Databases for Research

Great links to use from home with your Westbury Library card number:

LearningExpress Library

• LearningExpress Library
  Provides resources to patrons of all ages to help them reach their academic, professional, and life goals. From test preparation and basic skills improvement to career guidance and job search assistance. For “New Users” click on Register. For “Username” enter your library barcode number without any spaces. Make up a “Password” and type it a second time under “Verify Password.” Then click “Register.”

Career Cruising

• Career Cruising
  A career information and planning web site. Also find some information about schools, colleges and financial aid. Westbury Library card number is necessary. When prompted, please enter your library barcode number (without spaces).

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.
• Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids
  Compton's by Britannica, Britannica's Elementary Encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary. After signing in, click "Jump to Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids" on right side of screen.

History Reference Center

• History Reference Center
  Full text databases covering U.S. and world history. Contains historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, and videos.

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.
• 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.

Greenwood

• Greenwood Daily Life Online
  A comprehensive resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, exploring how others lived, and how their lives shaped ours.
• World Cultures  
  Explore Daily Life through History around the world.  Includes timelines and comparisons.  Includes primary content that reflects the voice of the people—including some uncensored vernacular speech.
• Daily Life in America 
  A key resource supporting courses in American history and literature at the high school and college level. Thousands of primary documents, from recipes to newspaper articles. State-by-State Resource Center. Plus, for teachers, lesson plans, and curriculum correlations.
• 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.
• African American Experience 
  The African American Experience is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans. It includes a wealth of primary sources.
• Latino American Experience
  Focuses on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. Spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas through to the present-day.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• National Newspapers Premier
  Detailed indexing to quickly find  news information and have access to top news stories, information from various sections of the paper and companies, people, products, etc.
• Proquest Science Journals
  Resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.
• Financial Times
  An indispensable resource for anyone wanting to understand the context of global trade and finance including financial, economic and political news.

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.

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). The New York Knowledge Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELNY (NOVEL requires the use of your library card number or your New York State Driver License or DMV Non-Driver Photo ID Number - The State Library has worked with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to offer this option. To ensure user privacy, no records of the access will be stored on the State Library's server or the user's computer or attached to any individual's driver license or non-driver photo ID information).

• Grolier
  Includes these encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge
• 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.

Art & Music

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