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Funds to purchase these online resources came to libraries through Putnam County GovernmentNew York State Government & the New York State Library's NOVELny program. If you find these resources to be helpful and would like funding to continue, please let us know!

to residents of Putnam County, unlimited access to information you cannot get on just the Internet.  These links will lead you to valuable online resources that have been made available to library card holders. You will need your 14-digit library card number to access everything listed on this page.  Don't have a library card?  Contact your local library today!
 
Find the information you want by subject or product:
News & Newspapers
Find Magazines
  • New York Times
  • Gale Newsstand: over 1,100 newspapers
  • Gale New York State Newspapers: 38 newspapers from around the state
  • Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers including:
    • Newburgh Telegraph (1831 - 1835)
    • Rockland County Journal (1850 - 1879)
    • Rockland County Messenger (1848;1851 - 1855;1857)
    • Rockland County Times (1902 - 1904)
    • The Kingston Daily Freeman (1895;1903 - 1912)
    • Vassar Miscellany News (1914 - 2000)
  • GALE General OneFile: A one-stop source for the news you are looking for. Articles updated daily covering business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology & many general interest topics.
  • GALE Academic OneFile: News & articles covering the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature & other subjects. Updated daily.

Over 1,000 of the most popular magazines including these titles:

Special collections of magazines:

Biography & Literature Resources
Homework Support
  • EBSCO Kids Search or Searchasaurus (features an animated dinosaur theme) for K-5 students. Includes more than 50 popular magazines, Encyclopedia of Animals & American Heritage Children's Dictionary
  • Grolier Online includes:
    • Encyclopedias:
      • Encyclopedia Americana: In depth information for older students & adults
      • Multimedia Encyclopedia: Includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary.
      • New Book of Knowledge: For middle grade students and includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more.
    • Atlas
    • Thesaurus:
      • Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
      • American Heritage Children's Thesaurus
    • Dictionaries:
      • American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
      • American Heritage Student Dictionary
      • American Heritage Children's Dictionary
      • American Heritage English to Spanish Dictionary
      • American Heritage Spanish to English Dictionary
  • Additional Encyclopedias
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Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library - Garrison

Brewster Public Library

Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library - Cold Spring

Kent Public Library - Kent

Mahopac Library - Mahopac

Patterson Library - Patterson

Putnam Valley Free Library - Putnam Valley

Reed Memorial Library - Carmel

Free to patrons of Putnam County, NY libraries. These resources have information you cannot access through a typical Internet search, in fact they available only to patrons of libraries where access has been purchased for them. These unique resources are provided by your library with state and local funds, and give you access to reliable online information. 

Funds to purchase these resources came to libraries through Putnam County Government , New York State Government & the New York State Library's NOVELny program.

 

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- Funded through Putnam County Government.
- Funded through the New York State Library, the NOVELny project 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).
- Funded through Mid-Hudson Library System / Central Library Development Aid.
- Made available through the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council which is funded by New York State.