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Business
Business Source Elite
Offers a diverse collection of business articles and journals on topics like economics, management, marketing, and finance for researchers, students, and professionals.
MorningStar
Provides financial education resources for investors at all levels, from beginners to experts, from a trusted name in the investment world.
Reference USA
An online tool delivering real-time access to detailed information on millions of U.S. businesses and residents.
Regional Business News
Features comprehensive, daily-updated full-text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Small Business Reference Center
Provides small business owners with full-text books, videos, reports, and state-specific resources on various business topics.
Children
ABCmouse
An award-winning online curriculum designed to help children ages 2-6+ build a strong foundation for future academic success.
Beanstack
A web and mobile app that tracks independent reading time, helping to build a culture of reading for all ages in libraries and at home.
Explora Primary Schools
Supports elementary curriculum with high-quality content from popular sources, including full-text databases, ebooks, and digital magazines.
Explora Secondary Schools
Provides high school students with resources to assist in conducting their own research.
Fiero Code
A learn-to-code program for ages 8-18 (and beyond) offering fun games, tutorials, and projects to learn languages like Scratch, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and SQL.
Middle Search Plus
An online resource for middle school students with access to magazines, books, primary source documents, and videos on various subjects.
Miss Humblebee’s Academy
An interactive online learning solution for children ages 3 to 6, focusing on kindergarten readiness.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Helps younger readers find books that match their reading level and interests with trusted read-alike recommendations.
Primary Search
Offers elementary students full-text access to children's magazines, e-books, and encyclopedia entries, with articles assigned reading level indicators.
Culture
African American Historical Serials Collections
An archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Provides primary sources for studying the historical aspects of sex, sexuality, and gender from the sixteenth century onwards.
Archives Unbound – African American Collection
An academic collection covering the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans from 1900 to the present.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 1
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 2
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
LGBTQ eBooks from Gale
A comprehensive eBook collection promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, allowing patrons to explore LGBTQ stories and topics.
Rosetta Stone
Offers language learning through an immersion method for new languages, ESL learning, or skill enhancement via a downloadable app. Learn how to use Rosetta Stone via the downloadable app by visiting https://www.jclibrary.org/stone.
Women’s Studies Archive
Provides historical resources focusing on the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Digital Library
Hoopla
Stream or download thousands of ebooks, comics, audiobooks, and music albums from major studios and publishers.
Kanopy
Provides access to a wide selection of feature films, educational videos, and the Great Courses series.
Libby/Overdrive
A user-friendly app to borrow and read e-books and audiobooks from your local library on mobile devices.
NoveList (All Ages)
Provides recommended reading lists to keep your reading pile filled with great books across various genres.
ProQuest
An ebook database with over 48,000 titles for pleasure reading, professional development, and personal interests, featuring search, highlight, and annotation tools.
The Palace Project
An e-reader app that allows access to more eBooks and audiobooks in one place, including thousands of free titles to keep indefinitely. Getting Started Guide: https://ww2.jclibrary.org/pguide
Education
Beanstack
A web and mobile app that tracks independent reading time, helping to build a culture of reading for all ages in libraries and at home.
ERIC
An educational database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, offering access to indexed and full-text education resources.
Explora Educator’s Edition
Grants access to professional education materials covering assessment, curriculum development, and pedagogical research.
Explora Primary Schools
Supports elementary curriculum with high-quality content from popular sources, including full-text databases, ebooks, and digital magazines.
Explora Secondary Schools
Provides high school students with resources to assist in conducting their own research.
Fiero Code
A learn-to-code program for ages 8-18 (and beyond) offering fun games, tutorials, and projects to learn languages like Scratch, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and SQL.
Gale: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Resource to assist in preparing for college and as well as careers with comprehensive test prep and career solutions.
JerseyClicks
New Jersey's portal for high-quality databases covering health, history, business, education, science, and more.
Khan Academy
Offers a library of over 2,600 videos and practice exercises covering subjects from arithmetic to physics and more.
