Databases by Title
(Databases by Subject)

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	Business & Company Resource Center		MasterFILE Select
	Chilton Library (auto repair information)**		National Newspaper Index
	Custom Newspapers		New York State Newspapers
	Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia		NewsBank*
	Gale Virtual Reference Library		Novelist**
	General Science Collection		Primary Search (via Searchasaurus)
	Health & Wellness Resource Center		Science Reference Center
	¡Informe!		TOPICSearch
	Junior Edition		Twayne's Authors Series
	Literature Resource Center**		OCLC FirstSearch*

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Business & Company Resource Center	Contains detailed company and industry news and information, including company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. fact sheet  title list
Chilton Library	Provides detailed repair information on thousands of car, truck, van and SUV make and model combinations. Includes: detailed step-by-step service instructions as well as photographs and illustrations.   fact sheet
Custom Newspapers	Full-text newspaper database that lets you search newspapers electronically by title, headline, date, author, section or other assigned fields. fact sheet  title list
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia	This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library	A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Includes: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, American Revolution Reference Library (4 volumes plus index), American Civil War Reference Library (4 volumes plus index), Major Acts of Congress (1st Ed., 3 volumes) and History Behind the Headlines (vol. 1-6 set). fact sheet
General Science Collection	Provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications. title list
Health & Wellness Resource Center	A fully-integrated, ever-growing electronic resource center for all levels of health research. Includes more than 700 health/medical journals and health-related articles from 2200 general interest publications. fact sheet  title List
¡Informe!	Contains full-text articles from the most popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals. Designed for both Spanish and English speaking users. fact sheet  title list
Junior Edition	This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. fact sheet  title list
Literature Resource Center	Rich in biographical, bibliographical and critical content, the Literature Resource Center provides information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism and more. fact sheet  title list
MasterFILE Select	Provides full-text from over 750 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health and much more.  Includes special resources for school-aged children. title list
National Newspaper Index	Gives quick access to indexed articles from America's top five newspapers: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. fact sheet  title list
New York State Newspapers	New York State Newspaper database contains: Buffalo News; Herald American (Syracuse); Herald-Journal (Syracuse); New York Observer; New York Post; New York Times and Post-Standard (Syracuse)
News Bank	Database of regional and national newspapers. Sources: Binghamton Press & Sun Journal, Buffalo News, Elmira Star Gazette, Ithaca Journal, New York Post, Poughkeepsie Journal, Syracuse Post Standard, Utica Observer-Dispatch, Westchester Journal-News. National papers: Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune.
Novelist	A reader's advisory service that provides more than 135,000 fiction titles that include: book reviews, first chapters, and book discussion guides.
Primary Search (via Searchasaurus)	Designed for the elementary school student, provides full text from over 50 children's magazines and over 100 pamphlets.  A general encyclopedia and an encyclopedia of animals are also available.  Also available via Ebscohost and Kid's Search interfaces. title list
Science Reference Center	Designed to support middle and high school curriculum, Science Reference Center encompasses all disciplines of science.  Biology, chemistry, earth, space, life, physical, and environmental sciences are covered as well as health and medicine, science in society, science as inquiry, history of science, technology, scientists, and wildlife.
TOPICSearch	Explore social, political, economic, scientific and other popular issues with full-text content from magazines and journals, newspapers, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews and public opinion polls. title list
Twayne's Authors Series	Browse an alphabetical list of authors to view biographical information or search by author’s name, genre, period, etc. To search by title of work, enter title in “full text” box on the “In Depth Search” page. Also includes “Research Ideas”. fact sheet
OCLC FirstSearch	FirstSearch is an online reference search tool that delivers quality content from WorldCat and dozens of quality, respected databases of bibliographic and full-text content.