Use your library card to enter: Virtual Reference Desk
| Services | Description | ||
| Online Public Access Catalog | Allows you to access and request all materials held by libraries in the Four County Library System | ||
| Inter-Library Loan | Allows you to request books from other libraries in the Four County Library System, Broome County Public Library, New York State Library, and other libraries in the United States | ||
| Internet Access | Twenty computers with Road Runner service – Parent’s signature required for those under 18 | ||
| Large Print Books | Library collection and one rotating collection | ||
| Download Zone | E-books and downloadable audio | ||
| Books on CD | Library collection of over 425 and a rotating collection | ||
| Compact Discs | More than 725 Music CDs for adults and children | ||
| DVDs & Video Cassettes | A growing collection of more than 1150 DVD’s & a rotating DVD Collection. Also 1500 videos | ||
| Magazines | 45 Titles plus donated magazines – All circulate except latest issue | ||
| Newspapers | The Chenango American, The Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, Norwich Evening Sun, and the Sunday New York Times | ||
| Local History & Genealogy Area | General Genealogy Materials, Marriage, Birth, & Death Index from Chenango American from 1855, 1880 U.S. Census on CD-ROM, AncestryPlus available online, & much more! | ||
| Microfilm Reader Printer | Automatic with zoom lens – Printing costs 10 cents per page | ||
| Photocopier | 15 cents per page | ||
| Fax Machine | $2 for Cover and First page. $1 per page for remaining pages | ||
| Tax Forms | State & Federal forms available during tax season – Binders of current & past State & Federal reproducible forms available year round | ||
| Meeting Room | Available for community groups any day or evening – Call to reserve: 656-9349 | ||
| Webcam & Skype | By appointment only. Must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. Call to reserve: 656-9349. Military families have first priority in scheduling. | ||
| Children’s CD/ROM Computer | Contains various learning and reference CD/ROMs for children 18 months and older – Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult | ||
| Computer Room | Internet, Word, Access, Excel, Power Point, Publisher & Front Page available. CD/ROM tutorials for Windows and Microsoft Office. CD/ROMS: National Geographic Magazine & Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Printing 10 cents per page. Photo Printing Prices vary – Sign up at circulation desk. One on one computer help available ask at desk or call 656-9349. | ||
| Public Computer Center* | Wireless Public Computer Center. Laptops with Microsoft Office 10, Webcam, Skype. Large print keyboard, and 24″ monitor available. Handicapped Accessible. Printer, scanner, color copier. Individual and group instruction. Computer and Job searching help. * The Public Computer Center (PCC) is funded in the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Videoconferencing equipment available call to reserve 656-9349 | ||
| Electronic Databases | Description | |||
| AUTOMOBILE REPAIR | ||||
| Ebsco Auto Repair Reference Center | The Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes. Database content includes more than 34,000 vehicles covered from 1945 to present, with drawings and step-by-step photographs, technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer, enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing, specifications & maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide & Estimator, AutoIQ, and Quick Tips (a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance). | |||
| BUSINESS AND FINANCE | ||||
| Business and Company ASAP | Provides researchers with information on companies, markets and industries — from market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Get access to business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images. | |||
| Business and Company Resource Center | Brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Find detailed company and industry news and information. | |||
| Morningstar.com | Get data reports covering more than 20,000 securities. Identify stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs that meet specific needs. Delve into the data of a stock or mutual fund. Research two or more stocks and/or mutual funds to see how they work together as a portfolio. | |||
| CHILDREN’S RESOURCES | ||||
| New Book of Knowledge | Engaging graphics and lively, age-appropriate text motivate elementary school students through the research process. Projects and experiments reinforce key concepts and support opportunities for extended learning. | |||
| Kids Search | EBSCO has created a search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. The Kids Search interface combines a state-of-the-art search engine (powered by EBSCOhost®) with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use. | |||
| Primary Search | Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full-text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. | |||
| Kids Searchasaurus | Three popular elementary and middle school databases can be accessed via Searchasaurus®, EBSCO Publishing’s user search experience for kids in elementary or middle schools. This animated interface with a dinosaur theme encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials. | |||
| GENEALOGY | ||||
| Ancestry Library Edition (ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY) | Search family histories and genealogies from the U.S. census records, Social Security records, birth and death records, immigration records, military records, biographies, and more. Over 1 billion names in 3,000 unique databases for genealogy research | |||
| Family Search | Records, resources, and services for genealogical research. This database is especially good for state census data. | |||
| Fulton History | Access to more than 16 million pages of historical New York State newspapers as well as historical postcards. | |||
| HEALTH AND WELLNESS | ||||
