Databases

Gale Cengage Learning

• Gale General One File
  Gale's General OneFile is a comprehensive periodical resource that puts more than 60 million articles at your fingertips with a single search query. More than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980.
• Opposing Viewpoints 
  A virtual library of resources from Gale designed to aid students in the study of today's hottest social issues.
• Kids Infobits
  Colorful, east-to-use interface invites students to explore. Kids InfoBits contains more than 100 full-text, kids magazines, more than 6,400 images, Merriam-Webster®’s Elementary Dictionary and 1,200 maps, flags & seals and over 1,700 colorful charts and graphs.
• PROMPT 
  Use PROMT to research market size and share, industry and product trends, emerging technologies, and competitive opportunities. International in scope. Covers over 1,600 international and regional trade journals, industry newsletters, and newspapers, plus summaries from Investext reports.
• Litfinder
  LitFinder is Gale’s premier resource for full-text literary works, including poems, short stories, novels, essays, plays and speeches.

Greenwood

• Pop Culture Universe 
  Is an authoritative  digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present built on hundreds of award-winning titles for all levels of researchers.

ProQuest Databases

• Historical NY Times 
  The full text of the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to 2005 (several year lag from the present date).  Images of the actual texts of articles and of the full page on which the articles appear are presented.
• Newsday 
  Full-text from 1985 to present.
• Research Libraries
  Provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,050 titles—nearly 2,800 in full text—from 1971 forward.
• ProQuest Cross-Reference
  Offers a comprehensive publication collection that meets a wide range of research demands.
• Black Newspapers
  Access to esteemed Black newspapers from across the U.S.  ranging from 1989-present.
• ABI Dateline 
  Over 190 business journals, with more than 170 available in full text.
• ABI Select
  Business news and information from over 510 journals, with nearly 400 available in full text. Titles include: Forbes,  Journal of Advertising, Broadcasting & Cable, Industry Week, Strategy & Leadership.
• ABI Trade and Industry
  Major trade and industry news  from sector and corporate publications.
• Hoover's
  Features profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives.
• Professional Education Periodicals
  Delivers more than 290 full-text professional magazines and journals that address all aspects of K-12 education.
• Proquest Computing Journals
  Is the premium resource for those who need access to comprehensive coverage of computer topics.
• Proquest Health Management Journals
  ProQuest Health Management™ is designed to meet the needs of researchers studying the field of health administration with coverage for more than 650 key journals.

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Novel

Is provided by the New York State Library and 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).

• National Newspaper Index
  Gale Index and abstracts from New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal
• Business and Company Resource Center
  Gale resource for U.S. and International company profiles and histories, industry rankings, investment reports and financial overviews, magazine articles and links to websites
• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Gale resource for Consumer health and medical information, including herbal remedies, alternative or complementary treatments
• Custom Newspapers
  Gale resource for recent New York Times, the New York Post and others, including regional, local and foreign language newspapers
• Twaynes Authors Series
  Gale resource for critical essays on the works of noted World authors from Ancient Times to present and biographies and research topics 
• Ebsco Primary Search
  For elementary school students: magazine articles and links to pamphlets, photos, maps and flags.
• Salud En Espanol
  Health information for Spanish speaking consumers and patients.

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Many of the links above can also be used from home-- simply enter your Westbury Library card number when prompted. Find their links on the Technology page at www.westburylibrary.org.

Links to use on the Database Computer:

• African American Experience 
• Annals of American History
• Ancestry Library Edition
  has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index ; Daughters of the American Revolution ; The Great Migration /Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and more, updated continually.(available only at the library)
• Daily Life in America 
• Global Reference Center
  Welcome to Britannica's Global Reference Center, the home of comprehensive online content in a variety of global languages:

  Recepción a Britannica' centro de referencia global de s, el hogar del contenido en línea comprensivo en una variedad de idiomas globales. Estas bases de datos extensas y cuidadosas son intuitivas y rápidas, entregando la información digna de confianza alrededor del globo.

  Bienvenue à Britannica' ; centre de référence global de s, la maison du contenu en ligne complet dans une série de langues globales. Ces bases de données étendues et complètes sont intuitives et rapides, fournissant l'information digne de confiance de autour du globe.

  also in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese

• Greenwood Dailylife 
• Grove Music Online
  Up to date music information including biographies, covers popular music, opera and jazz, links to sound archives and illustrations.
• Latino American Experience 
• Oxford Art Online
  Coverage of visual arts including paintings, sculpture, architecture, photography, decorative arts, peformance arts and multimedias. Provides links to International galleries and museums.
• Pop Culture Universe  
• Proquest  
• Tutor.com Homework Help
• Webster's Dictionary
  Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
• World Data

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