Categories: Business & Government
A to Z Databases is a research tool for public and academic libraries, and offers database access to U.S. businesses and residential listings, as well as U.S healthcare, consumer and employer databases. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: Academic & Scientific
Full-text and abstract periodicals covering a broad range of material: arts, business, education, general reference, health, law, literature, medicine, sciences, social sciences, technology, and other subjects. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Genealogy
Discover your family history and start your family tree. Access billions of genealogy records including Census, Social Security Death Index, and Military records. Ancestry.com must be accessed using a computer at the Gates Public Library.
Categories: Health
From the University of Rochester Medical Center, Edward G. Miner Library, patrons can send a question, request a literature search, meet with a Librarian, and virtually chat with a Librarian.
Categories: Educational Resources for Children & Teens, Online Resources, Resources for Kids, What to Read Next
Beanstack allows you to receive a weekly book recommendation for you child (ages 0 to 12) in your email which comes with a learning tip and a link to our catalog to locate the book. There are other fun features like app recommendations and learning guides, which are lists of books, crafts, activities and more based on a theme. Beanstack also allows you to log your child’s reading so you can keep track of what books they have read.
Categories: Academic & Scientific
A selection of freely available primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
Categories: Academic & Scientific, Educational Resources for Children & Teens, Online Resources
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. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Academic & Scientific, Educational Resources for Children & Teens, Online Resources
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. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines
Find product ratings and reviews, in-depth advice, tips and trends, and recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: Academic & Scientific
Scholarly, government and general interest titles exploring the relationship between human beings and the environment.
Categories: Academic & Scientific
Covers on key education topics for K-12 teachers and librarians. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: Academic & Scientific
Provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education. The database includes content in key subject areas including administration, bilingual education, child development and psychology, funding, health education, technology, and testing. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: What to Read Next
Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.
Categories: Business & Government
Covers early stage investors including: venture capitalists, business incubators, angel investors, corporate investment divisions, crowd-funding and co-operative groups. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines
This database contains abstracts and full text news and periodical articles on many 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 more. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Resources for Kids
For beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Resources for Kids
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Categories: Reference
Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Academic & Scientific
Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: What to Read Next
Quickly access reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape, and electronic media representing a wide range of interests.
Categories: Resources for Kids
Provides first-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale’s acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines
Search 26 full-text New York State newspapers and blogs, including The Buffalo News and the Syracuse Post-Standard. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Business & Government
Analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Updated daily. Best for business schools and entrepreneurs.
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Finally, a one-stop source for the day’s news and searchable archives. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Categories: Genealogy
A powerful and popular genealogical resource that includes the Federal Censuses, over 25,000 family and local histories, bank and military records, and genealogical and local history sources. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.
Categories: Educational Resources for Children & Teens, Resources for Kids
LOTE Online for Kids allows children to enjoy the magic of books in World Languages from the comfort of home. Each book is provided with an English translation to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills.
Categories: Reference
A comprehensive list of all Monroe County Library System (MCLS) Databases available to all Monroe County residents. Log in with your library card to access these databases.
Categories: Health
MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their mission is to present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted, easy to understand, and free of advertising, in both English and Spanish. Anywhere, anytime, on any device—for free.
Categories: Newspapers & Magazines
This is the largest online newspaper archive, with 11,500+ newspapers from the 1700s–2019, and it is constantly updated. It includes the Democrat and Chronicle from 1871-the present day. It is an excellent resource for all kinds of research, especially history and genealogy. Newspapers.com can only be used at the Gates Public Library. Please ask a reference librarian for help logging into Newspapers.com.
Categories: Educational Resources for Children & Teens, Online Resources, What to Read Next
Novelist K8 Plus is a version of Novelist for children and middle school age readers.
Categories: What to Read Next
NoveList Plus is a reader’s dream come true! You can use NoveList Plus to find recommended reads, find book discussion guides, find author readalikes.
Categories: Reference
New York Online Electronic Library (NOVELNY) is an online library of hundreds of magazines, newspapers, maps, charts, research and reference books that are available to every New Yorker. Log in with your library card to access these databases.
Categories: Health
From the Libraries at Rochester Regional Health, a list of helpful medical information websites.
Categories: Business & Government
Mapped to four key business stages – four key business stages—plan, fund, start and manage, this resource covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, and taxes. More than 850 business plans are included from the Business Plans Handbook series, with new business plans added monthly.
Categories: Educational Resources for Children & Teens, Online Resources, Reference
Tech-Talk arms you with the missing technology (and communications) skills you need to get good grades, better jobs and higher pay. It is digital learning with easy-to-read articles, videos, and other fun stuff with the tips and tricks you need to be competitive in today’s hi-tech world.
Categories: Health
A list of health websites presented by the Medical Library Association (MLA).
Categories: What to Read Next
This database chronicles the publication order of a variety of popular series.
