A-Z List of Databases
Business, Finance, Economics: journals, company profiles, Wall Street Journal. Supported with Central Library Development Aid and by Dutchess County, William R. Steinhaus, County Executive.
Business & Company Resource
Center
Company profiles, industry rankings, products, brands, stock prices. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Career Vault
The latest and best information to help you get a job or research professions. Before accessing the database, first-time users must create an account with Career Vault on the login page. Funded by Dutchess County.
Automotive repair information for do-it-yourself people. Supported with Central Library Development Aid.
ERIC
Journal articles and reports in education. Funded by the Library.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program .
Gale Literary Databases
Profiles and criticism of contemporary authors. Funded by the Library.
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
A library of searchable electronic-format reference books covering biography,
business, history, medicine, nations of the world, and science. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program and Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC).
Grolier Online contains comprehensive reference works like the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program .
Health & Wellness Resource
Center
Articles on general health issues from popular and scholarly magazines and
encyclopedias; includes alternative medicine. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
HeritageQuest
Census records and other documents for genealogy and family research. Funded by Dutchess County.
The Historical New York Times online provides full text coverage of the New York Times from 1851 through 2005 and is searchable by keyword (“Titanic sinks”) or by date (April 16, 1912). Scroll through all related articles, or use the Page Map to view the entire page and navigate through the paper from first page to last. Funded by the Library.
The New York Times full text access from 1985 to the present. Articles can be translated into more than 10 different languages or listened to using the audio player. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Full-text newspaper articles from newspapers across the country and around
the world, including the New York Times, the New York Post, The Daily News, the Albany Times Union
and 9 (nine) other New York State newspapers. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Contains poems, stories, essays, and plays. Search by subject, author’s nationality, and more. Funded by the Library. Funded by the Library.
Learn Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Greek, or Russian the fun, interactive way – all on your own schedule, at your own pace, and wherever you want. Stop in the middle of a lesson and sign back in at a later point, Mango will keep track of everything for you! Funded by Dutchess County.
Search the newspaper back through 2002. May require a valid Library District barcode for access. Funded by Dutchess County.
Find an item's current realistic market value using data from the GoAntiques.com database as well as established, reliable sources like eBay, TIAS and dozens of auction houses. Subscription cancelled due to cuts in New York State funding.
ProQuest
A premier news and magazine database offering access to thousands of current
magazines and newspapers, many updated daily and containing full-text articles back through 1986. Supported with Central Library Development Aid and by Dutchess County.
ReferenceUSA
Business module covers 14 million U.S. businesses from the corner store to multinationals; search by industry, location, financials, personnel, etc. Residential module details 135 million U.S. households; use it to conduct market research and locate friends and relatives. Import detailed lists for marketing, business planning, job searches, and more. Funded by the Library.
Testing & Education Reference Center from Gale
Select a vocational or career school, find a college or graduate program, plan your education finances, or prepare for civil service/licensing exams. Log off and come back whenever you like! Supported with Central Library Development Aid.
Twayne's Authors Series
Biographical and critical information on 600 world authors from antiquity
to modern times. Supported by the New York State Library's NOVEL program.
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
Profiles of over 140,000 individuals from antiquity to the present. Funded by the Library.
Wilson Select Plus
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Funded by the Library.
World Almanac
Fascinating facts on all aspects of knowledge and information. Funded by the Library.
Troubleshooting
Some people have reported intermittent problems accessing HeritageQuest and/or ProQuest. Below are some tips to help remedy the situation that you are experiencing. These tips are geared towards HeritageQuest Online and ProQuest, but are applicable to all of the databases.
The address of this page should be this:
http://0-www.heritagequestonline.com.gigcat.midhudson.org/login?username=0DC3XXTN3K&
password=WELCOME&JSEnabled=1.
If this is not the address listed in the address bar, there may be a problem with your system, your router (if you have one), or your personal or ISP's firewall.
You should then copy or type the above address into your browser address bar. This should take you to the Offsite Database login page. If not, copy or type this address: http://www.poklib.org:2048/ip and send the output to techproblems@poklib.org, using the File/Send To feature on your browser's menu bar.