K-12 Proprietary Databases

• EBSCO Animals - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A subset of Searchasaurus. Search K-12 articles (some with images) on the nature & habitat of familiar animals. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A subset of Searchasaurus. Search over 25,000 K-12 articles & brief biographies. Updated annually. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• Junior Edition - Was SuperTOM Junior. Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search K-12 encyclopedias, maps, reference books & 135 magazines & newspapers. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• MAS Ultra - School Edition - Designed for high school libraries. Search & browse articles in 600 general interest & current events publications back to 1985. Includes over 3,000 charts, tables, graphs; 5,000 Magill Book Reviews; 500 health & science-related pamphlets; 260 reference books (Columbia Encyclopedia, CIA World Fact Book, World Almanac & Book of Facts, etc.); an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps, flags. Updated daily. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Primary Search - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A subset of Searchasaurus. Designed for elementary school libraries & public library children's rooms. Search articles (each assigned a reading level indicator [Lexiles]) in over 70 popular magazines back to 1990. Includes 100 pamphlets; The American Heritage Children's Dictionary; an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps, flags. Updated daily. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• Science Reference Center - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search full-text for nearly 640 K-12 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Covers biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, etc.. Includes original videotape recordings about scientific research. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• Searchasaurus - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search K-12 databases (Primary Search, EBSCO Animals, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, a children's dictionary). RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law.



• TOPICsearch - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search over 78,000 K-12 articles in 3,000 sources (1,550 newspapers & periodicals, etc.). Covers social, political, economic issues; scientific discoveries; other popular topics. Includes biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, government information, a Current Issues database. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.