Subscription Databases

Your library card number is required to access subscription online databases, encyclopedias or electronic books from home.  Having a problem accessing a database?  Try these troubleshooting tips.

MULTI-SUBJECT

EbscoHost
Full Text Magazine Articles. You can choose to search from one or a number of EBSCO databases, including General Reference, Biographies, Health, Business, and Current Events.

JerseyClicks
Available to all New Jersey library patrons and offers keyword and custom searching of 15 databases simultaneously.  These databases cover subjects such as health, history, business, education, science, current events, literature, and popular fiction. The suite also includes Informe, a Spanish language full-text database. 

See also:  Homework Help - All Ages

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ARTICLES - MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS

If you would like to see which newspapers, magazines and journals are in the library branches please use our Magazines and Newspapers database.

All EbscoHost Databases
Provides full text for over 1,900 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.    Masterfile Premiere is selected -- check boxes for additional databases you wish to search simultaneously.

Courier-Post
Full text from 1999 to the present.

BIOGRAPHY

Biography and Genealogy Master Index - from Gale
Identifies sources that provide biographical information. After conducting search, you must then check our catalog for availability of specific sources.

Biography Collection Complete - from Ebscohost
Biographies from the fields of history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas.

Biography Plus Illustrated - from Wilson Web
Wilson Biographies contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson

Contemporary Authors
Biographical information on 112,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.

Discovering Authors
Biographical, bibliographical, and critical information on 1,260 of the most studied authors from ancient times to the present.

Encyclopedia of World Biography
Approximately 7,000 biographies on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods. Includes thousands of photos.

Marquis Who's Who
Comprehensive profiles on 1.2 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.  Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.

See also:  Biographical Recommended Websites

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BUSINESS

Business Source Elite
This database includes full text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 1,800 journals.

Business and Company Resource Center
Offers up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies.

Company Profiles - from Ebscohost
Detailed company profiles by Datamonitor for the world's 10,000 largest companies.

Global Road Warrior
The ultimate resource for business travelers.  Culture, communications, travel, business, and maps for 175 countries and territories. 

LexisNexis
Library cards beginning with 100  |  Library cards beginning with 500
Access over 9,500 news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and foreign-language sources. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria.

 Reference USA
Reference USA contains directory information on 11,000,000 U.S. companies. Search by name, location, and /or industry. Details include number of employees, sales, credit rating, contact person and yellow page/sic category. Reference USA now also contains residential listings, which can be searched by name, address or phone number.

Regional Business News
Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States

See also: Company Information and  Small Business Pathfinders, Business Recommended Websites, Investing Recommended Websites, Marketing Recommended Websites

Value Line
The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to  leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks

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CONSUMER INFORMATION

Consumer Reports through Ebscohost
Consumer Reports from 1981 on.  Excludes the most recent three months.  Type "Consumer Reports" in the Publication box and then enter search terms in the Find box.

See also:  Consumer Recommended Websites

EDUCATION

ERIC
Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.

Curriculum Resources - from Facts on File: Elementary;  Middle, High School and Junior College
An electronic library of printable teacher handouts for elementary, middle, high school and junior college.  Under "Printable Handouts for Teachers" click on Curriculum Resources.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - from Facts on File
Provides profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in more than 94 industries.  Under "Careers" click on Ferguson's Career Center.

Learning Express Library
Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want -at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.   You will need to create an account in order to save your test results.  For user name use your library card number.  Create your own password.  Then use your library card number and password each time you return to the site.

Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Languages include Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, English for Brazilian Portuguese Speakers, English for Spanish Speakers, and English for Polish Speakers. Create an account to keep track

Professional Development Collection (for Educators)
Provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, designed for professional educators.

World Education Encyclopedia
This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries.

See also: Financial Aid Pathfinder, Higher Education Pathfinder, Homeschooling Pathfinder , Education Recommended Websites

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EMPLOYMENT

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center  - from Facts on File
Provides profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in more than 94 industries.  Under "Careers" click on Ferguson's Career Center.

See also: Employment Pathfinder, Employment Recommended Websites

FOREIGN LANGUAGE / NEWSPAPERS

Informe!
Spanish language full text magazine articles. 

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
In addition to US Newspapers, the database contains full-text articles from China, England, Australia, Wales, Mexico, Ireland, The Philippines, South Korea and Wales.  To search in just one country under  "Limit the Current Search" go to "to the following journal(s)" and select the newspapers/journals you wish to search.

Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Languages include Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, English for Brazilian Portuguese Speakers, English for Spanish Speakers, and English for Polish Speakers.   You will need to create a one-time profile to use the website.

See also:  Language Recommended Websites

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior
Approximately 200 articles cover everything from binge drinking to the role of genetics in addictive behaviors.  Additional articles on media representation, drug use in schools, herbal supplements, and more.

Health Reference Center - from Facts on File
Conditions and diseases, mental health, body systems, and health and wellness.  Includes links to medical tests.   

Health Source - Consumer Edition
This full text database covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health, etc. Also includes prescription drug information.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals, and abstracts and indexing for more than 800 journals.

PsycARTICLES
Contains more than 39,000 searchable full text articles from 53 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

See also: Health & Medicine Subject Guide, Health / Medicine Recommended Websites, Psychology and Mental Health Subject Guide

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HISTORY AND CULTURE

History | Culture

History

American Civil War Reference Library
 Covers the events and people of the Civil War period, including biographical profiles and primary source materials.

