ABI Dateline- Search a unique resource focusing on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications
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ABI Select- Search for essential information from 515 core business periodicals. Provides information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers, and more
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ABI Trade Industry Journals - Search more than 1200 business periodicals with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more
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African American Experience The African American Experience (AAE) is a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora.
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Annals of American History
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Ask a Librarian - Have your reference questions answered 24/7 by real librarians

Black News - A collection of significant Black newspapers from the United States.
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Career Cruising - Career Cruising is a comprehensive and interactive career guidance resource that provides the information you need to make the right career choice.

Community Resource Database of Long Island - The Community Resource Database of Long Island is a free, online directory of health, human service, and education agencies and programs on Long Island.  With detailed information on nearly 12,000 community resources, the CRD provides instant essential information for Long Islanders and is updated on a daily basis. Examples of agencies include health services, counseling & substance abuse services, support groups, child care and elder care and hot lines.
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Consumer Reports – search the back issues of Consumer Reports.

Credo - This database is an essential tool for homework and research projects. It includes full test reference sources covering every major topic. Includes over 60,000 images, audio files, interactive maps, citation formatter, cross references and much more.

EBSCO A-Z – Find articles easier using the Ebsco A-Z searching tool.

EBSCO NoveList - Your guide to fiction with a readers’ advisory for all ages. Over 120,000 fiction titles, 90,000 full-text reviews, 36,000 subject headings and a full spectrum of searching options. This database uses natural language searching. It also contains Read-alikes, which allows selection of similar books based on what has been described. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

EBSCO NoveList K-8 - Contains enhanced subject access for over 38,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population in public library children’s rooms. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. Also provides booktalks for selected young adult and children’s titles. It allows users to search by A=author, title, series, theme or topic. NoveList K-8 also contains Lexile measures for many titles, facilitating location of reading material geared to a user’s reading ability. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

EBSCO Primary Search - Primary Search contains full-text for more than 60 elementary school magazines.  In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines.  Full-text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets. 

Encyclopedia Brittanica
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Gale Biography and Genealogy Master Index – A first stop index tool for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations and fields of endeavor. This comprehensive database contains more than 15,000,000 citations covering nearly 5,000,000 people and points to more than 1,000 publications where their biographies can be found. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

Gale Biography Resource Center - Is a comprehensive biographical reference database that meets the needs of library users in the areas of literature, science, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts. Provides narrative biographies, thumbnail biographies, magazine articles and links to Web sites concerning an individual. Provides powerful capabilities for both novice and experienced users. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

Gale Business and Company Resource Center - A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health - Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

Gale Kids Infobits - This database meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 containing information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Gale National Newspaper Index - National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Coverage is from 1977 – March 2005.

Gale One File A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics; business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues,
health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology and many general interest topics.
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Gale Opposing Viewpoints Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues and current events.  Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
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Gale Prompt PROMT stands for the Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology and is an Infotrac database which allows you to search companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete.  It includes material from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, new releases and investment and brokerage firm reports.

Gale Virtual Reference Collection - This source contains 12 searchable online reference titles focusing on health, history and business. Included are: The Gale Encyclopedias of Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Genetic Disorders, Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health; The American Revolution Reference Library, the American Civil War Reference Library, Major Acts of Congress, History Behind the Headlines, The Encyclopedia of Small Business, Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, and the Business Plans Handbook, volumes 5-10.


Global Reference Center
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Global Road Warrior - Global resources and information for travelers and scholars

Greenwood Daily Life in America A searchable, and ever-expanding, website that spotlights the day-to-day lives of average Americans, past and present
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Greenwood Daily Life Online
Browse by time period, region, or subject, and understand historical context with chronologies and timelines based on the 6 volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life and the 34 volume Daily Life Through History series, plus related history reference works from both Greenwood and Praeger Press.  Also included are more than 1,200 color and black-and-white images, primary documents, and vetted web links to museums, galleries, and more.
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Greenwood Pop Culture Universe - An authoritative, yet irresistible, digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.

Greenwood World Cultures - Combining three rich databases to provide a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students.
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Grolier America the Beautiful - The online database for state research. Easy-to-use state-by-state history of current events for elementary and middle schools. Over 1,400 colorful, easy-to-read interactive articles with over 2,300 of the most useful Web links--complete with summaries--in just one click. Each state article includes: fast facts, history and geography, economy and culture, government, cities, spotlights and profiles, state timeline, word find, what do you know? and teacher resources. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.
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Grolier Encyclopedia Americana - In-depth information and news archives for middle school and higher. ADA compliant version. A standard in school, academic and public libraries. Easy to search online, this database helps middle to upper grade students find information to assist with homework and research projects. Contains 45,000 articles, further reading links, more than 100,000 full-text periodical articles and 9,000 bibliographies. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.


