Databases
STLS provides access to these subscription databases for our member library cardholders, accessible 24 hours/day. Just click on a linked title and authenticate with your library card number.
Academic One File 
Contains over 13,000 titles including peer-reviewed journal and reference sources.
Art Museum Image Gallery*
Contains over 165,000 superior quality images with entries from 3000 B.C. to the present day, with art from the cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Native American and Meso-American peoples.
Business Insights: Essentials
Contains detailed company and industry news and information, including company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
General One File
Provides periodical and news information with over 12,000 titles and 30 years of coverage.
Grolier Online
Includes two learning environments (Grolier Online Kids and Grolier Online Passport) and three curriculum-aligned databases: New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Americana.
Health Reference Center Academic
Provides information on health-related topics including over 2,000 full text sources and hundreds of videos.
InfoTrac Newsstand 
Provides access to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.
Literature Resource Center*
Rich in biographical, bibliographical and critical content, the Literature Resource Center provides information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism and more.
National Newspaper Index
Gives quick access to indexed articles from America's top five newspapers: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.
New York State Newspapers
A full-text newspaper database that includes various NYS newspapers.
Novelist**
A reader's advisory service that includes book reviews, first chapters, and book discussion guides.
OCLC FirstSearch*
FirstSearch is an online reference search tool that delivers quality content from WorldCat and dozens of quality, respected databases of bibliographic and full-text content.
OmniFile Full Text Select*
Full text articles from nearly 3,000 publications.
Primary Search (via Searchasaurus)
Designed for the elementary school student, provides full text from children's magazines and pamphlets. A general encyclopedia and an encyclopedia of animals are also available. Also available via Ebscohost and Kid's Search interfaces.
Twayne's Authors Series
Provides biographical and literary criticism information on a wide variety of US and world authors.
A NOVEL database provided by the New York State Library. NOVELny connects New Yorkers to 21st century information.
* Access provided through NY State Library regional funding
** Access provided by the Steele Memorial Library through Central Book Aid funding
To access the NOVEL databases with your NYS driver's license/ID, click on the following NOVELny logo:
