Business & General Reference

Business

Business & Company ASAP (Thomson Gale) In the Library or from home with a library card
Provides information on companies, markets and industries, market trends, mergers and acquisitions, current management theory, and company overviews. It also includes business and trade journals, newspapers, and company directory profiles with full text and images. Funded by NOVEL

Business & Company Resource Center (Thomson Gale) In the Library or from home with a library card
BCRC offers company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Provides limited access to full text of Consumer Reports. Help Sheet (.pdf) Funded by NOVEL

Business Telephone & Address Directory (ReferenceUSA) Discontinued July 20, 2010 due to high cost and low usage. (See announcement by Finger Lakes Library System.)

Canadian Business Telephone & Address Directory (ReferenceUSA) Discontinued July 20, 2010 due to high cost and low usage. (See announcement by Finger Lakes Library System.)

General Reference - Encyclopedias, Directories, Fast Facts

Academic OneFile (Gale) In the Library or from home with a library card
Geared toward older students, faculty, and researchers, contains over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. Academic OneFile has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Academic OneFile also includes some major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and Encyclopedia of World Biography. Funded by NOVEL

Canadian Residential Telephone & Address Directory (ReferenceUSA) Discontinued July 20, 2010 due to high cost and low usage. (See announcement by Finger Lakes Library System.)

City of Ithaca Municipal Code In Library Use - Not Available from Home
The Ithaca city code is on CD-ROM and can be accessed in the library. Please ask for the disc at the Reference desk. However, the code is also available online at
http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/index.asp?
Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6B78535B-5C88-4C4E-A99A-3C0E9FF208D4}
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Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO)In the Library or from home with a library card [this database has been rolled into the other EBSCO databases, Kidsearch/Searchasaurus and Primary Search and is no longer separate]
Encyclopedia of Animals offers in-depth full-text information on a variety of topics relating to animals including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and dinosaurs. It includes full-text articles describing the nature and habitat of these animals. Some articles include just the abstract or citation. Some of the full-text articles include images. Funded by NOVEL

Funk & Wagnalls New Word Encyclopedia (EBSCO) In the Library or from home with a library card
Full-text articles of over 25,000 encyclopedia entries, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. It is updated annually. Funded by NOVEL

Grolier Encyclopedias (Scholastic) In the Library or from home with a library card Help (PDF)
Full-text access to the following encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia Americana - In-depth research and worldwide current events for older students and adults.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - Quick reference and rich media for middle school and high school students.
Lands and Peoples - Current information for country and state reports.
The New Book of Popular Science - In-depth science, plus science in the news.
The New Book of Knowledge - Reference and current events for elementary readers and older.Funded by the Finger Lakes Library System

Health Care Telephone & Address Directory (ReferenceUSA) Discontinued July 20, 2010 due to high cost and low usage. (See announcement by Finger Lakes Library System.)

Residential Telephone & Address Directory (ReferenceUSA) Discontinued July 20, 2010 due to high cost and low usage. (See announcement by Finger Lakes Library System.)

What do the icons mean?

  • TCPL cardAvailable in the Library or from home with a TCPL card.
  • NOVELFunded by NOVEL, an electronic resource access project that enables libraries across New York State to give their communities online access to the full text of hundreds of journals, newspapers and other references.
  • Finger Lakes Library SystemFunded by the Finger Lakes Library System.
  • South Central Regional Library CouncilFunded with RBDB funds through the South Central Regional Library Council
  • In Library Use OnlyIn-Library Use - Accessible from Library computers only
Page last modified Jul 20, 2010