Information about free access to Talking Books, audio recordings of books and magazines, provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (Library of Congress). Access this service at the Syosset Public Library, a cooperating library.

Great Books Online: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's II, The New Thesaurus, Gray's Anatomy, World Factbook, Oxford Shakespeare, and more!

Large and varied collection of explanations; chosen by Time Magazine as one of the "50 Best Websites" in the Information and Reference category.

Authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions.

Index to 18,000 libraries worldwide.

Links to major libraries; has a reference desk which includes almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, lists of recommended websites.

Free and open access to hundreds of thousands of digital images.

The New York Online Virtual Electronic Library provides free online access to books, magazines, newspapers, research, and reference sources on a variety of topics. Log in with a New York State driver license or from your public library website.

Hundreds of online dictionaries and a word translator.

State and National Associations from the New York State Education Dept. Office of the Professions

Virtual library mega site with a multitude of links by category.

The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions.

World network of library collections; search the holdings of libraries in your community, including college and university libraries, and thousands more around the world.

Significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world, free of charge and in multilingual format.