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	ANTIQUES	AUTOMOTIVE
	BUSINESS	COLLEGE/CAREER
	EBSCO (Research) DATABASES	ENCYCLOPEDIAS
	GENEALOGY	GENERAL
	GEOGRAPHY	HEALTH
	HISTORY	LANGUAGES
	LAW GOVERNMENT	LITERATURE
	LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVE	MAGAZINES
	MUSIC ART	NEWSPAPERS
	SCIENCE	TEACHING/EDUCATION
	YOUNG STUDENT

	PriceIt!
	Stories and articles from some of the best-known authors and authorities in the antiques and collectibles industry. Here you can read interesting and informative articles on a wide array of subjects including repair, restoration and conservation of antiques, hiring an appraiser and many specific areas of collecting.


	ChiltonLibrary.com
	This 24-hour on-call "mechanic" provides quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today. Ford, Chrysler, GM, Honda, Toyota and numerous other makes are well-represented.


	Business Source Elite
	This business database provides full text for over 1,000 business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
	Corfacts Online
	Corfacts is New Jersey's premier business to business information site. Corfacts includes NJ Directory of Human Resources Executives, the NJ Directory of Small Businesses, and the NJ Business-to-Business Directory.
	Morningstar
	Morningstar offers investment information and advice about mutual funds, stocks, and ETFs. Features include a screener, research reports, and portfolio creation and organization.
	Reference USA (Available through JerseyClicks)
	Reference USA is a powerful database for finding information on doctors, businesses, and residences. The business section is a particularly useful way to find out about a business' ownership, sales volume, and number of employees. This page will take you to a site called JerseyClicks. From there please click on Reference USA.
	Regional Business News
	This database provides comprehensive 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.
	Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
	Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to Standard & Poor’s independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries.
	The Wall Street Journal
	The Wall Street Journal covers international and national news, with a focus on business and business personalities. Our access to the WSJ comes from ProQuest. You may search the NYTimes and WSJ simultaneously. 1984 to the present.

	College Catalogs (CollegeSource Online)
	34,309 college catalogs in full cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools.
	Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
	Ferguson's Career Guidance is a multifaceted resource for those considering a new career. By industry, Ferguson’s offers occupational outlook, credentials, and salaries. Ferguson's gives advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing, and self-assessments.


	Encyclopedia Americana
	Blends the depth and accuracy of the print edition with the currency expected of an online reference work. Its 45,000 articles and 25 million words, contributed by 6,500 specialists are updated quarterly
	Encyclopedia Britannica
	Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition brings together the world-renowned content of the encyclopedia, with the speed and convenience of the Internet.
	Encyclopedia Judaica
	Provides and exhaustive overview of Jewish cultural and religious life from the Second Temple period until the present. The Second Edition of this classic tome is invaluable for scholars, students, and general readers alike.
	Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
	Offered by EBSCO, this encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries on a tremendous variety of subject areas.
	Grolier Multi-Media
	Based on the Academic American Encyclopedia, it has 38,000 articles, 11 million words which are expanded by authoritative links to other sources of information on the web
	New Book of Knowledge
	The leading source of accurate, accessible and fun-to-read information written especially for children.
	New Book of Popular Science
	Grolier's New Book of Popular Science is a multifaceted science and technology resource for middle and high school students.


	HeritageQuest (Sponsored by the Genealogical Society of the West Fields)
	HeritageQuest Online is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical hobbyists and professionals, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s.
	Ancestry Library (available in library only)
	Family history is one of the most popular pursuits in the United States. Ancestry.com is the world's largest online family history resource.

	Academic Search Premier
	Academic Search Premier is one of the best databases for high school and college research papers. This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, of which more than 3,700 are peer-reviewed. PDF backfiles to 1975 or farther are available for well over one hundred journals.
	Biography Reference Bank
	Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. It contains the full text of the articles from hundreds of reference books.
	Jersey Clicks
	JerseyClicks searches the full text of thousands of magazines, newspapers, reference books and biographies as well as indexed images including photographs, maps and flags - all from authorative databases so you know the information provided is as accurate. Use Jersey Clicks to access Reference USA, one of our most useful business databases.
	Points of View Reference Center
	This site from EBSCO is intended for people who have to research a contentious issue. If you are going to be writing a persuasive speech or participating in a debate this database would be an excellent resource for you.
	Gale Power Search
	Gale's PowerSearch is a tool to let you search multiple databases at once and customize your search experience. Other Gale databases are subject specific, but this one casts a wide net in its effort to find information for you, all while still giving you the ability to customize your results by general interest, full-text, and peer-reviewed.


