Learning Resources

Access to full text magazines, journals, and reference books as well as photos, maps and flags.

The National Library of Medicine’s premier bibliographic database that contains more than 29 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.

A resource for all things related to health and medicine, including comprehensive information on medical tests and results.

Search records from around the world including birth, marriage, death, military, census, and parish records.

Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Best for children aged 6–14.

Access to full articles in the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), one of the nation’s leading black newspapers of the 20th century.

Research the people, places, and institutions of New York State with access to more than 170 distinct digital collections.

Access to a wide range of historical newspapers that reflect New York's unique history.

Access to local and Long Island regional news stories and articles covering 1985 - Present.

Access to local and Long Island regional news stories and articles covering 1940 - 1993.

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National Library Service (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability that prevents them from using regular print materials.

Provides access to reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction.

ParentTV offers thousands of on-demand parenting videos and courses with content designed to support those who care for children, from pregnancy through to teenage years.

Lists of passengers and immigrants are compiled from naturalization records, government documents, ship manifests, and historical sources.

The Smithtown Library is an officially-designated Patent & Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), part of a nationwide library network maintained by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).

PressReader offers access to more than 6,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60+ languages.

Offers fun and personalized language-learning courses in 163 languages as well as courses for ESL speakers of 50 non-English languages.