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Animals
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Atlases & Countries
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CIA – The World Factbook
Click on the "drop-down" list of countries to learn more about any country that interests you. |
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World Atlas
Combines more than 500 clear, printable, full-color maps with statistical information. |
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Biography
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Biography Collection Complete
More than 177,000 biographies for people from history, science, the arts, music, literature, government and politics, sports, entertainment, and more.
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Biography Resource Center
Biographies, plus full-text magazine articles, images, and Web site links. |
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History Reference Center
Biographies for people from U.S. and world history.
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Literature Resource Center
Contains biographies of many authors. |
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English & Literature
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Contains information and criticism on literature, plus information on great writers throughout history.
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Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Provides access to poems, biographies, poetry terms, and commentary, plus lists of books that contain each poem.
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Discovering Collection
Provides in-depth reference material for literature. |
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Gale Literary Index
Use this database to get a list of which library reference books have information about a particular author or work of literature. (Does not contain full-text articles.) |
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Literary Reference Center
Provides author biographies and interviews, plot summaries, book reviews, a glossary of literary terms, and a timeline. Also, 32,000 poems, 13,500 short stories, and many classics, too.
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Literature Resource Center
Articles about literary works, authors, kinds of literature, definitions, time periods, and themes. |
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General (Encyclopedias)
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic articles covering many subjects.
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Searchasaurus
For young students, this database has information from dictionaries and encyclopedias, plus images.
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World Book Online
Just like the World Book encyclopedia, this online encyclopedia has full-text articles with illustrations. Also, has some Spanish and New Jersey information.
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Health
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Health Source
Information on many health topics, including the medical sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. |
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Health Reference Center
Information on body systems, medical terms and conditions. |
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History and Social Studies
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ABC-CLIO American History
From the earliest days of American history through today, this database provides information on "the people, events, and themes" in the United States. Contains a "This Day in History" section, plus maps, timelines, images, and more.
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African American History Online
Provides information on more than 500 years of African American history.
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American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the American experience.
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American Indian History Online
Offers more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and biographies.
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American Women's History Online
Covers a wide range of topics such as abortion, affirmative action, civil rights activism, and gender discrimination.
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Ancient and Medieval History Online
Encompasses six ancient centers of civilization–Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia.
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Discovering Collection
This database provides in-depth reference information for the areas of history and social studies.
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History Reference Center
Offers historical documents, photos, videos, and maps, along with biographies, reference books, and journals to help students and others interested in U.S. and world history.
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Modern World History Online
Covers the broad expanse of world history from pre-historic through modern times.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints provides differing views on a variety of current social issues.
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Points of View Reference Center
Offers materials to assist in understanding the controversial subjects. It can be useful as a guide in planning to debate, to develop arguments, or to write position papers.
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Homework Help
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Homework Help NJ
Students—get online homework help between 2:00 pm and 10:00 pm from real tutors. Free tutoring in math, science, social studies, and English for grades 4-12 and college intro. |
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QandANJ
Chat online with a librarian to get help finding articles and other materials for your schoolwork. |
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Newspapers & Magazines
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Infotrac Newspapers
Full-text articles from the New York Times, the Bergen Record, and the Star-Ledger, plus many more U.S. and international newspapers.
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MAS Ultra
Full-text articles from magazines, pamphlets, and reference books.
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Masterfile
Full-text articles from magazines plus biographies.
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Middle Search Plus
For middle school students, contains full-text articles, biographies, primary source documents, and images, including maps and flags.
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New York Times Historical
(1851-2004)
Contains articles from the New York Times newspaper. Helpful for locating obituaries and biographical information on well-known people.
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Newspaper Source
Contains articles from national, international and regional newspapers.
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Primary Search
A good source for elementary school students, provides articles from nearly 70 popular magazines.
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Reading for Fun
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Novelist K-8
This database helps find good books for readers up to grade 8. |
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What Do I Read Next?
Use this database to search by title, author, story line, character, or award winners to find new books to read.
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Science
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Discovering Collection
Provides articles from reference books on science.
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Science Online
Lots of articles about different topics in science. |
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Science Reference Center
Find information about biology, chemistry, geology, space, ecology, health, medicine, science history, physics, scientists, technology, and animals. |
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Spanish
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Informe
Magazine articles in Spanish - Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. |
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La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Materias de la enciclopedia (World Book) en Español. |
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Salud en Español
Reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. |
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