Nature & Conservation
eBirds
eBird is the world’s largest biodiversity-related citizen science project, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year by eBirders around the world. A collaborative enterprise with hundreds of partner organizations, thousands of regional experts, and hundreds of thousands of users, eBird is managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Birds of North America
From drawings made in the United States and territories by John James Audobon; a New York State Public Library Digital Special collection.
Endangered Species: US Fish & Wildlife Service
A registry of species listed as threatened or endangered. The database allows you to search your state and county for local endangered or threatened species.
Fishing Regulations of New York State
Published by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Mammals of New York State
Originally published in The Conservationist magazine, this kids resource features common mammals found in New York State.
Macauley Library: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Macauley Library at Cornell University has compiled a substantial collection of images, audio and video of birds. Images, audio-files and video recordings are captioned, providing the date, place and contributor name.
New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Information on attractions throughout New York State. Includes historic sites, nature centers, golf courses, and trails.
New York State Trees & Forestry
This site from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offers information on the New York State Tree Nursery program, the New York State Big Tree Registry, information on native plant species, and details of the state’s Open Space Conservation plan.
Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency
Information on waste disposal and recycling guidelines for residents of Onondaga County. This website also includes seasonal information on topics such as Christmas Tree and yard waste disposal.
Newspapers & Magazines
Chronicling America: National Digital Newspaper Program
The National Digital Newspaper Program is a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities which has digitized thousands of newspapers from all 50 states.
Gale Infotrac Newsstand
InfoTrac Newsstand is a newspaper database which allows users to search articles by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. 
Newsbank Infoweb
A comprehensive news collection ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos.
Newspaper Archive – Syracuse Newspapers
A searchable archive of just the Syracuse newspapers from 1857 forward. This collection includes full text and images of newspaper pages. Please note: The years and dates available are incomplete.
NYSHistoricNewspapers.org – Baldwinsville Newspapers
A searchable collection of Baldwinsville area newspapers from the mid-1800s to 1953.
New York State Historic Newspapers
Created and administered by the Northern New York Library Network and the Empire State Library Network, this projects works to digitize and make available newspapers from every county in the state.
New York Times Database
Full text articles from the New York Times from 1/1/1985 to today.
The Syracuse Post Standard by Newsbank
This collection features articles from the Syracuse Post-Standard, including locally produced blog content. This collection includes material from the current day’s issue of the paper, along with access to premium subscriber-only content
Reference
200 Years on the Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is one of the most famous man-made bodies of water in the world. Designed, financed, built, operated, and maintained by the people of New York, the canal was one of the largest public works projects ever attempted anywhere in the world when the first shovel of earth was turned near Rome, New York, on July 4, 1817. This exhibit from the Digital Public Library of America chronicles the Canal’s early days.
Baldwinsville Local History Collections
Local history items of interest gathered on the New York Heritage website. The collections include the Baldwinsville Yearbook Collection, the Christopher Collection: a collection of historic photos of the Baldwinsville area, scanned copies of the Gazette and Farmer’s journal beginning in 1846, and the New York Ordinance Works Collection; a collection of historic photos from when munitions were manufactured in this area during WWII.
Canalmap.com
Sponsored by the New York State board of tourism, Canalway.com offers travel information for places of interest all along the Erie Canal. The site allows you to search for places of interest by category, region or feature.
Computer Science by GALE Onefile
Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics and telecommunications industries.
Culinary Arts by GALE OnefileIncludes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Diversity Studies by GALE Onefile
Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. Includes 150 full-text journals. Coverage begins in 1980.
Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather
With over 330 entries, the Encyclopedia covers essential topics that include the processes that produce weather, the world’s climates, classification of climates, important scientific concepts used by climatologists and meteorologists, as well as the history atmospheric sciences, biographies of noteworthy contributors to the field, and significant weather events from extreme tropical cyclones to tornadoes to hurricanes.
Gale Academic OneFile
Over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.
Gale General OneFile
Over 12,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books and multimedia sources, over half of which are full text. The backfile extends nearly 30 years. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, politics and more.
Haynes All Access
This database contains many repair manuals for automobiles, trucks and motorcycles with detailed how-to images and diagrams. Connect in the library or in your garage!
National Register of Historic Places
The National Park Service provides a nationwide catalog of sites, buildings and landmarks that have met specific criteria for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The database allows you to search by community and surrounding areas. Many sites include profiles that can be downloaded as PDF files.
The Onondaga County Public Library’s GVRL Collection
The Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is a collection of eBooks that includes encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These materials once accessible only in hard copy are now available online from the library or remotely.
Opposing Viewpoints
Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.
Ready.gov
Information on how to prepare for major weather events, flooding, power outages and other incidents.
Reference Solutions
Business and residential phone numbers, addresses, and other directory information, including reverse phone number lookups. The business directory offers advanced mode searching by yellow page heading, business SIC code, zip code, SMSA and more.
Research in Context
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.
