Homework Help
EBSCOhost - EBSCO Animals* - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
EBSCOhost - Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia* - Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.
EBSCOhost - General Science Collection* - Provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full-text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications.
EBSCOhost - MasterFILE
Elite - Essential Documents in American History-a
database of over 1,000 original historical documents including
The Bill of Rights, The Constitution, The Federalist Papers
and the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
EBSCOhost - Primary Search* - Provides full text for 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.
EBSCOhost - Science Reference Center* - Designed to support middle and high school curriculum. Biology, chemistry, earth, space, life, physical, and environmental sciences are covered as well as health and medicine, science in society, science as inquiry, history of science, technology, scientists, and wildlife. Provides 639 full text titles from reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, biographies and images.
EBSCOhost - Searchasaurus* - Complete with erupting volcanoes, dinosaur guide and compass, Searchasaurus is EBSCO's newest user search experience for elementary- to middle school-age users. Includes the following databases with a children's interface: Primary Search, EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
EBSCOhost - Espanol*
Gale Databases - Gale Virtual Reference Library* - Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Gale Databases - Junior Edition K12* - This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Gale Databases - The Twayne Authors Series* - Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
Gale Databases - Informe* - (Magazine articles in Spanish) Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Grolier Online - Encyclopedia Americana - Its 45,000 articles and more than 25 million words have been contributed by over 6,500 specialists in their respective disciplines and cover all academic fields and curriculum topics. Updated quarterly, the Americana Online can now be used either as a stand-alone source of current information on almost any topic or as a guide to the resources of the World Wide Web.
Grolier Online - Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is based on the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia contains thousands of new and expanded articles, extensive hyperlinking, bibliographies and links to other sources of information on the Web. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online is updated monthly.
HelpU2Know - The site is maintained by the Nioga Library System. Includes links to regional sources originating in Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Erie, and Chautauqua Counties as well as important sites from other regions of New York State. You can find information on such varied topics as the history of Old Fort Niagara, the latest geological conditions of Niagara Falls, or local geneological records. You can link to local school districts or city, town and county governments. You can find out more through the wealth of museums and attractions in the Western New York area.
Electronic Journals
OCLC FirstSearch - This resource, sponsored by Western New York Library Resources Council, contains the 3 databases listed below:
ArticleFirst - OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals
ECO - An OCLC collection of scholarly journals (Browse Journal Titles)
WorldCat - OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide
