SLEEPY HOLLOW LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG (OPAC)
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THE WORLD ALMANAC
The World Almanac for statistics, background articles and biographies with links to the World Almanac Encyclopedia. Updated constantly with news stories, scientific developments and coverage of contemporary controversial issues.

ACCESS SCIENCE
Full text of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology with yearbook updates, additional news articles and biographies of scientists.

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Biographies, politically balanced coverage of today’s news stories, how to contact many government agencies and “enduring themes of American politics and public policy at all levels—from grassroots activism to the White House.” Includes primary sources:  speeches, political cartoons, documents and Supreme Court Opinions; also a teacher module with lesson plans and activities.

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.

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

CAREER GUIDANCE CENTER  
Explore jobs, industries and career pathways.  Learn the skills of getting and keeping a job. Read more than 51,000 resource entries to help achieve your career goals.

DAILY LIFE ONLINE
Explore daily life across cultures, countries and regions from the dawn of recorded history to the present day. Includes domestic life, religious customs, economic and political life, intellectual life, recreational activities and such details as clothing, diet and holiday celebrations.

EBSCO

• Masterfile Select search the tables of contents, abstracts and full text of more than 5,500 e-journals

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

•  TOPICsearch articles covering social, political, economic, scientific and other current events

• General Science Collection includes over 60 most popular science publications

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia a general encyclopedia

• Primary Search full text articles from 70 popular magazines for first-time student researchers

• EBSCO Animals locate articles on the nature and habitat of animals

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

GALE DATABASES

• Health Reference Center (HRC) Use this database to find information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs etc.
• 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.
• Junior Edition - K12  Designed for students in middle school - a collection of magazines, newspapers and reference books (most in full-text).  Includes current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
• 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.

• Custom Newspapers Over 300 national and international newspapers

• Informe  full text current events articles in Spanish

• New York State Newspapers covers 10 major New York newspapers

• Business and Company ASAP Companies, markets and industries with access to trade journals and company directory profiles, full text and images

• Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module medical journals, health videos, general interest publications and reference works

• National Newspaper Index Quick access to indexing of nation’s top five newspapers

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

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center A comprehensive source of information on contemporary social issues

COUNTRY WATCH
Covers the demographic, historical, political, economic, business, environmental background and contemporary issues for each of 191 countries.  Also provides country-specific, comprehensive daily news from 12 international news services with a 12 month archive in a searchable database containing 180,000 stories.  Includes <CountryWatch@School> which provides lesson plans and course outlines for using Country Watch in geography and Social Studies courses.

CURRENT BIOGRAPHY
Illustrated (TM) contains more than 15,000 full text biographies and more than 9,400 obituaries, with photographs, from all the volumes of Current Biography Yearbook, from 1940 to the present.

GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Includes Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Knowledge, Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en Linea and The New Book of Science

CQ RESEARCHER 
Provides weekly in-depth research on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more.

SIRS DISCOVERER
Appropriate for grades K - 8 reading levels. Provides full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and  magazines related to a variety of social, scientific, health, historic, global and general interest issues.

LITFINDER
Full-text of 70,000 poems plus explanations and poet biographies, full-text short stories with criticism, as well as plays and essays.  The database will be updated constantly with classic and contemporary works.

SILVERPLATTER
Includes: 

• MEDLINE citations from the National Library of Medicine

• GPOCatalog monthly catalog of the U.S. Government Printing Office

• ERIC journal articles for the professional educator

• PETERSON’S GRADLINE directory of graduate programs at colleges and universities

• PETERSON’S COLLEGES guide to 3200 U.S. colleges, updated yearly

• PSYCHINFO psychology research provided by the American Psychological Association

WESTCHESTER ACADEMIC LIBRARIES (WALDO)
Provides access to all the College and University library catalogs in Westchester county

AP PHOTO  ARCHIVE 
Contains AP's current photos from their 50 million image print and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps for the AP's graphic's portfolio. 

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

HOOVERS PRO
Business and Industry Information.