ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES	Prices for Antiques--auction prices. Contact the Reference desk (973) 285-6969 for password.
BIOGRAPHY	(Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password to these three titles. American Natl Biography, deceased, from Oxford Univ. Press. Biography & Genealogy Master Index. Biography Collection Complete, from EBSCO
BUSINESS	Corfacts NJ Business Directory--call Reference (973) 285-6969 with your library card number, for password. Please log out when done Mergent Online--contact Reference (973) 285-6969 for password Morningstar Investment Research Library--contact Reference (973) 285-6969 for password. Under BUSINESS in JerseyClicks (State Library) see Reference USA and Small Business Resource Center (See also Regional Business News and Business Source Premier (8,800 magazines) in EBSCO for articles and company profiles from DataMonitor).
CAREERS	Jobs & Career Accelerator from Learning Express. Online software classes and test practice; register to save your personal results. Call Reference (973) 285-6969 with your library card number, for password. Provided through a jobs grant from the NJ State Library
CURRENT EVENTS	Issues & Controversies For password contact Reference (973) 285-6969
EDUCATION	GEDOnline* First time, see librarian to set up account in library, then use anywhere.
GEOGRAPHY HISTORY	CountryWatch, geopolitics of 193 nations. Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password. FACTS ON FILE: includes History Center: also offers special collections in African American, Native American and Women's history. (Online tutorial) Geography (maps/flags) See also, History Reference Center
HEALTH	Health Reference Center. For articles, use EBSCO for Health Source, Academic/Nursing or Consumer editions.
LANGUAGES	PowerSpeak Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, ESL Spanish and Mandarin speakers. Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password.
LITERARY CRITICISM	Literary Reference Online-- authors, works, characters, definitions of literary terms, movements, groups NoveList Plus*-- database of over 155,000 fiction titles for readers of all ages, with book discussion tools. Literary Reference Center* --criticism, plot summaries, author biographies. (See screen shot.) Contemporary Authors and LitFinder--excellent biobibliographies of recent writers. For password, call (973-285-6969) or e-mail Reference.
MAGAZINES	Articles can also be e-mailed from the databases. #1 EBSCOhost* 3,000 magazines indexed, 1,700 full text online; includes health, business and children's databases and in-depth records for selected businesses. (See screen snapshot.) #2 JStor--full text, academic journals, primarily the sciences. Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password #3 ProQuest: magazines, many full text, in business, education, literature, political science, and psychology.
NEWSPAPERS*	#1 ProQuest Newstand Wall St Journal, Washington Post, etc. Daily Record, 1999+ and other Gannett papers (Asbury Pk Press, Courier News, Courier Post) #2 Historic, New York Times 1851+ #3 Star Ledger 1996+ Contact the Reference desk (973) 285-6969 for password. #4 Newspaper Source, in EBSCO offers 25 international/national newspapers.
SCIENCE	GreenFILE, enviromental database Science Online, diagrams, timelines, essays, biographies, definitions. (Online tutorial) Science Reference Center
REFERENCE	Bookmark the online reference web or call (973) 285-6969 (RefDesk). Click on Ask! anywhere in the MCL web.

NJ LOCATIONS--Which NJ libraries have the magazines you need?
Rutgers titles are listed separately, in their online catalog. Use JerseyCat to search for books throughout the state. *These databases funded by the NJ State Library.

Business:
Try Reference USA to find services/businesses, develop client lists or find possible employers. See also BusinessSource database in EBSCO for articles from business magazines.

School/elementary
K-2 can use Searchasaurus in EBSCO: graphical interface, online encyclopedia and articles from Weekly Reader, Junior Scholastic, etc.

• Primary Search for articles (EBSCO)
• EBSCO Animals for basic information and good (color) pictures
• Facts on File has excellent science and geography information (terrific maps, country flags, etc.)
• Contemporary Authors, for book reports on authors like Judy Blume

School/middle

• Middle Search, in EBSCO, for articles
• Facts on File for science and geography
• Country Watch for geography/social studies
• Literary Reference Center for deceased authors (Dickens, Steinbeck)
• Contemporary Authors for living authors.
• National Newspapers in EBSCO for current affairs, around the US.
• Informe for articles in Spanish.

HS/College

• EBSCO for articles: click "peer reviewed" ON in search screen for scholarly journals
• Facts on File/Science for good schematics/diagrams
• HealthSource, Academic/Nursing edition, in EBSCO, for health/life sciences.
• Contemporary Authors and Literary Reference Center

There are a few databases in the library from which material can be mailed to you. Drop us a note if you can't find what you need in these 10 databases.

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