The Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center and the Libraries in Suffolk County provide a group of licensed, Internet- accessible databases selected by librarians to facilitate your research endeavors. You may access library databases from home with a library card and password.

To obtain a temporary library card online, click here.

•  Database: Literati

A great place to start your research. Find encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations, and more!

Cold Spring Harbor Library Resources

• Gale Reference E-books
• Reference USA (in-library use only)

Additional databases provided by the Library that complement the Live-brary Research

•  Encore

A one-search option which combs through the County Catalog and full-text e-Resources databases including Academic Search, Masterfile, Health Source Consumer, National Newspapers, Credo Reference, and Yahoo Images.