Research: Online Databases
Ancestry.com Library Edition
Includes information about over two billion names. Thousands of vital records as well as Census, military, court, land, probate, and church records are included.
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Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 to today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900s, and original obituary images.
Military and Intelligence
Over 500 titles and more than 7 million articles are included from reference books, magazines, and news articles. Links to related sources are included.
News
Access full text articles from more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Search articles by title, headline, date, author or newspaper section.
NewsBank: America’s News
A comprehensive news collection ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, national and international levels. Titles include over 3,650 American newspapers, blogs, newswires, news magazines, journals, international special reports and videos. Jump to suggested trending topics or special collections such as the Onondaga County Newspapers and the Post-Standard. All titles are in full text or are fully searchable digital images. Customized email alerts can be set up to follow a particular topic or event.
Collections
USA Today
Buffalo News
Observer-Dispatch
Watertown Daily Times
Times Union
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Onondaga County Newspapers
Syracuse Post-Standard
Newspaper Archive: Syracuse Post-Standard
A searchable collection of full text and digital images of the Syracuse Post-Standard from 1875 to the current year provided by Newspaperarchive.com.
NewspaperArchive.com
A searchable collection of full text and digital images of newspapers from the following states:
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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District of Columbia
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Maine
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New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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New York
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Rhode Island
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Vermont
Included in the collection are Syracuse newspapers from 1875 to the current year.
The New York Times
Full coverage is provided from 1/1/1985 to the present. The paper is published 7 days a week.
The International Edition has full coverage from 11/2/2013 to the present.
This edition is published 6 days a week.
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The New York Times Book Review
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The New York Times for Kids
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The New York Times Magazine
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Sports Blogs
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Wordplay: The Crossword Blog of The New York Times and more
Syracuse Post-Standard by Newsbank
The Post-Standard from 12/2/1986 to the current issue is included. All papers are full text or fully searchable digital images. Customized email alerts can be set up to follow a particular topic or event.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
This online encyclopedia examines all aspects of warfare and military technology in medieval times. Encyclopedia articles provide an exhaustive and accurate view of how and why wars were waged throughout Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Crusader States from 500 CE to 1500.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Contains almost 120 in-depth encyclopedia entries, ranging in length from 500 to 10,000 words, on each of the canonical books of the Bible, major apocryphal books of the New and Old Testaments, important noncanonical texts, and thematic essays on topics such as canonicity, textual criticism, and translation.
U.S. History Collection
A collection of journals providing balanced coverage of both current thought on events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work established in the field.
