Internet databases: research links for students, staff and families
*Internet databases are available from home, too. Students should pick up the "Library Without Walls" brochure from their school library to obtain the logins and passwords required to use these sites away from school.*
Click below to use databases for the following topics, or scroll down to view all available:
Our library's databases:
Britannica Online Encyclopedia: A good place to start for overview of your topic.
Grolier online: Dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier's Multimedia.
Proquest: A full text magazine and newspaper database (USA Today, NY Times, Christian Science Monitor).
Readers’ Guide Online: a full text magazine article database. Note: this link may not work with the AOL browser. NewsBank Regional Newspapers: For local and national news
Infotrack: health, business, authors, local and world news and statistics, and the Junior Edition Reference Center.
Grove Music Online Full text of The New Grove encyclopedia of Music & Musicians, Opera, & Jazz.
AccuNet/AP Photo Archive: Database of AP photographs as current as today. Click on "search" to get started.
EBSCOhost: Extensive database in English or Spanish with articles from 760 periodicals in Masterfile Select, animal information, plus the Funk & Wagnall Encyclopedia & Primary Search.
FirstSearch: Contains many useful databases such as Medline and Wilson Select Plus.
Net Library: Electronic books available for loan.
Citation Machine: Generate MLA and APA Citations. Other regional libraries:
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES Library System Student Links
Onondaga County Public Library
Finger Lakes Library System
Onondaga Community College Library
Cayuga Community College Library
Syracuse University Library
