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Access NYC
Provides listings and eligibility information for human service benefit programs offered by City, State, and Federal government agencies.
Free & accessible anywhereBrooklyn Newsstand
Brooklyn Newsstand is a collection of digitized Brooklyn newspapers made possible through a partnership between Brooklyn Public Library and Newspapers.com.
Brooklyn Newsstand (2,402,000 digitized pages) contains 44 newspaper titles-including the full run of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper (1841-1963) and Brooklyn Life (1890-1931), a Brooklyn Society Magazine. Learn more about the history of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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Free & accessible anywhereBrooklyn Public Library Digital Collections
Discover Brooklyn history: Explore our collection of digitized Brooklyn content.
Free & accessible anywhereCIA World Factbook and Country Maps
The Central Intelligence Agency's basic intelligence for 266 world entities; free maps can be downloaded and printed in PDF or JPEG formats.
Free & accessible anywhereDirectory of Open Access Journals
Free community-curated directory that indexes and connects to full text, open access, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.
Free & accessible anywhereEPOCH - Electronically Preserving Obituaries as Cultural Heritage
A website that allows anyone to create and publish a free obituary online and in the process involve the community in building their own collection of local history.
Free & accessible anywhereEuropeana
Web portal to the digital resources of many European museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Formats include books, paintings, films, objects, sound recordings and archival records.
Free & accessible anywhereGo Direct
Social Security and Federal benefit payments are to be deposited electronically by law of as March 2013. Sign up for a prepaid debit card or with your bank account for direct deposit.
Free & accessible anywheregovinfo
govinfo (formerly the Federal Digital System) provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.
Free & accessible anywhereHUD Affordable Apartment Search (New York State)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assists in finding subsidized apartments in New York State.
Free & accessible anywhereKings County Supreme Court
The Kings County Supreme Court handles felony criminal and civil matters, including name changes, matrimonial cases, foreclosures, mental hygiene applications, and elder law cases. Explore the website for sample forms and guides, court procedures, and information regarding a pending case. For a quick reference guide on Legal Referral Services in Kings County, click here.
Free & accessible anywhereMedline Plus
National Library of Medicine’s database of health information for consumers and health professionals. Includes information on over 750 health topics, drugs and supplements, medical encyclopedia, dictionaries, interactive tutorials, and surgery videos. Also includes health information in over 40 languages.
Free & accessible anywhereMedlinePlus (en Español)
MedlinePlus le ayuda encontrar las respuestas que usted busca en temas de salud. MedlinePlus ha recopilado la informacion mas confiable proveniente de fuentes autorizadas tales como la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, asi como otras agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de servicios para la salud. MedlinePlus tambien le ofrece mucha informacion sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia medica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las mas recientes noticias acerca de la salud.
Free & accessible anywhereNew York Heritage Digital Collections
Search and browse digital collections about New York State's extensive history. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, newspapers, and maps from over 160 museums, libraries and archives.
Free & accessible anywhereNew York State Legislature
Legislative information related to both houses of the New York State Legislature. Look up bill text, summaries, committee agendas, and voting records from 1995 to the present.
Free & accessible anywhereNew York State Office of Unclaimed Funds
Banks, insurance companies, corporations, courts, and other organizations are required by law to report dormant accounts and turn over unclaimed funds to the State Comptroller. Search by name or organization to discover and claim funds.
Free & accessible anywhereUNdata
UNdata Easy way to search and download across multiple United Nations' databases. Includes current information on populations, trade, standard of living, and the environment.
Free & accessible anywhereUrban Archive
View our collection of city stories and check out the platform of digital collections of New York City's museums, archives, and libraries.
Free & accessible anywhereUSA Spending
Search by agency, recipient, state funding, or even your own neighborhood to see how federal money is being used. Developed as part of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.
Free & accessible anywhereWorld Digital Library
Images of historic items from countries around the world, curated by the U.S. Library of Congress and the United Nations. Materials include photographs, maps, newspapers, journals, books, and manuscripts from museums, libraries, and national archives from around the world, representing over 100 languages. Easily search by time period, institution, type of material, language, place, or topic.
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