Click on the link of the database that you would like to search. Have your library card available. You may need your barcode number to access some of these databases.
21st Century Explorer 
This database provides user-friendly learning tools for students and helpful educator resources for teachers.
2-1-1 Long Island
2-1-1 Long Island is a free, non-emergency information and referral service that connects Long Island residents to health and human services they may need on a daily basis or during a disaster. 2-1-1 specialists are trained specifically in connecting people to health and human services resources quickly and easily. Available by telephone (dial 2-1-1 or toll free at 1-888-774-7633) and online, 2-1-1 Long Island provides callers and web visitors with detailed information on nearly 10,000 community resources for help and assistance in a range of areas.
African American Experience
The widest ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled, Greenwood’s African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field. The two primary goals: to provide rock-solid information from authorities in the field, and to allow African Americans to speak for themselves through a wealth of primary sources.
Ancestry Library
This database is a genealogical research tool that provides access to more than 1.5 billion names in more than 4,000 databases, including census records, immigration records, and passenger lists.
Books in Print
Search for books, audios and videos as well as information about publishers and book awards.
Britannica Online
Includes the complete encyclopedia as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the year.
Byki
Learn new languages online.
Career Cruising
An interactive career resource designed for people of all ages. It can help you find the right career, explore different career options, and plan for future education and training.
Computer Skills, Beginner to Advanced
This computer skills tutorial program offers instruction in Microsoft Office Applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Internet Explorer, and Adobe Acrobat from home or from the library. From beginner to advanced user, there is a lesson for you.
Consumer Reports
This award-winning database's articles, blogs, forums, and videos enable consumers to make better purchasing decisions on all the products they are shopping for from dishwashers to digital cameras to infant car seats, save money on home improvement plans, shore up personal finances, improve their health, and more. The site also features the ability to Shop Online for everything from electronics to appliances, new and used car pricing, and the New Car Selector Tool.
CountryWatch
an information provider for schools, universities, libraries and individuals who need up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world. Includes a currency converter.
Daily Life in America
is based in part on Greenwood’s Daily Life through History series and shows the interconnections of everyday life in America through history.
Daily Life through History
by Greenwood is the only source you’ll need to find the extraordinary in the ordinary throughout history.
EBSCOHost
Search EBSCOhost for information on business, health, current events, arts, science and entertainment from magazines and newspapers. It includes links to Searchasaurus for children, Novelist and TopicSearch. You will need to enter your library card barcode to access this service.
EBSCOHost Bases de datos
Search EBSCOhost for information on business, health, current events, arts, science and entertainment from magazines and newspapers. It includes links to Searchasaurus for children, Novelist and TopicSearch. You will need to enter your library card barcode to access this service.
EBSCO Health Databases
provides comprehensive evidence-based reports and fact sheets in Spanish on all aspects of consumer health and wellness. Topic specific reports covering all aspects of health offer valuable overviews on diseases, conditions, procedures and various treatments. The content found in this database includes a diverse collection of health related themes: first aid, infant/child care and illnesses, alternative medicine, aging and wellness. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
EBSCO’s Salud en Español
provides comprehensive evidence-based reports and fact sheets in Spanish on all aspects of consumer health and wellness. Topic specific reports covering all aspects of health offer valuable overviews on diseases, conditions, procedures and various treatments. The content found in this database includes a diverse collection of health related themes: first aid, infant/child care and illnesses, alternative medicine, aging and wellness. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
ELibrary
Provides resources from magazines, newspapers, reference book, TV/radio, transcripts, pictures and maps. Users can search by keyword or browse topics.
Facts on File
The Reference Suite @ FACTS.com is an award-winning site for current events research including Facts on File World News Digest, Issues & Controversies, Today’s Science, and World Almanac Reference Database. Complete content from the Facts on File World News Digest; live newsfeed from Reuters® to answer questions about events, people, issues, facts, and figures from 1940 to the present; maps, photographs, historic documents, and special overviews of key issues, newsmakers, and events since 1940; links articles directly to related information in this and other Reference Suite databases, by means of more than half a million internal editorial hyperlinks.
Findarticles
is an archive of articles from 1998 on, from over 300 magazines and journals.
FindLaw
Is a web portal for law, government, and legal resources for use by legal professionals, consumers and small businesses.
