Resources

Access thousands of genealogical databases including Census and Vital Records, birth, marriage and death notices, Social Security Death Index, naturalizations, Military and Holocaust Records, City Directories, and African American and more.

Biography in Context includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools. You must be a Yonkers Library Cardholder to access information from home.

Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

Britannica Escolar tiene contenido preciso y apropiado para la edad en español para hablantes nativos de español, estudiantes bilingües y estudiantes que aprenden español. Disponible en dos niveles: primaria y secundaria.

Brtiannica School offers encyclopedias and related materials for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities. 

Comics Plus offers online digital graphic novels and comics available for free with your library card.

DMV permit test practice for cars, CDL and motorcycles.  It covers 40 essential permit test questions directly from the official DMV handbook.

Fine Arts Music Collection offers more than 150 full-text magazines and journals covering areas such as drama, music, art history, and film-making.

 

eBooks available in ePub and/or PDF format. Currently, it can be used with PCs, iDevices, Androids, Nooks, Sony Readers, Kobo readers, and Kindle Fire. Freading specializes in romance and children’s books.

Gale OneFile: News is a full-text newspaper database has several NY newspapers, including the NY Times from 1995-Present, and Journal News from 1999-2003, as well as over fifty national and international newspapers.

Gale OneFile: Science has information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines. Updated daily.

Gale OneFile: U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasure —rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online.

The Historical NY Times includes all the articles published since the first issue of the paper in 1851. Provides full text and full image articles with digital reproductions of every page, every article and every issue in PDF format.

With Hoopla, you can borrow eAudiobooks, graphic novels, eBooks, movies, music, and television, all with no holds. 10 items can be checked out at a time.