Online Databases

NOTE: Online databases require an ID number. Enter the 13 digit number on the back of your library card, without the spaces.

M.A.I.N. Library Catalog

M.A.I.N. is the combined catalog of 37 public libraries of the Morris Automated Information Network. Search over two million items, including: books, audiobooks, videos, dvds, cd-roms, and music recordings. Request and renew materials online.

Business

ReferenceUSA*: find information on over 15.5 million U.S. and Canadian businesses and organizations; search and sort by business name, location, yellow page heading, SIC code, and size of operation. Research U.S. and Canadian households to conduct market research or locate friends and relatives. Detailed information on doctors and dentists in the HealthCare database, and more.


On the JerseyClicks page of databases, click the name ReferenceUSA under the Business category. If you have trouble logging in, see our troubleshooting tips.


Job and Career Accelerator*: create resumes and cover letters, learn interviewing techniques, and prepare for related exams. Access millions of job listings.


Downloadable Audiobooks and eBooks

DigitalLibraryNJ: catalog is always available! Download the best selling and classic audiobooks and eBooks 24/7 to your computer or device. Check the list of compatible ebook and audiobook devices.

En Espanol

Informe!*: una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos.

Salud en Espanol*: Salud en Espanol provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar.

Referencia Latina*: a comprehensive Spanish-language database, offering content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries; 50,000 images; 2,500 health reports; a Spanish-English dictionary, and more.

Literary Criticism

NoveList Plus*: suggestions for fiction and nonfiction reading, including award-winning book lists, discussion guides, recommended reading lists, and more.

NoveList K-8 Plus*: suggestions for children's fiction and nonfiction reading, selected by school media specialists and children's librarians at NoveList.

Literary Reference Center*: information about authors, works of literature, and literary characters.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online: information about authors, works of literature and literary characters; definitions of literary terms and movements.

Contemporary Authors Archives*: author biography and criticism.

Magazines and Newspapers

EBSCOhost* MasterFILE Premier indexes 3,000 magazines, of which 1,700 are full text; Newspaper Source Plus offers full text for 700 regional, national, and international newspapers; EBSCOhost also includes health, business and children's databases.


ProQuest includes more than 4,700 magazines, scholarly journals, trade publications, and newspapers - over 3,300 in full text - from 1971 forward.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers offers online access to the New York Times from 1851 to 2007.



Historical Newspapers Extra! Edition: graphical version of the Historical Newspapers content. Includes full-text and full-image articles dating back to the 18th century.

Newsbank— Access World News: World news coverage provided by over 3,500 newspapers and over 2,000 other news sources including blogs, journals, newsletters, newswires, transcripts, video, and web-only sources. The New Jersey section contains over 100 New Jersey news sources including the Newark Star Ledger from 1989 to the present.

Newsbank—Star Ledger: The Newark Star Ledger from 1989 to the present.


NJ Locations: which NJ libraries have the magazines and newspapers you need? (Rutgers titles are listed separately, in their online catalog).

Politics / Geography / History / Science

Facts On File: this mega-database is an excellent resource for grades 4-12 in biography, science, geography, and history; includes maps and images.

*Funded by: NJ State Library, New Jersey Library Network, and Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA).