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Some of our databases require you to enter a password for access
Your password is your Bayville library card user id preceded by the letter/number code: bvl628
Example: bvl628999 where 999 is your library user id

Databases Arranged by Subject

Business

  Business and Company ASAP
Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
  Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is 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.
  General Business File ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.
  Investext Plus
Search this database to find investment, company and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in full page PDF image.
  PROMT - Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology
- 2005 - Dec 2008
Use this database to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports.

Careers

  Career Cruising
Career Cruising is for people entering the job market or exploring career options.
This site helps you plan for future education and training in diverse fields.
  LearningExpress
LearningExpress offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information.
To create an account, register with LearningExpress online at the Bayville Free Library. After registering in the library sign in with user name and password.

Health

  Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
- 1980 - Aug 2006
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.

Homework Help

  ELibrary access from Bayville Free Library      access from Home     
Students can find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central, and audio/video files.
  Encylopedia Britannica Online Reference Center
This library edition deliveries two sites in one.  The Reference Center home page is an entryway for older students and adults. While the link for the kids home page is the entryway for children and young adults.
  Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
  Grolier Online access from Bayville Free Library      access from Home     
Includes these encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.
  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
  Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Kids

  Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
  Kid's Search
Kids Search combines a state-of-the-art search engine with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use. Kids Search makes it easier for students to look for their subjects of interest by automatically searching across all applicable databases simultaneously.
  Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Literary

  Twayne Author Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.

Long Island

  Community Resource Database of Long Island
Profiles of more than 11,000 community services and resources available in the Long Island area.

Newspapers

  InfoTrac Newsstand
Search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers,translate articles into 11 different languages, create email alerts, and customize your search options and results format.
  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.
  New York State Newspapers
Search this database of seven newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.

Spanish Language Sources

  Global Reference Center
An extensive collection of Encyclopædia Britannica's foreign language content, offering trustworthy information in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese, and French.

            Enciclopedia Juvenil             Enciclopedia Universal en Español

  ¡Informe!
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
 

Reference Center

  Access Science
McGraw-Hill's AccessScience 2.0 features fully searchable content from McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition.
  Annals of American History
American History through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images and multimedia. This online chronicle provides the reader with a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action. 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present.
  Credo Reference
Credo Reference enables users to find authoritative answers fast. It features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects.
  Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
  General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
  Global Reference Center
An extensive collection of Encyclopædia Britannica's foreign language content, offering trustworthy information in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese, and French.

            Enciclopedia Juvenil             Enciclopedia Universal en Español

  Greenwood Daily Life
      Historical views of the everyday lives of the world's people.  Especially
      recommended for high school and college literature and history courses.

             Greenwood Daily Life Premium
         access from Bayville Free Library   
                (including World Cultures)             
access from Home
  
             Greenwood Daily Life in America        access from Bayville Free Library   
                                                                    access from Home
            
             The African American Experience     
 access from Bayville Free Library   
                                                                     access from Home

             The Latino American Experience        access from Bayville Free Library   
                                                                    access from Home

             Pop Culture Universe                         access from Bayville Free Library   
                                                                    access from Home

  Grolier Online access available from Bayville Free Library only
Includes these encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.
  Heritage Quest Online access from Bayville Free Library      access from Home
Search a variety of genealogy resources including census records and books.
  InfoTrac OneFile
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. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
  Oxford Art Online access from Bayville Free Library only

(Grove Art Online)

  Oxford Music Online access from Bayville Free Library only

(Grove Music Online)

  Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
  Proquest Databases
   
  Access to the Following:
  ABI/Inform (American Business Index)
Black Newspapers
Education Periodicals
  Hoover's Company Records
National Newspapers Premier
ProQuest Computing
Proquest Health Management
ProQuesst Newspapers
Financial Times
Research Library
ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2005)
  Webster's Dictionary
Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged.
  World Data Analyst
Offers a variety of statistics by country and region.  This database of statistics makes historical and cross-national comparisons easy. Plus, World Data Analyst allows subscribers to create tables, charts.  Users can export the information to a spreadsheet for data crunching and deeper analysis. Users can also link to country articles from the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. It’s a great source for research, to explore new topics for study, or just to learn more about the world.
 
 
 
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