Databases
NOVELNY is a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. It is currently a project funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Databases in the NOVELNY project include:
Gale-Centage: Health and Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic,
Nursing and Allied Health Collection, INFOTRAC Custom Newspapers, INFOTRAC Junior Edition, Twayne Author Series, and National Newspaper Index
EBSCO: MasterFile Select, Science Reference Center, Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Correct user names and passwords can be obtained through the library.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Newspaper Archive is a free website that contains more than 50,000 newspaper articles on MLK Jr's life. It offers a timeline on historical events, biographical information, and an advanced search option that allows searching by dates and city of publication.
Encyclopedia Britannica's Reflections on the Holocaust is a research-oriented website suitable for high school students; most of the site is free but the video and image links are for subscription users only.
VGSBooks.com is a free online database based on Lerner's Visual Geography Series. It is organized by country and contains images, maps, and links.
The Mohawk Valley Library System (MVLS) website also provides additional databases at no charge to New York State residents. These databases include but are not limited to Grolier Online, NoveList, Medline, and New York State newspapers. Access them using a library card number.