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Sunset Park High School Library

SPHS Library Catalog & Public Library WebsiteS

SORA: This is our digital library and catalog with all our Ebooks! You can also add the public libraries to your account to have all your Ebooks in the same app.

Sign into SORA using your DOE username and password.

Brooklyn Public Library
Search for books at BPL, databases, and other digital resources.
New York Public Library Website
Search for books at NYPL, databases, and other digital resources.
NYPL Subject Research Guides
Queens Public Library
Search for books at Queens Library, databases, and other digital resources.
MyLibraryNYC
Teachers with a MyLibraryNYC educator library card may borrow teaching sets and many other resources for longer periods of time.
Sunset Park High School Library Destiny Catalog
Use this catalog to search for books located in our school library. We are circulating books! Come borrow as many as you can carry!

Databases from novel

Clink on links for free geolocation access in New York State.

Academic One File
Find articles on any topic you can think of. Very academic articles but all of them can be translated in various languages.
E-Books & Databases
Digital Resources
All resources log in automatically on the DOE network. If you need the password to a resource, please email libraries@schools.nyc.gov from your DOE email account, identify the resource, and request the password and it will be provided.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Gale OneFile: Computer Science
Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.
Gale OneFile: Informe Académico
Spanish interface provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals both from and about Latin America
General OneFile
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics
Health Reference Center
Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a variety of personal health information sources
Infotrac Newsstand
This full-text newspaper database has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.
Kid InfoBits
Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.
New York State Newspapers
A subset of InfoTrac Newsstand, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Observer, New York Post, and Newsday.
New York Times

Search this database to find articles from the New York Times.

Opposing Viewpoints
Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.
Research in Context
Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
Teaching Books
172,123 digital resources that empower all readers.

Electronic Public Library Cards

Public library cards are an essential tool for remote access to digital resources including eBooks, audiobooks, databases, and magazines. If you do not have a public library card in NYC, you can register for one using the link for the specific system. There are three public library systems serving New York City including New York Public Library (Manhattan, Bronx, and Staten Island), Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Public Library.

Brooklyn Public Library

eCard Application - provides access to eBooks, eAudiobooks, Flipster, and databases.

New York Public Library

SimplyE - provides access to an array of digital resources, including eBooks and audiobooks, as well as databases available.

Queens Public Library

eCard Application - provides access to digital media resources and databases.