Madison-Oneida BOCES

Why are databases better than GOOGLE? Answer: Through the Library’s online databases you have access to the complete and authoritative text of thousands of magazines, journals, book chapters and newspaper articles. Most of these copyrighted resources cannot be found using Google, Yahoo or other Internet search engines but they are accessible in school by clicking on the below links or from a home computer at any time of the day or night (make sure to pick up a password handout in the school library).

NOVELny Resources from PROQUEST General interest magazine and newspaper articles. PROQUEST PLATINUM	TEACHINGBOOKS.NET: Original streaming video, and links to other producer's streaming video, audio, websites, teacher guides, and more.	NEWSBANK: Click on AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS for newspaper articles from the Syracuse, Utica, Albany and Rochester newspapers. Also contains current topic reports and international newspapers and wire services for participating schools.
NOVELny Resources from EBSCO: For Secondary Schools only:	WORLDBOOK Encyclopedias	GROLIER encyclopedias: AMERICANA, MULTIMEDIA, NEW BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, LANDS AND PEOPLES, AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING ANIMALS. Access by individual school name. Click here for home access.
NOVELny Resources GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY Click here for individual school access to the resources listed below:	WILSON WEB: Biographical information, book and graphic novel reviews, obituaries, and photos.	BOOKFLIX pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic Press.
M-O Gale E-Book Collection: VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (not NOVEL-NY) HEALTH & WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER, NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH COLLECTION, TWAYNE'S AUTHOR SERIES, BUSINESS & COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER, NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX	FIRST SEARCH: Worldwide library catalog plus ERIC, WILSON SELECT PLUS, PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS, etc.	CQ RESEARCHER covers contemporary, social and governmental issues.
ERIE CANAL e-book FACTS ON FILE: BLOOM'S LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES ONLINE, SCIENCE ONLINE	eLIBRARY: Articles from magazines and news services, reference book chapters, photo and map collections. Click here for home access. Tailors content for the younger reader and researcher.	PEBBLEGO Information on hundreds of animals, audio and video clips, leveled text and educational games
BRAIN POP: Animated streaming video of curriculum-based content supported by activities such a quizzes, experiments and worksheets (for grades 3-8). BRAIN POP JUNIOR is for Pre-school - grade 3	AP IMAGES contains over 3.5 million news photographs from the 1840's up to the present. Includes in addition over 100,000 graphics including: maps, timelines, logos, and graphics.	SIRS RESEARCHER provides articles on social scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.>
**Literary Reference Center™LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER:** Includes biographical information on authors and criticism of their works.	Thinkfinity - free lesson plans, student interactives and more	WORLD AND I SCHOOL.COM: Interdisciplinary resource covering current affairs, arts, science, literature, global culture studies, philosophy, economics, social commentary, and more.
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Union Catalog		M.O.M. (Madison-Oneida Media Catalog)

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