• Newspapers ProQuest
  • Most popular: New York Times and Wall Street Journal
• Additional newspapers GALE: Custom Newspapers
• Poughkeepsie Journal / NewsBank: Full-text articles from the Poughkeepsie Journal since 1/1/1999.
• 15 New York State Newspapers GALE: New York State Newspapers

Health & Wellness

• Health & Wellness Resource Center: Articles on general health & wellness issues from popular and scholarly magazines, and medical encyclopedias GALE: Health & Wellness Resource Center
• Health Reference Center Academic GALE: Health Reference Center Academic
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection. GALE: Nursing and Allied Health Collection.
• Full text reference books (full text, online!):
  • Encyclopedia of Medicine
  • Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
  • Encyclopedia of Cancer
  • Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
  • Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health GALE: Virtual Reference Library

Business

• Business, Finance, Economics: journals, company profiles, Wall Street Journal. ProQuest: ABI / Inform Global
• Company profiles, industry rankings, products & brands GALE: Business & Company Resource Center
• Full text books including:
  • Encyclopedia of Small Business
  • Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
  • Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
  • Business Plans Handbook: Vol.5, Vol.6, Vol.7, Vol.8, Vol.9, Vol.10 GALE: Virtual Reference Library

Science

• Science Reference Center: Over 600 full text publications - books, encyclopedias, academic journals, primary source documents and much more! EBSCO: Science Reference Center
• Science Magazines: Current articles from over 60 popular science publications. EBSCO: General Science Collection
• Science Encyclopedias (full text, online!)
  • UXL Encyclopedia of Science # GALE: Virtual Reference Library
  • Biology GALE: Virtual Reference Library
• Animals (including nature, habitat and images). EBSCO Animals
• Science Image Collection EBSCO: General Science Collection

Books, Biographies & Film

• Patron Books In Print.BOWKER: Patron Books In Print
• Fiction Connection: Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy. BOWKER: Fiction Connection
• Non-Fiction Connection: Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy. BOWKER: Non-Fiction Connection
• DC Reads: A new readers service featuring online newsletters with titles linked to the online catalog.  Free service but subscription required.
• Biography and literary criticism on more than 600 world authors. GALE: Twayne's Authors Series
• Full text books including:
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography # GALE: Virtual Reference Library
  • Contemporary Poets GALE: Virtual Reference Library
  • Contemporary Novelists GALE: Virtual Reference Library
  • International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers GALE: Virtual Reference Library

History & Genealogy

• HeritageQuest
  • For genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. ProQuest: HeritageQuest online
• History full text reference including:
  • American Civil War Reference Library
  • American Revolution Reference Library
  • Americans at War
  • Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
  • Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
  • Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
  • Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footware through the Ages
  • French and Indian War
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide
  • Major Acts of Congress
  • Mexican-American War
  • Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
  • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
  • War of 1812 GALE: Virtual Reference Library

TumbleBooks Library

• TumbleBooks: Collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers.
• TumbleReadables: A collection of read-along audio-visual books for elementary, middle school, and high school students. Read and listen at the same time from your home computer!
• TumbleTalking Books: A collection of online streaming audiobooks for use at your home computer. Includes fiction, non-fiction and a selection of children's titles as well as some read-along audio-visual books. Algunos disponibles en español.

Homework Support

• Encyclopedias
  • General Encyclopedia with over 25,000 entries covering a variety of subject areas. EBSCO: Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia of Multicultural America # GALE: Virtual Reference Library
  • Encyclopedia of Population # GALE: Virtual Reference Library
  • Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations # GALE: Virtual Reference Library
• Searchasaurus: for elementary school students. EBSCO: Searchasaurus
  • Nearly 70 popular magazines
  • Encyclopedia of Animals
  • Features an animated dinosaur theme
• For junior high and middle school students. Over 90 magazines plus newspaper articles, sports & environmental almanacs, maps, an encyclopedia, dictionary.GALE: InfoTrac Junior
• Current events, discoveries and other current topics. EBSCO: TOPICsearch

Help

• Contact your local library with questions or comments, and to locate additional library materials not included in these databases.
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* What does "free" mean? Free to patrons of Dutchess County Libraries. These resources have information you cannot acccess through a normal Internet search, in fact, they are part of the "invisible web," available only to patrons of libraries where access has been purchased for them.  Funds to purchase these resources came to libraries through Dutchess County Government, New York State Government & the New York State Library's NOVELny program. Feedback encouraged!