As an Oceanside Library cardholder, you have the ability to search many of our on-line databases from home.  Please have your library card available; you must enter your library card number to access many of these databases.  If you experience any problems with a link, please let one of our librarians know by calling 766-2360, ext. 370.

NOTE: For a complete list of the Gale Group databases available at this library, click here:
Galenet.

NOTE: Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The New York Knowledge Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELNY.
NOVELNY gives New York State residents online access to the full text of thousands of journals, newspapers and other references.  If you do not have your library card handy, you can click on the logo below to access NOVEL databases with your New York State Driver License ID.
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NOTE: EBSCOhost Web is broken up into multiple databases. Each is listed below under the individual subject headings with an "EBSCOhost Web" designation.  For a complete list of the EBSCOhost Web databases available at this library, click here: EBSCOhost Web

*Click here for an alphabetical list of databases & database descriptions.

For tips on how to search in databases, click here.

ART HISTORY
BIOGRAPHY LAW
BUSINESS & FINANCE LITERATURE
CAREERS MUSIC
CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
CURRENT EVENTS & ISSUES READER'S ADVISORY
EDUCATION REFERENCE BOOKS
ENCYCLOPEDIAS SCIENCE
GENEALOGY SPANISH LANGUAGE DATABASES
HEALTH TEST PREPARATION


ART
Credo Reference


Grove Dictionary Of Art
 


BIOGRAPHY
Biography Resource Center & The Complete Marquis Who's Who
 
(Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the Gale
 database page to find the link to access this database.

Credo Reference
 


BUSINESS & FINANCE
Associations Unlimited (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

Business & Company Resource Center (NOVEL) NOTE: After clicking on
 the link, scroll down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access
 this database.

Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to access
 this database.

Credo Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library (NOVEL) (includes Business Plans
 Handbook
, Encyclopedia of Small Business, and Encyclopedia of
 E-Commerce)
 
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down
 the NOVEL database page to find the link to access this database.

General Business File ASAP (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the Gale database page to find the link to access this
 database.

Investext Plus (Galenet)
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the
 Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

Newsletters ASAP (Galenet)
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down
 the Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

PROMT (Galenet)
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the Gale
 database page to find the link to access this database.

Reference USA NOTE: If you are having difficulty accessing this database
 from home, please refer to the extensive Reference USA help page for
 suggestions on how to correct the problem.

Regional Business News (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to
 access this database.
 


CAREERS
Career Cruising
 


CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to access
 this database.

InfoTrac Junior Edition - K12 (NOVEL) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access this
 database.

Kids InfoBits (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the Gale
 database page to find the link to access this database.

Lands & Peoples

Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to access
 this database.

NoveList K-8

Primary Search (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to access
 this database.

Searchasaurus

TumbleBooks
 


CURRENT EVENTS & ISSUES
Community Resource Database

CountryWatch

Issues And Controversies (Facts On File)

Points of View Ref. Center (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on
 the link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to
 access this database.

SIRS Researcher®

TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to access
 this database.
 


EDUCATION
Career Cruising

Educator's Reference Desk


Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost Web)  NOTE: After
 clicking on the link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find
 the link to access this database.
 


ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Credo Reference

Encyclopedia Americana

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE:
 After clicking on the link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to
 find the link to access this database.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

 


GENEALOGY
Heritage Quest Online
 


HEALTH
Credo Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library (NOVEL) (includes Gale Encyclopedia of
 Alternative Medicine
, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia
 of Genetic Disorders
, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and Gale Encyclopedia
 of Nursing and Allied Health
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the
 NOVEL database page to find the link to access this database.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
 (NOVEL) 
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the
 NOVEL database page to find the link to access this database.

Health Reference Center Academic (NOVEL)
NOTE: After clicking on
 the link, scroll down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access
 this database.

Medline Plus

New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
 


HISTORY
Credo Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library (NOVEL) (includes American Civil War
 Reference Library
, American Revolution Reference Library, History Behind the
 Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide
, and Major Acts of Congress
)
 
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the NOVEL database page
 to find the link to access this database.

Greenwood Daily Life Online

History Resource Center: US (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - The New York Times (1851-2001)

World News Digest (Facts On File)  NOTE: After logging in, click on the
 "Available Databases" graphic located on the upper left of the screen to
 access this database.

 


LAW
Credo Reference

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Directory
 


LITERATURE
Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of
 Literary Biography (Galenet)
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

Credo Reference

Essay Finder

Literature Resource Center (LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English
 & Twayne World Authors) (Galenet)
NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the Gale database page to find the link to access this
 database.

NetLibrary


NoveList

NoveList K-8

Play Finder

Poem Finder

Scribner Writers Series (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

Speech Finder

Story Finder

Student Resource Center - Bronze (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the Gale database page to find the link to access this
 database.

Twayne Authors Series (NOVEL) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll
 down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access this database.
 


MUSIC
Credo Reference

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
 


NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
Custom Newspapers (NOVEL) (includes The New York Observer and The
 New
 York Post)
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the
 NOVEL database page to find the link to access this database.

EBSCO A-to-Z

General Reference Center Gold (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the Gale database page to find the link to access this
 database.

InfoTrac OneFile (Galenet) NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the
 Gale database page to find the link to access this database.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to
 access this database.

Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to
 access this database.

National Newspaper Index (NOVEL) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access this
 database.

New York State Newspapers (NOVEL) (includes The New York Times,
 The New York Observer and The New York Post)
NOTE: After clicking on
 the link, scroll down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access
 this database.

Newsday
NOTE: To access this database, you must log in to ProQuest using
 your barcode, click on "More Search Options", and input Newsday as the
 publication title.

Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to access
 this database.

ProQuest (includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
 The Washington Post and many other periodicals and newspapers).

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - The New York Times (1851-2001)
 


READER'S ADVISORY
NoveList

NoveList K-8
 


REFERENCE BOOKS
Credo Reference
 


SCIENCE
Credo Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library (NOVEL) (includes Gale Encyclopedia of
 Alternative Medicine
, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia
 of Genetic Disorders
, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and Gale Encyclopedia
 of Nursing and Allied Health
NOTE: After clicking on the link, scroll down the
 NOVEL database page to find the link to access this database.

General Science Collection (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to
 access this database.

New Book of Popular Science

Science Reference Center (EBSCOhost Web) NOTE: After clicking on the
 link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find the link to
 access this database.

Today's Science (Facts On File)  NOTE: After logging in, click on the
 "Available Databases" graphic located on the upper left of the screen to
 access this database.

 


SPANISH LANGUAGE DATABASES
EBSCOhost Espanol

Informe (Revistas en Espanol)
(NOVEL) NOTE: After clicking on the link,
 scroll down the NOVEL database page to find the link to access this
 database.

Salud Para Todos (EBSCOhost Health Database en Espanol)
NOTE: After
 clicking on the link, scroll down the EBSCOhost Web database page to find
 the link to access this database.


TEST PREPARATION
Learning Express Library (Test Preparation)

Testing & Education Reference Center (Galenet)  NOTE: After clicking on
 the link, scroll down the Gale database page to find the link to access this
 database.


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