT, Firefighter, EMT, 4th & 8th grade, COOP's,GMATs and much more. You have the ability to save your tests and go back to them. New Users need to create an account. |
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Lit
Finder
Your guide to poetry, short stories and essays.More
than 100,000 full-text poems, thousands of full-text short stories
plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more.The essays focus
on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and
literary criticism. |
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netLibrary
Choose from a selection of ebooks that have been specifically
chosen for Nassau Library patrons.
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST COME INTO
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Newsday
Full text articles from 1985 to the present.
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New
York Times
- Historical Database
The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page
and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to
every page from every available issue. |
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Newspaper Indexes
Custom
Newspapers
95 major newspapers
New
York State Newspapers
Newspapers from Binghamton, Buffalo, New York
Ciry, Rochester, Syracuse, Westchester County
National
Newspaper Index
Wall St. Journal, LA Times, NY Times, Washington
Post, Christian Science Monitor, All for the current year + 3
years
Available
via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library federally funded
by LSTA grants.
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NoveList
This database is designed to help you find a book
you would like to read. Search by author, title and descriptive
term. In addition, Novelist allows you to learn more about books
and authors through Author Read-alikes, Feature Articles, Book Discussion
Guides, and BookTalks.
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NoveList
K-8
NoveList K-8 is also designed to help find a book
to read but it is specifically designed for the K-8 student. It
allows you to search by author, title, series name, and subject. |
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Points of View
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Topics covered include affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinians, Hurricane Katrina and FEMA's response, nuclear proliferation, the separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more. |
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PriceIt!
PriceIt!™ is a comprehensive pricing tool, containing data from eBay, GoAntiques and TIAS. With over 23 million prices realized for Art, Antiques and Collectibles combined with over 10 million images,
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Reference
USA
This database provides information about both large
and small United States companies. It is searchable by name,
executive name, ticker symbol, yellow page headings and geography.
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Salem Press - Magill's Medical Guide Online
Introducing Salem Health - The free online companion to Magill's Medical Guide. Contains all of the content of the printed version, which includes 1,017 complete articles, 644 sidebars, hundreds of photographs, illustrations and graphs, indexes, appendixes, and directories.
Currently available only in the library.
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SIRS
Researcher
SIRS Researcher is a general reference database with
thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health,
historic, economic, business, political and global issues.
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SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than 1,600 domestic and international periodicals and government documents to help students in Grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.
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Small Engine Repair
A full text database with instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair. Engines types include: motorcycles, ATVs, personal water craft, snowmobiles,
lawn mowers, tractors, snow blowers, generators, and more.
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TumbleBook Library
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books, puzzles and quizzes which teach kids reading in a format they'll love.
There is also a growing collection of children's classics like Black Beauty and Alice in Wonderland for older readers. |
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Tutor.com
Free Live Homework Help is available from 3pm to 9pm daily.
To speak with a certified tutor, just click on the icon to the right.
Available for grades 4 through college freshman |
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Twayne's
Author Series
View
full text discussions of an author's works and a chronology of the
author's life. Available via NOVEL, a project
of the New York State Library federally funded by LSTA grants. |
