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| General Research |
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World Book Online Encyclopedia Search the online version of the World Book Encyclopedia from the library or at home (valid library card required). |
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Points of View Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). |
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Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier contains indexing for 8,025 publications, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. |
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MasterFILE Premier designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 1,950 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. |
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MAS Ultra School Edition comprehensive full text general reference database designed for high school and junior college libraries. This database includes: searchable full text of articles, reports and special issues from nearly 200 of the most wanted K-12 magazines. |
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TOPIC Search comprehensive full text general reference database designed for high school and junior college libraries. This database includes: searchable full text of articles, reports and special issues from nearly 200 of the most wanted K-12 magazines. |
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| History |
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Modern World History Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history from mid-15th century to the present. (Facts on File) |
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American Women’s History Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States. (Facts on File) |
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| African-American History Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history. (Facts on File) |
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History Reference Center the world's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.(Ebsco) |
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Papers of George Washington Full-text, annotated papers of George Washington. |
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature. (Facts on File) |
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Literary Reference Center a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. (Ebcso) |
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Novelist Plus a readers' advisory resource for nonfiction, will be an upgrade to our enormously popular fiction NoveList product.(Ebcso) |
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Contemporary Authors Discover biographical details on approximately 116,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. The most-studied literary figures of the early 20th century, and authors from around the world are featured in this award-winning reference resource.(JerseyClicks) |
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Biography in Context merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text. |
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Novelist Plus Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history. (Ebcso) |
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Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals, including more than 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. (Facts on File) |
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Health Reference Center Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body. (Facts on File) |
| Careers |
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Job and Career Accelerator 1. Register as a new user 2. enter your library card # in "username", enter a password. 3. Login with your librarycard number and password. |
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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 55,000 resource entries, and much more! (Facts on File) |
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Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. (Ebsco) |
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Professional Development Collection Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 55,000 resource entries, and much more! (JerseyClicks) |
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GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. (JerseyClicks) |
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Science Online Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments. (Facts on File) |
| Genealogy |
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Ancestry Library Edition |
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American Ancestors Access databases at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Available at the Ridgewood Library only. |
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| For Students |
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MiddleSearch Plus Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. (JerseyClicks) |
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MAS Ultra School Edition comprehensive full text general reference database designed for high school and junior college libraries. This database includes: searchable full text of articles, reports and special issues from nearly 200 of the most wanted K-12 magazines. |
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TOPIC Search comprehensive full text general reference database designed for high school and junior college libraries. This database includes: searchable full text of articles, reports and special issues from nearly 200 of the most wanted K-12 magazines. |
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Reference USA |
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Business Source Premier the world’s definitive scholarly business database, providing indexing and abstracts for more than twice as many active, peer-reviewed, business related journals as any other database. Business Source® Premier offers indexing and abstracts for the 350 most important scholarly journals back to 1965 or the first published issue. This database includes searchable cited references for 1,205 journals. |
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Frost & Sullivan provides comprehensive industry and market research articles to encourage growth and empowerment. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses, and the investment community from more than 31 offices on six continents. |
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Regional Business News full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis. |
| Newspapers |
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National Newspapers Expanded Includes full text acces to over 30 national newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Boston Globe, LA Times, Washington Post, and many others. |
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Newspaper Source Plus Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 700 full-text newspapers, and provides more than 31 million full-text articles. In addition, the database includes nearly 700,000 television and radio transcripts. |
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Custom Newspapers The New York Times, LA Times, Times (London), The Newark Star-Ledger and Bergen Record. |
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Newspaper Archives Search or Browse 72.8 Million Pages from 2,779 Newspapers from 692 cities over a period of 239 years. Available at the Ridgewood public Library only. |
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