Books & Magazines
Search our physical library book catalog here (sign in with your NYCDOE username to put a book on hold)
Search for books & magazines on the Citywide Digital Library on Sora here (sign in with your NYCDOE username)
Our databases and encyclopedias are provided through NovelNY (works as long as the IP address from your device recognizes you are in the state of NY - you need to click "Use My Location" when prompted). Students with Brooklyn Public Library cards can also access the BPL databases available here.
Newspaper Articles
The New York Times is available on campus through any computer using the school's wifi or internet. No login information is required.
More newspaper articles are available through the Gale Databases.
NEWSELA is coming soon!
Useful Links
Citations and Copyright
Purdue Online Writing Lab (a guide to how do citations in MLA and other formats)
EasyBib (citation management software to help you remember and make your citations, requires a free login)
Dictionaries and Thesauruses
Oxford English Dictionary (historical dictionary, includes a timeline as to when the word was used and etymology/breaks down the meaning of the word)
Username: OED90NewYork
Password: accessNewY
Merriam-Webster Dictionary (provides definition and synonyms, pronunciation, and examples)
General Information
Wolfram Alpha (general knowledge including mathematical formulas, science and technology, and pop culture; this is what Siri uses!)
CIA World Factbook (information about history, people, government, economy, energy, geography and more about 267 places around the world)
American FactFinder by the US Census Bureau (statistics about a particular US locality)
Project Gutenberg (free online books!)
The Humanities (English and Social Studies)
Library of Congress (digital collections including images)
National Archives (good for primary sources and federal records)
Brooklyn Public Library Digital Collection (historical image search)
Math and Science
Encyclopedia of Life (information about every single organism on Earth)
Science.gov (search all 60 databases and 2,200 scientific websites including NASA, USGS, EPA, and more)
More science reference sites can be found here
Current Events
New York Times (Replica Edition) or NYTimes.com (no password required)
Media and Information Literacy
Liberal versus conservative values by Student News Daily
Understanding bias by AllSides.com (Also, What is bias?)
Identifying primary and secondary sources by Indiana University
Understanding keywords and search terms by Binghamton University
Scholarly journals versus magazines by Binghamton University AND Peer Review by San Diego State University
Webpage evaluation by Binghamton University
Getting clues from URLs by Central Michigan University