We offer a number of options for research assistance.

Patrons are always welcome to call, email, or come in to the library for personal reference assistance.

Patrons may also access a number of online resources through JerseyClicks.

Patron’s can access these services by logging in with their library card number. If you have any trouble accessing these resources, please contact us.

Provides full text for over 4,600 publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language, arts, literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies.

Provides courses and tests on subjects ranging from simple computer skills, to media literacy and how to navigate the internet safely. There is an even an option to take proctored tests in the library to attain certifications.

Provides full text for over 2300 journals, including more than 1100 peer-reviewed titles. Covers business, marketing, accounting, management, economics, finance, banking and more.

Today, life happens on the computer. Computers are used to look for jobs, find information and to stay in touch with friends and family. This resource offers dynamic online multimedia tutorials that help patrons and students learn the fundamentals of the computer, the internet and popular software applications.

Gain access to thousands of ebooks through EBSCO. Click the link to learn more.

Provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational report literature dating back to 1967.  Includes full text of ED documents from 1996 on.

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

A database of information about environmental issues such as global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, government documents and reports. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Consists of more than 1 million images including photographs; images from Canadian Press, Getty Images and UPI; maps from Antenna Audio; and photographs from public domain sources.  Emphasis is on world news and events, and contemporary and historical photos of people, places and nature.

Job & Career Accelerator provides vital support for job seekers. Its comprehensive collection of online job and career-related tools delivers everything individuals need to find, prepare for, apply to, and get hired into their ideal positions.

Features include:

  • Job and internship search

  • Resume and letter builders

  • College finder

  • Occupation explorer

  • Interview guidance

  • Targeted career guidance

  • Workplace skills

  • Computer skills

Intended for the everyday user, this database addresses a wide-range of legal issues. It contains hundreds of full text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.  Users can search over 12,800 state-specific legal forms by subject areas including adoption, bankruptcy, divorce, name changes, wills and more.

Provides indexing and abstracts for over 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage from the mid-1960s.

A completely fulltext database that includes information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. It contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.

Provides full text for over 1,840 periodicals, some dating as far back as 1990, covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.  Abstracts nearly 2,810 journals, many back to 1984.

Provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Includes thousands of biographies, historical essays, primary source documents and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government with full text for nearly 300 journals and indexing and abstracts for over 400.

A readers advisory guide which helps readers find new fiction and nonfiction to read. It also includes recommended reading lists and book discussion guides.

Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. High school and undergraduate students can use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.

Provides full text for over 70 children’s magazines and over 300 children’s pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.

ReferenceUSA is the premier source of business and residential information for reference and research. ReferenceUSA offers the most up-to-date data available in the market. In fact, our business and consumer databases are continuously updated from more than 5,000 public sources.

A comprehensive Spanish-language database that offers content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries; 50,000 images; 2,500 health reports; a Spanish-English dictionary and full text for over 100 reference books and dozens of general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Its intuitive, theme-based Spanish-language interface is designed to make content readily accessible to non-English users with limited online research experience.

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.  It offers a collection of state-specific resources supported with demographic data and other local information. Also includes business videos that provide critical information for business owners including interviews, ‘lessons learned’ features, lectures and ‘how to’ videos to help foster success in all aspects of managing a business.

Indexes over 270 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science & mathematics, and more.