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Grove's Dictionary of Art Online
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). We offer ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
ALLData
Find what you're looking for quickly and easily, using this unbiased, authoritative, and comprehensive database of over 5 million book, audio book, video titles, and news feeds (television, and radio) Please visit Wantagh Public Library to use this in house database
Twayne Author Series
Access biographies, of more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
Business & Company Resource Center
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Business & Company ASAP
Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
General Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.
Business Source Elite
This business database provides full text for 1,130 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 450 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Reference USA
Directly search for residential and business information from here.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Career Cruising
An interactive reference guide which provides in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers. In addition to the job profiles, you'll find: (1) multimedia interviews with real people in each and every career, (2) career search tools which help users find careers that suit their interests, and (3) a comprehensive database of colleges and universities, so that users can learn where to get education and training.
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Prices4Antiques (In Library Only)
Welcome to one of the web's best sources for learning about and valuing antiques, collectibles and fine art.

The prices4Antiques reference database (p4A) provides this information on hundreds of thousands of items, updated daily. We do not sell or buy any merchandise. All items seen on our site have been sold.* We are a completely independent reporting service for appraisers, auctioneers, museums, dealers, collectors and the general public.

Facts.com
Major U.S. and world events since 1980, with selected coverage back to 1940.
Credo Reference
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually.
World Book Online
Contains all articles from the 22-volume print set, plus 3,700 more. 9,600 pictures and maps and 60,000 cross-referenced links make this an undeniably valuable resource.
Ancestry.com Library Edition (IN LIBRARY ONLY)
You can search for your ancestors in this genealogy database containing more than 2 billion names.
Heritage Quest Online
A collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and content from HeritageQuest, the largest genealogical data, products, supplies and equipment provider to consumers and institutions in the United States. In August 2001, ProQuest acquired HeritageQuest. Founded in 1983, HeritageQuest has been in business for over 20 years and brings a wealth of genealogy data to ProQuest.
USA.gov
The official U.S. portal to all online government information and services–federal, state, local, tribal and international.
Health Reference Center Academic
Covers Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
This is an upgrade from the previous Health Reference Center-Academic. A source for both medical care professionals and consumers concerning important current health information, Health and Wellness Resource Center contains over 650 full-text titles. This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Health Source - Consumer Edition
Provides the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source - Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Medline Plus - National Library of Medicine
A Goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily
New York Times Historical Newspapers
The New York Times (1851-2001) 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. After you log in please be sure to select News New York Times Historical from the Database dropdown menu.
Newsday
(1985-Current) Newspaper reporting on news and events in the New York City area.
This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Litfinder
Offers access to more than 135,000 full-text poems, stories, plays and more. Provides access to Essay Finder, PlayFinder, Poem finder, Speech finder and Story Finder.
Magill On Literature Plus
This database is the definitive, online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses. This database also includes brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. MagillOnLiterature contains all of Masterplots and Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Magill's Literary Annual, Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy as well as World Philosophers and Their Works.
Novelist
This "readers' advisor" database has something for everyone. Adults, teens and children will be able to identify other books based on titles, authors and topics they have read and enjoyed. It also provides full-text reviews and annotations for over 20,000 titles.
Twayne Authors Series
Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
Ebsco Masterfile Premier
Provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. (updated daily)
Ebsco Masterfile Select
Provides full text for nearly 800 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Select also includes 20 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. (updated daily) This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Infotrac Custom Newspapers
Search a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international. This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Ebsco Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
National Newspaper Index
Provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Proquest Newspapers
Full-text articles on business and general interest subjects, with graphics, are searchable by keywords. From various national newspapers, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
New York State Newspapers
New York Times Historical (1851-2001)
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. After you log in please be sure to select News New York Times Historical from the Database dropdown menu.
Newsday
(1985-Current) Newspaper reporting on news and events in the New York City area.
Grove's Dictionary of Music
Comprising the full text of the printed edition, grovemusic.com also includes advanced search capabilities, which enable you to make concept, pattern and "Boolean" searches to pinpoint precise queries, a ‘browse ’option inviting you to browse entries at will and over 3000 links to related sites, including sound archives and illustrations. A programme of updates from the Grove Editorial Team will keep the site fresh and up to date, and grovemusic.com now includes the complete New Grove Dictionary of Opera as an extra value-added feature.
Access Science
Contains of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology is now available online. It includes 7,000 articles, 115,000 definitions, and biographies of more than 1,200 key scientists.
Ebsco General Science Collection
Offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications. Providing information on all aspects of the scientific world, the General Science Collection offers full text information dating back as far as 1992. This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Informe'
This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.
Country Watch
An information provider for schools, universities, libraries and individuals who need up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world and for public and private sector organizations with global operations and interests.
College Source Online
Explore over 11,400 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.
Middle Search Plus+
Provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Primary Search
Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is part of NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library funded through LSTA grants.