LearningExpress Library Complete
An easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, learn basic computer skills, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
Niche Academy
Video tutorials covering a variety of information literacy topics essential for student success in conducting research and navigating the Library's electronic resources.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Helps younger readers find books that match their reading level and interests with trusted read-alike recommendations.
Points of View Reference Center
Helps researchers understand the full scope of controversial subjects with resources designed for public, academic, and high school libraries.
ProQuest
An ebook database with over 48,000 titles for pleasure reading, professional development, and personal interests, featuring search, highlight, and annotation tools.
Rosetta Stone
Offers language learning through an immersion method for new languages, ESL learning, or skill enhancement via a downloadable app. Learn how to use Rosetta Stone via the downloadable app by visiting https://www.jclibrary.org/stone.
Teacher Reference Center
A free database for educators providing abstracts and indexing for peer-reviewed journals on various educational topics.
Udemy
Offers more than 6,000 on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors in business, technology, and design.
Entertainment
Hoopla
Stream or download thousands of ebooks, comics, audiobooks, and music albums from major studios and publishers.
Kanopy
Provides access to a wide selection of feature films, educational videos, and the Great Courses series.
PressReader
Access today's newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in more than 60 languages.
Foreign Language
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 1
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 2
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Referencia Latina
A comprehensive Spanish-language database offering content including encyclopedia entries and various sources.
Rosetta Stone
Offers language learning through an immersion method for new languages, ESL learning, or skill enhancement via a downloadable app. Learn how to use Rosetta Stone via the downloadable app by visiting https://www.jclibrary.org/stone.
Grants
Foundation Directory Online
An extensive database of philanthropic giving to help secure funding, accessible within the library system.
Health & Science
GreenFile
A database covering the environmental impact of human activities, offering access to scholarly and general-interest content.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books on various health topics.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
A trusted database covering nursing and allied health topics with full-text resources.
MedlinePlus
Offers information from the National Library of Medicine on diseases, conditions, and wellness in understandable language.
PubMed Central
A free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Jobs & Careers
EBSCO Host: Career Preparation
Full text of over 1,800 magazines and newspapers with MasterFILE Premier, Business Source, and Health Source Plus. A variety of other tools for research are also available.
Gale: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Resource to assist in preparing for college and as well as careers with comprehensive test prep and career solutions.
Law
Legal Information Reference Center
Contains over 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms for consumer legal reference.
Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers
Archives covering topics like free speech, civil rights, immigration, and more, supporting the study of American legal history.
Local History & Genealogy
Ancestry Library Edition
Access to millions of U.S. records, including censuses, birth, death, marriage, and immigration records.
FamilySearch
The Jersey City Free Public Library is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library! That means that genealogy researchers can now access many of FamilySearch’s restricted record sets from computers within any library branch! A free FamilySearch account is needed to log in and this service can not be accessed from home. Having a FamilySearch account will also allow you access to most of their collection from home, as well as resources like their research wiki, forums, and webinars!
Fire Insurance Maps
Research the history of your house, your block or your neighborhood using historic maps from the mid-19th through mid-20th century. Search this collection of high-quality color scans of insurance atlases by address or map browse. Many of the historic atlases in the New Jersey Room collection are available online to library card holders.
Heritage Quest
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
Jersey Journal Archives (1867 – 2018)
Search or browse by date through Jersey City’s longest-running newspaper. For the more recent years of the Jersey Journal and the Newark Star-Ledger from 1989-present, see the link under “Newspapers and Magazines.” For help with this or any local history resource contact the NJ Room at 201-547-4503 or njroom@jclibrary.org
Nineteenth Century Newspapers
Over twenty newspaper titles published in Hudson County from 1829-1889, totaling over 75,000 pages, have been newly digitized from microfilm and are freely browsable and searchable online. Combined with the digital Jersey [Evening] Journal available with a library card and the Jersey City News at the Library of Congress site, all known 19th-century Hudson County newspapers are now available digitally.
