Academic OneFile
Articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, including the New York Times from 1995 to present.
Agriculture Collection
Broad coverage of agriculture and related fields; topics range from practical aspects of farming to the latest scientific research in horticulture.
AllSides
AllSides™ is a media solutions company that strengthens our democratic society with balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives, and real conversation.
Media Bias Ratings
We provide Media Bias Ratings for over 1,400 media outlets and writers, so you can easily identify different perspectives. Learn how AllSides rates media bias or learn about the different types of media bias.
Ancestry Library Edition
Includes Census, military, court, land, probate, vital, and church records and over two billion names.
AVAILABLE ONLY ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS AND WIFI
BookBrowse
Organized by title, author and genre. Excerpts of recommended books from various genre, both fiction and nonfiction.
Brainfuse
Online test preparation, homework help, study aids, skill building, and live tutoring resource for children and adults. Live Tutors are Available from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM daily.
Live Tutoring offers live tutor access for homework help, skills building and test preparation. Because HelpNow is personalized, both the student and the tutor can access quiz questions to do an intensive test prep which may include loading lessons on the whiteboard.
The Writing Lab and the 24/7 Center features give patrons the freedom to receive assistance at any time of the day without connecting with a live tutor.
MEET allows students to schedule their own online sessions using the Brainfuse MEET whiteboard which is specifically designed for a group setting.
Adult Learning Center is the adult learners’ version of HelpNow™ where patrons can access High School Equivalency prep, US Citizenship test prep, resume assistance, Microsoft Office support, and Career Resources. The Writing Lab, Send Question, and Skills Building are also included in the Adult Learning Center suite.
Britannica Academic Edition
An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive.
Britannica Escolar (Spanish, Primaria & Secundaria levels)
Encyclopedia that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish. Two levels, Primaria for elementary and Secundaria for middle school, offer unique content that is of interest to every student. Search easily across levels by topic or subject area.
Britannica Schools (Elementary, Middle, and High School levels)
Thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended web sites, and three separate databases for elementary, middle, or high school students. There is Read-aloud, a font size adjuster, and built-in translation tools support students with special needs and ELLs.
Business Insights: Essentials
Research and analyze companies and industries around the world. The former Business & Company Resource Center has been transformed into Business Insights: Essentials. Access company profiles, industry rankings, brand and product information.
Communications and Mass Media Collection
Coverage includes advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more related subjects.
Computer Science
News and reviews of hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.
Consumer Reports
Full access to all of the valuable content on ConsumerReports.org through your library membership - ratings, reviews, expert buying advice, product comparisons, user reviews, and product video clips.
This resource is available to all patrons in the building, while users accessing it remotely must have a library card registered to Liverpool Public Library.
Criminal Justice Collection
Geared to the student studying to become a lawyer, law enforcement officer, paralegal, or pursuing a career in Homeland Security.
Culinary Arts Collection
Thousands of recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information from over 150 major cooking and nutrition magazines.
Data Axle Reference Solutions
Business section includes addresses, phone, maps, executives, sales, # of employees, line of business, more. Residential section includes names, addresses, phone, median income, home value, and maps. iPad app available from the iTunes store.
Diversity Studies Collection
This collection explores cultural differences, contributions, and influences in our global community..
Driver's Ed
Practice exams and handbooks for car, motorcycle & commercial NY driver's license. Frequently asked questions and answers are included.
Economics and Theory
Over 150 full-text journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics.
Educator's Reference Complete
Gale Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Also contains federal and international reports and publications, including full-text for many titles cited in ERIC.
Research in Elementary
Facts about plants, animals, people, geography, science, history, and more for middle and high school students. Includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary. A NOVELNY database.
Entrepreneurship Collection
For business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories.
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
Access to 200 journals with perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, and corporations.
Expanded Academic OneFile
Access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers for research needs in the arts and humanities, social sciences, science, and technology.
Fine Arts Collection
Over 100 full text magazines and journals on the topics of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
Fold3
Fold3 provides access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Perfect for historians, genealogists, veterans and their families. Remote use: Liverpool Cardholders Only.
To learn more, training materials are available at: http://proquest.libguides.com/Fold3
Gale News
Millions of full-text articles from thousands of national, international, state and local papers that are searchable by title, headline, date and other fields.
Gardening and Horticulture Collection
Practical information and scientific theory of horticulture; collection will appeal to farmers, gardeners, landscape architects, and biotechnologists.
Gender Studies Collection
Covers such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and more.
General OneFile
Access to over 90 million articles from 3,000 full-text academic journals, premier magazines, and newspapers on a wide variety of topics. Also includes NPR programs with transcripts, Fodor travelguides and more than 20 reference sets.
General Science Collection
Academic journals and general science-focused magazines providing coverage of all science, including particle physics, quantum theory, advanced mathematics, and biotechnology.
Health and Medicine
Full text articles from nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources from 1980 to the present.
Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900’s, and original obituary images.
Video instructions (13mins)
https://youtu.be/rBKDZBHUiJA
HeritageQuest
Genealogy database containing the U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930 and 7.5 million pages of family and local histories and more. Remote use: Liverpool Cardholders Only.
To learn more, training materials are available at: http://proquest.libguides.com/heritagequestonline
Home Improvement Collection
For hobbyists and professionals; topics include architectural techniques, tool and material selection, and zoning requirements.
