Ramapo Catskill Library System 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.

General Resources Library Access
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Britannica Online - Start with the encyclopedia. Move on to current magazines, recommended Web sites, an atlas, the classics, biographies, news, and more.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Grolier Online - Includes two learning environments, eight curriculum-aligned databases and over 500,000 links to academically-relevant articles, Web sites and periodicals.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.

General OneFile - More than 7,100 general interest periodical full-text titles and 3,600 refereed journals, and hundreds of newspapers. Also more than 500 travel guides, including Fodor's.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.

MasterFILE Premiere - Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Biography Resource Center - Contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people. Content is gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of 135 award-winning Gale reference sources.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Academic OneFile - More than 13,000 titles, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals and more than 5,000 in full text with strong coverage of hard sciences, medicine, engineering and business.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.

Directory of Open Access Journals - This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Education Resources Information Center - ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
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
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Custom Newspapers - 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 - National Newspaper Index gives you 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; The Washington Post; and The Los Angeles Times.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

Literature Resources Library Access
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Twayne's Authors - This series spans the literary tradition through hundreds of years and includes 600 authors from around the world — from Aeschylus to Iris Murdoch.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

Literature Resource Center - More than 850,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from over 390 scholarly journals and literary magazines.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free 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 RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Business Resources Library Access
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Business and Company Resource Center - This comprehensive database offers a dynamic research opportunity, providing accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence for thousands of firms.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

Science & Health Resources Library Access
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Health Reference Center Academic - Millions of articles from full-text nursing and allied health journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters; and select consumer health information sources, full-text reference works and hundreds of health-related multimedia.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

Medline Plus - MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
Funded by the National Library of Medicine

PubMed Central - PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Funded by the National Library of Medicine

History & Genealogy Resources Library Access
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Biography Resource Center - Contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people. Content is gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of 135 award-winning Gale reference sources.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Annals of American History - Read the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through their speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Hudson River Valley Heritage - HRVH provides access to historical materials from digital collections contributed by colleges, libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and cultural organizations from the following counties in New York State: Columbia, Greene, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Westchester.
HRVH funding comes from federal funds, New York State funding for library systems, special grants and annual membership dues.

HRVH Historical Newspapers - Provides access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. As a first step toward this vision, The Kingston Daily Freeman has been completely digitized for the years 1903 to 1912.
HRVH funding comes from federal funds, New York State funding for library systems, special grants and annual membership dues.

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

Resources for Students Library Access
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Grolier Online - Includes two learning environments, eight curriculum-aligned databases and over 500,000 links to academically-relevant articles, Web sites and periodicals.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.

Britannica Online for Kids - Start with the encyclopedia. Move on to current magazines, recommended Web sites, an atlas, the classics, biographies, news, and more.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

21st-Century Explorer - online reference and learning tools for students who read below grade level, are dealing with specific learning problems, or are at risk of falling behind.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Middle Search Plus - Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Searchasaurus - Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

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

Biography Resource Center - Contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people. Content is gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of 135 award-winning Gale reference sources.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

*If you are not accessing this page at an RCLS library and do not have an RCLS member library card, but are a New York State resident, many of the databases listed above can be accessed with a New York DMV photo ID at http://www.novelnewyork.org/

General Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access* (click on dot)
Britannica Online - Start with the encyclopedia. Move on to current magazines, recommended Web sites, an atlas, the classics, biographies, news, and more. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Grolier Online - Includes two learning environments, eight curriculum-aligned databases and over 500,000 links to academically-relevant articles, Web sites and periodicals. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.
General OneFile - More than 7,100 general interest periodical full-text titles and 3,600 refereed journals, and hundreds of newspapers. Also more than 500 travel guides, including Fodor's. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.
MasterFILE Premiere - Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Biography Resource Center - Contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people. Content is gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of 135 award-winning Gale reference sources. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Academic OneFile - More than 13,000 titles, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals and more than 5,000 in full text with strong coverage of hard sciences, medicine, engineering and business. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.
Directory of Open Access Journals - This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Education Resources Information Center - ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research. 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 Newspapers - 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 - National Newspaper Index gives you 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; The Washington Post; and The Los Angeles Times. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program

Literature Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Twayne's Authors - This series spans the literary tradition through hundreds of years and includes 600 authors from around the world — from Aeschylus to Iris Murdoch. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.
Literature Resource Center - More than 850,000 full-text articles, critical essays and reviews from over 390 scholarly journals and literary magazines. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free 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 RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).

Business Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Business and Company Resource Center - This comprehensive database offers a dynamic research opportunity, providing accurate, up-to-date company and industry intelligence for thousands of firms. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.

Science & Health Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Health Reference Center Academic - Millions of articles from full-text nursing and allied health journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters; and select consumer health information sources, full-text reference works and hundreds of health-related multimedia. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program.
Medline Plus - MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Funded by the National Library of Medicine
PubMed Central - PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Funded by the National Library of Medicine

History & Genealogy Resources	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Biography Resource Center - Contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people. Content is gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of 135 award-winning Gale reference sources. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Annals of American History - Read the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through their speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Hudson River Valley Heritage - HRVH provides access to historical materials from digital collections contributed by colleges, libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and cultural organizations from the following counties in New York State: Columbia, Greene, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Westchester. HRVH funding comes from federal funds, New York State funding for library systems, special grants and annual membership dues.
HRVH Historical Newspapers - Provides access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. As a first step toward this vision, The Kingston Daily Freeman has been completely digitized for the years 1903 to 1912. HRVH funding comes from federal funds, New York State funding for library systems, special grants and annual membership dues.
Rockland County Messenger - Published Weekly from Haverstraw, 1847-1898 Produced and funded by the New City Library.

Resources for Students	Library Access (click on dot)	Home Access (click on dot)
Grolier Online - Includes two learning environments, eight curriculum-aligned databases and over 500,000 links to academically-relevant articles, Web sites and periodicals. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL Program.
Britannica Online for Kids - Start with the encyclopedia. Move on to current magazines, recommended Web sites, an atlas, the classics, biographies, news, and more. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
21st-Century Explorer - online reference and learning tools for students who read below grade level, are dealing with specific learning problems, or are at risk of falling behind. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Middle Search Plus - Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
Searchasaurus - Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program
Kids Search - EBSCO has created a search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. Funded by the New York State Library NOVEL program
Biography Resource Center - Contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people. Content is gathered from more than 1,000 volumes of 135 award-winning Gale reference sources. Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).