| Health Reference Center Academic | Health Reference Center Academic integrates millions of articles from a wide range of full-text nursing and allied health journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters and select consumer health information sources with full-text reference works and hundreds of health-related multimedia | |||
| LITERATURE AND POETRY | ||||
| Literature Resource Center | This complete literature reference database is designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, it is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism and more. | |||
| NoveList | This fiction database provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for more than 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-Alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. Children, Teen and Adult Fiction. . 1,200 pre-made lists of award winners. | |||
| The Twayne Authors Series | This is the premier literary reference resource series, comprising Twayne’s U.S. Authors, Twayne’s English Authors, and Twayne’s World Authors. Each of these individual titles provides literary criticism for approximately 200 authors, bringing the total number of authors covered in the Series to nearly 600. Each author selected for coverage is tied to the high school and college curriculum. | |||
| MAGAZINE ARTICLES | ||||
| Academic OneFile | Academic OneFile is the one-stop resource for academic research in all disciplines. This database provides strong coverage of hard sciences, medicine, engineering, and business, as well as agriculture, criminal justice, environmental studies, pop culture, psychology, war, and terrorism. There are nearly 13,000 titles, with more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. There are links to hundreds of videos on medical procedures and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC. This database includes the full text of The New York Times from 1985, the Times (London) from 1985, and the Financial Times from 1996. | |||
| General OneFile | General OneFile is a comprehensive general-interest resource, providing periodical and news information through 7,000 full-text titles, more than 3,600 journals, more than 25 years of backfiles, and five newspaper indexes. This database also features travel guides; a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, with searchable transcripts; and links to over 5,000 video files including television shows like the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, NRO TV, and Meet the Press. | |||
| NEWSPAPERS AND CURRENT EVENTS | ||||
| Custom Newspapers | Search a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international, containing full-text articles from newspapers in major U.S. cities and the U.K. | |||
| National Newspaper Index | Get quick access to the indexing of America’s top-five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. | |||
| New York State Newspapers | Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times, the New York Post, Buffalo News, Post-Standard (Syracuse), New York Observer, and the New York Magazine. | |||
| Newsroom Navigator (New York Times) | The Newsroom Navigator has been used by New York Times reporters and editors as the starting point for their forays onto the Web. Its primary intent is to give the news staff and the public a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing them to spend time wandering around to find a useful set of links of their own. The list is by its nature highly selective and constantly changing. | |||
| PRACTICE TESTS & JOB HELP | ||||
| Testing & Education Reference Center | An online interactive database of practice tests including the GED, civil service, military exams; licensing tests for law enforcement, real estate; plus entrance exams for college and graduate school . Provides an online searchable database for training in specialty careers and occupations. Includes a searchable database of colleges and graduate schools with online and distance learning programs. | |||
| Brainfuse JOB NOW | Provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the necessary tasks to get a job. | |||
| REFERENCE—ENCYCLOPEDIAS & ALMANACS | ||||
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | More than 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Articles are full text with embedded links to other related articles. | |||
| Encyclopedia Americana | A comprehensive coverage of the arts, society, geography, history, philosophy, religion, sports, science, and technology to assist students and with class work, homework, and research projects. Excellent for adults who want a topic overview | |||
| Grolier Multimedia | Concise articles on geography, history, government, language, literature, religion, technology, the arts and sciences everything that shapes our world. Includes extensive media resources, including photographs and videos as well as interactive time lines that chart the course of world events | |||
| SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES | ||||
| EBSCOhost Espanol | Esta base de datos multidisciplinaria ha sido especialmente diseñada para bibliotecas públicas. Abarca el texto completo de casi 750 publicaciones generales de referencia, con información desde 1984. MasterFILE Select engloba casi todas las áreas de interés general y contiene el texto completo de 35 libros de referencia y una colección gráfica compuesta por 193,000 fotos, mapas y banderas. Esta base de datos se actualiza a diario a través de EBSCO host. | |||
| TEACHING AND LIBRARIANSHIP | ||||
| LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) | This world-class bibliographic database is a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. It provides coverage on such subjects as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. It is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science, with coverage dating back to the mid-1960s. | |||
| Teacher Reference Center | This index of more than 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. Find coverage of key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics and more. | |||
