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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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American Mosaic
The American Mosaic is an easy to use, full-text database of the history and culture of African Americans, US Latinos & American Indians. It combines the African American Experience, the Latino American Experience,and the American Indian Experience with content that spans the centuries.
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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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Career Library
is a career guidance product that offers students and parents a center in which to assess career interests; obtain printable resources; prepare resumes; search for web resources related to colleges, careers, curriculum, and much more! |
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Consumer Reports
Product reviews and ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more from Consumers Union.
Consumers Union is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers.
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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
Ebsco Animals:
in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Salud en Espanol a consumer health and wellness resource written entirely in Spanish.
Primary Search via Searchasaurus is designed for children
EBSCOhost Espanol a spanish language database and
EBSCOhost Text Only
AutoRepair search by year.
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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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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Facts On File Databases
Today's Science Science news, written for students; weekly updates; Searchable Science Encyclopedia and much more.
Science Online offers a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific
disciplines organized by
subject area and type of resource, |
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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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Global Road Warrior
Travelers have practical questions: Do I need a visa for Russia?; Where is the U.S. Embassy in Turkey?; Can I use my cell phone in Thailand? Global Warrior has the answers to these and many other questions. |
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GreenFILE
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Brought to you by EbscoHost. |
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Greenwood Daily Life
Based in part on Greenwoods 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 Your barcode number is the password.
This database offers:
America the Beautiful (State Information), Encyclopedia
Americana,
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Thmerica Te New Book of Knowledge
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, Popular Science and Lands
and People.
In library users click here
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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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Espanol
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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
THE LIBRARY TO REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE. |
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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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Oxford Art Online
An online resource for all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990s.
Formally Grove Dictionary of Art
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Oxford Music Online
An online resource for all aspects of music.
Formally Grove Dictionary of Art |
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Prepme.com
The PrepMe SAT and ACT preparation course offers 40+ hours of instructional content, practice quizzes, and full length tests. PrepMe's online system will automatically identify your strengths and weaknesses and create a customized week-by-week schedule for you to help you raise your score. Just click on the above icon to access. |
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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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ProQuest Platinum:
Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, & many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
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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 History

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Salem History - "The Decades"
An online database that includes the complete content of Salem's acclaimed American History reference set.
"A comprehensive history of the United States and Canada in the twentieth century."
For remote access click here. |
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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.
For remote access click here.
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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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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. |