Featured Book
Countries web sites
- Background Notes from the U.S. State Department

- Best of History Web Sites

- CIA World Factbook

- Country Studies from the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

- History Videos from the Khan Academy

- Startle: Forbes Travel Guides online
The Forbes Travel guides are no longer being published in print format. They will reside online at this site.
Call #s in the Countries Marketplace
The Countries marketplace at The Nyack Library brings together information sources about countries around the world. A brief list of call numbers is below, click on any area to see more details.
900s General History
920s Collective Biography, genealogy, insignia
930s History of ancient world
940s European History
950s Asian History
960s African History
970s North American History including the United States, Canada, and Mexico
980s South American History
990s General history of other areas including Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and Artic Regions
History & Genealogy databases from the Nyack Library
- Ancestry Plus
AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available.
AVAILABLE FOR IN LIBRARY USE ONLY.
Funded by the Nyack Library - Annals of American History
With over 2,000 primary source documents & 700 pieces of multimedia, this database is an excellent resource for expanding your understanding of the history and culture of the United States.
Funded by the Ramapo Catskill Library System
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FROM HOME - Biography in Context (formerly Biography Resource Center)
A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 1 million people from throughout history, around the world, & across all disciplines and subject areas.
Funded by the RCLS Central Library (Newburgh Free Library).
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FROM HOME - HeritageQuest
Represents the most comprehensive collection of genealogical information available anywhere.
Funded by the Nyack Library
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FROM HOME - HRVH Historical Newspapers
Provides access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. As a first step toward this vision, The Kingston Daily Freeman has been completely digitized for the years 1903 to 1912. Other newspapers available include the Rockland County Journal and the Rockland County Messenger.
Funded by federal funds, New York State funding for library systems, special grants and annual membership dues. - Hudson River Valley Heritage
HRVH provides access to historical materials from digital collections contributed by colleges, libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and cultural organizations from the following counties in New York State: Columbia, Greene, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Westchester.
Funded by federal funds, New York State funding for library systems, special grants and annual membership dues. - JSTOR History Journals
Deep backfiles of academic history journals.
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY
Funded by the Nyack Library - Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. Use the link above for remote access as well then click on the Sign In link in the upper right corner of the screen to login with your library card.
Funded by The Nyack Library - ProQuest Historical New York Times
The database provides full text searchable PDFs of The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2008.
IN LIBRARY USE ONLY
Funded by the Nyack Library - Rockland County Messenger
Published Weekly from Haverstraw, 1847-1898
Produced and funded by the New City Library - Salem History
Salem History offers online access to history titles that we have in our print reference collection, currently the Milestone Documents collection.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FROM HOME
Funded by the Nyack Library
Periodicals
1999-current.
Back issues in local history do not circulate.
This is the quarterly from the Historical Society of Rockland County.










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