Gale Group
A web version of Gale Research products: Associations Unlimited, Biography Researach Center, Literature Resource Center, Student Resource Center, Student Health Module, History Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints, Consulta (en espanol), and Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
GreenFILE
A database of information about environmental concerns. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
Grolier Online
Contains the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia; the New Book of Knowledge; Popular Science; Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful and the nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en linea.
Hempstead Library Card Catalog
View our holdings as well as the holdings in all Nassau County libraries. With your library barcode and PIN number you can check your account by clicking on My Library Account
Information Please
is a collection of almanacs and reference books loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records.
¡Informe!
A Spanish language online database.
¡Infórmese Aquí!
InfoTrac
Use InfoTrac to search magazine, newspapers (NY Times daily updates), and reference books for information on business, health, industry, current events, the arts, science, entertainment, etc.
InfoTrac Kids and Juniors Editions
Use these databases to search magazines, reference books and newspapers for information on the elementary and middle-school levels.
Latino American Experience
Informative and easy to use, this Greenwood database marks the first-ever database dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos, the largest, fastest-growing minority group in the United States.
Learning Express Library
Workplace Skills Improvement
Learning Express Library is the leading source of test preparation materials and interactive practice exams, based on official tests that will help you improve your scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. They provide immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and individualized analysis of your score.
Job & Career Accelerator
Start Your Job Search Now! Get detailed information on occupations that suit your interests. Access current job listings from over 5 million job postings, which are collected from all major job boards. Create professional resumes and cover letters, master interviewing and networking techniques, and more. Job & Career Accelerator is your guide to getting hired! Use the following to access Job & Career Accelerator directly: 
Literature Resource Center“Also" from Learning Express
Computer Skills
This tutorial program, available through Learning Express Library, offers instruction in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook and Internet Explorer. From beginner to advanced, there is a lesson for you.
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world, supplemented by the scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series and Twayne’s World , U.S. , and English Authors Series. The MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
LitFinder
Includes PoemFinder, StoryFinder and EssayFinder.
Magill on History
MagillOnHistory, produced by Salem Press, combines content from their critically acclaimed history reference sets in a fully integrated single database. This database is comprised of approximately 10,000 records, more than 1,800 historical images, charts, graphs and maps, and an index of more than 13,000 names. In addition, this database includes more than 4,000 biographical essays which examine the lives of more than 3,800 historical figures.
NextReads
With this exciting new service, you can subscribe to e-mail newsletters featuring all types of books: historical fiction, fantasy, travel, Christian fiction, romance, and more. Each list is linked to the library’s online catalog.
Net Library
netLibrary offers an easy-to-use information retrieval system for accessing the full text of several thousand reference, scholarly, and professional books. You must create a netLibrary account before the collection can be accessed from home. This may be accomplished at the Library's Reference Desk.
Newsday
Access to full text articles from Newsday's archives from 1985 to present.
NOVEL Databases
NOVEL databases are provided by the New York State Library through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the New York State Library. Databases include: Health Reference Center, Business and Company Resource Center, Twayne Author Series, Custom Newspapers, New York State Newspapers and the National Newspaper Index.
Novelist
A readers' advisory database will full-text reviews and annotations for over 20,000 titles. Searches can be made for children's, young adult, and adult levels.
Oxford Art Online
This comprehensive reference tool for visual arts includes articles and images as well as links to additional online resources.
Oxford Music Online
The print edition of this dictionary spans 29 volumes. It is widely used throughout the academic and professional community as well as by music lovers worldwide.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center is a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further though and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world's top political and societal publications.
Pop Culture Universe
Pop Culture Universe is an authoritative, yet irresistible, digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers. It includes more than More than 300 full-text volumes of material and a digital pop culture library.
ProQuest
database offers access to over 1,800 newspapers, periodicals, and academic journals. ProQuest includes coverage of many national newspapers, such as The Washington Post, Newsday, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Barron’s, USA Today, The New York Times (full-text for 90 days), and the Wall Street Journal (full-text back to 1989). Also included is access to Hoover’s Company Records and an interdisciplinary research library.
Tax Forms
New York State
Federal forms
World Book Online
Includes the complete World Book Encyclopedia, an atlas, and the Enciclopedia Estidiantil Hallazgos.