Hospitality and Tourism Collection
Provides coverage of both historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, including cultural aspects of travel and leisure activities, and economic aspects of tourism.
Information Science Collection
Covers topics such as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.
Informe Académico
Proporciona acceso a periódicos y revistas especializadas de lengua española y portuguesa. La base de datos ofrece una amplia gama de contenidos sobre América Latina. Spanish, provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America.
Insurance & Liability Collection
Covers topics such as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
Kanopy
Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to hundreds of critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and Kids favorites. You can stream Kanopy on any of your favorite devices! Kanopy is accessible via mobile and tablet apps for iPhone and Android. You can also access Kanopy on your Desktop, and SmartTV apps like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire Stick.
LinkedIn Learning
Online courses and video tutorials to help you learn business, technical and creative skills. LinkedIn Learning also offers career assistance and job search strategies.
Courses are taught by recognized industry experts. Learn what you want, when you want, from our entire library. Build custom playlists to organize courses you want to watch. Watch courses on your computer, tablet, or mobile device. Switch back and forth without ever losing your place.
Mango Languages - Learn a Language, translate phrases
Over 70 languages including English courses from native languages. Set up a profile to track your progress and receive email authorization for iOS and Android apps. Also available on library or home computers.
MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
Find information on health conditions, wellness issues, and more in easy-to-read language on MedlinePlus, the up-to-date, trusted health information site from the NIH and the National Library of Medicine.
Research in Middle School
Resource for students in grades 6 to 8. Offers magazines, newspapers, primary sources, over 12,000 videos and more on a variety of topics. Supports national and state curriculum standards in language arts, social studies and science.
Military and Intelligence Collection
Journals and articles with links to other related sources; reference books, magazine and newswire articles.
Morningstar
Analysis and screening of mutual funds, stocks and ETFs for the “fundamental/value investor.” Morningstar features portfolio analysis and investments that generate consistent returns as well as up-to -date financial information, news and commentary.
The New York Times
Full-text access to newspaper articles from all over New York State, including Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, New York City, Syracuse and others.
NewsBank
Full-text for over 1940 newspapers across the United States, some going back to 1984. Newpapers include: The Post Standard 12/1986-, the Syracuse Herald American 12/1986- 10/2001, Syracuse Herald Journal 12/1986-9/2001; the [Utica] Observer Dispatch; and The [Albany] Times Union. Expect to find articles on news, politics, business, heatlh, sports, cultural activies and obituaries. Remote use: Liverpool Cardholders Only. If you have a card from another OCPL library see www.onlib.org.
Newspaper Archive
Searchable archive of 1000's of articles from U.S. and countries including Canada, Ireland, and England; 1607 to present. Full text and image of pages. Provided by Onondaga County Public Libraries. [If you have trouble accessing, please go to http://www.onlib.org/research/databases ]
Newspaper Archive - Syracuse Post Standard
Searchable archive of Syracuse Post Standard, 1875 to 2 months ago. Full text and image of pages. Provided by Onondaga County Public Libraries. [If you have trouble accessing, please go to http://www.onlib.org/research/databases ] Note: years and issues of newspapers may not be complete.
NoveList Plus
Find readalike authors, titles and series for fiction, biographies and narrative nonfiction. Listen to a sample of the narrator and find audiobook listen-alikes. You may also set up a personal My NoveList account to save search results, searches, and search alerts in a personal folder for future access. Remote use: Liverpool Cardholders Only.
NoveList Plus, for K-8
NoveList K-8 Plus is a comprehensive reading resource for fiction and nonfiction. With a fun and intuitive interface, NoveList K-8 Plus will help you support young readers by finding books by grade level, reading level or genre.
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Covers all aspects of the nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration; useful to both professionals working in the field as well as to nursing students.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Research, analyze, and organize data on today's hottest social issues. Get help with writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations. Includes pro and con viewpoint essays, primary source documents, periodical articles, maps, and more.
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection
Topics include proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and more.
Pop Culture Studies Collection
Periodicals appropriate for research in social science, history, art, or liberal arts.
Popular Magazines
Access to magazines such as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Fortune, National Review, Cosmopolitan, and Oprah. Also transcripts from NPR.
Psychology Collection
Covers a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Research different religions and philosophies, and how they impact our daily lives.
Salem Press Reference Collection
Liverpool Public Library's collection of Salem Press reference titles. Includes Literature, History, and Health reference texts.
Syracuse Post-Standard Online
Online version of the Syracuse Post-Standard 7 days a week.
News articles presented by Newsbank.
Includes 12/2/1986 - Current Post Standard issues.
U.S. History Collection
Coverage of current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. This compilation of journals is useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.
Value Line
In-depth financial information, research, commentary, price projections and analytical tools for stocks and mutual funds for the "Chartist" investor. Value Line features a unique "timeliness rank" and charting system that anticipates a stock's future performance based on historical factors.
Up to three people can be using this resource at the same time.
Vocations and Careers
Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.
War & Terrorism Collection
Gain insight into conflicts, their causes, their impact, and how they are perceived on a global scale.
Webucator
Webucator provides many online self-paced courses on Web Development, Microsoft, Adobe, Java and more, completely free for our library cardholders.
World History Collection
Useful to both the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.
WorldCat Discovery
Access to WorldCat (OCLC worldwide catalog of books, videos, sound recordings, and other items). Index to ArticleFirst, ERIC (educational database) and scholarly journals. Search library holdings of Onondaga County Public Library and beyond.
