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."

  • EBSCOhost Web  
    Includes:  MASTERFile Select, TOPICsearch, & General Science Collection.  Periodical database of over 700 current events newspapers and magazines
  • OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
    Social Issues-pro/con viewpoint articles, primary documents, etc.
  • ProQuest: New York Times Historical                                                                                 Provides full-page digital images of the New York Times from  1851-2004.  
  • 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.
  • 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 & Business and Company ASAP:
            These databases provide company profiles, information & reports.                                                                                                                                            

            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    000000Times, Wall Street Journal,  Christian Science Monitor, L.A. Times and  Washington 000000Post.

            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                                                                                             0000000A 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.

 

 

  •  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.                                                                                                           

  •  NETLIBRARY 

Online Card Catalog
Click on the Spectrum symbol, , located on the computer desktop, to access the library's online card catalog. Search by key words, titles, authors and subjects.

 

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Clarkstown High School South Library             Last updated December 07, 2007