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Wantagh Public Library > Databases

2-1-1 Long Island

2-1-1 Long Island is a free, non-emergency information service that connects Long Island residents to health and human services. Available online, 2-1-1 Long Island provides information on nearly 10,000 community resources.

Subject(s) Covered: Auto Repair, Consumer Information, Education, Health & Medicine, Local, Student Resources

Ancestry.com Library Edition (in-library use only)

Start searching billions of records and discover your family’s story! All you need to log in is your library barcode. Learn More

Subject(s) Covered: Genealogy

Britannica Academic Edition

Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and many other research tools. Learn More

Subject(s) Covered: Children's Databases, Education, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, History, Primary Sources, Student Resources

Britannica Escolar

Discover the leading knowledge-building resource trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish. New features for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish.

Subject(s) Covered: Children's Databases, Education, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Foreign Language, Languages, Primary Sources, Student Resources

Britannica School

Encyclopedia Brittanica geared toward grades (K-12) and all reading abilities. Available at three levels-elementary, middle, and high.

Subject(s) Covered: Biographies, Children's Databases, Education, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, History, Literature, Primary Sources, Science, Student Resources

Business Insights: Essentials

Delivering authoritative company and industry information, articles, and statistical data. Explore real-world applications and develop analytical skills. Featuring easy-to-search content and a user-friendly interface.

Subject(s) Covered: Business & Finance

Career Cruising

Interactive career guide featuring multimedia interviews with real people in every career, in-depth occupational profiles and information on colleges and universities.

Subject(s) Covered: Careers & Test Prep

Certification Matters

Check to see if your doctor is certified. Unlimited access (no registration/barcode needed) when used within the library. There is a limit of 25 searches a day when used outside of the library.

Subject(s) Covered: Consumer Information, Health & Medicine

CollegeNow

Online guidance & resources for college admissions

Subject(s) Covered: Careers & Test Prep, Education, Student Resources

Comics Plus

With Comics Plus, you have unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from more than one hundred publishers such as Dark Horse, Dynamite, IDW, Tokyopop, and Valiant. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on your computer, tablet or phone—no holds or wait lists required.

Subject(s) Covered: eBooks & Audiobooks, Literature

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is the world’s largest nonprofit product-testing organization and has been helping subscribers find better, safer products for 80+ years. In addition to product ratings and reviews, users will find in-depth advice, tips and trends written by Consumer Reports experts. Learn More

Subject(s) Covered: Consumer Information

CreativeBug

Creativebug is the number-one inspirational resource for DIY, crafters, and makers and has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Learn More

Subject(s) Covered: Arts & Crafts

Educate Station

Educate Station provides easy-to-use, comprehensive learning plans with a robust range of extension activities across a wide range of subject areas and grade levels. The beauty of the standards-aligned learning plans is that all of the support materials, including student-friendly worksheets, are included.

Subject(s) Covered: Careers & Test Prep, Children's Databases, Education, Student Resources

Explora for Public Libraries

Ensure student and educator success with EBSCO’s new interface for schools and public libraries. Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. 

Subject(s) Covered: Education

Full Text Finder

Full Text Finder assists users in discovering which online databases allow access to specific publications. Search by journal title, publisher, or subject. Barcode authentication required for in-house and remote access use.

Subject(s) Covered: Education, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, History, Literature, Primary Sources, Student Resources

Gale Academic OneFile

Gale’s premier periodical resource, Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. Learn More

Subject(s) Covered: Business & Finance, Careers & Test Prep, Education, History, Legal, Literature, Newspapers & Magazines, Science, Student Resources

Gale Academic OneFile Select

Gale Academic OneFile Select covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. This resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and now includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students.

Subject(s) Covered: Student Resources

Gale eBooks

Gale eBooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).

Subject(s) Covered: Biographies, eBooks & Audiobooks, Education, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Health & Medicine, History, Legal, Literature, Primary Sources, Science, Student Resources

Gale General OneFile

Gale General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text.

Subject(s) Covered: Business & Finance, Newspapers & Magazines, Primary Sources

Gale in Context: Biography

Gale in Context: Biography is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world’s most influential people. It merges Gale’s authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Subject(s) Covered: Biographies, Children's Databases, Newspapers & Magazines, Student Resources

Gale In Context: Elementary

Gale In Context: Elementary meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search.

Subject(s) Covered: Children's Databases, Primary Sources

Gale in Context: Middle School

Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Gale in Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale’s reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. 

Subject(s) Covered: Children's Databases, Education, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Student Resources

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints covers today’s hottest social issues. This cross-curricular database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes

Subject(s) Covered: Education, Newspapers & Magazines, Primary Sources, Student Resources

Gale in Context: Science

Gale in Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. The collection includes millions of full-text articles that includes national and global publications as well as 200+ experiments, projects, and top reference content.

Subject(s) Covered: Education, Primary Sources, Science, Student Resources

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