General Reference

• Encyclopedia Americana
  In-depth encyclopedia for older students and adults
  
  
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas
  
  
• Grolier's Multimedia  
  Online encyclopedia - includes many good links to other websites
  
  
•  Lexis-Nexis
  This database includes authoritative research sources including articles from major U.S. and International newspapers, non-English language publications, statistics, and federal and state case law, codes, and legislation.
  
  
• Student Resource Center Gold

  Academic Journals, Creative Works, Magazines, Multimedia, News, Primary Sources, Reference, Statistics, Cultures, Geography, Literature, Science, US History, World History, Popular Topics
  
  

• World Book 
  Includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, pictures, audio, and video, with current periodicals and related Web sites
  

Periodicals (Magazines and Newspapers)

• Custom Newspapers 
  Provides full text articles from major national and international newspapers, representing each of the 50 states and six (6) continents
  
  
• New York State Newspapers
  Provides full text articles from 27 New York State newspapers, including the Post-Star and Albany Times-Union
  
  
• National Newspaper Index 
  Indexing and abstracts for five major national newspapers:  Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, many dating back 25+ years
  
  
• Elibrary 
  Provides access to full text magazines, newspapers, books and mixed media
  


• NY Times - Historical
  Full text articles from the New York Times covering 1850 – 2002

• ProQuest Platinum

• Student Resource Center - Gold    
  Academic Journals, Creative Works, Magazines, Multimedia, News, Primary Sources, Reference, Statistics, Cultures, Geography, Literature, Science, US History, World History, Popular Topics

Arts and Music

• Grove Music Online
  Full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz; includes biographies

Biographies

• Biography Resource Center
  Search for people - both current and historic - based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender
  
  
• Vocational Biographies Online
  Describes a wide variety of careers, what a typical day in a particular career is like, and what it takes to get there

Business and Careers

• Business and Company ASAP
  Information on companies, markets and industries, market trends, mergers and acquisitions, and company overviews
  
  
• Business and Company Resource Center
  Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals
  
  
• Hoover's Business
  Provides general information on leading businesses and industry overviews

Current Events

• Custom Newspapers
  Provides full text articles from major national and international newspapers, representing each of the 50 states and six (6) continents
  
  
• New York State Newspapers
  Provides full text articles from 27 New York State newspapers, including the Post-Star and Albany Times-Union
  
  
• National Newspaper Index
  Indexing and abstracts for five major national newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, many dating back 25+ years
  
  
• Opposing View Points
  Provides access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles relating to today’s most popular topics
  
  

English Language Arts Resources

• Twayne's Authors Series 
  Biographical information and literary criticisms on world, U.S. and English authors
  
  
• Novelist
  Fiction database includes Summaries, Author Read-Alikes, Book Discussion Guides, Book-Talks, and Feature Articles
  
  
• Literature Resource Center
  Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews from all time periods and from around the world

Foreign Language

• Español
  Search the EBSCO databases in Spanish (most articles in English)
  
  

Health and Medicine

• Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
  Health and medical journals, pamphlets, health-related videos, and articles
  
  
• Health Reference Academic
  Provides access to full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources
  
  

Internet Searches

• Webfeet Core
  A collection of pre-selected internet sites that are constantly updated and can be searched by keyword or topic
  
  

Science

• Animals
  Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals and includes the nature and habitat of most animals
  
  
• General Science Collection
  Offers full text coverage from a variety of science publications dating as far back as 1992
  
  
• New Book of Popular Sciences
  General science and technology
  
  
• Science Resource Center
  Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations from over 200 magazines and academic journals, plus links to quality web sites
  
  
• Science Reference Center
  Contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books and periodicals
  
  
• Scientific American Archive Online
  Authoritative reporting on every field of science from January 1993 to the present; updated monthly
  
  

Social Studies Resources

• ABC-Clio
  • American Government
    
    
  • American History
    
    
  • World History Ancient/Medieval
    
    
  • World History Modern
  
  These databases provide both primary and secondary sources and include videos, speeches, images, maps, quotes and more

• CultureGrams
  Informative views of every nation, its society, and institutions
  
  
• Country Watch
  Similar information to a print almanac and includes an overview, political, economic, social and environmental information on each country
  
  
• CQ's Encyclopedia of American Government
  Provides information on Congress, the Presidency, Supreme Court, and the U.S. election process.
  
  
• CQ Researcher
  In-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy
  
  
• CQ Weekly
  Provides weekly updates of what is happening on "the hill" and includes an archive dating back to 1983
  
  
• Lands and Peoples
  An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events
  
  

Database Mega Searches

• Power-Search (EBSCO) 

• Cross-Search (Gale)
  

• Grolier (Scholastic)
   

Teacher Resources

• Proquest Professional