Remote access to the following resources is available to registered borrowers (attorneys, historians, NYS government employees, and physicians) with a valid Borrower Number (beginning with "P") and PIN. The library's electronic resources are available for the public to access on-site using the NYS Library's computers available on the 7th floor.
Remote access to databases for NYS residents is available through our NOVELny collection.
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Ancestry contains family and local histories, family trees, directories, periodical and newspaper articles on genealogy, immigration and naturalization records, birth marriage and death records, and federal census records. While not every state or country is represented for every publication, the majority of the United States as well as many foreign countries are included.
A primary source collection that comprehensively details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery. It covers the period of 1830-1865. This database contains approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists. It shows the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.
Includes company profiles, brand information, company histories, financial reports, periodical articles, and links to relevant Web sites.
The Charleston Advisor (TCA) contains in-depth, critical reviews of web products and online databases for librarians and other information professionals. TCA's five-star rating system scores each product based on four elements: content, searchability (user interface), price and contract options/features.
A resource for national and international college catalogs.
This internet-based digital library of education research and information is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other data) for items indexed from 1966 to the present. Links to full text articles when available or contact your library to request a specific article. ERIC provides full text access to most ERIC documents, which includes federal and state reports as well as other research reports.
Updated continually, Foundation Directory Online provides current details available on U.S. funders and their grants. Over 92,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors, 1.3 million recent grants, and more than 400,000 key decision makers are provided. Includes links to searchable 990s as well.
GuideStar is the most complete source of information about U.S. charities and other nonprofit organizations there is. Search our database of more than 1.8 million IRS-recognized organizations to find a charity to support, benchmark your own nonprofit's performance, research the sector, and more.
Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.
LRS provides free public access to legislative session information from 1995-present including bill text, status, summaries, memos, calendars, agendas, and current consolidated laws. Search for legislation by bill number, chapter number, or keyword. The NYS Library subscribes to a version of this, available on-site only, that includes the Legislative Digest daily sheets and the NYCRR. Ask a reference librarian for information about how to access this.
PubMed® is a database interface that provides free access to MEDLINE, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals around the world. It's used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development. Links to full text articles when available or contact your library for information about how to request a specific article.
Free access to a searchable online database of approximately three million publications from the National Technical Information Service.
PLOS is a nonprofit Open Access publisher, innovator and advocacy organization with a mission to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. PLOS publications cover the areas of medicine/health sciences, biology/life sciences, research analysis/science policy, computer/information science, and earth/environmental sciences.
PDR, known as Prescribers' Digital Reference or more commonly known as the Physicians' Desk Reference. This search tool allows you to browse by drug name, provides information related to drug summary, dosage, adverse effects, and common brand names.
An online legal research service designed especially for patron use in government, law, and public libraries. It provides access to cases and legal documents from both federal and state sources. Limited to three concurrent sessions.
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. This internet-based catalog lists the holdings of participating libraries