Smithtown Building Closed

Due to the storm that occurred during the early morning hours of August 19, which caused torrential flooding, our Smithtown Building suffered catastrophic damage to its lower level. Therefore, until further notice, our Smithtown Building will be closed while we continue to rebuild.  Our other three buildings remain open to assist our patrons. For updates, click here

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Holiday Closing

In observance of New Years, the Library will be closed on Tuesday, December 31 and Wednesday, January 1.  We will reopen on Thursday, January 2 at 9:30am.

Online Resources

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New York Heritage Digital Collections

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A research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and anyone else interested in learning more about the people, places and institutions of New York State. Provides access to more than 170 distinct digital collections, totalling hundreds of thousands of items.

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New York State Historic Newspapers

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Access to a wide range of historical newspapers that reflect New York's unique history. Search by newspaper title, publishing date, or keywords for content.

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New York Times (1980-Present)

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Full-text from 1980 to the present of the New York Times. To search NYT Book Review or NYT Magazine see New York State Newspapers above.

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News (Gale OneFile)

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Gale OneFile News [Formally InfoTrac Newsstand] provides access to more than 3,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. Some of the leading titles included are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

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Newsday Historical (1940-1993)

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This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time

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Newspaper Source Plus

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Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 260 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

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Novelist K-8 Plus

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Provides a student-focused interface and a database of young adult, children's and easy titles designed for children in pre-K, elementary or middle schools or your library's children's room.

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Novelist Plus

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NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction. It includes information such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. With an intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList Plus answers the question: What should I read next?

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Opposing Viewpoints

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Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Students of all levels will benefit from a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index

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A great source for genealogical information. Lists are compiled from historical publications, naturalization records, government documents, ship manifests, and other historical sources. Entries include the name and age of immigrant; year and place of arrival, or naturalization; and associated family members who arrived with the entrant.

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Peterson's Test and Career Prep (Gale Presents)

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Online learning resource that offers a central hub for standardized test prep, college planning, career assessment, job searches and more. 

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Pronunciator

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With Pronunciator you can learn up to 163 different languages! Choose from a variety of different learning tools for the learning style that suits you best. Perfect your pronunciation with the Pronunciation Analysis tool which provides real time feedback. Additionally, ESL learners can learn English from any of 90 different home languages!

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PubMed.Gov

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PubMed® comprises more than 33 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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Regional Business News

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Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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Salem Health

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This comprehensive consumer health collection covers all aspects of human health, from addictions to diseases, nutrition, adolescent and women's health, psychology, alternative treatments and more. All Salem Health titles provide easy-to-understand, up-to-date, and accessible information on a wide range of important consumer health issues. (SMTH)

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Salem History

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Salem Press' history titles cover a wide range of topics spanning American and world history, providing thought-provoking coverage of the most important moments and figures throughout history. Designed for high school, undergraduate and public libraries, these resources promote a greater understanding of how history has shaped the modern world. (SMTH) 

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