	Lands and Peoples
	From Grolier, this is the leading encyclopedia of countries, cultures and current events that is geared to students. Each article is links to its own Facts and Figures. The site also has an electronic, interactive atlas.
	United States Geography
	Provided by ABC-CLIO, United States geography provides encyclopedia-type articles on topics in American geography.
	World Geography
	Provided by ABC-CLIO, World Geography is an encyclopedia of nations, places, and peoples of the world. Articles are comprehensive and appropriate for students.
	World Geography and Culture
	The Facts on File World Geography and Culture allows one to access a wealth of geographic information, from statistical tables of comparative information, to maps, to articles. Topics are American and international.


	Health Reference Center
	Easy to navigate - provides information on research, medical terms and treatments, and nutrition and wellness. This database features educational videos, searchable color illustrations, health news articles, a BMI calculator, a food pyramid, and a list of various hotlines.
	Health Source - Consumer Edition
	This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health
	Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
	This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
	HealthyNJ.com
	Consumer health information for healthy living in New Jersey from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. English/Spanish.
	PubMed
	Access to Medline, the National Library of Medicine's database of bibliographic citations and abstracts for the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems and preclinical sciences.


	African American History Online
	Facts on File's African-American History Online is a comprehensive database on African-American history from the slave trade to the Civil Rights movement to the present day. Thousands of extensively hyperlinked and informative entries include topical entries, biographies, primary source documents, images, timelines, and maps and charts.
	American Indian History Online
	Facts on File’s American Indian History Online is an authoritative database that provides in-depth coverage of more than 5,000 years of culture, legends, and leaders. Hundreds of Indians groups are covered in hyperlinked entries, including topical entries, primary sources, biographies, maps, images, and timelines. The content is searchable by tribe and culture area.
	American Women's History Online
	Facts on File’s American Women's History Online offers thousands of extensively hyperlinked entries—biographies, topical entries, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and images—that are essential to understanding the experiences of women throughout U.S. history.
	American History
	ABC-CLIO’s American History has articles and media on American history. One can browse by era or search for a specific topic.
	American History Online
	Facts on File’s American History Online is a comprehensive reference of the most important individuals, events, and topics in U.S. history. The thousands of entries—topical entries, biographies, maps, timeline entries, primary source documents, and images—are hyperlinked and allow users a path to related entries. Extensive overview essays provide detail on each time period.
	Ancient and Medieval History
	Facts on File’s Ancient and Medieval History Online focuses on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia, Ancient and Medieval History Online gives a balanced, global view of the world in ancient and medieval times. Thousands of entries on events, people, and primary source documents are hyperlinked and allow users a comprehensive and comparative view of the pre-modern world.
	Inventors and Inventions
	This database is based on Salem History's "Great Lives from History." Use it to find information on inventors and their inventions.
	Modern World History Online
	Facts on File’s Modern World History Online covers the important people and events of world history from the age of exploration in the mid-15th century today. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timeline entries provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.
	Oxford African-American Studies Center
	The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American history and culture.
	United States at War
	ABC-CLIO's United States at War database has materials on all American wars, from Indian wars of the colonial era to Iraq.
	World History: Ancient Medieval Eras
	ABC-CLIO's World History Ancient/Medieval covers world history from the ancient Near East to the Renaissance. One can search by entering keywords or by browsing topics.
	World History: Modern
	ABC-CLIO's World History: Modern covers world history from the Renaissance to the present. One can search by entering keywords or by browsing topics.

	Mango Languages
	Become a citizen of the world with Mango Languages! Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of foreign languages and English as a Second Language.


	American Government
	ABC-CLIO’s database on the American system of governance and people in it, with some articles on other systems of rule. There is a weekly in-depth feature story on a subject in the news.
	New Jersey Law Journal
	Published since 1878, the New Jersey Law Journal is the indispensable legal authority for a state with the fifth largest attorney population in the country. This must-read weekly presents a complete, official source for all state and federal court notices. NOTE: When you are prompted, please enter ""njlaw@wmlnj.org"" for your email id and ""library"" for your password.


	Bloom's Literary Reference Center
	Bloom’s Literary Reference, from Facts on File, offers articles on authors and books from antiquity to the present.
	Books in Print
	Bowker's Books in Print is the largest Web-based bibliographic resource. Find what you're looking for quickly and easily, using our unbiased and comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles.
	Contemporary Authors
	Gale's Contemporary authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
	Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select
	Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
	Literature Resource Center
	Accessed through Gale, Literature Resource Center offers full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
	Literary Reference Center
	EBSCO's LRC is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to today. LRC combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. CREATE LINK
	LitFinder
	Gale's LitFinder has 100,000+ full-text poems including over 10,000 copyrighted poems, 800,000 poem citations and excerpts, thousands of full-text short stories, and full-text essays, speeches and plays.
	NetLibrary
	Full-text eBooks, electronic journals, a variety of online reference databases, and eAudiobooks and Recorded Books. NOTE: You must set up your account in the library to use this database. Once your account is set up you can use NetLibrary from anywhere.
	NoveList
	NoveList is an on-line readers' advisory tool that helps you find new books based on books you have already read or topics that interest you.
	Online Book Club
	The Online Book Club consists of a number of book clubs each dedicated to a specific genre: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Business, Romance, Teen, and Audio. If you sign up for one or more of the book clubs every day you will receive a few pages of a book. During a week you can read 2-3 chapters and decide if you want to check the book out of the library. Every Monday the OBC starts a new book.


