Library Resource Center

BOOKS:
T-P Online Catalog
Access to T-P's collection of over 20,000 books, videos and more

Pawling Public Library
Link to public library's website, including catalogs and databases. Inter-Library Loan available within days.

EBooks:

Check out our new EBooks to supplement our reference! Encyclopedia of World Biography, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Gale Encyclopedia of US History, Human Diseases and Conditions, UXL Encyclopedia of Science, Novels For Students, (volumes 1-16) and more!

Here's an example - or go to the GALE link below and click on GALE Virtual Reference Library

American Decades Primary Sources 
Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more!

ONLINE DATABASES: Passwords available in Library or in Library Forum (portal login required)

GALE - many provided by NY State's NOVEL Databases 

Many databases in one portal: Academic OneFile: peer reviewed journals; Business and Company ASAP; Custom Newspapers (900 national and international); General OneFile; Health and Wellness Center with Alternative Health Module; Nursing and Allied Health Collection; National Newspaper Index; New York State Newspapers (28 of them); Twayne Author Series;

Student Resources InContext: NEW!
(formerly Student Resource Center Gold) 

Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, the new database provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.

Use the button below to powersearch them all:

GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIAS - provided by NY State's NOVEL Databases 

America's Historical Newspapers (1690 - 2000) - Find news articles covering topics in government, politics, social issues, culture, literature discoveries, inventions and more from hundreds of primary sources.

Access World News - Student Edition - The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map.

PROQUEST - much more now provided by NY State's NOVEL Databases 

Historical New York Times Proquest Historical Newspapers has the entire history of the New York Times from 1851 - 2006. Click on dropdown next to "Database" , or click on Proquest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2006) at the bottom of the list. You can't search this together with the other Proquest items. 

Current History Online

Journal of Contemporary World Affairs. View titles, abstracts, and articles from current and previous issues.

CQ Researcher Online

CQ Researcher Plus Archive offers research on the issues that have shaped the nation for over 80 years. The CQ Researcher Plus Archive adds more than 3,000 reports, published between 1923 and 1990 to CQ Researcher Online. Each report in the Archive addresses the significance and legacy of the events and issues of its day.

OTHER TOOLS:

Turn-it-in!
Turn it in is a subscription plagiarism prevention tool - all papers should be submitted here.

Easybib Citation Tool
Click on the link to go to software to assist you in making your bibliographies!

Works Cited Examples
Click to see examples of many different types of MLA-style citations.