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 Reader's CornerFrom new titles, to best sellers, to your personalized book recommendations, find it all here in the Reader's Corner. |
 Employment & Career ResourcesFinding a job can be challenging. Use the library’s resources to make your search easier. |
 Special Technologies & Adaptive Resources LabThe Central Library offers access to its catalog, the Internet, word processing, all print resources and more through special technologies designed for use by people with disabilities. Call 315-435-1900 to make an appointment or for more information, or visit the Adaptive Technologies page for details. |
 Interlibrary LoanCan’t find what you are looking for in the OCPL Catalog? Use our Interlibrary Loan service to get materials from other libraries |
 Local History & GenealogyLocated in the Central Library, the Local History/Genealogy [LHG] Department is a respected research center with extensive collections on genealogy and local and state history. |
 The Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series has enriched the Central New York community by presenting some of the best literary talent of our time to entertain, delight and inform our audience. |
 *Currently Unavailable due to COVID-19* Reading to a therapy dog is a fun and rewarding opportunity for school-age children to read one-on-one to a real, live and gentle dog. Children read aloud, one-on-one, to certified, trained dogs at the library with the dog’s handler present. |
 Calendar Of EventsSee the full Central & city libraries calendar, or search the city libraries as well as many of the suburban libraries events. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban | In Library Use Only From Age of Learning, Inc., the award-winning ABCmouse.com curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-6+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse.com is 100% educational, with 3,500+ learning activities across all major subject areas—reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban 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 for elementary, middle, or high school students. There is Read-aloud, a font size adjuster, and built-in translation tools support students with special needs and ELLs. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban Resource for students in grades 6 to 8. Offers magazines, newspapers, primary sources, over 12,000 videos and more on a variety of topics. Supports national and state curriculum standards in language arts, social studies and science. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban Look here for trusted information on topics in social studies, science, language arts, and more. Access videos, magazine and news articles, images, and books in an age-appropriate resource with tools designed to develop research skills. Elementary supports literacy, enhances learning, and encourages exploration. Tutorial for teachers: https://support.gale.com/doc/itke-video2 |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban Gale Resources for Students and Teachers Curriculum-Aligned Content for Students Pre-K through Undergraduate. Credible Information on Topics Related to Health and Global Issues
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 | Available to Central, City, Suburban A comprehensive news collection ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, national and international level. Titles include over 3,650 American newspapers, blogs, newswires, news magazines, journals, international special reports and videos. Jump to suggested trending topics or special collections like the Onondaga County Newspapers and the Post-Standard. All papers are in full text or are fully searchable digital images. Customized email alerts can be set up to follow a particular topic or news event of interest. Helpful How To Tutorials |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban Database covering more than 120,000 adult, teen and children’s fiction and non-fiction titles. Provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels, award-winning and recommended titles, read-alikes, book reviews and much more. |
 | Available to Central, City, Suburban Provides overviews, pro/con essays, articles from reference books, newspapers, and magazines, and links to websites, podcasts and videos on over 5,000 topics. Supports NYS Common Core. |
 | Available to Central, City Complete content from selected printed reference books of Salem Press. Primary documents, articles, images, maps and charts can be downloaded, saved to Google Drive or emailed. Citation tools are included. Find American and European History, Great Athletes, Peoples and Cultures, Natural Disasters; science topics from Ancient Creatures, astronomy chemistry, forensics, Privacy Rights in the Digital Age, and climate change. |
