Tag: databases

New York Times

September 29, 2021 By ml-admin

Library patrons of Onondaga County Public Library System libraries now have access to The New York Times:

NOVELny and Gale are providing access to the New York Times in their redesigned New York Times Database.

  • The U.S. Edition:
    Full text coverage from 1/1/1985 to the current day. The paper is published 7 days a week.
  • The International Edition:
    Full text coverage from 11/2/2013 to the current day. The paper is published 6 days a week.

The next time you can’t read a New York Times article on the Web because you don’t have a subscription, check out the Gale New York Times Database, available to all OCPL patrons and to all N.Y. State residents.

New York Heritage website

September 7, 2021 By ml-admin
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New York Heritage shared this with us:

New York Heritage has launched a redesigned website! This upgrade has a few notable features:

  • Smoother navigation with faster page loads
  • Browse collections by Topics and Type from the main page
  • Organizations’ landing pages now have location maps
  • Collection landing pages have image captions and links to similar collections
  • Backend improvements that make it easier to edit and maintain

Let us know what you think of the new design by filling out the User Experience Survey.

One of New York Heritage’s collections is digitized versions of West Genesee yearbooks. Check them out!

Database survey

September 7, 2021 By ml-admin

Do you use any of the databases that Onondaga County Public Libraries makes available to all patrons? OCPL will be conducting a survey about the databases from September 13 through September 30 and would like to get feedback from all who use them.

Image credits:
Database icon by Zahra Ibrahem
License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Library Catalog Down Temporarily

May 10, 2021 By ml-admin

Update: Polaris seems to be back up, along with apps like Libby and Hoopla that depend on it.

Today (May 10) you might have run into problems with looking books up or placing holds in our catalog. It turns out that Polaris (the Onondaga County Public Library System’s catalog) is down due to some networking problems that the County’s computers are having.

This means that browsing the catalog, placing holds, and seeing what items you have out are imossible at the moment. Some less obvious issues are that checking out material using Libby/Overdrive or Hoopla is also not working.

We don’t know when everything will be back up, but the IT people downtown are working on the issue and seem to be making some progress.

Image credit:
Broken laptop by Santeri Viinamäki
License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Lynda.com has become LinkedIn Learning

May 5, 2021 By ml-admin

LinkedIn acquired Lynda.com, so patrons who were using the Lynda.com app will need to download the free LinkedIn Learning app and set it up. Here are the instructions:

  1. Before using the app, set up your account online using a web browser (you’ll need your library card’s barcode and PIN)
  2. Download the free LinkedIn Learning app onto your mobile device from the appropriate place (The App Store for iOS/Google Play for Android)
  3. When you open the app, choose Sign In, even if you have never used Lynda.com or LinkedIn Learning
  4. Leave the email box blank and click on blue text Sign in with your library card
  5. The app will take you to a page that asks for your library’s ID. Enter onondagacounty in the text box at the end of the address.
  6. You’ll then be asked for your email address, library card barcode number, and PIN

LinkedIn Learning is an extensive collection of award-winning online courses and video tutorials to help you learn business, technical and creative skills. Achieve your personal and professional goals. Courses are taught by recognized industry experts. Learn what you want, when you want, from our entire library. Build custom playlists to organize courses you want to watch.  Watch courses on your computer, tablet, or mobile device. Switch back and forth without ever losing your place.

The Post-Standard Online

August 26, 2020 By ml-admin
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Post-Standard

Log on with your library card’s barcode number and your PIN.

Ancestry Library Edition

June 22, 2020 By ml-admin

During the time we (and all of OCPL) were closed, ProQuest had made it possible for patrons to access the Ancestry Library database from home (normally it’s only available when connecting from a library). They have now told us that free remote access to Ancestry Library will be continuing for all public library cardholders at least through July 2020.

To access the database, go to OCPL’s database page and scroll down the alphabetical list to Ancestry Library.

Learning & Test Preparation

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin
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OCPL has added a database of resources for test preparation, college and career planning, and related needs. It is the Gale Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC), and it replaces Learning Express. You can get to it through one of the links above or by going through OCPL’s Database page (scroll down to “T” for testing).

The Post-Standard

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin
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OCPL’s Newsbank database provides library patrons access to the Syracuse Post-Standard and to blogs hosted at Syracuse.com. You can follow this link to get access. You may need to enter your library card’s barcode number and your PIN to log on.

Mango Languages

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin
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Mango Languages is an interactive system for learning a language. You can get more information at OCPL’s Databases page (Click on Education and Careers to narrow the list), or you can go straight to the login page (you’ll need your library card’s number and PIN).

OCPL’s Databases page

March 13, 2020 By ml-admin
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Start here for answering questions on topics ranging from Antiques or Business to Religion or Technology. Some of the databases here that you would normally need to be in the library to access are temporarily available to patrons from home.