Grolier Lands and People - An encyclopedia of countries, cultures and current events for middle and high schools. There are 400 articles on continents and countries of the world and each has their own Web links, article links, photographs, maps, flags, bibliographic references, ancillary stories and facts and figures. There is a global news desk with weekly spotlights on three current events stories. It also contains an electronic atlas with a collection of over 500 maps. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.
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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - A quick reference for middle school and high school students. Reduce search time across a wide variety of media. A database that contains resources for students and teachers. ADA compliant. Search by word or browse by subject. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

Grolier Popular Science - In-depth Science, plus Science in the News for Middle and High Schools. Sciclopedia features 400 articles on science, technology and medical topics and over 3,000 links to relevant Web sites. NewsBytes has three top science stories every week, plus updates and lesson plans. Other features are science projects, biographies, games, puzzles, brain teasers and a science fact finder. Skywatch is a detailed guide to weekly happenings in the night skies. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.
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Health Management Journals - Find complete, full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law
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Historical New York Times - The New York Times (1851-2005) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: Sept 18,1851-Dec 31, 2005
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Hoovers Company - Find up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Hoover's, widely recognized as a leading provider of corporate data, delivers in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.
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Latin American Experience - Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos.
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Learning Express - Provides completely interactive online test preparation and practice for Civil Service, GED, SAT, U.S. citizen test, law enforcement, real estate, and 4th and 8th grade performance tests, plus many others. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site. To access this site, use your library card number for the username and then create your own password. ( First time only). From then on, use your card number and password each time you want to access the database.

LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists.

LitFinder - Comprehensive searchable lists of poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches. This reference includes 125,000 full-text poems including 25,000 copyrighted poems and 800,000 poem citations; thousands of full-text stories, explanations and biographies; the most complete single source of full-text plays; and the best known speeches of the past 2,500 years. Easily searchable. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

Live Homework Help - Provides help from real, live tutors via the internet. This program is for 4th- to 12th-grade students and is available every day from 3 PM to 8 PM. It connects to a live tutor for up to 20 minutes of one-on-one help. Easy to use--click on the link above, enter student’s grade level and the subject he or she needs help in and he or she is instantly connected to an expert tutor. Students can get help in math, science, social studies or English. You must have your Gold Coast Public Library card number available to access this site.

Mango Languages - Mango is an online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for12 different languages.

Nassau Digital Doorway - Nassau Digital Doorway is a collection of downloadable media and contains the largest amount of bestselling novels. Browse a wide variety of audiobooks that can be downloaded to your computer, transferred to a portable device, or burned onto a CD for your enjoyment anywhere, anytime!
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New York State Newspapers - Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.

Newsday - Newspaper reporting on news and events in the New York City area.
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NextReads - Want to know what to read next? NextReads is an online newsletter that provides reading suggestions for adults and children which have been compiled by librarians and grouped by genre. Newsletters are sent to subscribers through e-mail on a regularly scheduled basis. Sign up today to receive your newsletters!

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) - Authoritative, award-winning health information site which provides information in both English and Spanish. This site is sponsored by a variety of libraries and library organizations in and around New York City including the New York Academy of Medicine.

Oxford Dictionary of Art - A comprehensive worldwide visual arts database. Includes information about painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, and photography from prehistory to the present day. Includes art reproductions and links to Web sites of museums, galleries, and artists. Available county-wide courtesy of NLS’ Co-Central Libraries.

Oxford Dictionary of Music - Authoritative and comprehensive source of information about music, musicians and musical instruments from prehistoric to contemporary times. Includes full text of the print editions of Grove’s Dictionary of Music, Dictionary of Opera and 20th Century Music. Available county-wide courtesy of NLS’ Co-Central Libraries.

Prices for Antiques - A comprehensive database of antiques, collectibles and historic Americana sold at auction throughout the country.
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Proquest Databases - Search the premier collection of periodicals covering all aspects of general reference including arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences, and current affairs.
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Proquest Academic Journals
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ProQuest Ancestry Library- A genealogical research tool that contains over 4,000 databases. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. Key collections include the U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images added all the time.

Proquest Business
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Proquest Computing Journals - Search top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.
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Proquest Education Journals - Search professional magazines and periodicals related to all aspects of education and education-related issues.
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ProQuest Heritage - A genealogical research database that allow you to search the U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 to 1930; Search books to find information on people and places described in over 25,000 family and local histories; and search Persi to find information about people and places from this index of over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles. You must have your Gold Coast Member Public Library number available to access this site.

Proquest Newspapers - Search the full collection of newspapers.
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Proquest Research Library - Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests
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Reference USA - Is an online reference service for use as a reference tool in libraries. This database contains detailed information on more than 12 million U. S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents. You must have your Gold Coast Member card Public Library available to access this site.

Salud in Espanol - This database provides full-text Spanish-language information from 300 publications for a wide variety of medical and health-related topics and is designed to make useful health information more readily accessible for Spanish-speaking consumers and patients.

Tumble Book Library - TumbleBook Library is for children who love picture books. Here they can find animated, talking picture books, puzzles, and educational games as well as 'books' in other languages. There is language arts support in the form of book annotations, vocabulary lessons, reading comprehension quizzes, book reviews and more. It's a great resource for parents to use with their children.

TumbleReadables - This online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically. The collection features chapter books, early readers, YA/Teen Novels, high interest/low level books for both middle school and high school students, plus classics of American and English literature. Read-Alongs are great for emergent, struggling, and reluctant readers, as well as being an excellent tool for ESL.

Twayne’s Author Series - Search the content of more than 600 books that comprise the Twayne’s print series: United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors. This series is devoted to literary critical interpretation and discussion for readers ranging from high school students through college and above.

Websters Dictionary
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Word Data Analyst- Offers quick and easy comparisons of countries around the world.
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