NJ State Library
The State Library keeps an updated and comprehensive list of resources for residents looking for help finding employment, housing, medical care and more.
Social Explorer
Social Explorer is a powerful tool to access and work with current and historic demographic data. Use Social Explorer to visually explore demographic information, from census and economic data to election and religion data, and more.
Maps & Photographs
Fire Insurance Maps
Research the history of your house, your block or your neighborhood using historic maps from the mid-19th through mid-20th century. Search this collection of high-quality color scans of insurance atlases by address or map browse. Many of the historic atlases in the New Jersey Room collection are available online to library card holders.
Image Collection
The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories, broken down as follows:
- Photographs
- Images from Canadian Press, Getty Images, and UPI
- Maps from Antenna Audio
- Photographs from public domain sources
Newspapers & Magazines
African American Historical Serials Collections
An archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals.
America’s News
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
America’s News (USA – New Jersey)
From NewsBank offers online access to 70 current and archived New Jersey news publications from Atlantic City to West Milford and everywhere in between, including local papers Hudson Reporter, Suburban News, The Bayonne Journal, and more.
American News Magazine
From NewsBank offers a selection of 45 current and archived national print and online magazines, newsletters, and journals, including Air & Space, The Atlantic, CityLab, Mother Jones, National Review, Newsweek, Parenting, Popular Science, Slate, Smithsonian, The Wire, and more.
Art Magazine Collection Archives
Art Magazine Collection Archive presents a collection of three leading art magazines — Magazine Antiques, ArtNews and Art in America — covering contemporary art.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 1
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 2
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Ebony Magazine
Ebony Magazine Archive covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes more than 800 issues providing a broad view of African-American culture from its first issue in 1945 through 2014.
EBSCOhost
Full text of over 1,800 magazines and newspapers with MasterFILE Premier, Business Source, and Health Source Plus. A variety of other tools for research are also available.
Jersey Journal and Star-Ledger Archives
Search or browse by date through the most recent five years of Jersey City’s longest-running newspaper, the Jersey Journal, as well as the Newark Star-Ledger from 1989-present. For a direct link to the historic Jersey Journal from 1867-2018, see the entry under Local History and Genealogy.
National Review Archive
National Review Archive offers complete indexing, abstracting and full text for the magazine dating back to the first issue in 1955. National Review has been an important American journal of opinion and has consistently provided readers with well-reasoned editorial commentary on critical issues.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Nineteenth Century Newspapers
Over twenty newspaper titles published in Hudson County from 1829-1889, totaling over 75,000 pages, have been newly digitized from microfilm and are freely browsable and searchable online. Combined with the digital Jersey [Evening] Journal available with a library card and the Jersey City News at the Library of Congress site, all known 19th-century Hudson County newspapers are now available digitally.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Gale's Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers -- a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database -- provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers.
NYTimes
Our New York Times subscription includes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, with reporting from over 120 countries in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
PressReader
Access today's newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in more than 60 languages.
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the popular sports magazine dating from its very first issue in August 1954 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format
Time Magazine
The Time Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
Reference
Digital Public Library of America (dp.la)
The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Free community-curated directory that indexes and connects to full text, open access, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive full-text database that covers various literary genres and time periods. It offers classic and contemporary poems, short stories, novels, critical essays, and more, along with valuable features for students and educators such as Google integration, text-to-speech, citation tools, and lesson plans. Accessible via multiple platforms, this resource supports curriculum delivery and provides a wealth of content to enhance the study of literature.
Referencia Latina
A comprehensive Spanish-language database offering content including encyclopedia entries and various sources.
Religion
Atla Historical Monograph Collection
An archive of religious and theological literature from the late 13th century to 1922. The collection covers diverse religious topics and includes many volumes in Aramaic, Arabic, Greek and Hebrew.
Religions of America
Discover the history and unique character of religious movements that originated in the United States and Canada.
