MHLS Home Online Databases
The databases listed below are available for
all MHLS member libraries through HOMEACCESS.
They include the NOVELny databases.

GALE CENGAGE LEARNING

EBSCO

  • & (the dinosaur interface access to Primary Search)
    • Access ends June 30, 2013.

NEXT READS

MANGO LANGUAGES

PROQUEST

TUMBLEBOOKS

BRAINFUSE

GROLIER/SCHOLASTIC

  • Grolier Online includes:
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • Encyclopedia Americana: Articles include links to further readings, a bibliography, selected full text articles, web page links, and links to related articles.  Includes maps, flags, tables and illustrations.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • Multimedia Encyclopedia: For upper middle school students through adults. Includes encyclopedia articles, news, timelines, quizzes and games, and research starters. It also includes an atlas and dictionary. Articles can be grouped by lexile level and are aligned to standards.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • New Book of Knowledge: For middle grade students. Includes literary selections, a timeline, projects and experiments, news, homework help and more.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • Amazing Animals of the World: For elementary school students. Includes facts and photos for over 1,200 animals.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • America the Beautiful: For elementary and middle school students. Includes articles on US cities, states and Presidents.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • Lands and Peoples: For middle and high school students. Includes articles on countries, cultures and current events. It also includes an atlas and almanacs.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • The New Book of Popular Science: For middle and high school students. Includes articles in the areas of science, technology and medicine. Also includes photos, maps and technical illustrations.
    • Renewed by NOVELny through 6/30/14
    • La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre: A Spanish language encyclopedia written from a Latin American perspective. Includes timelines, maps and an events calendar.
  • Online Atlas
  • Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
  • American Heritage Children's Thesaurus
  • American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  • American Heritage Student Dictionary
  • American Heritage Children's Dictionary
  • American Heritage English to Spanish Dictionary
  • American Heritage Spanish to English Dictionary

 

What do the icons mean?

  • Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY is a Statewide Internet Library connecting New Yorkers to 21st Century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
  • Funded through MHLS/Central Library Development Aid/member library funds.
  • Made available through the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council which is funded by New York State.

 

 

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