Library & Media Services

    ► To View Our Collection
        http://library.nycenet.edu/common/welcome.jsp;jsessionid=E0B286FD395AD2CA34310158DA95ADE5?site=4611


    ► GaleGROUP 
        http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_monorecs
            User Name - empirelink
            The password is: empirelink
            Location ID: nysl_me_monorecs

    A favorite database among the librarians, this link will bring you to THIRTEEN very user friendly resourses. GaleGROUP features the following databases:

    • Custom Newspapers: more than 900 national and international newspapers;  
    • New York State Newspapers 28 major papers from NY including the Times; and The Post
    • Business and Company ASAP (business news & company profiles)
    • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – for controversial topics
    • Nursing and Allied Health Collection articles from nearly 400 nursing and health-fields titles
    • Student Resource Center GOLD (an “all-topic research module”);
    • Business and Company Resource Center  company profiles, brand information, and business periodicals;
    • The Twayne Authors Series –Twayne World, English and U.S. Authors;
    • National Newspaper Index – 1977-present an index to find article abstracts
    • Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module a medical reference;
    • Biography Resource Center both current and historic biographies: all eras, all fields of endeavor, nationality, genders
    • Literature Resource Center overviews, criticism, reviews on more than 130,000 writers from all over the world and all different time periods
    • Science Resource Center popular, current, and controversial topics covered in thousands of articles and book chapters

    ► Proquest Gold
        http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb

            User Name - Y1GSUBH5CF
            Password - welcome
            Remote User Name - A626QASUVW
            Remote Password - welcome
    Proquest Gold is an ENORMOUS superdatabase that includes:
    • An all topic periodical database: “Platinum Periodicals
    ” with full-text articles from a wide variety of magazines and journals;
  • A newspaper database, “Proquest Newspapers” with full-text articles from such major papers as The Christian Science Monitor and USA Today and others as well as a wide variety of English-language newspapers from around the globe;
  • A full-text periodical database for educators: “Education Periodicals
  • Reference Collection: A full-text collection of highly respected reference books such as the Ethnic Cultures of America and the World Factbook. So much more reliable than Wikipedia!
  • ► Grolier Online 
        http://go.grolier.com/
            User name - novel163
            
    password - novel
    Grolier Online, offers a wide variety of resources based on their superb reference books:

    • Encyclopedia Americana Online (much more reliable than Wikipedia)
    • Grolier Online Multimedia Encyclopedia (much more reliable than Wikipedia)
    • Lands and Peoples Online (World Culture References, info. on every country!)
    • New Book of Popular Science (Famous Science Reference Book Set)
    • For Educators section with lesson plans and classroom resources

    ► EBSCOHost Web
        http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s6535633&group=empire
            NOVEL/EBSCO User ID:  monroecamp
            NOVEL/EBSCO password:  monroecamp
            NOVEL Customer ID:  s6535633

    Within EBSCOhost, are several superb databases:

    • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. (More reliable than Wikipedia, more sophisticated than Encarta)
    • EBSCO Animals. (A specialized encyclopedia of animals including multimedia clips and photos – EXCELLENT SOURCE FOR THAT PROJECT ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES!)
    • Primary Search, a database for the basic researcher. Great resource for researchers learning English!
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