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Agriculture
Agriculture Collection* [Gale] Includes practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture

Arts
Fine Arts & Music Collection* [Gale] Includes titles covered in indices such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM; provides support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking

Audio Books
OverDrive Downloadable audio books (see OverDrive brochure)

Business
Business & Company ASAP* [Gale] Provides information on companies, markets, and industries; includes market trends, mergers, acquisitions, and current management theory; access business and trade journals, newspapers, and company directory profiles
Business & Company Resource Center* [Gale] Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals
Business Economics & Theory* [Gale] Focuses on topics in economics
General Business File ASAP* [Gale] Similar to Business & Company ASAP; analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics, and politics; access a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals, and company directory listings
Small Business* [Gale] Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories

Car Repair
Auto Repair Reference Center [EBSCO] 1945-current; includes repair information, drawings, wiring diagrams, service bulletins, and recalls

Careers & Job Searching
Institute for Career Research Includes information on hundreds of careers; a career test, an education planner, and a salary calculator; useful for teens researching jobs and for adults looking for a career change
JobNow Provides practical tools to get a job
LearningExpress Library: Inside Library | Remote | Full description>>
Includes civil service & graduate school entrance exams; workplace skills; job search skills: resume writing, interviewing, networking, & more
OptimalResume Provides a variety of tools to help users create, present, manage and share their professional credentials
Resume Software [WinWay] (**No Remote Access) Enables users to create job-winning resumes instantly; 14,000+ examples included; eliminates most typing; installed on computers in the PCC Lab
Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection* [Gale] Provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals

Children [see also Encyclopedias]                    
Kids Search* [EBSCO] Interface to Primary Search, designed for K-5 students; includes over 50 popular, elementary school magazines, over 100 student pamphlets, and more
LearningExpress Library: Inside Library | Remote | Full description>>
Practice math, reading, and writing skills
Primary Search* [EBSCO] Grades K-8; Contains full text of 57 popular, basic school magazines plus almanacs, an encyclopedia, and a dictionary; includes reading levels
Searchasaurus* [EBSCO] Colorful interface to Primary Search

Communications                     
Communications and Mass Media Collection* [Gale] Includes all aspects of the communications field; key subjects: advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature

Computer Skills
LearningExpress: Inside Library | Remote | Full description>>
The interactive tutorial courses found here will take your computer skills to the next level, while allowing you to learn at your own pace; courses range from Adobe Flash to Windows and Mac Operating Systems;
LearningExpress is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services

Computers                     
Computer Database* [Gale] Includes computer-related product introductions; news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology

Criminal Justice                     
Criminal Justice Collection* [Gale] Useful for studying to become a lawyer, law enforcement officer, paralegal, forensic scientist, or for a career in Homeland Security

Culinary Arts                     
Culinary Arts Collection* [Gale] Includes cooking and nutrition magazines; provides thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information

Cultural Studies
Diversity Studies Collection* [Gale] Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community
Gender Studies Collection: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues* [Gale] This collection aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and more

Encyclopedias  [See the Information Desk or call 484-7135 for Grolier remote username & password]                  
Encyclopedia Americana* [Grolier] Articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, and webpage links
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia* [EBSCO] 25,000+ encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia* Includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes, games, and research starters; also includes an atlas and dictionary; articles can be grouped by reading levels (lexile levels) and are aligned to standards
The New Book of Knowledge* [Grolier] For middle grade students; includes literary selections, a timeline, projects, experiments, news, homework help, and more

Environmental Sciences                     
Environmental Studies & Policy Collection* [Gale] Includes environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests

Gardening                     
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection* [Gale] Includes 100+ journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture

GED
LearningExpress Library: Inside Library | Remote | Full description>>
Includes GED practice tests and preparation courses

Genealogy                     
Ancestry Library Edition (**No Remote Access) Censuses, vital, church, court, immigration records, and more
HeritageQuest [ProQuest]:  Inside Library | Remote
1790-1930 U.S. Federal Censuses, book titles, family histories, local histories, and more

General Reference see Magazines/Journals

Grants [Databases are from Foundation Center. Prendergast is a Cooperating Collection.]
Foundation Directory Online Professional, FDO (**No Remote Access) 98,000+ foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S.
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (**No Remote Access)
Philanthropy In/Sight (**No Remote Access)
In/Sight combines the Foundation Center’s rich data on grantmakers and their grants with familiar Google maps to tell the story of philanthropy. Choosing from a wide range of customization options, users can quickly create maps that reveal patterns of giving and funding relationships as never before.

