Finkelstein Memorial Library Database Selection Page

REFERENCE AND MAGAZINE ARTICLE DATABASES

To find journals available in FULL TEXT, browse by subject or the periodical title A-to-Z list; or search by periodical title keyword(s):

General Resources Library Access
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica's Internet Guide, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.

Grolier Online - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.

Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd Edition (2007) - The landmark Encyclopaedia Judaica, lauded as the standard work on Judaism since first appearing in the early 1970s, has been extensively revised and expanded for this long-awaited new edition.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

CountryWatch - Comprehensive background on the 192 countries of the world
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

EBSCO Masterfile Premiere - Searchable full text for nearly 1,860 journals, including Consumer Reports and Business Week.
Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program

Proquest Platinum - Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Gale Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System

Books-in-Print - The first place to find currently available and forthcoming books, audios, and videos.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

ReferenceUSA - Contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Testing & Education Reference Center Basic - In-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. Available online practice tests include entrance exams and certification and licensing tests.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

ChiltonLibrary - ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Classical.com - The world's first streaming classical music service for libraries that enables listening and learning at library and home computers.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Smithsonian Global Sound - Includes the published recordings owned by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

African American Song - The collection contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

American Song - Includes music that relates to almost every walk of American life, every ethnic group, and every time period.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Contemporary World Music - Contemporary reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres. Traditional music such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - Full-Text access to scholarly journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access.

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center - ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.
ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

BEST ONLINE REFERENCE SITES - A web guide to 500 of the best free web sites for answering common questions. [Note: access to these sites may be restricted on PCs within a library dedicated to the library catalog.]
Compiled by librarians in the Ramapo Catskill Library System

News Resources Library Access
(click on dot) Home Access
(click on dot)

Custom Newspaper Index - Full-text of more than 100 major newspapers (including The New York Times, Financial Times, Dallas Morning News, The Times (London), Boston Herald, Korea Times, Irish Times, Denver Post, and more.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

New York State Newspapers - Full-text of 7 New York state newspapers: Buffalo News, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse Post-Standard, New York Observer, New York Post, and New York Times (2000-present).
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

National Newspaper Index - Provides indexing of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post; 1997-present
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

Journal News via Newsbank/America's News Magazines - Full text of the Journal News 1999-present. Coverage of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and science and technology from familiar magazines.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library Library.

Rockland County Messenger - Published Weekly from Haverstraw, 1847-1898
Produced and funded by the New City Library.

ProQuest New York Times - The complete text of recent (1999-present) articles is provided in the ASCII format.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

ProQuest Historical New York Times - The complete text of older ( -2005) articles is provided in the ASCII format.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Literature Resources Library Access
(click on dot) Home Access
(click on dot)

Twayne's Authors - Features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

Gale Literature Resource Center - Critical essays on contemporary authors; lives and careers of authors of all eras and genres; biographies and bibliographies on more than 90,000 contemporary authors.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

NoveList - Allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles. 3 powerful search techniques to look for books by subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

NoveList K-8 - A reader's advisory service. Find youth fiction titles similar to authors or titles you already enjoy.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

LitFinder - Over 100,000 full-text poems, including 10,000 under copyright. Plus Story Finder with thousands of full-text short stories.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Fiction Connection - Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Science & Health Resources Library Access
(click on dot) Home Access
(click on dot)

Health & Wellness Resource Center - Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

InfoTrac Nursing & Allied Health Collection - Select full-text articles from nursing and health periodicals (supplementing our other health databases)
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science - This alphabetically organized set opens up the entire world of science in clear, nontechnical language.
Funded by the SENYLRC using regional automation database funds.

LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Medline Plus - Information on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
Funded by the National Library of Medicine

PubMed Central - National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences literature (for medical and health services professionals).
Funded by the National Library of Medicine

Business Resources Library Access
(click on dot) Home Access
(click on dot)

Gale Business and Company Resource Center - Info on 448,000 US and international companies: histories; chronologies; rankings; statistics; and more.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

ReferenceUSA - Contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

History & Genealogy Resources Library Access
(click on dot) Home Access
(click on dot)

Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Annals of American History - With over 2,000 primary source documents and 700 pieces of multimedia, Annals of American History is an excellent resource for expanding your understanding of the history and culture of the United States.
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.

Ancestry Plus - AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Resources for Students Library Access
(click on dot) Home Access
(click on dot)

Britannica Kids - Britannica Elementary; Compton’s by Britannica; Merriam-Webster’s Student Dictionary; interactive timelines; Video and audio content; Interactive world atlas; Age-appropriate magazine articles.
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.

Grolier Online - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.

CollegeSource - Over 29,000 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Tutor.com - A top-notch, one-on-one, on-demand, tutoring experience for students who need help with their schoolwork."
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Bookflix - Pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Testing & Education Reference Center Basic - In-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. Available online practice tests include entrance exams and certification and licensing tests.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints - Online library of current event topics--the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

NoveList K-8 - A reader's advisory service. Find youth fiction titles similar to authors or titles you already enjoy.
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

EBSCO Middle Search - Provides full text for over 100 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students.
Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program

EBSCO Middle Search via Searchasaurus - The same database as above, presented through a colorful, easy-to-use interface.
Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program

EBSCO Kids Search - A search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities.
Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program

CountryWatch - Comprehensive background on the 192 countries of the world
Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations - Presents easy-to-understand information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world.
Funded by the SENYLRC using regional automation database funds.

Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

General Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica's Internet Guide, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
Grolier Online - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.
Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd Edition (2007) - The landmark Encyclopaedia Judaica, lauded as the standard work on Judaism since first appearing in the early 1970s, has been extensively revised and expanded for this long-awaited new edition. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
CountryWatch - Comprehensive background on the 192 countries of the world Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
EBSCO Masterfile Premiere - Searchable full text for nearly 1,860 journals, including Consumer Reports and Business Week. Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program
Proquest Platinum - Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program
Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Gale Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System
Books-in-Print - The first place to find currently available and forthcoming books, audios, and videos. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
ReferenceUSA - Contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Testing & Education Reference Center Basic - In-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. Available online practice tests include entrance exams and certification and licensing tests. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
ChiltonLibrary - ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
Classical.com - The world's first streaming classical music service for libraries that enables listening and learning at library and home computers. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
Smithsonian Global Sound - Includes the published recordings owned by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
African American Song - The collection contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
American Song - Includes music that relates to almost every walk of American life, every ethnic group, and every time period. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
Contemporary World Music - Contemporary reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres. Traditional music such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - Full-Text access to scholarly journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access.
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center - ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
BEST ONLINE REFERENCE SITES - A web guide to 500 of the best free web sites for answering common questions. [Note: access to these sites may be restricted on PCs within a library dedicated to the library catalog.] Compiled by librarians in the Ramapo Catskill Library System

News Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Custom Newspaper Index - Full-text of more than 100 major newspapers (including The New York Times, Financial Times, Dallas Morning News, The Times (London), Boston Herald, Korea Times, Irish Times, Denver Post, and more. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program
New York State Newspapers - Full-text of 7 New York state newspapers: Buffalo News, Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse Post-Standard, New York Observer, New York Post, and New York Times (2000-present). Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program
National Newspaper Index - Provides indexing of America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post; 1997-present Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program
Journal News via Newsbank/America's News Magazines - Full text of the Journal News 1999-present. Coverage of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and science and technology from familiar magazines. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library Library.
Rockland County Messenger - Published Weekly from Haverstraw, 1847-1898 Produced and funded by the New City Library.
ProQuest New York Times - The complete text of recent (1999-present) articles is provided in the ASCII format. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
ProQuest Historical New York Times - The complete text of older ( -2005) articles is provided in the ASCII format. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.

Literature Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Twayne's Authors - Features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.
Gale Literature Resource Center - Critical essays on contemporary authors; lives and careers of authors of all eras and genres; biographies and bibliographies on more than 90,000 contemporary authors. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
NoveList - Allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles. 3 powerful search techniques to look for books by subject headings, reviews, and other fields in the title records. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
NoveList K-8 - A reader's advisory service. Find youth fiction titles similar to authors or titles you already enjoy. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
LitFinder - Over 100,000 full-text poems, including 10,000 under copyright. Plus Story Finder with thousands of full-text short stories. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Fiction Connection - Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Science & Health Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Health & Wellness Resource Center - Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.
InfoTrac Nursing & Allied Health Collection - Select full-text articles from nursing and health periodicals (supplementing our other health databases) Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
*UXL Encyclopedia of Science* - This alphabetically organized set opens up the entire world of science in clear, nontechnical language. Funded by the SENYLRC using regional automation database funds.
LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Medline Plus - Information on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Funded by the National Library of Medicine
PubMed Central - National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences literature (for medical and health services professionals). Funded by the National Library of Medicine

Business Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Gale Business and Company Resource Center - Info on 448,000 US and international companies: histories; chronologies; rankings; statistics; and more. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.
LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
ReferenceUSA - Contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

History & Genealogy Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Annals of American History - With over 2,000 primary source documents and 700 pieces of multimedia, Annals of American History is an excellent resource for expanding your understanding of the history and culture of the United States. Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
Ancestry Plus - AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library

Resources for Students	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Britannica Kids - Britannica Elementary; Compton’s by Britannica; Merriam-Webster’s Student Dictionary; interactive timelines; Video and audio content; Interactive world atlas; Age-appropriate magazine articles. Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
Grolier Online - Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.
CollegeSource - Over 29,000 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Tutor.com - A top-notch, one-on-one, on-demand, tutoring experience for students who need help with their schoolwork." Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
Bookflix - Pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
LearningExpress Library - Practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Testing & Education Reference Center Basic - In-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. Available online practice tests include entrance exams and certification and licensing tests. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints - Online library of current event topics--the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
NoveList K-8 - A reader's advisory service. Find youth fiction titles similar to authors or titles you already enjoy. Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library
EBSCO Middle Search - Provides full text for over 100 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students. Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program
EBSCO Middle Search via Searchasaurus - The same database as above, presented through a colorful, easy-to-use interface. Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program
EBSCO Kids Search - A search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. Funded by RCLS and the New York State Library NOVEL program
CountryWatch - Comprehensive background on the 192 countries of the world Funded by the Finkelstein Memorial Library.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations - Presents easy-to-understand information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Funded by the SENYLRC using regional automation database funds.
Biography Resource Center - A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).