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Databases marked with  are NOVELny databases. Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELny connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELny is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The New York Knowledge Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELny.
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Biography
- Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century (NEW!)
In-depth biographical and critical essays covering more than 600 musical artists who made an enduring impact on music between 1901-2000. Includes many genres, world music and music for film and musical theater.
Books and Literature Business
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Ferguson's Career Center
Detailed and up-to-date job and industry profiles including fastest growing industries and most in demand jobs, job hunting and workplace skills, resume templates, information about apprenticeships and internships, college planning, financial aid directories, and online news articles from Career Opportunities News, offering advice, information, and insight perfect for students, job seekers, guidance counselors, college career counselors, and career professionals.
- Gale Business & Company Resource Center
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and business periodical articles, including detailed business and industry news. 1980-present.
- ReferenceUSA
Business and residential phone numbers, addresses, and other directory information, including reverse phone number lookups. The business directory offers advanced mode searching by yellow page heading, business SIC code, zip code, SMSA and more.
Education & Careers
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Ferguson's Career Center
Detailed and up-to-date job and industry profiles including fastest growing industries and most in demand jobs, job hunting and workplace skills, resume templates, information about apprenticeships and internships, college planning, financial aid directories, and online news articles from Career Opportunities News, offering advice, information, and insight perfect for students, job seekers, guidance counselors, college career counselors, and career professionals.
- Learning Express Library
Online practice for job-related and academic exams, including GED, SAT, AP exams, ASVAB, civil service, U.S. citizenship, and more. Many titles are also available as e-books. Also includes computer skills tutorials for today's most popular applications, including MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Powerpoint, Corel WordPerfect, Windows XP, Vista and Mac OSX Leopard. New users should enter their OCPL library card number as the user name.
Encyclopedias - Encyclopedia Americana
Concise resource covering a broad range of topics. Includes history timelines, wonder questions, reading lists and teacher guides. Geared toward students in the middle grades.
- New Book of Knowledge
Concise resource covering a broad range of topics. Includes history timelines, wonder questions, reading lists and teacher guides. Geared toward students in the middle grades.
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia containing full-text articles with over 6,000 illustrations, maps, photos, video clips and links to related Internet sites. For upper elementary grades through adults.
Milestone Documents in American History (NEW!)
Online, searchable, full text content of the 4-volume reference title, Milestone Documents in American History. It combines 134 full-text primary source documents covering the time period 1763 to 2003 with expert analysis and commentary.
- Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century (NEW!)
In-depth biographical and critical essays covering more than 600 musical artists who made an enduring impact on music between 1901-2000. Includes many genres, world music and music for film and musical theater.
Genealogy - HeritageQuest Online
Includes a complete set of U.S. Federal Census (head of household) records from 1790-1930, a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and an index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.
- NewsBank
Full text of the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Herald Journal/Herald American (Dec. 1986-present), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1999-present) and the Utica Observer-Dispatch (2003-present). This collection is text only and has no images.
- ReferenceUSA
Business and residential phone numbers, addresses, and other directory information, including reverse phone number lookups. The business directory offers advanced mode searching by yellow page heading, business SIC code, zip code, SMSA and more.
Health
- Gale Health Health Reference Center Academic (NEW!)
Over 2800 journals and magazines, many of which are full text. It contains nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines. - Salem Health (NEW!)
Online, searchable, full text content of two useful reference titles. Magill's Medical Guide covers human diseases and disorders, human anatomy and physiology, and common surgical and nonsurgical procedures. Salem Health: Cancer contains 835 essays on all aspects of cancer for the patient, family members and caregivers.
History
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia containing full-text articles with over 6,000 illustrations, maps, photos, video clips and links to related Internet sites. For upper elementary grades through adults
Kids' Resources
- New Book of Knowledge
Concise resource covering a broad range of topics. Includes history timelines, wonder questions, reading lists and teacher guides. Geared toward students in the middle grades.
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia containing full-text articles with over 6,000 illustrations, maps, photos, video clips and links to related Internet sites. For upper elementary grades through adults
Magazines - EBSCOhost Kids Search and Searchasaurus
Full text of over 50 popular children's magazines in two user friendly interfaces. - Gale Academic OneFile (NEW!)
Over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. - Gale General OneFile (NEW!)
Over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books and multimedia sources, over half of which are full text. The backfile extends nearly 30 years. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, politics and more. - GreenFILE (NEW!)
GreenFILE is a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns - global warming, energy conservation, natural resources and pollution. Containing nearly 300,000 records, it includes full-text from current publications as well as backfiles from Bioscience, Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, Journal of Ecology, and Conservation Biology. Also included is information for individuals, such as installing solar panels and recycling; for corporations needing information on green agriculture, hybrid cars or waste management; as well as environmental laws, regulations and studies.
- NewsBank
America's News Magazines from NewsBank provides full-text articles from various popular magazines.
Newspapers - Gale Custom Newspapers
Full text of 150 national and international newspapers.
- Gale National Newspaper Index
Indexing for The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post from 1977 to the present.
- Gale New York State Newspapers
Full-text articles from 15 New York State newspapers including the Albany Times Union (2004-present), Buffalo News (1996-present), New York Post (2000-present), New York Times (1995-present), New York Times Magazine (1995-present), and the Syracuse Post-Standard (1996-present).
- NewsBank
Full text of the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Herald Journal/Herald American (Dec. 1986-present), the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1999-present) and the Utica Observer-Dispatch (2003-present).
Science - Gale Academic OneFile
 (NEW!)
Over 12,000 journals
and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text.
It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology,
medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. - Gale General OneFile (NEW!)
Over 12,000
periodicals, newspapers, reference books and multimedia sources, over
half of which are full text. The backfile extends nearly 30 years.
Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues,
technology, health care, politics and more. - GreenFILE (NEW!)
GreenFILE is a bibliographic database of information about
environmental concerns - global warming, energy conservation, natural
resources and pollution. Containing nearly 300,000 records, it includes
full-text from current publications as well as backfiles from
Bioscience, Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, Journal
of Ecology, and Conservation Biology. Also included is information for
individuals, such as installing solar panels and recycling; for
corporations needing information on green agriculture, hybrid cars or
waste management; as well as environmental laws, regulations and
studies.
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