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HomeAccess

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Need a newspaper or magazine article? Need to finish some homework? Use HomeAccess to get the information you want 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All it takes is a computer with internet access and your 14-digit library card number. (No library card? No problem!!! It's easy -- and free -- to get one. Call the library at 758-9321 to find out how.) The table below summarizes the resources available to you.

ProQuest Direct

More than 4,000 full-text sources of popular and academic magazine and newspaper articles (including New York Times). Excellent source for general reference, business information and more. Very current, including the latest updates as well as backfiles (from 1986 forward in many cases).

MasterFILE Select *

Full text for nearly 800 general reference publications, updated daily, with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Select also includes 37 full text reference books, an Image Collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags, and Consumer Reports.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers *
Full text of 150 newspapers, including nine newspapers from NY State, the latest 365 days of the New York Times, plus indexes and Abstracts for the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post; plus Wall Street Journal abstracts.

Gale's Business & Company Resource Center *
Respected information sources for business professionals, casual investors, students of finance, economics and marketing. Includes more than 500,000 company profiles, stock prices, investment reports, industry statistics, business journal news & analysis.

Gale Literary Databases ^

Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, with biographical and bibliographical details on more than 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world.

Twayne's Authors Series *
This database features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series - United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors. This series is devoted to literary critical interpretation and discussion for readers ranging from high school students through college and above.

* Health & Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module * ^

Full-text, reliable information focusing on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia *

Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

EBSCO Animals *

In-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals, describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Topicsearch *

A current events database that explores social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources.

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Magazine, encyclopedia and newspaper articles plus websites are selected for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in a broad range of subject areas.

InfoTrac Junior *

Designed especially for junior high and middle school. More than 90 full-text magazines, newspaper articles, sports & environmental almanacs, maps, an encyclopedia, dictionary and more.

PRIMARY SEARCH *

Full text for 60 popular magazines for elementary school research, updated daily and dating back as far as 1990.

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Specifically designed for the young researcher, featuring an animated dinosaur theme for searching. Includes everything in Primary Search plus more, for a total of over 80 full-text children's magazines, over 1,100 full text historical documents, and Encyclopedia of Animals.

 
Informe *

A Spanish language database that includes magazine articles, periodicals and full-text of El Nueve, a Florida Spanish language newspaper.

Databases * with a Spanish interface, including:

- MasterFILE Select
- Primary Search
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- EBSCO Animals

* Indicates databases that are provided through NOVEL, a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

^ Indicates databases that are funded through MHLS/Central Library Development Aid.


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