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Research ToolsReference Desk
JerseyClicks JerseyClicks lets you search full-text magazines, journals, and encyclopedias from your home with your library card

Research Databases

Inside the Library From Home
Browse by Subject Titles with Descriptions
  • 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



 

From Home

Grolier Grolier Online (Encyclopedias)

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



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Databases by Subject

Books and Literature 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
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)
Homework Help Tutor.com
Jobs and Careers LearnATest
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Facts on File)
Magazine and Newspaper
Articles		 Infotrac Custom Newspapers
Ebscohost
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
Movies MYLibraryDV
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. 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.



*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.


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

 

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.





*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.


*MYLibraryDV

A unique video-on-demand service created by Recorded Books and your library. You can download from a collection of over 1,000 movies, TV series and lifestyle programs 24/7, anywhere you have a broadband Internet connection. And, best of all, the videos are always available—there are never any holds on what you want to see!
*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.

* Tutor.com

Free Tutoring Every Day from 2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. • Math • Science • Social Studies • English
Grades K-12, College Intro and Adult Learners
*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


Q&A NJ 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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