Guilderland Public Library Reference and Research Resources

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Reference and Research

Most of these databases and web sites are available to all users in the library and at home. However, some are subject to restrictions:

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Bartleby.com Access reference works including the Columbia Encyclopedia, Bartlett's Quotations, full-text fiction and non-fiction classics, and much more.
Directory of Open Access Journals Find over 4,300 quality-controlled journals on a variety of scientific and scholarly topics. All articles are available as full-text.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) ERIC provides indexing for a wide range of education-related journals, as well as materials from federal, state, and local governments, research centers, and other sources. Some materials are available as full-text. Click here for more information about the ERIC collection.
Grolier Encyclopedia Americana
Merriam-Webster Online
ProQuest Platinum This database contains articles and citations from a wide selection of scholarly journals, professional resources, and popular magazines. Click here for a full list of titles in this database.
Reference USA Reference USA is a comprehensive directory of business and residential telephone numbers and addresses, as well as other information on businesses and health care providers.
Webster's New World Dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus

NOTE: Firewalls must be disabled in order to access some of these databases.
If you encounter any problems accessing these databases, please send us an email message at adult@guilpl.org or call Adult Reference at 456-2400 ext. 7.

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