With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. International in scope and unparalleled in breadth and depth, Academic OneFile is a one-stop resource for academic research in all disciplines.
Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 22 million obituaries.
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The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Extensive editorial review of all newspaper sections ensures thorough selection of obituaries for easy access. An easy-to-use interface allows searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.
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Newsbank offers two great newspaper databases: America's Newspapers, which includes the Journal News as well as hundreds of newspapers from around the county and America's Obituaries and Death Notices.
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Coverage of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and science and technology from familiar magazines.
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A comprehensive database of respected information sources for business professionals, casual investors, students of finance, economics, and marketing, and for anyone researching prospective employers. Includes:
- More than 500,000 company profiles
- Stock prices
- Investment reports
- Industry statistics
- Industry newsletter news and analysis
- Business journal news and analysis
Includes all domestic cars to date and imports 2000-2006.
Search for biographies and critical responses to today's most influential voices.
National Newspaper Index
New York Newspapers
Full-text of 150 newspapers, including nine newspapers from New York State, full text from 2000 of the New York Times, plus indexes and abstracts for the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.
Full text for nearly 800 general reference publications, updated daily, 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.
16 searchable online reference titles on such topics as medicine and health, history, culture, fashion, law, and business.
Features more than 500 travel guides;
a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable
transcripts; links to over 5,000 video files including shows like the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, NRO TV
and Meet the Press; more than 3,000 full-text titles recommended by
Bowker’s “Magazines for Libraries”; optional access to the Gale
Virtual Reference Library, containing more than 1,600 complete volumes
of reference content; and much more.
Grolier Online Kids and Grolier Online Passport is designed for children in grade 3 and up and includes reference sources such as The New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Popular Science, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, Aula de español, and much more.
Up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With more than 2,000 full-text sources and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, Health Reference Center Academic ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health care questions.
Search U.S. Federal census records, as well as genealogy and local history books and periodicals.
This database is offered to holders of library cards from Putnam County libraries through funding from Putnam County.

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The vision for HRVH Historical Newspapers is to provide access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. The entire contents of the newspaper issues can be searched and browsed in HRVH Historical newspapers.

JobNow provides you with practical tools to help you get a job.  On the home page, you have three services to choose from:
1. Career Resources: Informative, easy-to-use, and free Internet resources for job seekers; including personality and career assessments.
2. Resume Builder: Featuring our Resume Lab, our Resume Builder provides the resources you need to craft a winning resume.
3. Ace the Interview: Featuring our Interview Coach service, this section provides resources to help you prepare for your interview.
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Our online learning system is so easy to use, you'll see incredible results after just one lesson!
Provides national and international news, opinion and commentary; published in a national and a New York metropolitan edition. Includes local, and state news, science, sports, arts and entertainment, and business and finance news.

A great database for fiction readers. Find "read-alikes," book lists, book discussion guides, books by genre, books in series, and much more.

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You can check out and download the following types of digital materials at this website…OverDrive WMA Audiobooks, OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks & E-Books
Provides users with 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.
Specifically designed for the young researcher, featuring an animated dinosaur theme for searching. Includes full-text of over 50 children's magazines, over 1,100 full text historical documents, and Encyclopedia of Animals.

This database features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series - United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors. This series is devoted to literary critical interpretation and discussion for readers ranging from high school students through college and above.

The following databases and online resources may only be used in the library:
 
A genealogy database offering a wide range of source material.
Unlimited access to the entire Consumer Reports Online site, access to the current issue of Consumer Reports magazine, and 4 years' worth of product and service rating and recommendations.
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