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| Title | Fayetteville Free Library Databases ~ Description | |
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| Biography Resource Center | Provides biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines. | |
| Business and Company ASAP |
Information on companies, markets and industries, including market trends, acquisitions, and current management theory. | |
| Business and Company Resource Center | Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. | |
| ConsumerReports.org (see staff) | The leading source for consumer recommendations on products & services. | |
| Cross Searchable Databases | Search several databases, including Infotrac OneFile, at the same time. | |
| CultureGrams: World & States | CultureGrams, a primary source, provides cultural information on countries and delivers an insider's perspective on daily life, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. | |
| Custom Newspapers | Search 150 national/international newspapers in addition to those found in the NYS newspaper database. | |
| First Search | Search 13 databases including WorldCat. (limited # users) | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Online encyclopedias covering a variety of topics: United States, Medicine and History. *NEW TITLES* | |
| Grolier Encyclopedia Online | Grolier Encyclopedia contains Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia, and the New Book of Knowledge. | |
| Health & Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module | Integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information through an intuitive web interface. | |
| Health Reference Center Academic | Multi-source database with access to the full-text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources. | |
| Heritage Quest | Collection of research materials for tracing family history, including Census records from 1790-1930, family histories, and genealogy articles. Requires library barcode. | |
| InfoTrac One File | A periodical resource with 9,000 plus titles and backfile coverage from 1980. The intuitive search interface make this an unequaled source for every topic. | |
| Learning Express: Test Prep | Test preparation materials and interactive practice exams for academic, civil service and certification exams. New users should enter their library card # as the user name. | |
| Literature Resource Center | Find current biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. | |
| LitFinder | LitFinder includes full-text poems, stories, plays and essays. | |
| Masterfile Select | Provides full-text access to general interest, business, and health periodicals and much more. | |
| Newsbank (1986 - Current) | Full-text of the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Herald Journal/American as well as other CNY newspapers. | |
| National Newspaper Index | Index for America's top newspapers: NYT, WSJ, CSM | |
| New York State Newspapers | Search the New York Times, New York Post, Post-Standard, and papers from Albany and Buffalo. | |
| NoveList | Use a favorite author or title to locate other authors & titles of interest. Contains: book lists, reviews, author information, and bibliographies. | |
| Post-Standard (Syracuse,NY) Archive | This word-searchable digital archive is a chronicle of the last 180 years of Central New York history and the history of the state, nation and world as recorded in newspapers published in Syracuse. (1809 - 2006) | |
| Reference USA | Business and residential phone numbers, addresses, and other directory information, including reverse phone number lookups. (If you are at home, please use your library barcode to login.) Provided by Onondaga County Public Library System. | |
| Twayne Author Series | This series contains the complete Twayne Literary Master series on World, US, and English authors. | |
| World Atlas by Facts-on-File | Over 1500 clear, printable, and full-color images with current information on more than 200 countries, all 50 states, and 13 Canadian provinces. |
| Title | Databases for Students ~ Description | |
| Animals | Provides in-depth information on various topics relating to nature and the habitat of familiar animals. (Grades 5-12) | |
| Biography Resource Center | Provides information on famous people throughout history and from around the world. | |
| Cobblestone
Online (Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, Classical Calliope, Odyssey, AppleSeeds, Dig, and Footsteps) |
This database covers: American history, contemporary world cultures, geography, world history, physical science, astronomy, earth science, archaeology, and African American history. Ask a librarian for login assistance. | |
| CultureGrams | CultureGrams, a primary source, delivers an insider's perspective on daily life, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. This database includes an Image Collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. | |
| Facts on File World Atlas | Over 1500 clear, printable, and full-color mages with current statistical information on more than 200 countries, all 50 states, and 13 Canadian provinces. | |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. | |
| General Science Collection | Search within popular science publications, providing information on all aspects of the scientific world. | |
| Grolier Online Kids | Grolier Online Kids includes a tutorial, Find it Fast! (Search), "Did You Mean?"search results are found for any given search, GO Atlas, "Today is..." (highlighting birthdays and historical events), and NewsNow featured articles. | |
| InfoTrac Junior | Full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books. For students in junior high and middle school. | |
| LitFinder: poems & stories | LitFinder includes Kids' Korner, subject lists that help you to find poems by categories. | |
| Newsbank | Full-text of the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Herald Journal/American as well as other CNY newspapers. | |
| NoveList K-8 | Find fiction titles for students in grades K-8. Use favorite authors/titles to find other books you will enjoy reading. | |
| One More Story | Read picture books online! | |
| Primary Search | Provides full-text for over 50 magazines and over 100 pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. | |
| TOPICsearch (Grades 5-12) | TOPICsearch contains magazine & newspaper articles, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews and opinion polls. | |
| Live Homework Help (in-house) | Live Homework Help for students in grades 4-12 including introductory college courses. This free service connects students with an expert tutor. | |
| Live Homework Help (from home) | Available Sunday - Thursday, 4-10pm. Saturdays, 2-7pm. Please use your FY library card # to login. |
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| Virtual Reference Library | Encyclopedias, almanacs, and more. |