General Resources

Britannica Online Public Library Edition
Resource Description

Relevant, visually engaging reference content for all ages and levels; a comprehensive collection of learning materials and curriculum support. Includes four complete encyclopedias:

  • Encyclopedia Britannica.
  • Compton's by Britannica
  • Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia
  • Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Plus:

  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
  • Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Quotations
  • Britannica Online. Primary Sources (Integrating E-Books & documents into search results)
  • Gateway to the Classics
  • Access to over 700 periodicals and journals
  • The New York Times, BBC News, and SBS World News headlines from around the world
  • Web links selected by Britannica editors
  • World Atlas Timelines
  • Spotlights
EBSCOhost
Resource Description

Full text for nearly 5,000 magazine and journal titles (current and back issues)covering virtually every subject, including business, science and health. Special database collections for children and students. Includes favorites like Consumer Reports and Harvard Business Review, as well as regional and international newspapers and in-depth records for selected businesses.

Facts on File Online Databases
Resource Description
Jersey Clicks
Resource Description

New Jersey's one stop gateway to quality information.  This statewide portal offeres all NJ library card holders access to over 20 full-text databases funded through the New Jersey State library, the New Jersey Network and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act.

Learning Express Library
Resource Description

Online Test Preparation Resources and Computer Skills Tutorials.

LearningExpress Library is an interactive online learning platform featuring over 800 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and basic skills improvement in reading, writing, and math, for all ages.
You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
LearningExpress Library has online courses and interactive tutorials, tests, and e-books to help you!

Proquest Periodical Database
Resource Description

Over 25,000 magazines and newspapers (most in full text, others with citations and abstracts) covering business, education, literature, political science, pychology, and much more. Current and backfile editions with many titles back to 1970s and some even earlier.
Newspapers include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today.

Tell Me More!
Resource Description

Use Tell Me More to learn a new language! 

Learn English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch or German [Chinese, Japanese and Arabic coming shortly]. Easy and effective learning with a wide variety of activities, beginner through advanced levels for each language.

Register using your Library card number and a password of your choosing and learn online anytime, anywhere you can connect to the Internet.

Patented Speech Recognition technology helps you pronounce words and phrases like a native speaker.  For best results you will want a microphone and speakers on your computer with this tool.

The interface is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Thai, Dutch, and Chinese Traditional Mandarin so you can take full advantage of your current language skills as you learn a new one.

Let the Library provide the tools you need to master a language, whether you are travelling or interacting with co-workers who speak another language.  Discover how much fun learning a language can be!

Click here to Download the Support Document

Click here to Access the Support Site Resources

Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
Resource Description

Online access 24/7 to a generous collection of encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources in eBook format for multidisciplinary research. Just use your library card barcode number to login; you don't have to be in the Library to use these.
View and search a single title or search by topic, name, etc. across the whole collection. Includes the ability to print and email articles.
Topics included are:

  • Arts
  • Biography
  • Business
  • Education
  • Environment
  • General reference
  • History
  • Law
  • Literature
  • Medicine
  • Multicultural Studies
  • Nation & World
  • Religion
  • Science
  • Social Science
World Book Online Info Finder
Resource Description

Content to meet the homework and research needs of students. Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site features rich multimedia, age-appropriate science fair projects, a Biography Center, virtual tours, video showcases, links to current events and world newspapers, tutorials for 21st-century research skills, and much more.

World Book Online Reference Center
Resource Description

Designed to meet the diverse needs of advanced researchers and information seekers. A powerful tool that includes the entire World Book Encyclopedia, hundreds of thousands of complete e-books and primary source documents, Computer and Web tutorials, How To . . . guidance, Government Resources and Interactive Earth.