ONLINE LIBRARY RESOURCES
2013-2014
www.moboces.org/databases
Online Reference Sources COSER ( 5 0 6 . 0 0 5 )
Resources for All Schools:
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World Book Kids, World Book Student, *World Book Discover, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos - Online
encyclopedias, fulltext articles, links to websites, images, maps, graphics, dictionaries, *translation and *read-aloud
features. World Book SCIENCE POWER and SOCIAL STUDIES POWER – Textbook supplement including
interactive, multimedia lessons, podcasts and alignments to textbook series.
TeachingBooks.net - A PreK-12 website, includes original, in-studio video of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts
of professional book readings, guides to titles and multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature.
Newsbank – Includes fulltext newspaper articles from: Syracuse Post Standard 1986 - present, Utica Observer
Dispatch 2002 - present, and 100+ other New York state and 1,000 English language newspapers. Online resources:
Stateline.org 2007+ and Slate 1996+, 30 fulltext popular magazines and America’s Obituaries and Death Notices.
Soundzabound - A wide variety of music and sound effects for grades PreK -12; ensuring copyright compliance.
Appropriate for integration into podcasts, digital storytelling, school websites, and other types of presentations.
Marshall Cavendish Ebooks – A collection of 100 ebooks covering social studies and math topics.
Net Library Ebooks (EBSCO) – A collection of mostly fiction and some nonfiction ebooks.
Infobase Ebooks (Facts on File) – A collection of nonfiction ebooks in the areas of the social sciences and science.
OCLC FirstSearch - Delivers bibliographic records/library holdings from OCLC WorldCat.
All elementary schools (and buildings with grades PreK-6) receive:
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World Book Early World of Learning – Trek’s Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos
that teach critical early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more. Incorporates
curriculum correlations and Lexiles. Welcome to Reading provides leveled reading practice. Also incorporates
curriculum correlations and Lexiles. Know It is a visual interactive encyclopedia arranged by curricular topics such as
“Community helpers”, “Weather”, “Plants” and more.
EBSCO Primary Search – Reference materials for elementary and middle school. 68 full-text titles: Funk and
Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, 200,000+ photos, maps
and flags. EBSCO Kids Search – An interface to the Primary Search database designed for PreK-5 students.
Contains full-text for 50+ popular elementary school magazines and more. EBSCO Searchasaurus – A colorful
interface to Primary Search designed specifically for the elementary school.
All elementary schools (and buildings with grades 4+) receive:
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Cybersmarts – 5 interactive ebooks for grades 3 – 6 designed to offer students a safe, simulated Internet experience
with hands-on instruction on how to deal with important online safety issues.
Spotlight on New York – 13 interactive ebooks covering New York State history.
All buildings which have grades 7 – 12 receive:
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World Book Advanced – Online encyclopedia, full-text articles, links to websites, images, maps, graphics,
dictionaries, primary documents, and nonfiction ebooks. WORLD BOOK Digital Libraries - EARLY PEOPLES - the
rise of early civilizations and cultures (high school & K-12 buildings). INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES - historical
background and cultural significance for discoveries and inventions. (middle schools)
Biography in Context (Cengage) – Biographical database covering over 600,000+ biographical entries on more than
half a million individuals; also includes images, video, magazine and newspaper articles.
Science in Context (Cengage) – Full-text for hundreds of science encyclopedia articles, book chapters, periodicals
and other sources covering all areas of science as well as the history of science, science and society and technology,
biographies, and news articles.
Cengage/Gale Virtual Reference Library - Social studies, literature and science secondary-level ebooks.
Daily Life Through History (EBSCO) – Full-text information on all areas of social life, culture and science across the
centuries and continents.
Proquest Education Periodicals - (high school buildings) - Full-text articles from over 900 educational publications.
*Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition (*available to high schools upon request) – Provides access to 4
distinct online encyclopedias, as well as thousands of magazine and journal articles from EBSCO, previewed
websites, multimedia, interactive lessons, and images.
Spotlight on New York – 13 interactive ebooks covering New York State history. (For buildings with 7th grade.)
Teen Cybersmarts - 5 interactive eBooks for grades 7–12 designed to simulate real-life Internet experiences. Topics
covered are: cyber bullying, online predators, social networking, privacy, and online games.
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http://www.moboces.org/novelny (A collection of databases that contain
hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, maps, charts, images, research and reference books that are available to
every New Yorker.) NOVELny is provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY 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). http://novelnewyork.org/school_college.php
CENGAGE/GALE:
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Academic OneFile – 13,000 titles including 7,300 peer reviewed journals 5,000 in fulltext, fulltext of the NYTimes
1995 to the present, hundreds of videos and more.
Business Insights: Essentials – Brings together a wide variety of global business information including company
profiles, as well as business magazine and newspaper articles. Fulltext from 3,000+ periodicals.
General OneFile – Includes: 7,100+ full-text titles, 3,600 referred journals, hundreds of newspapers, 500 travel
guides, all NPR programs 1990 to date and fulltext of the NYTimes 1995 to the present updated daily.
Health Reference Center Academic – Includes 2,000+ fulltext sources and hundreds of videos demonstrating
medical procedures, Back files to 1980 and 2,500 topical overviews from Clinical Reference Systems.
Infotrac Newstand – Offers a collection of over 1,000 fulltext newspapers.
Kids InfoBits – Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam Webster's
Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.
National Newspaper Index – Provides indexing for the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los
Angles Times and the Washington Post from 1977 to the present.
New York State Newspapers – A subset of Infotrac Custom Newspapers, this database includes fulltext newspaper
articles from Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and NYC.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context – covers pros and cons of social issues. Also includes topic overviews, primary
sources, chapters from more than 700 Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and
U·X·L titles.
GROLIER:
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Encyclopedia Americana – Articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected fulltext articles, website
links.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia – Includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes, games, and research
starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by Lexile level and are aligned to standards.
The New Book of Knowledge – For middle grade students. Includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and
experiments, news homework help and more.
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre – Spanish language encyclopedia with a Latin-American perspective. Includes
articles, photographs, links and more.
Amazing Animals of the World – Print and media on 1,200 wild animals for grades 2 and above.
The New Book of Popular Science – Science articles, news, lesson plans, games, puzzles, and more.
America the Beautiful – State-by-state reference guide for grades 4 and above. Also includes D.C., Puerto Rico and
the major territories. Photographs, interactive maps, biographical profiles, etc.
Lands and Peoples – Country information, current events stories, lesson plans, maps, photographs and more.
PROQUEST
 eLibrary Elementary – Contains over 140 magazines and books for elementary students. Also includes the
American Heritage Dictionary.
 Gannett Newsstand Complete – Contains over 85 Gannett newspapers, 6 of which are New York newspapers. These
include the Ithaca Journal, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Journal News (White Plains), Press
and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton) and Star-Gazette (Elmira)
For further information on database access or training, contact Diana Wendell, Center for Instructional Support
Coordinator at dwendell@moboces.org or 361-5663.
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