Research
MasterFILE Elite
MasterFILE Elite is a full-text database designed for public libraries, offering access to a wide range of magazines, reference books, and images. With over 900 full-text magazines and journals, it covers subjects like business, health, education, science, and multicultural issues, along with a collection of 2 million images. The user-friendly interface allows patrons to easily search and retrieve content, making it a valuable resource for general reference.
Research & History
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a full-text database offering access to a wide range of non-open access journals across disciplines. It includes comparative data on active journals in different versions of the database. The resource also enhances exposure to open access journals, features international content by region, offers searchable cited references, valuable video content, and high-quality subject indexing, making it a comprehensive tool for scholarly research and information access.
African American Historical Serials Collections
An archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Provides primary sources for studying the historical aspects of sex, sexuality, and gender from the sixteenth century onwards.
Archives Unbound – African American Collection
An academic collection covering the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans from 1900 to the present.
Archives Unbound – Holocaust Collection
Deep and broad in its coverage, this collection incorporates anti-Semitic propaganda, correspondence from prisoners, documents from resistance groups, bank records from Nazi financiers, and much more.
Civil War Primary Source Documents
An archive of unique manuscripts chronicling the American Civil War as it was experienced. It covers all aspects of the war, including reactions and impressions from the home front
Consumer Reports
Access current and back issues of the independent nonprofit magazine that provides product testing and ratings, research, investigative journalism, public education, and more on behalf of consumers. Click on the “Search within this publication link” to look for articles on specific products.
Digital Public Library of America (dp.la)
The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Free community-curated directory that indexes and connects to full text, open access, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.
Gateway to North America
An archive chronicling the people and organizations of New York City during the 19th century. It is a unique collection of historical directories, member lists, travel guides and other rich sources.
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the sixteenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples of North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth.
Jersey Clicks – One Search
Find thousands of magazine and journal articles, primary sources, educational videos, encyclopedia articles, eBooks and more in just seconds. Need help? Check out this guide.
Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers
Archives covering topics like free speech, civil rights, immigration, and more, supporting the study of American legal history.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online
A ground-breaking resource for nineteenth-century studies, Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a multi-year global digitization and publishing program focused on primary source collections of the "long" nineteenth century.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Gale's Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers -- a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database -- provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers.
Political Extremism and Radicalism
Explore diverse content covering fringe political movements, including campaign materials, periodicals, propaganda, and more.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection
Essential primary source content and editorial perspectives of the most distinguished African American newspapers in the U.S. Each of the twelve Historical Black Newspapers provides researchers with unprecedented access to perspectives and information that was excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources.
Revolutionary War Era Orderly Book from the New York Historical Society
A unique archive of Orderly Books from between 1748 and 1817. It includes thousands of pages of primary source material providing valuable information about soldiers' lives.
Slavery and Anti-Slavery
The most ambitious project of its kind, the content of The most ambitious project of its kind, the content of Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is carefully reviewed by a renowned board of scholars and thematically arranged.
Women’s Studies Archive
Provides historical resources focusing on the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives in the 19th and 20th centuries.
STEAM
Fiero Code
A learn-to-code program for ages 8-18 (and beyond) offering fun games, tutorials, and projects to learn languages like Scratch, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and SQL.
Science.gov
Searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
Scholarships
Foundation Directory Online
An extensive database of philanthropic giving to help secure funding, accessible within the library system.
Technology
Fiero Code
A learn-to-code program for ages 8-18 (and beyond) offering fun games, tutorials, and projects to learn languages like Scratch, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and SQL.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) is a free research database that provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, and research reports in the field of library and information science. It offers searchable cited references, high-quality subject indexing, and supports learning through various access points in over 30 languages. The resource covers a wide range of subjects within library and information science, making it valuable for researchers and professionals in the field.
Niche Academy
Video tutorials covering a variety of information literacy topics essential for student success in conducting research and navigating the Library's electronic resources.
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ABCmouse
An award-winning online curriculum designed to help children ages 2-6+ build a strong foundation for future academic success.