	Westfield History Archive
	The Westfield History Archive consists of full-text, easily searchable versions of the Westfield Leader, the Union County Standard, the Westfield Record Press, and now the Weather Vane, Westfield High School's school yearbook.


	America's News Magazines
	This database offers access to nearly 30, diverse American magazines.
	MasterFile Premier
	Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.


	Oxford Art Online
	Formerly the Grove Art Encyclopedia, this is a resournce on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day. Over 45,000 articles on fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture.


	Bergen Record (1996 to date)
	The Bergen Record is the leading newspaper of Northeastern New Jersey. NOTE: This link will take you to Custom Newspapers. To access the Bergen Record, or one of hundreds of other newspapers, click on Publication Search. Then enter "Bergen Record" use Search (check) within this publication.
	Custom Newspapers
	Custom Newspapers offers access to thousands of contemporary and defunct newspapers, magazines, and journals from the United States, the Commonwealth, and other countries.
	EBSCO Newspaper Source
	Newspaper Source provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
	London Times (1997 to date)
	The Times of London is the United Kingdom's paper of record. NOTE: This link will take you to Custom Newspapers. To access the London Times, or one of hundreds of other newspapers, click on Publication Search. Then enter "London Times" and use Search (check) within this publication.
	New York Times Current
	The NYT Current has articles from the New York Times from 1980 until the present. Articles are in HTML form, so you will not be seeing the articles as they originally appeared in the printed newspaper. Our access to the NYTimes comes from ProQuest. You may search the NYTimes and WSJ simultaneously.
	New York Times Historical
	The NYT Historical has articles from the inception of the New York Times in the 1850s all the way to 2003. The database is full-text searchable and articles have been scanned to easily readable PDFs.
	Record-Press
	The Westfield Record Press, also known as the Westfield Record, was a weekly newspaper covering local Westfield and Union County issues from 1990 to 2007.
	The Star Ledger
	New Jersey's leading newspaper. NewsBank's access to the Star-Ledger goes from January 1st, 1996 to the present.
	Union County Standard
	The Union County Standard was published from 1891-1915 and covered Westfield and the whole County of Union.
	The Wall Street Journal
	The Wall Street Journal covers international and national news, with a focus on business and business personalities. Our access to the WSJ comes from ProQuest. You may search the NYTimes and WSJ simultaneously. 1984 to the present.
	Westfield Leader
	The Westfield Leader is Westfield's local newspaper. We have coverage from 1907 to 2008.


	Access Science
	Provides easy and quick access to authoritative articles in all areas of science and technology. Also includes definitions, illustrations, graphics, bibliographies, biographies, image galleries, RSS feeds, animation, podcasts and videos. Appropriate for high schoolers and adults.
	GreenFILE
	GreenFILE is a database of books, journals, essays, and magazines covering consumer health, ecology, general science, and nature.
	Science Online
	This Facts on File databases offers research topics in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensic science, math, physics, astronomy, and weather and climate. There are diagrams, experiments, biographies, timelines, videos, animations and news articles.
	Science Reference Center
	EBSCO's Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include every discipline, science society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards .


	Curriculum Resource Center
	This Facts on File database claims to be the premier source for lesson plans and printable handouts on the web.
	Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition
	This Facts on File database has lesson plans and activities for elementary students.
	ERIC
	ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
	Professional Development Collection
	Designed for teachers, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 high quality education journals, of which nearly 350 are peer-reviewed. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.


	Elementary School Magazines
	Also called Primary Search, Elementary School Magazines provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary schoolers. Each full text article is assigned a reading level indicator (a Lexile) to allow researchers to hone in on the most age-appropriate material.
	KidsSearch
	KidsSearch is an EBSCO database designed for elementary and middle school school students. Subjects covered are everything, from science to social studies to sports to current events.
	Middle School Magazines
	Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
	NoveList K-8
	NoveList K-8 is designed to help students find books similar to ones they have already enjoyed and to give them a chance to acquire new insights into those books.
	Searchasaurus
	Searchasaurus has resources on virtually every topic, from children's literature to science to foreign cultures. Articles are from encyclopedias and periodicals. Searchasaurus offers a very child-friendly method of finding articles through illustrated topic categories.
	Student Research Center
	This EBSCO database offers information on every subject, but it tailored to the needs of high school students.
If you encounter a problem accessing one of our databases, please contact Jeffrey Bennett at jbennett@wmlnj.org.