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Some Sites Require a Password
In some cases, a Yonkers Public Library card number will serve as the password. For other sites, students, faculty and school staff can obtain passwords from the school Library Media Specialist. All others seeking entrance to a site must contact the Department of Library Services.
For further information contact:
Library Services
914 376 8181
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Teaching and Learning
YSLS Research Resource Center
Electronic Databases:
- EBSCO Publishing provides the complex information needs of libraries and offers solutions to those needs with a collections of specially designed, comprehensive full text databases, available online for each type of library setting.
Many of the EBSCO databases are provided through NOVEL and are a project of the New York State Library that provides the people of New York State with free access to full-text online commercial databases through their libraries. It is funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
- ERIC the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.
- Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition This database is 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.
- MAS Ultra - School Edition Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides nearly 550 full text pamphlets, 253 full text reference books, nearly 100,000 biographies, 76,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCO host .
- MasterFILE Select Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 750 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Select also includes 37 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCO host.
- 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.
- Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
- TOPICsearch This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including more than 1,500 full text periodicals.
- GALE GROUP : Provided through NOVEL and are a project of the New York State Library that provides the people of New York State with free access to full-text online commercial databases through their libraries. It is funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
- Business and Company Resource Center is 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.
- Informe 1994 - Sep. 2003
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
- Health Reference Center Academic 1980 - Sep 2003
Use this database to find articles on: 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.
- Junior Edition - K12
Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
- GROVE ART ONLINE: The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.
- GROVE MUSIC ONLINE : Grovemusic.com comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera , edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz , second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).
- LITFINDER : · World's Best Poetry
Over 100,000 full-text poems, explanations, study guides, a glossary, pictures and more. The most comprehensive, curriculum-integrated collection available. Perfect for students, teachers and librarians.
- Story Finder
Provides thousands of full-text short stories, explanations and biographies to meet curriculum needs.
- Essays
Provides full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century which have been analyzed in standard library indexes. The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama. The controlled vocabulary subject access provides for precise searching.
- Speeches
From antiquity to modern times, these speeches represent the finest examples of recorded oratory. Speechmakers have commented on the milestones of history as well as the minutiae of everyday life. Best and the best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years and categorizing them into easily searchable genres.
- Plays
Over 1,000 complete plays covering the range of dramatic expression: including one-act plays, puppet plays, Harlinquinades, tragedies, gothic, children's, religious, romantic, historical, children's and comedic plays. The collection includes many nationalities, all in English or English translations. Plays are analyzed for subjects, and also list all characters.
- PROQUEST: Today, as a result of agreements with more than 8,500 publishers worldwide, ProQuest Information and Learning now provides access to information from periodicals, newspapers, out-of-print books, dissertations, and scholarly collections in various formats.
- SIRS: (Social Issues Resource Series) Topics of Social implications on today's world. Provides information that is reliable and credible in order to encourage dialogue about the major issues of our society, to enable critical thinking and problem solving.
Enyclopedias
- World Book Online offers more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles that are carefully edited to suit the educational level of the users most likely to use them, from grades 4 through 12 and adults. World Book's 1,800 tables cover a huge range from facts about countries and other places, to important dates.
- EBSCO Animals Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Newspapers
- Newspaper Source Newspaper Source provides selected full text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCO host .
New York State Newspapers (GALE)
Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
- National Newspaper Index (GALE) 1977 - Sep 2003
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.
- Custom Newspapers (GALE)
Search a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international.
General Reference
- BARTLEBY: Bartleby.com provides fast and accurate access to a vast array of information. Visitors to Bartleby.com can access informative summaries of books, as well as concise biographies, complete with pictures, of each author featured in the online library. Enhanced navigational tools and extensive cross-referencing between works make it easy for users to locate specific passages and references.
- INFOPLEASE –ALMANACS: Offers millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics, the Almanacs have set the standard for scope, authority, and readability among reference works.
- BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Homework Help
- Cyberbee Check out the Noodle Tools section
Libraries Online
Resources in Education
- C.E.R.F. : Curriculum & Education Resource Finder is offered free to K - 12 schools through SLSA (School Library System Administrators).
- GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.
For Library Media Specialists
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