Antiques & Collectibles
Price It!
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.
Auto Repairs
Automotive repair information for do-it-yourself people.
Biography
Information on hundreds of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets. Includes a biography and bibliography for each poet, along with criticism by experts in the field.
Gale Contemporary Authors
Profiles and criticism of contemporary authors, available in Gale Literary Databases.
Gale Encyclopedia of World Biography
Approximately 7,000 biographies in 24 volumes on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods.
Twayne's Authors Series
Biographical and critical information on 600 world authors from antiquity to modern times.
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
Profiles of over 140,000 individuals from antiquity to the present.
Books & Reading
Contains poems, stories, essays, and plays. Search by subject, author’s nationality, and more.
Dutchess County Reads
Subscribe to e-newsletters featuring the types of books you like to read.
Business Information
ABI Inform
Business, Finance, Economics: trade journals, company profiles, Wall Street Journal,
available from ProQuest.
Business & Company Resource
Center
Company profiles, industry rankings, products, brands, stock prices.
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Key information needs of small business owners: financing, financial planning,
business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, and human resource issues.
Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
Answers to questions about web site development, financing, advertising, and more.
Covers topics, terms, leading companies and innovators, and events and legislation.
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.
Careers and Job Information
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.
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!
Directories
ReferenceUSA
Residential module details 135 million U.S. households; use it to conduct market research and locate friends and relatives. Business module covers 14 million U.S. businesses from the corner store to multinationals; search by industry, location, financials, personnel, etc. Import detailed lists for marketing, business planning, job searches, and more.
Fashion/Costume History
Fashion, Costume, and Culture:
Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations and Footwear through the Ages
A broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric
times to the present day.
Genealogy
HeritageQuest
Census records and other documents for genealogy and family research.
Government & Current Affairs
Encyclopedia of the Modern
Middle East and North Africa
Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa. Each country in
the region is reviewed.
Major Acts of Congress
An illustrated encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest days of the
American republic up through recent years.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Information on 200 countries and dependencies around the world. Topics include
banking and securities, climate, government data, demographics, and national leaders.
Health & Wellness
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative
Medicine
Current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices,
information on recommended therapies, and medicinal uses for plants and herbs.
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs, treatments, side effects,
and diagnostic procedures.
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic
Disorders
Clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests,
procedures, treatments and therapies.
Health & Wellness Resource
Center
Articles on general health issues from popular and scholarly
magazines and encyclopedias; includes alternative medicine.
History
American Civil War Reference
Library
Events and people of the Civil War period, including biographical profiles
and primary source materials.
American Revolution Reference
Library
Events and people of the Revolutionary War period, including the biographies
and primary source materials.
Americans at War
Major American conflicts in the context of cultural and social events and
conditions on the home front. Articles include biographies and a broad range of social topics.
Encyclopedia of the Modern
Middle East and North Africa
Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa. Each country
in the region is reviewed.
Europe, 1450-1789: Encyclopedia
of the Early Modern World V.6
Explores European history from 1450-1789, from the print revolution to the
French Revolution.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture:
Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations and Footwear through the Ages
A broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric
times to the present day.
History Behind the Headlines:
The Origin of Conflicts Worldwide
In-depth information on contemporary conflicts, with historical background and
analysis.
Language Learning/ESL
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.
Literature
Information on hundreds of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets. Includes a biography and bibliography for each poet, along with criticism by experts in the field.
Gale Literary Databases
Profiles and criticism of contemporary authors.
Contains poems, stories, essays, and plays. Search by subject, author’s nationality, and more.
Twayne's Authors Series
Biographical and critical information on 600 world authors from antiquity to modern
times.
Newspapers, Magazines, Journals
ERIC
Journal articles and reports in education.
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.
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.
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.
Newsbank
Searchable database for regional news coverage.
Search the newspaper back through 2002. May require a valid Library District barcode to access.
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.
Wilson Select Plus
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.
Reference Books Online
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries.
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
A library of searchable electronic-format reference books covering biography, business,
history, medicine, nations of the world, and science.
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.
World Almanac
Fascinating facts on all aspects of knowledge and information
Science
Articles on all aspects of biology and biological science, including its history and issues, biology-related careers and important individuals.
The place to start your research on science topics. Contains articles from reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, and newspapers, plus biographies of scientists.
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science
Profiles topics related to the physical, life, and earth
sciences, as well as to math, psychology, engineering, technology, and the environment.
Spanish/español
Test Preparation & Education
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!
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.