Formerly known as the Gale Virtual Reference Library, this collection of reference books has been scanned into PDF format, indexed, and fitted with a search interface. The collection includes encyclopedic and ready-reference works on biography, geography, history, literature, religion, social studies, and science. There are series such as American Decades and the Information Plus series on social topics.
The Book Wizard
The Garden City Public Library’s Children’s Department has created a social storybook for children with autism, which features a wizard doll visiting the Library. The book was created and designed by the Library’s Children’s Department with funds from the federal Library Services & Technology Act, awarded to the New York State Library by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
For younger readers, an abridged version of this title is also available. A hardcopy of the book is available in the Children’s Room office to check out or view at the Library.
This award-winning, online curriculum for children in preschool through kindergarten lays the foundation for a lifetime of learning success, providing strength in these core subject areas: math, science, social studies, language and literacy, art, and music. The curriculum is theme based and fully interactive with sound cues.
Are you looking for a book as good as that one you got caught reading with a flashlight? With NoveList K-8 Plus you can find books by favorite author, series, setting, or type of story (mystery, science fiction, etc.). Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 Plus includes fiction and nonfiction, picture books, children’s “chapter” books, and young-adult titles.
Looking for something to read at the beach or on the train? Tell NoveList your favorite authors or types of books (biography, history, mystery, science fiction, etc.) and it will find similar books in its database of 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles. More than 30,000 full-text reviews and descriptions are available. There are links to the Library catalog to help you locate a book of interest.