Research Tools

1. NOVEL EBSCO
Animals
Learn about animals.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
General reference encylclopedia.
General Science
Explore the world of science. General Science Collection provides information on all aspects of the scientific world. The database offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications including Archaeology, Astronomy, Discover, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, and many others.
Kids Search
Magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
MasterFile Select
Full-text general reference publications. MasterFILE Select provides full text coverage for nearly 800 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also features 20 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
Multiple Ebsco Resources
Access to all Novel Ebsco resources.
Primary Search
Children's magazines, almanacs and an encyclopedia.
Science Reference Center
Provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content.
Searchasaurus Primary Search
Full-text magazines for the elementary. Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets. Examples of publications covered in Primary Search include: Appleseeds, Boys' Life, Cobblestone, Cricket, Highlights for Children, Hopscotch, Jack & Jill, Ladybug, Ranger Rick, Science World, Spider, SuperScience, Time for Kids, Turtle, and many more. This database also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text backfiles go as far back as 1989, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as 1984.
Topic Search
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 105,000 articles from 1,622 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

2. NOVEL Gale
Business and Company Resource Center
Company profiles, information, rankings and histories.
Custom Newspapers
National and international newspapers.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Find articles on health related topics. Health & Wellness Resource Center provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health, and wellness information through an intuitive Web interface.
Health Reference Center-Academic
Academic level health resource.
Informé
Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, ¡Informe! on InfoTrac Web provides magazine articles in Spanish to meet the needs of the Hispanic community.
Junior Edition K-12
Magazines, newspapers and reference books.
Multiple Gale Resources
Access to all NOVEL Gale databases.
New York State Newspapers
Newspapers from New York State. Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post. Uses the same interface as Custom Newspapers but limits your seach to just newspapers in New York State.
Twayne Author Series
Twayne World, US, and English Authors. each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedias, almanacs, and reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

3. Rochester D&C
America's News Magazines
U.S. and international news.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Articles from the Democrat and Chronicle.

4. TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.

5. World Book
World Book
Online Reference Encyclopedia.