Superstorm sandy resource

Home Improvement Reference Center

• Home Improvement Reference Center
  EBSCO Publishing has offered our libraries FREE access to Home Improvement Reference Center, to assist those with storm recovery needs until June 2013. This powerful resource provides information for home owners that wish to complete repairs such as outdoor siding, roofing, plumbing and electrical work. A valid Library card is required.

Databases

Research Links to use while you are in the Westbury Library.

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.
• 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.
• Twaynes Authors Online
  Gale resource for critical essays on the works of noted World authors from Ancient Times to present and biographies and research topics.

Job Search

• JobNow!
  Unique service that features expert resume assistance, live interview preparation and career coaching.

Britannica

• Encyclopedia Britannica
  Besides the encyclopedia entries, includes: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary and Thesaurus, World Data Analyst and World Atlas, Notable Quotations, and current, full-text magazine and journal articles and advanced search and workspace features.
• Global Reference Center
  Comprehensive global content on subjects such as art, geography, history, politics, science, sports, and technology in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese and French, with photos, maps and images.
• Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
  Unabridged dictionary for librarians, teachers and students.
• World Data Analyst
  Quick and easy comparisons of the countries of the world.
• Annals of American History
  2,100 entries from 1493 to the present including speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials and more that bring history to life.
• Spanish Reference Online
  Spanish language encyclopedia and dictionary for ages 6 through college.
• Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids
  Compton's by Britannica, Britannica's Elementary Encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary.

ProQuest Databases

• Newsday 
  Full-text from 1985 to present.
• Heritage Quest
  Data, unique books and records, and an informative comprehensive periodical index for genealogy enthusiasts at every level. U.S. Federal Censuses with original images of federal census from 1790 through 1930. Electronic access to the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant application files, the Freedman’s Bank Records, PERSI—The Periodical Source Index, and LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set.

Los Bancos De Datos Disponibles en Español

• Spanish Reference Online
  Enciclopedia y diccionario en Español para las edades de 6 anõs hasta la universidad.
• Escolar
  Enciclopedia elemental en Español con 2,000 artículos, imágenes, videos en Español diseñado para estudiantes adolescentes.
• Moderna
  Enciclopedia y diccionario en Español sobre 50,000 artículos, imágenes de mapas y tablas.
• ¡Informe!
  Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. (Bibliotecas Co-Centrales)
• NOAH (AccesoComputerizado de la Salud en Nuevo York)
  Proporciona acceso a información completa y de alta calidad sobre la salud del consumidor.
• La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre
  Un recurso de referencia para las personas que hablan Español y para estudiantes de la idioma Español. (A comprehensive reference resource for Spanish speakers and Spanish-language students.)

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.
• Academic OneFile
  Peer-reviewed full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources.
• InfoTrac Newsstand
  Full-text newspaper database with several New York newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers.
• New York State Newspapers
  Includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Observer, New York Post and Newsday.
• Health Reference Center Academic
  Full text of nursing and allies health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources.

Additional Resources

• 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)
• 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.

  Britannica'への歓迎; sの全体的な基準標点、いろいろ全体的な言語の広範囲のオンライン内容の家。 これらの広範で、完全なデータベースは直観的、速く、信頼できる情報を世界中から提供する。

  Britannica'에 환영; s 세계적인 참고 센터, 다양한 세계적인 언어에 있는 포괄적인 온라인 내용의 가정. 이 광대하고 철저한 데이타베이스는 직관 적이고 빠르, 확실한 정보를 세계 각처에서 전한.

  欢迎到Britannica's全球性标准中心，全面网上内容的家在各种各样的全球性语言的。 这些广泛和详尽的数据库是直觉和快速的，世界各地提供信得过的信息。

  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.

• Grove Music Online
  Up to date music information including biographies, covers popular music, opera and jazz, links to sound archives and illustrations.
• 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.