The NYS Library is pleased to announce that funding for the NOVELny (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) statewide eResources was included in the New York State Budget for 2024-2025. NOVELny is an electronic resource access project that enables libraries across New York State to give their communities online access to the full text of thousands of journals, newspapers, and other references.
Pending required approvals, the current NOVELny databases will continue through June 30, 2025, and new resources will be added on July 1, 2024. The new resources cover test and career preparation, entrepreneurship, health and wellness, high school materials, legal forms, and literature.
NOVELny is an online virtual library connecting New Yorkers to 21st century information via libraries and library systems statewide. NOVELny is an electronic resource access project that enables libraries across New York State to give their communities online access to the full text of thousands of journals, newspapers and other references.
Available Databases
Business:
- Gale Business: Insights (Gale, a Cengage company)
- Gale Business: Entrepreneurship (Gale, a Cengage company) [New!]
Education:
- Gale OneFile: Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale, a Cengage company)
General Periodicals:
- Gale Academic OneFile with Gale OneFile Collections (Gale, a Cengage company)
- Gale OneFile: Academic OneFile Select (Gale, a Cengage company)
- Gale General OneFile with Gale OneFile Collections (Gale, a Cengage company)
- Gale OneFile: Informe Académico (Gale, a Cengage Company)
Elementary Level General Periodicals:
- Gale In Context: Elementary (Gale, a Cengage company)
Secondary Level General Periodicals:
- Gale In Context: Middle School (Gale, a Cengage company)
- Gale OneFile: High School Edition (Gale, a Cengage company) [New!]
Encyclopedia:
- Encyclopedia Britannica (Britannica Digital Learning, a division of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.): Includes Britannica School, Britannica Academic and Britannica Escolar
Health:
- Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine (Gale, a Cengage company)
- Gale Health and Wellness (Gale, a Cengage company) [New!]
Issues:
- Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (Gale, a Cengage company)
Job and Career:
- Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep [New!]
Legal:
- Gale Legal Forms (NYS forms) [New!]
Literature:
- Gale Literature: Books and Authors [New!]
Newspapers:
- Gale OneFile: News including The New York Times (Gale, a Cengage company)
Technology:
- Gale OneFile: Computer Science (Gale, a Cengage company)
The databases listed will be freely available to over 5,900 public, school, academic and special libraries currently registered for NOVELny. If your library is not registered please contact the NOVELny Help Desk. Please contact the NOVELny Help Desk if you have any other questions about the databases.
The NYS Library has expanded its partnership with Gale, part of Cengage Group, to provide nearly 6,000 public, school (K-12), academic, and special libraries throughout the state with free access to additional Gale digital resources through NOVELny, the state’s online electronic virtual library.
The NYS Library was able to purchase the resources thanks to full funding that NOVELny received in the 2024-2025 New York State budget. These new resources provide New York residents and students with reliable, high-quality content that supports their educational, professional, and informational needs.
The new resources from Gale include:
New Yorkers located within the state can seamlessly access the resources through their public library website or the NOVELny portal using geolocation (geoIP) authentication, eliminating the need to enter a library card number or username/password. New Yorkers who are accessing the resources outside the state will be prompted to enter their library card number. These resources are also available through school, academic and special libraries using a login specific to the institution.