Cay-Onon BOCES Professional
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- This guide contains a full list of databases offered by the School Library System organized alphabetically by name.
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| Power Search |
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- This is a tool that allows you to search all 37 of our Gale databases at once.
- Use Power Search when you have a hard to find topic.
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| Academic Journals / Magazines |
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- Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from over 13,000 academic journals and magazines.
- Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects
- PDF and HTML full-text formats with no restrictions.
- Transcripts and audio from all NPR (National Public Radio) programs.
- Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 - present.
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- General interest content from more than 11,500 magazine and journal titles, hundreds of newspapers 500 travel guides, and more than 20 reference sets.
- Full-text of the New York Times to 1995, Financial Times to 1996 andLondon Times to 1985.
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- NOVELNY is an online library of literally hundreds of magazines, newspapers, maps, charts, research and reference books that are available to every New Yorker.
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- Includes dozens of databases, including WorldCat and Wilson Select Plus.
- More than 10 million full-text and full-image in science, the humanities, education, and business.
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- More than 4,600 full-text scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. Major subject focus includes business, current events, education, health, literature, sciences, and social sciences.
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- Designed for professional educators, this database provides access to nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles and more than 200 educational reports. Examples of titles offered include:Booklist, Curriculum Administrator, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others.
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| Business Reserouces |
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- Offers detailed company and industry news and information includingcompany profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
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- Provides more than 150 full-text academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics.
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- Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs.
- Provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.
- Hundreds of full text subject-appropriate periodicals.
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| General Reference Sources (Encyclopedia) |
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- Includes fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information fromEncyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary andThesaurus.
- Magazines and periodicals and many other research tools are also provided.
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- Britannica® ImageQuest™ brings lessons, assignments, and projects to life with close to three million rights-cleared images from 59 leading collections … and growing!
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- World Book Online is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.
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| Health Resources |
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- Provides access to the full-text of nursing and allied health journals.
- Offers a wide variety of personal health information sources.
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- 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine.
- Includes proven treatment techniques and experimental research theses.
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| Literature Resources |
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- This comprehensive, full-text database provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes—to give students, professors, and researchers a foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs.
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- Twayne’s Authors Online series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements, and the development of literary genres.
- This eBook resource features the content of nearly 900 books from six print series — U.S. Authors Series Classic, English Writers Series Classic, World Authors Series Classic, Masterwork Studies, Studies in Short Fiction, and updated editions of U.S. Authors, World Authors and English Author.
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- Offers original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to titles and multmedia resources for teaching children's and young adult literature.
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| Multi-Subject Resources |
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- Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data.
- Covers social issues from around the world.
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- In addition to many of the databases on this list, the InfoTrac Collection includes databases covering the following subjects:
- Agriculture
- Communications and Mass Media
- Computers
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Diversity Studies
- Fine Arts and Music
- Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture
- Home Improvement
- Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure
- Military and Intelligence
- Popular Magazines
- Vocations, Careers & Technical Education
- and more..
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| Newspapers |
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- Provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in every search: The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
- Titles are largely embargo-free, providing content the moment they hit the newsstand, if not before.
- Covers 1977 - present.
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- A full-text newspaper resource that allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields, eliminating random searching through newspaper archives.
- Provides access to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.
- Users can elect to create a collection of custom newspapers that fit specific research needs.
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New York State Newspapers |
- A database of newspapers published in New York State including The New York Times, The New York Post. The Syracuse Post-Standard, The Syracuse Herald-American, The Buffalo News, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and more.
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| Science Resources |
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- Covers environmental issues and policy from multiple viewpoints including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers and corporate interests.
- Includes full-text articles from nearly 200 journals.
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- Complete coverage: the full spectrum of scientific disciplines
- Experiments and activities: more than 1,300 sci- ence experiments and activities, indexed by grade range, subject category, and time required. Great for science fairs!
- “Today’s Science Feature”: handpicked articles from Today’s Science highlighting recent scientific events and discoveries
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- Provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including particle physics, quantum theory, advanced mathematics, and biotechnology.
- Access to 300 predominantly full-text academic journals and general science-focused magazines.
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| Social Studies Resources |
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- Covers topics in the social sciences, history, and art.
- Offers access to 100 subject-appropriate periodicals.
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- Offers a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time.
- Provides access to 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals.
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- Covers different religions and philosophies and how they impact our daily lives impact our daily lives.
- Provides access to 250 periodicals, many of which are full-text. Coverage begins in 1980.
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- Offers insight into conflicts: their causes, their impact, and how they are perceived on a global scale.
- 100 full-text periodicals are included. Coverage begins in 1980.
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- 40 full-text journals presents balanced coverage of events in World History.
- Useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.
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- Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
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- Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
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- Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.
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- Offers fast access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.
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- Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
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- Includes hundreds of primary source historical U.S. newspapers published between 1690 and the 20th Century
- Features the complete content of each issue, including news stories, illustrations, advertisements, cartoons and much more
- Provides a variety of perspectives, challenging users to think critically
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