databases A-Z

databases by subject
American Ancestors (in-library only)
Online access to more than 200 million records for New England, New York and beyond from the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Funded by: bpl

Ancestry - library edition (in-library only)
Primary source documents and images, census records, Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, Social Security Index, Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Funded by: bpl

Auto Repair Reference Center
Database content includes more than 33,100 vehicles covered from 1945 to present. Funded by: bpl

Business Insights: Essentials
This comprehensive database brings together a wide variety of global business information including company profiles, industry reports, and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers. It contains full text from over 3900 periodical titles. Funded by: novel

BusinessFile ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. Funded by: novel

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Over 150,000 full-text, searchable, adult-level reviews of children's books, plus award citations and booklist appearances. Funded by: bpl

Consumer Reports with Cars Best Deals Plus
Provides product reviews, articles on health and money matters, and helps users get the best possible car deal. Funded by: bpl

Grolier Online encyclopedias
This resource includes these encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science. This link is for BPL cardholders only. All others, use www.uhls.org/new/databases.asp. Funded by: bpl, novel

Health Reference Center Academic
This health database includes over 2800 journals and magazines, many of which are full text. It contains nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines. Funded by: novel

HeritageQuest
US Census records from 1790-1930, full text of 25,000+ family and local history books, index of 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles, selected Revolutionary War records. Funded by: bpl

Journals-professional
Academic OneFile includes over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many peer-reviewed and full-text. Extensive coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, theology, literature and more. Funded by: novel

Kids Search reference
An easy way for students to search by keyword or by topic. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. Funded by: novel

Literary Reference Center
This is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Funded by: bpl

Magazines and more (General OneFile)
General OneFile includes over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books and multimedia sources, majority full-text. Subjects include humanities, education, environment, technology, health care, politics and more. 30-year backfile. Funded by: novel

Morningstar Investment Research Center
Provides comprehensive financial information on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Funded by: bpl

National Newspaper Index (citations from 5 major US papers)
Indexes of America's top five newspapers: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post. Funded by: novel

New York Times, Historical:1851-2007 (in-library only)
Full text and full-image articles for all issues from 1851-2007. Funded by: bpl

Newsstand (includes full-text articles from NYT: 1/1/1985-; TU: 3/1/86- )
Full-text articles from both print and media sources from around the world. Funded by: novel

NoveList reading suggestions
NoveList, a readers' advisory service, offers a wide range of resources that will expand your ability to find the right book. Funded by: bpl

Twayne's Author Series
Literary criticism for high school and college students; contains full text of the 600 books in U.S., English and World Authors series. Funded by: novel





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