Magazine Indexes and Other Databases

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These databases are available in every public library in Monroe County, and from your PC at home or at work. Check with individual libraries and divisions for specific products not listed here.

All Databases
Search databases alphabetical by title:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W-Z

Business and Company Resource Center  NOVELny Logo.
This fully integrated business resource includes company profiles, rankings and market share information, investment reports, company histories, industry profiles and news, and periodicals from General Business File. Use our interactive tutorial to learn the most effective way to search this database.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments.

CLIC-on-Health
A "one-stop-shopping" site for Rochester health information.

Democrat and Chronicle
Beginning July 1, 2009 access to the Democrat and Chronicle is via ProQuest and includes backfiles from 2007 - to date. ProQuest will be loading the remaining backfiles (back to 1999) and the load should be completed by the Fall.

EBSCO GreenFILE 
A freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

EBSCOHost Espaņol  NOVELny Logo.
Primary Search, Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, and EBSCO Animals databases in the Spanish language.

EBSCO Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) 
This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. With coverage dating back back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.

EBSCO Teacher Reference Center (TRC) 
This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 teachers and librarians.

Gale Custom Newspapers (all)  NOVELny Logo.
Database of 150 full-text newspapers, including the New York Times (most recent 12 months), Christian Science Monitor, Boston Herald and the Denver Post.

Gale Custom Newspapers (New York State Newspapers)  NOVELny Logo.
Eight full-text newspapers for New York State (from Buffalo, New York City and Syracuse) including: The Buffalo News and the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Gale National Newspaper Index  NOVELny Logo.
Provides indexing of American's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

Global Road Warrior  
From travel planning to school work, Global Road Warrior connects you with information about countries around the world. Explore hotels, customs, history, business culture, maps and even recipes!

Grolier Online  NOVELny Logo.
Includes the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and The New Book of Knowledge.

Health & Wellness Resource Center & Alternative Health Module  NOVELny Logo.
Use this database to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, drugs, herbal remedies, and alternative treatments.

HeritageQuest
A powerful and popular genealogical resource that includes the Federal Censuses, over 25,000 family and local histories, bank and military records, and genealogical and local history sources.

Library Catalog
The online catalog of the holdings of the Monroe County Library System.

NetLibrary Reference Center
Search and browse reference resources including encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri and more.

Primary Search via Kids Search  NOVELny Logo.
Children's magazines and pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.

Primary Search via SEARCHASAURUS  NOVELny Logo.
Children's magazines and pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.

ProQuest Platinum  NOVELny Logo.
Includes periodicals (Newspapers, Magazines, Journals) covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other subject areas. Browsable subjects include arts and humanities; computers and Internet; education; environment; health; lifestyles and culture; politics and government; science and mathematics; social issues and policy; and sports and entertainment. 

Rochester History
Rochester History is a journal that covers the history of Rochester and western New York. All articles are available on-line - from 1939 to the present.

Rochester Images
Contains over 22,000 historical and contemporary images from Rochester and Monroe County.

Twayne's Author Series  NOVELny Logo.
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.

WorldCat via OCLC FirstSearch
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.


This web page was supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
 

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