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The library has access to a variety of electronic and web-based research databases. Click on the links listed     below to access these resources. Please ask the librarians if you have questions about using the databases.

Many of these resources can be accessed from home. Please ask the librarians for a home access sheet.

"Clarkstown Central School District is in no way responsible for the content of these suggested websites."
 

 

bullet EBSCOhost Web
Periodical database of over 700 current events newspapers and magazines.  This database also offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications within the General Science Collection.
bullet OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
Social Issues-pro/con viewpoint articles, primary documents, etc.
bullet Facts on File: Modern World History Online                                                                                            Comprehensive new online reference database covering the broad expanse of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era. Contains: biographies, events and topics, primary sources, timelines, image gallery, maps and charts, etc.                                                                                     
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ProQuest: New York Times Historical   Provides full-page digital images of the New York Times from  1851 - 2004.                                                                                                                                          
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ProQuest: eLibrary Science                                                                                                        Full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites and audio/video files.

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ProQuest Learning: Literature                                                                                                         Materials available for specific authors, themes and works. Literary criticism.                                                 

bullet NOVEL (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library)
    Health
    Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module:
    Use this resource center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, directories
    and information on health related issues. Included are links to diet, cancer and
    health assessment sites and government databases.
    Health and Resource Center Academic:
    Use this database to find articles on health related issues.

            Business/Economics
            Business Resource Center:
            This database provides company profiles, information/reports.                                                                      Business and Company ASAP:   

            Newspaper Databases and Index
            Custom Newspapers:
            Use this database to search 150 newspapers, both national and international.
            New York State Newspapers:
            Use this database to search 10 major newspapers published in New York State, including
                   the New York Times and New York Post.
            National Newspaper Index:
                  Use this index for quick access (indexing) of America's top 5 newspapers: New York Times,
                  Wall Street Journal,  Christian Science Monitor, L.A. Times and  Washington Post.

            Literature Database                                                                                                          
            Twayne Authors Series:
            Resource for literature; literary criticisms, etc.

            Foreign Language
            Informe:
            Use this database to research in Spanish. Find full text articles.

            Gale Virtual Reference Library                                                                                                               A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for research. 

 

 

Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The New York Knowledge Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELNY.

bullet COUNTRY INFORMATION
COUNTRY WATCH
Provides country specific geopolitical information on each of the 192 countries of the world.
bullet GROLIER Online                                                                                                                              Includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia,  The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.  
bullet HOOVER'S ONLINE
bullet E-BOOKS
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