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All YPL locations will close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 27 and remain closed on Thursday, November 28 in observance of Thanksgiving.

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Ancestry Library Edition

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Access thousands of genealogical databases including Census and Vital Records, birth, marriage and death notices, Social Security Death Index, naturalizations, Military and Holocaust Records, City Directories, and African American and more.

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AtoZ Databases

AtoZ Databases

AtoZ Databases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business & executive profiles & 240 million residents.

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Biblioteca Tumblebooks

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Biblioteca Tumblebooks tiene libros animados, con ilustraciones que hablan, para enseñar a losniños los placeres de la lectura en un formato que les encantará.

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Biography in Context

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Biography in Context includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools. You must be a Yonkers Library Cardholder to access information from home.

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Britannica Academic

Britannica Academic

Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

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Britannica Escolar

Britannica Escolar

Britannica Escolar tiene contenido preciso y apropiado para la edad en español para hablantes nativos de español, estudiantes bilingües y estudiantes que aprenden español. Disponible en dos niveles: primaria y secundaria.

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Britannica School

Britannica School

Brtiannica School offers encyclopedias and related materials for all grades (Pre-K-12) and all reading abilities. 

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Chilton Service Manuals

Chilton
Automobile service and repair manuals. Automobile service and repair manuals.
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Comics Plus

Comics Plus

Comics Plus offers online digital graphic novels and comics available for free with your library card.

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DMV Practice Tests

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DMV permit test practice for cars, CDL and motorcycles.  It covers 40 essential permit test questions directly from the official DMV handbook.

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Family Search

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Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. The Yonkers Riverfront Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library and offers onsite access to digitized records not available offsite.
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Foundation Directory Online Professional

Foundation Directory Online Professional
Foundation Directory Online Professional is Candid’s premier searchable database for nonprofits with a 501c3 status. Access is limited to inside the Riverfront Library only.
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Freading

Freading

eBooks available in ePub and/or PDF format. Currently, it can be used with PCs, iDevices, Androids, Nooks, Sony Readers, Kobo readers, and Kindle Fire. Freading specializes in romance and children’s books.

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Gale Academic Onefile

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Millions of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources.
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Gale Books and Authors

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Answer the age-old question, 'What do I read next?' Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.

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Gale Business: Insights

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Business Insights offers detailed company and industry news that includes profiles, company histories, brand information, rankings and investment reports.

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Gale Courses

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FREE online classes from Gale Courses are available with your Yonkers Public Library card!  There are over 360 instructor-led courses, ranging from accounting and business to healthcare to personal development, and many more.

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