Funds to purchase these online resources came to libraries through Putnam County Government, New York State Government & the New York State Library's NOVELny program. If you find these resources to be helpful and would like funding to continue, please let us know!
to residents of Putnam County, unlimited access to information you cannot get on just the Internet.  These links will lead you to valuable online resources that have been made available to library card holders. You will need your 14-digit library card number to access everything listed on this page.  Don't have a library card?  Contact your local library today!
 
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Business
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Homework Support
  • EBSCO Kids Search or Searchasaurus (features an animated dinosaur theme) for elementary school students. Includes 70 popular magazines, Encyclopedia of Animals & American Heritage Children's Dictionary
  • Grolier includes:
    • Encyclopedia Americana: In depth information for older students & adults
    • Multimedia Encyclopedia: Quick reference with rich media for middle school & higher
    • New Book of Knowledge: Reference & current events for elementary school & higher. Includes projects & experiments
    • 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
  • Additional Encyclopedias
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Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library - Garrison

Brewster Public Library

Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library - Cold Spring

Kent Public Library - Kent

Mahopac Library - Mahopac

Patterson Library - Patterson

Putnam Valley Free Library - Putnam Valley

Reed Memorial Library - Carmel

"Free" to residents of Putnam County. These resources have information you cannot acccess through a normal Internet search, in fact, they are part of the "invisible web," available only to patrons of libraries where access has been purchased for them. 

Funds to purchase these resources came to libraries through Putnam County Government , New York State Government & the New York State Library's NOVELny program.

 

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- Funded through Putnam County Government.
- Funded through the New York State Library NOVELny program. NOVELny connects New Yorkers to 21st century information and is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The New York Library Initiative is a proposal for permanent state funding for NOVELny.
- Funded through MHLS/Central Library Development Aid.
- Made available through the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council which is funded by New York State.