Ebooks, Audiobooks, Music & Video
OverDrive

OverDrive
Downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, and videos; the largest selection of popular authors. [Help]

 

Libby, by OverDrive

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader (U.S. only)! 

 

Hoopla

Hoopla
Thousands of ebooks, comics, movies, music, and audiobooks playable on computers and mobile devices. [Help]

 

Freading

Freading
Thousands of ebook titles in every genre and category. [Help]

Local News
Batavia Daily News

The Daily News
Subscription based online version serving Genesee, Wyoming, and Orleans counties

Daily News on Newsbank 2000-present

The Daily News 2000 to present
Search for complete articles of local and regional news

The Batavian

The Batavian
Online news and community views

WBTA

WBTA
AM 1490, FM 100.1.

AccuWeather

AccuWeather
For Batavia, NY

Newspapers
New York State Newspapers

NYS Newspapers
Search this database of newspapers published in the state of New York, including the Buffalo News, the New York Times and the New York Post.

New York Times

New York Times
A 72 hour "offsite activation" for the NY Times will be created. You will have the option to create a new account after clicking the URL. You can use the URL again to renew your 72 hour activation. 

Infotrac Newsstand

InfoTrac Newsstand
InfoTrac Newsstand is an innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. With InfoTrac Newsstand, you can search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers.

National Newspaper Index

National Newspaper Index
National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

America's News

Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S., including Batavia. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. 

The Daily News

News and information from The Daily News, Batavia, NY.

Magazines & Journals
Consumer ReportsConsumer Reports
Consumer Reports magazine and all articles are available.
General One File

General One File
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

Academic One File

Academic One File
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

Kids InfoBits

Kids InfoBits
Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.

Genealogy
Ancestry Library

AncestryLibrary.com is available within the library. 

Portions of Ancestry.com pertaining to New York are free to NY state residents, even outside the library (this access requires a free Ancestry.com New York account; you will have free access only to the records available through Ancestry.com New York, not to the entire Ancestry database).

 

Family Search

FamilySearch -- The library has Affiliate Library designation, giving patrons greater and more convenient access to the wealth of genealogical resources available through FamilySearch.  It's the world’s largest repository of genealogical records and manages the famous Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.  It has amassed billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land, and court records of genealogical significance from over 130 countries.

 

HeritageQuest is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids.  The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.


Other resources helpful to Genealogists can be found on our Local History page.

Children
Miss Humblebee's Academy

Miss Humblebee's Academy
An award-winning, online and offline curriculum that prepares children ages 2 to 6 for kindergarten proficiency.

Kids InfoBits

Kids InfoBits
Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.

Language Learning
Rocket Languages

Rocket Languages
Learn a language online:  Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portugese, & American Sign Language.

La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre

La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre is a Spanish language encyclopedia written from a Latin American perspective.
El texto incluye los contenidos revisados de la versión impresa de la La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (1999), además de cientos de artículos traducidos de la Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, así como otros materiales recién agregados y revisados.

Careers & Jobs
Career Transitions

Career Transitions
Search for jobs, get help writing a resume or cover letter, do an interview simulation, assess your career interests, and more.

Vocations and Careers Collection

Vocations and Careers Collection
Provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.

Education & Testing
Testing and Education Reference Center

Testing and Education Reference Center
Test prep for AP, ACT, SAT, PSAT, GED, HiSET, and TASC exams; College planning and financial aid tools; Microsoft tutorials; and more. [Help]

Motor Vehicles
Chilton Library

Chiltonlibrary.com
Includes car care, repair, and troubleshooting.

Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports
Includes car reviews and buying guides.

General Reference
Britannica

Britannica Academic Edition
Delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of the Encyclopædia Britannica plus MerriamWebster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, e-books, primary source documents, multimedia resources, and many other databases and research tools.

Britannica

Britannica School
Britannica School is the go-to site for research—the core of any inquiry learning model—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases.

Specialized Reference
Legal Forms

Legal Forms
A wide selection of essential state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures.  Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others.
  Many forms are ideal for supporting legal tasks relevant to business owners, such as filing for copyrights, patents and trademarks, articles of incorporation, licenses, and more. [Help].

Health Reference Center

Health Reference Center Academic
Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Medline Plus

Medline Plus
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends.  Produced by the National Library of Medicine (the world’s largest medical library), it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand.  Reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

Directories
Reference USA

Reference Solutions

  • Business Directory provides access to the most accurate and comprehensive business database in the United States. This database contains information on over 14 million businesses. Each detailed business record contains business name, street address, city, state, county, zip code, primary contact and executive title, phone number, fax number, and toll-free number (where available). Also find annual reports, parent company, business profile, and sales volume.
  • Residential Directory contains approximately 110 million households pulled from 6,000 telephone directories. Information includes name, address, telephone number as well as census statistics such as median income levels and home values. Listings appear as they are identified in the phone book.
Other Databases

Dozens of other databases are available through our consortium, the Nioga Library System.