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2-11 Community Resource Database of Long Island house

Profiles more than 6000 community services and resources, with information on private, non-private, and government sponsored agencies dealing with health, education, etc.
 

Health and Wellness Resource Center   house

This comprehensive resource includes reference material like the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and the Alternative Health Encyclopedia, as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from authoritative medical sources. There are also links to related websites. Coverage includes such topics as chiropractic, herbal remedies, homeopathy, midwifery, and yoga. Available via NOVEL, a project of the New York State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
 

Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)   house

Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
 

Lexis Nexis Library Express     house   [Remote Access]

Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options. Access over 10,000 unique news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use Company Dossier to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria.  (NOTE: TO USE THIS DATABASE FROM HOME, YOU MUST CLICK ON THE "REMOTE ACCESS" LINK. AFTER CLICKING ON THE REMOTE ACCESS LINK, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR YOUR 14-DIGIT LIBRARY CARD BARCODE)
 

Proquest Health Management   house

Find complete, full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations, and law.
 

Reference USA   house

Provides addresses, sales information, and executive names for over 12 million U.S. companies and 1.3 million Canadian companies. Searchable by state/province, city, zip/postal code, SIC code and yellow page headings. Searches can be customized by company size, sales volume, geographic location, industry, etc. Many of the listings are for small businesses. Database also includes residential listings for phone numbers and addresses for 120 million U.S. households and 1.3 million Canadian households and information on 650 physicians and dentists. 
 

Salem Health      house    [Remote Access]

Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works, such as Magill's Medical Guide.  Every one of the 1,000+ essays in Magill’s Medical Guide has been evaluated by our panel of medical consultants and then updated by experts or re-edited to ensure currency and accuracy. (NOTE: TO USE THIS DATABASE FROM HOME, YOU MUST CLICK ON THE "REMOTE ACCESS" LINK. AFTER CLICKING ON THE REMOTE ACCESS LINK, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR YOUR 14-DIGIT LIBRARY CARD BARCODE)

 
 

Virtual Reference Library (Gale)   house

Electronic versions of many popular Reference books.
 


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