SLEEPY HOLLOW LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG (OPAC)
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AMERICAN HISTORY
A survey of American history from 1350 to the present.
Covers politics, historical events, literature, philosophy, science, art and economics. Contains feature stories, maps, photos, timelines, news analysis, biographies and more, organized chronologically and thematically.  Includes a teacher component with suggested classroom activities and curricular tie-ins.

BRITANNICA ONLINE SCHOOL EDITION
High school, Middle school and Elementary versions of Encyclopedia Britannica, including teacher-developed curriculum materials.

• ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY Primary documents of American history including speeches, memoirs, poems, historical accounts, images and multimedia.
   
• GLOBAL REFERENCE CENTER Foreign language content from Encyclopedia Britannica: French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
   
• MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY A large and comprehensive American dictionary.
   
• WORLD DATA ANALYST  Statistics on over 200 countries with an Analyst Tool allowing users to create tables, charts and export information to spreadsheets for further data analysis.

CURRICULUM VIDEO ON DEMAND
Streaming video collection covering literature, history, science, business, the arts, world cultures and more. Additional features for teachers.

EBSCO

• MagillOnLiterature definitive online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia a general encyclopedia

• GreenFILE information on the human impact on the environment including global warming, sustainability, recycling, renewable energy, pollution, going green. 

• Teacher Reference Center indexing and abstracts for popular periodicals for educators. 

• Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts Selective journals and research reports on many aspects of information literacy.

• Other EBSCO Databases

   

GALE DATABASES

• Biography in Context  Use this database to research biographies of famous people.
• Business & Company Resource Center  Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information - includes co. profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, co. histories, and periodicals.
• Twayne Author Series  Contains the full-text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on World, US, or English authors.  Includes biography and literary criticism.

• Health Reference Center  Journals of medicine, nursing, health and nutrition

• Literature Resource Center Literary criticism and biographical information on 130,000 writers from around the world.

• Opposing Viewpoints in Context A comprehensive source of information on contemporary social issues

• General OneFile  This is the one to use to find basic magazine articles.

• InfoTrac Newsstand This is the one to find basic newspaper articles.

• Student Resources in Context Resources on all subjects for students who want a Web-surfing experience without the clutter that fails to provide reliable information. Includes articles from periodicals, newspapers, books, primary sources, multimedia, and video and audio content from major production sources such as NPR and network broadcasters.

• Other GALE Databases

GRANGER'S WORLD OF POETRY
Over 250,000 full text poems with commentary from Columbia University Press. Poet biographies and the ability to create and save your own poetry anthology.

GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Includes Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Knowledge

HISPANICA SABER (WORLD BOOK)
Articles, images, maps, videos, links to websites, designed for research needs of native Spanish speakers in ESL programs.  Content written from a Latin American perspective.

JSTOR
Full-text academic journals for scholarly research. Collections in Arts & Sciences, Business, Life Sciences, Language and Literature, Math & Statistics, Music, Ecology

PROQUEST
Provides indexing and some full-text of over 700 newspapers, magazines and journals including full indexing and daily editions of The New York Times and Wall Street Journal

SCIENCE DIRECT  A collection of scientific journals for students pursuing advanced scientific research.  Access available via assigned password and is limited to students enrolled in the Advanced Science Research Class

SCIENCE ONLINE
Essays, images, news items, videos, animations, diagrams, experiments, biographies and more, searchable by subject area and type of resource.  For teachers: content tied to New York State Standards.

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
A global approach to geography, people and cultures.

WORLD HISTORY:  ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ERAS
World history from prehistory through the Renaissance with primary sources and timelines covering ancient cultures and providing a worldwide perspective beyond Western civilization.

WORLD HISTORY: THE MODERN ERA
World history beginning with the emergence of Europe in 1500 and covering African, Asian and Middle Eastern empires, the Enlightenment, revolutions, imperialism, the rise of nationalism, industrialization, the World Wars, the Cold War and the Global World of today