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Great Websites
Need help finding good websites?
Check out these recommended websites arranged by subject areas.
Subject Areas: Arts & Culture | Books | Business & Finance | Computer Tutorials | Consumer Information | Education | Employment & Careers | Entertainment | Financial Aid | Genealogy | General Reference | Government | Health & Medicine | Higher Education | Homework Help | Internet Search Engines | Kids' Corner | Law | Local Attractions & Events | Local Libraries | Local Organizations | Local Parks | Maps | News | Parenting Resources | Senior Citizens | Shakespeare | Taxes | Telephone & Zip Code Directories | Transportation | Travel | Weather


Local History & Genealogy
Learn about the history of Warren County or find your family's roots.
Discover what Local History & Genealogy Resources are available at the Headquarters.

 

Reader's Corner
Do you have a favorite author? Are you searching for more good books to read?
Check out these lists for further reading suggestions.

Reader's Corner for Children
Reader's Corner for Young Adults

Reader's Corner for Adults


Databases, eBooks, & Downloadable Audiobooks
For help in selecting databases for your research, please refer to the Subject Directory below.

To access the databases from outside the library:
1. Select the "Login from HOME" link.
2. Enter the entire fourteen digit barcode from your library card.
3. Select the specific database you want.
4. Begin searching.

Downloadable Audiobooks and eBooks
Downloadable audiobooks are digital versions of the latest best sellers, award winning authors and more that you can download and read or listen to on your computer or portable listening device.
Download, read, and listen to best selling and classic ebooks and audiobooks 24/7 on your PC, laptop, PDA or MP3 player at home, in the office or anywhere in the world.

 

Databases Accessible In The Library and From Home


Explore over 145,000 maps of the world including political maps, physical maps, outline maps, climate maps, and population maps.
Browse 150 city travel guides for information on attractions, restaurants, transportation, weather, and more. Perfect for the world traveler, armchair traveler, and school projects.


NJ Business Directory

Corfacts is New Jersey's premier business to business database. Provides access to up-to-date information on over 51,000 NJ companies in services and manufacturing.
Explore the updated online encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites.
Encyclopedia Britannica
for Kids
The kid-friendly version of Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Click on Kids in right-hand corner



Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Express Times (7/13/1998-present). Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements and other sections.
Provides information on over 175 countries. It covers society and culture, trade, banking, business, communications, travel, and maps.
Search family and local histories, census records, Revolutionary War records, and an index of 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.

Including ReferenceUSA
With your library card, you have access to the complete and authoritative text of thousands of magazines, journals, books, and transcripts.
Job & Career Accelerator
Access millions of job listings, create resumes and cover letters, and prepare for interviews with this resource.
*You will need to create a free user account the first time you access this resource.

Click here to learn a language.

Learn conversational skills for over 20 foreign languages with this online learning system. It also offers 14 courses for individuals learning English as a second language.
How Does Mango Languages Work?
Marshall Cavendish Digital  
A compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.
Provides access to various collections, such as Great Lives & Events from History, Inventors & Inventions, Encyclopdia of American Immigration, Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century, Weapons & Warfare, and Historical Encyclopedia of American Business.
Access Masterplots, Critical Survey of Long Fiction, and Magill's Literary Annuals from 1977-present. Each Annual evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature published during the previous year.

Provides access to 575 articles from the Encyclopedia of Global Resources, which cover not only Earth's resources, but also profiles of nations and significant laws.
 
InfoTrac Databases
 
This newspaper collection is provided by the New Jersey State Library and includes: New Jersey newspapers, the New York Times, plus many more national and international newspapers.
Provides a wide selection of New Jersey legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others.

Click here for General One File

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, current events, economics, education, health care, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, and technology.

Click here for General Reference Center Gold

Search full-text magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, politics, computers and more.

Click here for Health & Wellness Resource Center

A full-service resource for health-related and alternative medicine research. It provides a collection of general interest and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets, designed for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health researchers.

Click here for Literature Resource Center

Extensive reference materials including: critical, biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information on authors and their works.

Click here for PriceIt!

A comprehensive database for researching and pricing art, antiques, and collectibles. Contains over 23 million records.

Click here for Science in Context

Thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are included. The latest scientific developments are also covered in articles from magazines and academic journals.
EBSCOhost Databases

EBSCOhost Web
Provides access to a wide variety of information including news, health, business, international, and general topics. Includes special databases for children and teenagers.

EBSCOhost Deutsch
EBSCOhost Espanol
EBSCOhost Francais
EBSCOhost Web resources translated into German, Spanish, and French.
With a child-friendly interface, it is easy for students to search by keyword or topic. For grades K-5.
The primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
With over 120,000 fiction titles in the database, 90,000 full text reviews, over 36,000 subject headings and a complete spectrum of searching options, fiction readers can find the perfect novel with this reader's advisory service.
High school and undergraduate students can use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills.
A comprehensive Spanish-language database offering access to encyclopedias, dictionaries, health reports, images, and general interest magazines.
The Spanish language version of Consumer Health Complete. Salud provee un acceso conveniente a información médica y de salud de fácil comprensión.
A friendly, colorful, animated search interface for children. It is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching.
Search by topic or by keyword to find useful homework sources that cover a wide variety of topics (i.e.- math, history, science, social studies, arts, and current events). For grades 6-12.

 

Databases Accessible Only In The Library
Search over 4 billion names in 4000+ databases. Includes U.S. census records; military records; court, land, and probate records; directories; vital and church records; and passenger lists.

A premier biography database, containing narrative biographies and full-text articles from respected periodicals.
RealQuest Property Search Find Warren County properties by owner name, street address or Assessors Parcel Number. Comparables using simple or comprehensive search criteria.
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Subject Directory of the Databases

Authors & Literary Criticism

JerseyClicks

Literature Resource Center

Novelist

Student Research Center

Biographies

Biography Resource Center

Student Research Center

Business

Business Source Elite*
Corfacts NJ Directory

JerseyClicks

Regional Business News*

Current Events/News

Custom Newspapers

JerseyClicks

Newspaper Source*

Student Research Center

TOPICsearch*

Educational Literature

ERIC*

JerseyClicks

Elementary School Databases

EBSCO Animals*

JerseyClicks

Kids Search

Primary Search*

Searchasaurus

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia*

Kids Search

Student Research Center

 

Foreign Language Databases

EBSCOhost Deutsch

EBSCOhost Espanol

EBSCOhost Francais

JerseyClicks
Mango Languages
Referencia Latina

Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition
HeritageQuest Online

Health/Medicine

Health Source: Consumer Edition*

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition*

Health & Wellness Resource Center

JerseyClicks
Magill's Medical Guide

High School Databases
EBSCOhost
InfoTrac
JerseyClicks
Student Research Cente
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History

JerseyClicks

Salem History

Student Research Center

Law
Gale Legal Forms

Magazine & Journal Articles

General Reference Center Gold
General OneFile

JerseyClicks

MAS Online*

MasterFILE Premier*

Student Research Center

Middle School Databases

JerseyClicks
Kids Search
Middle Search Plus*
Student Research Center

Real Estate

RealQuest Property Search

Science

JerseyClicks
Salem Science

Science Resource Center

Student Research Center

 

*Part of EBSCOhost Web.

 

Last Reviewed: 1/6/10
Last Updated: 4/6/11


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