A-Z List of Databases
Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more. Funded by the Library.
A business and residential directory with almost 300 million listings. Look for friends or family, prepare for a job interview or do research on a company or business. Funded by the Library.
Business & Company Resource
Center
Company profiles, industry rankings, products, brands, stock prices. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Biography Reference Center
Profiles of over 140,000 individuals from antiquity to the present. Funded by the Library.
Automotive repair information for do-it-yourself people. Supported with Central Library Development Aid.
A wide-ranging selection of 250, full-text, searchable, authoritative reference works in digital format. Funded by the Library.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program .
GALE Academic OneFile: News are articles covering the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program .
GALE General OneFile: News and articles covering business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program .
Gale Literary Databases
Profiles and criticism of contemporary authors, contains Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Funded by the Library.
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
A library of searchable electronic-format reference books covering biography,
business, history, medicine, nations of the world, and science. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program and Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC).
Gale Custom Newspapers
Full-text newspaper articles from newspapers across the country and around the world, including the New York Times, the New York Post, The Daily News, the Albany Times Union and other newspapers. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Gale’s Health Reference Center Academic
Articles on general health issues from popular and scholarly magazines and encyclopedias; includes alternative medicine. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Grolier Online contains comprehensive reference works like the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program .
HeritageQuest
Census records and other documents for genealogy and family research. Funded by the Library with support from Central Library Development Aid.
The Historical New York Times online provides full text coverage of the New York Times from 1851 through 2005 and is searchable by keyword (“Titanic sinks”) or by date (April 16, 1912). Scroll through all related articles, or use the Page Map to view the entire page and navigate through the paper from first page to last. Funded by the Library.
Infotrac Newsstand
Full-text newspaper articles from newspapers across the country and around the world, including the New York Times, the New York Post, The Daily News, the Albany Times Union and other newspapers.
JobNow A database that will help you create a resume, hone your interview skills and search for jobs. Patrons can also take practice tests, chat with a live tutor or receive writing help.
Learn Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Greek, or Russian the fun, interactive way – all on your own schedule, at your own pace, and wherever you want. Stop in the middle of a lesson and sign back in at a later point, Mango will keep track of everything for you! Funded by the Library with support from Central Library Development Aid.
The New York Times full text access from 1985 to the present. Articles can be translated into more than 10 different languages or listened to using the audio player. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
OmniFile Full-Text Select
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Funded by the Library.
Testing & Education Reference Center from Gale
Select a vocational or career school, find a college or graduate program, plan your education finances, or prepare for civil service/licensing exams. Log off and come back whenever you like! Supported with Central Library Development Aid.
Twayne's Authors Online
Biographical and critical information on 600 world authors from antiquity
to modern times. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Troubleshooting
Some people have reported intermittent problems accessing HeritageQuest and/or ProQuest. Below are some tips to help remedy the situation that you are experiencing. These tips are geared towards HeritageQuest Online and ProQuest, but are applicable to all of the databases.
The address of this page should be this:
http://0-www.heritagequestonline.com.gigcat.midhudson.org/login?username=0DC3XXTN3K&
password=WELCOME&JSEnabled=1.
If this is not the address listed in the address bar, there may be a problem with your system, your router (if you have one), or your personal or ISP's firewall.
You should then copy or type the above address into your browser address bar. This should take you to the Offsite Database login page. If not, copy or type this address: http://www.poklib.org:2048/ip and send the output to techproblems@poklib.org, using the File/Send To feature on your browser's menu bar.