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Academic

ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER

This resource offers an extensive collection of scholarly journal abstracts and full-text articles on a wide range of subjects including biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, religion, and more.

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ERIC

The Education Resource Information Center, or ERIC, provides access to education literature and resources. It contains more than 1.4 million records and 337,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

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EUROPEAN VIEWS OF AMERICA

This index provides a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It includes a wide range of topics, from the British/French/Dutch.

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EXPLORA PUBLIC LIBRARIES

This resource is designed for teens and adults. It offers an extensive collection of full-text articles from leading magazines and reference books.

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FUNK & WAGNALLS NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA

This encyclopedia offers easy-to-read encyclopedic entries specifically designed for kids. Over 25,000 entries are available on a wide range of topics.

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GALE BIOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT

This resource offers a comprehensive collection of biographies on more than 525,000 people from around the world, throughout history, and across all subjects. It includes audiovisual materials and over 2.5 million full-text articles.

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GREENFILE

This resource offers over 600,000 indexes, abstracts, and full-text articles on topics including global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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IMAGE COLLECTION

This database consists of more than one million images including photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.

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MASTERFILE ELITE

This database covers virtually every subject area and offers the full text for over 1,050 general reference publications, 52 reference books, and an image collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags.

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POINTS OF VIEW REFERENCE CENTER

This collection covers current social topics and contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including essays, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.

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REFERENCIA LATINA

Una base de datos completa de habla hispana, que ofrece contenido de una variedad de contenido incluyendo 49,000 entradas enciclopedicas, más de 100,000 imágenes, 2,500 informes sobre la salud, un diccionario español-inglés y texto completo para más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas.

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Business

BUSINESS.NJ.GOV

Business.NJ.gov is your one-stop for the information you need to do business in New Jersey. If you’re starting a business, try out the Starter Kits to quickly plan how to register with the State and comply with State rules and regulations. You can also explore a rich library of content—like hundreds of FAQs—and resources to help you manage, operate and grow your business. Use their chat feature for instant guidance!

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BUSINESS SOURCE ELITE

This database provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management, and economics journals and covers such topics as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, and more. It also includes a collection of business publications and company profiles from MarketLine.

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LIBS2B

L2B seeks to connect job seekers, businesses, and nonprofits of New Jersey with organizations and experts who are actively engaging in business and workforce development webinars. It includes eResources as well as a calendar of events.

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REFERENCE SOLUTIONS

Formerly known as Reference USA, this resource provides detailed, current directory information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. healthcare providers, 1 million Canadian business, and 11 million Canadian residents.

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REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

This database is updated daily and provides full-text coverage of regional business publications, including 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER

This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.

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en Español

REFERENCIA LATINA

Una base de datos completa de habla hispana, que ofrece contenido de una variedad de contenido incluyendo 49,000 entradas enciclopedicas, más de 100,000 imágenes, 2,500 informes sobre la salud, un diccionario español-inglés y texto completo para más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas.

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REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

Esta base de datos se actualiza diariamente y brinda cobertura de texto completo de publicaciones comerciales regionales, incluidas 75 revistas de negocios, periódicos y cadenas de noticias de todas las áreas metropolitanas y rurales de los Estados Unidos.

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Genealogy

HERITAGEQUEST

This database is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.

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Job & Career

COMPUTER SKILLS CENTER

Today, life happens on the computer. LearningExpress Computer Skills are dynamic online multimedia tutorials that help patrons and students learn the fundamentals of the computer, the internet and popular software applications.

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JOB & CAREER ACCELERATOR

This comprehensive collection of job and career resources offers everything needed to create professional and competitive resumes and cover letters, search for jobs, give professional interviews, and more.

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LIBRARY, INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS (LISTA)

This database includes indexes on over 700 journals, books, research reports and author profiles. It covers subjects such as classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, information management, and more.

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MILITARY & GOVERNMENT COLLECTION

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and more. This collection provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals, and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

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SKILLS TO SUCCEED

Created specifically to meet the needs of job seekers, Skills to Succeed Academy offers 36 bite-sized, interactive modules. Jobseekers will be guided on the entire journey, from choosing the right career and finding a job to achieving success in the workplace.

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TEACHER REFERENCE CENTER

This resource for educators provides indexing and abstracts of periodicals and covers topics such as assessment best practices, continuing education, curriculum development and literacy standards.

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Kids Zone

EXPLORA PRIMARY SCHOOLS

This resource includes the full text of popular elementary school magazines, children’s encyclopedia entries, and more. All complete articles are assigned reading-level indicators (Lexiles). This resource also includes more than a million images, including photos, maps, and flags.

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EXPLORA SECONDARY SCHOOLS

This search tool is designed for students in grades 6-12. It offers magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, and more.

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MIDDLE SEARCH PLUS

This resource includes the full text of thousands of popular middle school magazines, biographies, historical essays, primary source documents, and more. The reading level of all included articles is indicated.

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PRIMARY SEARCH

This resource includes the full text of popular elementary school magazines, children’s dictionary entries, and more. The reading level of all included full-text articles is indicated.

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Literature

GALE LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER

This database provides access to a wide variety of literary resources, including author biographies, interviews, and images, as well as full-text articles, essays, reviews, poems, short stories, plays, and more.

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LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER

This comprehensive database includes the full text of over a million plot summaries, synopses, work overviews, literary criticism articles and essays, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, poems, short stories, author interviews, classic texts, and more.

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Newspapers

REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

This database is updated daily and provides full-text coverage of regional business publications, including 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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World Languages

MANGO LANGUAGES

Choose from many languages and specialty courses! You must sign up on a desktop/laptop computer. Once signed up, you can use the app. If you need assistance getting started, please contact the Library.

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