History Reference Center - from Ebscohost
With full text for more than 270,000 entries from a myriad of historical sources.   Results include images and videos.

American Revolution Reference Library
Covers the events and people of the Revolutionary War period.  Includes biographies and primary source materials.

History Databases - from Facts on File
American History, Modern World History, American Women's History, African American History and Culture, American Indian History and Culture, Ancient and Medieval History and Culture

Vietnam War Reference Library
Traces the progression of the war from its beginnings in 1941 through its last days in 1975.  Includes biographies and primary source materials.

World War II Reference Library
Covers significant events, topics, and people related to the World War II period, including biographical profiles and primary source materials.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. From banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.

See also: History Recommended Websites

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Culture

Daily Life Online
Details the daily realities of historical people, ranging from ancient to modern times.

Geography and Cultures Search - from the Discovering Collection
Search for places or cultures.  You can also narrow your search to one topic or document type. 

Global Road Warrior
Whether you're a student, a business traveler or a vacationer, this database has the information you need.  Culture, communications, travel, business, and maps for 175 countries and territories. 

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. From banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.

See also: Countries / Cultures Recommended Websites

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HOMEWORK HELP

Homework Help for Elementary and Middle School

Searchasaurus
Find information about animals, arts and music, health, history, people and places, science and math, sports and stories.

MAS Ultra - School Edition
Provides full text for nearly 500 general interest and current events magazines.

Middle Search Plus
Contains full text for more than 150 middle school magazines and indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Also contains Essential Documents in American History; an image collection of  photos, maps and flags; biographies; and primary source documents.

Primary Search
Contains full text for more than 60 elementary school magazines.  Also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and an image collection of photos, maps and flags.

See also: In-Depth Homework Help for Kids, Quick Homework Help, Animal Recommended Websites

Homework Help for All Ages

Discovering Collection
In-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies for grades K-12.

Facts on File
Facts on File is a collection of databases highlighting science, geography, history, health, and multicultural sources. It also has a collection of Curriculum Resources, and a Career Guidance section.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.  The database contains various images and offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.

See also: Homework Help for Teens, Quick Homework Help, Recommended Websites for Individual Subjects

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HOT TOPICS

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
A complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

See also: Hot Topics Recommended Websites

LAW

Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
Inclues brief descriptions of issue's historical background, profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations, details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state, and comprehensive bibliographies.

LexisNexis
Library cards beginning with 500  |  Library cards beginning with 100
Access over 9,500 news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and foreign-language sources. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria.

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LITERATURE -- Books | Authors | Poetry

Books

Books and Authors - from Gale
Explore the latest fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles. Browse these and other works, using tools that make finding them and remembering them easy. Include book reviews from more than 30 sources (and users can generate their own reviews), bibliographies, and links to related social sites like del.icio.us. Users also can create reading and search lists in their user accounts, which remain intact from visit to visit in a “My Reading Room” feature.

Discovering Collection - Literature Search
Select "Literature Search."  Offers critical interpretations and biographical information on major authors. (Results can be e-mailed)

Literary Reference Center - from Ebscohost
Features more than 10,000 plot summaries and synopses, 75,000 articles, 130,000 author biographies, 500,000 book reviews. Specific contents include Chelsea House's literary criticism series edited by Harold Bloom, the New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, all of Salem Press's MagillOnLiterature, and the Masterplots series.

Literary Reference Center - from Facts on File
Examines the life and works of great writers throughout history.  Under "Literature" select "Literary Reference Online."

Literature Resource Center - from Gale
Information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. Also includes explanations and overviews of prominent literary works.

Literature Search - from the Discovering Collection
Select "Literature Search."  Offers critical interpretations and biographical information on major authors. (Results can be e-mailed)

LitFinder -- includes Story Finder and Essay Finder
Story Finder provides thousands of full-text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more. The database will be updated constantly with classic and contemporary stories.  Essay Finder is a database of thousands of full text essays.  The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies, pictures and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama.

MagillOnLiterature Plus
Magill on Literature is now included in the Ebscohost Literary Reference Center.

NoveList Plus   New - over 50,000 nonfiction titles.
Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and  more for over 120,000 fiction titles. Also includes Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.  This database is provided by the New Jersey State Library.  Requires library card.

See also: Books/Reader's Advisory Recommended Websites

Authors

Discovering Authors
Biographical, bibliographical, and critical information on 1,260 of the most studied authors from ancient times to the present.

See also: Author Recommended Websites

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PSYCHOLOGY

psycARTICLES 
Contains more than 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. Coverage includes general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.

SCIENCE AND NATURE

Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service.

Encyclopedia of Animals from Ebsco
The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Science - from the Discovering Collection
Select "Science and Health Search."  Explores the history, people, inventions, discoveries, theories, life forms and objects that make up the world.  Includ es photos, illustrations, videos and animation clips, glossary of terms and more. 

Science - from Facts on File
Under "Science" select "Science Online."  Contains extensive information on a broad range of scientific disciplines.

TRAVEL

Global Road Warrior
Whether you're a student, a business traveler or a vacationer, this database has the information you need.  Culture, communications, travel, business, and maps for 175 countries and territories.