Health  see also Physical Therapy                   
Health Reference Center Academic* [Gale] Multi-source database providing access to full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources that offer reliable health information to researchers, including nursing and allied health students
Nursing and Allied Health Collection* [Gale] Offers researchers looking for answers to nursing or allied health questions; millions of articles found in over 1,100 journals; provides full text coverage of many of the titles cited in CINAHL.

History
World History Collection* [Gale] Provides balanced coverage of events in World History; it is useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher

Home Improvement                     
Home Improvement Collection* [Gale] This collection of more than 200 home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more will meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals alike

Insurance
Insurance & Liability Collection* [Gale] Provides a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry; topics include labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more

Library Science [also known as Information Science]
Information Science & Library Issues Collection* [Gale] Covers information infrastructure,
data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more

Literature                     
Literary Reference Center [EBSCO] Antiquity-present day; detailed information on the most studied authors; includes: literary criticisms, plot summaries, reviews, and interviews
Twayne’s Author Series* [Gale] Literary criticisms, readers’ advisement, in-depth introduction to the works and lives of writers

Magazines/Journals                     
Academic OneFile* [Gale] 1980-current; academic research database; premier source for peer-reviewed, full text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources; extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects; includes abstracts & full text
Expanded Academic ASAP* [Gale] From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines; access scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers - many with full text
General OneFile* [Gale] 1980-current; perfect for researchers at all levels; a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics; includes abstracts & full text
Popular Magazines* [Gale] 1980-current; useful for public library patrons; includes a strong focus on current events, sports, science and health; 75% of full text contains titles that cannot be found together in any other online collection; titles chosen by public library search results

Medical see Health

Military
Military and Intelligence Collection* [Gale] Hand-selected by Gale editors to meet
the content needs of libraries serving military personnel

Newspapers [Current Events]
   All Newspapers:
     Buffalo News [NewsBank] 1989-current; full text
     Custom Newspapers* [Gale] 1980-current; national & international;
          full text
     InfoTrac Newsstand* [Gale] Same titles as Custom Newspapers
     National Newspaper Index* [Gale] 1977-current; indexing only
     New York State Papers* [Gale] 1980-current; full text
     NewsBank 1977-current; user friendly interface; national &
          international; full text & abstracts

   Includes Newspapers:
     Academic OneFile* [Gale] 1980-current; academic research
          database; national & international; includes abstracts & full text
     Expanded Academic ASAP* [Gale] From arts and the humanities to
          social sciences, science and technology, this database meets
          research needs across all academic disciplines; scholarly journals,
          magazines, and newspapers - many with full text
     General OneFile* [Gale] 1980-current; useful for public library patrons;
          includes abstracts & full text

Nursing see Health

Phonebooks                     
ReferenceUSA U.S. & Canada yellow & white pages; includes phone # search field

Physical Therapy see also Health
Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection* [Gale] Users will discover proven treatment techniques, examine experimental research theses, and find unique applications for specific sports (everything from baseball and bowling to tennis and yachting)

Philosophy
Religion & Philosophy Collection* [Gale] Covers religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology

Psychology see also Magazines/Journals
Psychology Collection* [Gale] This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions, and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time; researchers have access to nearly 500 subject-appropriate full text periodicals - many cited in the PsycINFO index

Readers' Advisement
eSequels: A Reader's Guide to Novels in Series; includes information from latest hardcover copy of Sequels from the American Library Association

Religion
Religion & Philosophy Collection* [Gale] Covers religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology

Science
General Science Collection* [Gale] Provides coverage of all scientific endeavor, including particle physics, quantum theory, advanced mathematics, and biotechnology

Tax Forms
Federal
New York State
All Other States [Inside library: Only PA link works on computers behind Information Desk. Please use Computer Labs if tax forms from other states are needed.]

Terrorism see War

Travel                     
Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection* [Gale] Provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields; a great resource for curious travelers and serious researchers

War
War & Terrorism Collection* [Gale] Researchers and students of history, social science, and current events will gain insight into conflicts: their causes, their impact, and how they are perceived on a global scale