Looking for a book in our library? 

Willsboro Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
Can't find the book here?  You may borrow it from these libraries:

Paine Memorial Library  You will need your own library card or ask Mrs. Trienens and she   will order it for you.

ICEPAC  This OPAC will find books anywhere in the North Country.

Looking for a magazine article?

 ProQuest Platinum This database will find full text magazine, journal and newspaper articles on a variety of topics.  You may print any article that you find.

  Business and Company ASAP This database will find information on companies and industries.  It will also find magazine and newspaper articles on business and economics.

Business and Company Resource Center  This database will find detailed information on specific companies, including histories, rankings, and brand information.

Kids Search searches over 50 magazines aimed towards K - 5 students.  The username and password are both willsborocs. 

 Primary Search  searches over 57 school magazines and is aimed towards elementary students.  For a more colorful interface, use Searchasaurus.  The username and password are both willsborocs. 

Looking for a newspaper article?

Press Republican Online   is the abbreviated version of our local daily newspaper.

New York State Newspapers This database will search 28 newspapers in New York Sate, including the New York Times.

National Newspaper Index is a database of the top five newspapers in the United States.  The newspapers  included are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times.

Custom Newspapers indexes over 900 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world.

Do you need basic information from encyclopedias?

The library has print encyclopedias such as The World Book and Encyclopedia Americana.  There are also specialized encyclopedias such as The Middle Ages, Holocaust and World War II Almanac,  Writers for Young Adults, Renaissance and Reformation , and American National Biography. 

Encyclopedias that you can find online are:

Encarta 2004  This is an electronic encyclopedia available only in the elementary computer lab.  You can access it through the Encarta icon on the computer screen on any computer in the lab.

Encyclopedia.com provides brief articles from 49 encyclopedias and 73 dictionaries and thesaurus

 Grolier Online searches the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge, and the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  It includes a dictionary, atlas and thesaurus.
User name:  nystate1680
Password:  novelhome

Do you need information on authors?

The library has biographical encyclopedias such as Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, American Writers, Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Dramatists, Contemporary Novelists, and Short Story Writers to name just a few.

Twayne Author Series will have extensive information and analysis of world, American and English authors and poets.

BiographyOnline provides brief biographies of the more famous authors, with links to other websites.

Do you need information on health issues?

The library has the Encyclopedia of Family Health, Mental Health Information for Teens, and Body by Design: From the Digestive System to the Skeleton.

Health & Wellness Resource Center will search for magazine and journal articles on medical and health topics.  It also includes a medical dictionary and medical and alternative health encyclopedias.

WebMD, BeWell, and Healthline are three online resources for medial and health information.

 Do you need to cite a resource that you used?

NoodleBibs is an online fill-in-the-blank citation maker. If you are unsure as to what is considered plagiarism, or how cite your source within your paper, check out these websites on plagiarism and parenthetical documentation.  The user name and password are both willsboro.  After you set up your own folder, you will not need this password anymore.