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A list of top-quality databases funded by MidYork Library System. Simply click on the link, log in with your library card number, and explore.

Grolier Online:

Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

Newsbank

Provides full text information from newspapers such as: Syracuse Post Standard 1986-, Rochester Democrat, 2002-, Utica Observer Dispatch, 2003-, and the Albany Times Union.
(funded by the MidYork Library System and the Central New York Library Resources Council)

Custom Newspapers (GALE)

Provides full text of 150 national and international newspapers.
(funded with federal LSTA Funds through NOVELNY)

New York State Newspapers (GALE)

Provides full text of 10 state newspapers, including the New York Times and the New York Post.
(funded with federal LSTA Funds through NOVELNY)

Topic Search (EBSCO)

A current events database, which contains full text for over 139,800 articles from more than 4,800 diverse sources.
(funded with federal LSTA Funds through NOVELNY)

National Newspaper Index (GALE)

Indexing of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.
(funded with federal LSTA Funds through NOVELNY)

Quality Internet Resources

Internet Public Library

"A public library of and for the Internet community." Provides information on various subjects from international, national and local resources such as librarians, educational institutions and internet links. Founded by the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology.

Current Events at InfoPlease.com

A link to current events by year and month