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Research Databases

Inside the Library	From Home	360 Search- Search Multiple Databases Simultaneously
Browse by Subject	Titles with Descriptions	360 Search- Search Multiple Databases Simultaneously

Magazine and Newspaper Articles
Genealogy Information
Literary Criticism & Author Biographies
Encyclopedia Entries
And Much More.

For quick access to online research databases, click the down arrow and highlight and
click a title on one of the menus below. Click the "Go" button to access Ebscohost.

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Inside the Library

Grolier Online (Encyclopedias)

Please enter your entire Monroe Township Library barcode number to access databases from home.

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360 Search- Search Multiple Databases Simultaneously

Federated search service

A feature-rich federated search engine enables patrons to search multiple resources simultaneously from a single, easy-to-use interface

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Databases by Subject

Books and Literature	Lit Finder Literature Resource Center Novelist Contemporary Authors (Literature Resource Center) BookFlix
Business	Business Source Elite (Ebsco) Regional Business News (Ebsco) Business Source Premier (Ebsco)
Children	Searchasaurus (Ebsco) Student Research Center (Ebsco) Kids Search (Ebsco) Primary Search (Ebsco) Grolier Online Kids BookFlix
Countries	CountryWatch Land and Peoples (Grolier) World Atlas (Facts on File) World Newspapers (Grolier Online)
Education	LearnATest ERIC (Ebsco) Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Facts on File) BookFlix
Encyclopedias	Encyclopedia Americana (Grolier Online) Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Grolier Online) Land and Peoples (Grolier Online) The New Book of Knowledge (Grolier Online) The New Book of Popular Science (Grolier Online) America the Beautiful (Grolier Online) Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (Ebsco) World Book Online
Forms	Personal & Business Forms (Facts on File)
Genealogy	Ancestry Library Heritage Quest
Health and Medicine	Health Reference Center (Facts on File) Health Source- Consumer Edition (Ebsco) Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (Ebsco) Clinical Pharmacology (Ebsco)
History	History Database Center (Facts on File) American History Online (Facts on File) World History Online (Facts on File) American Women's History (Facts on File) African-American History & Culture (Facts on File) American Indian History & Culture (Facts on File) Ancient History & Culture (Facts on File)
Jobs and Careers	LearnATest Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Facts on File)
Magazine and Newspaper Articles	Infotrac Custom Newspapers Ebscohost Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
Reference	Facts on File
Science & Nature	New Book of Knowledge (Grolier) Science Online (Facts on File) Ebsco Animals
Teacher Resources	Curriculum Resource Center (Facts on File) Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition (Facts on File) For Educators (Grolier Online) BookFlix
Teens	Middle Search Plus (Ebsco)
World Languages	EBSCOhost Espanol EBSCOhost Deutsch EBSCOhost Francais Informe (Infotrac)

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Titles With Descriptions

Ancestry Library (Genealogy)
Available at Library workstations only.

BookFlix
An online literacy resource for grades PreK-3 that pairs interactive fictional video storybooks with related nonfiction content to unlock a child’s love of reading and learning. *Home

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Contemporary Authors (Author Biographies)
Author biographies for over 120,000 authors.
Available in the Library or, to search from *home.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

CountryWatch (Countries)
Comprehensive background information on the 192 countries
of the world. Available in the Library, or to search from
*home.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.
EbscoHost (Magazine & Newspaper Articles)
Available in the Library or, to search from *home.
Full-text access to over 1,800 magazines and newspapers.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Facts on File (Reference)
Available in the library or, to search from *home.
Homework help on topics including science, history, health,
and geography.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Grolier Online (Encyclopedias)
Available in the library and from *home Includes The Encyclopedia Americana, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Land and Peoples, America the Beautiful, Dictionaries, and Atlases.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Heritage Quest (Genealogy)
Available in the library and from *home Includes Census records, genealogy & local history articles, Revolutionary War records, family and local history books, and more.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Infotrac Custom Newspapers
Available in the library and from *home.
Full-text newspaper articles from The New York Times, Newark Star Ledger, Bergen Record, The Times of London, and LA Times.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Informe (Revistas en espanol)
Available in the library and from *home.
Infotrac full-text newspaper articles from The New York Times, Newark Star Ledger, Bergen Record, The Times of London, and LA Times in Spanish. (Revistas en Espanol).

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

JerseyClicks
Funded by the New Jersey State Library, Library Services & Technology ACT (LSTA) and Regional Library Cooperatives, provides full-text access to magazine and newspaper articles and encyclopedia entries. A valid library barcode is needed to use JerseyClicks.

LearnATest (Education & Careers)
Available in the library and from *home.
Includes practice tests for civil service, AP, SAT,
GED and much more! You must create a username and
password to use this database.

LitFinder (Poems, Essay, and Short Stories)
Available at library workstations only. LitFinder includes thousands of full-text essays, poems, and short stories.

Literature Resource Center (Literary Criticism)
Comprehensive source for literary criticism and author biographies.
Available in the library or, to search from *home.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Novelist (Books)
Available in the library and from *home.
Locate book reviews, books discussion guides, and more.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

Searchasaurus (Full-text database for children and teens)
Available in the library and from *home.
Full-text magazine articles and encyclopedia entries for
children and teens.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

World Book Online (Full-text Encyclopedia Entries)
Available in the Library and from *home.

*If you are logging in from home, you must enter your entire 14 digit library barcode number.

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E-Mail Reference

If you have a question when the Library is closed, QandANJ.org may be able to help. Log onto QandANJ.org on the Internet to chat with a live, Professional Librarian, 24 hours a day. This is a free service.

You can also e-mail a Reference question to mtplref@monroetwplibrary.org and a Monroe Township Public Library Reference Librarian will get back to you shortly.

For further assistance, you can speak to a Reference Librarian by calling (732) 521-5000 ext. 118 or ext. 119.

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