Research

Live-brary Databases is a collection of research materials, including magazine and newspaper articles, reference books, homework help and more. Live-brary has also partnered with Libby to offer  downloadable eBooks, audiobooks and movies.

ProQuest’s Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides academic and public libraries digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.
To access this site, please call the library and provide us with your barcode.  You will then be given a username and password.

In-library use
Access with library card
referenceUSA is business and residential information for reference and research. referenceUSA allows you to locate companies nationwide, track down addresses and phone numbers, discover news articles for research and more.

In-library use only.
Ancestry.com offers a network of genealogical and historical record websites.

The South Side Signal from 1869-1879 and the Babylon Beacon from 1967-1972 and from 2010-2017 were digitized and are part of the NYS Historic Newspaper Collection. The collection contains historic newspapers from all parts of New York State.