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a full-text database offering access to a wide range of non-open access journals across disciplines. It includes comparative data on active journals in different versions of the database. The resource also enhances exposure to open access journals, features international content by region, offers searchable cited references, valuable video content, and high-quality subject indexing, making it a comprehensive tool for scholarly research and information access.
African American Historical Serials Collections
An archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals.
America’s News
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
America’s News (USA – New Jersey)
From NewsBank offers online access to 70 current and archived New Jersey news publications from Atlantic City to West Milford and everywhere in between, including local papers Hudson Reporter, Suburban News, The Bayonne Journal, and more.
American News Magazine
From NewsBank offers a selection of 45 current and archived national print and online magazines, newsletters, and journals, including Air & Space, The Atlantic, CityLab, Mother Jones, National Review, Newsweek, Parenting, Popular Science, Slate, Smithsonian, The Wire, and more.
Ancestry Library Edition
Access to millions of U.S. records, including censuses, birth, death, marriage, and immigration records.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Provides primary sources for studying the historical aspects of sex, sexuality, and gender from the sixteenth century onwards.
Archives Unbound – African American Collection
An academic collection covering the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans from 1900 to the present.
Archives Unbound – Holocaust Collection
Deep and broad in its coverage, this collection incorporates anti-Semitic propaganda, correspondence from prisoners, documents from resistance groups, bank records from Nazi financiers, and much more.
Art Magazine Collection Archives
Art Magazine Collection Archive presents a collection of three leading art magazines — Magazine Antiques, ArtNews and Art in America — covering contemporary art.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 1
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 2
An archive focusing on U.S. Hispanic history, literature, culture, civil rights, religion, and women's rights from colonial times to the 20th century.
Atla Historical Monograph Collection
An archive of religious and theological literature from the late 13th century to 1922. The collection covers diverse religious topics and includes many volumes in Aramaic, Arabic, Greek and Hebrew.
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Beanstack
A web and mobile app that tracks independent reading time, helping to build a culture of reading for all ages in libraries and at home.
Business Source Elite
Offers a diverse collection of business articles and journals on topics like economics, management, marketing, and finance for researchers, students, and professionals.
C
Civil War Primary Source Documents
An archive of unique manuscripts chronicling the American Civil War as it was experienced. It covers all aspects of the war, including reactions and impressions from the home front
Consumer Reports
Access current and back issues of the independent nonprofit magazine that provides product testing and ratings, research, investigative journalism, public education, and more on behalf of consumers. Click on the “Search within this publication link” to look for articles on specific products.
D
Digital Public Library of America (dp.la)
The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Free community-curated directory that indexes and connects to full text, open access, peer reviewed scientific and scholarly journals.
E
Ebony Magazine
Ebony Magazine Archive covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes more than 800 issues providing a broad view of African-American culture from its first issue in 1945 through 2014.
EBSCO Host: Career Preparation
Full text of over 1,800 magazines and newspapers with MasterFILE Premier, Business Source, and Health Source Plus. A variety of other tools for research are also available.
EBSCOhost
Full text of over 1,800 magazines and newspapers with MasterFILE Premier, Business Source, and Health Source Plus. A variety of other tools for research are also available.
ERIC
An educational database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, offering access to indexed and full-text education resources.
Explora Educator’s Edition
Grants access to professional education materials covering assessment, curriculum development, and pedagogical research.
Explora Primary Schools
Supports elementary curriculum with high-quality content from popular sources, including full-text databases, ebooks, and digital magazines.
Explora Secondary Schools
Provides high school students with resources to assist in conducting their own research.
F
FamilySearch
The Jersey City Free Public Library is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library! That means that genealogy researchers can now access many of FamilySearch’s restricted record sets from computers within any library branch! A free FamilySearch account is needed to log in and this service can not be accessed from home. Having a FamilySearch account will also allow you access to most of their collection from home, as well as resources like their research wiki, forums, and webinars!
Fiero Code
A learn-to-code program for ages 8-18 (and beyond) offering fun games, tutorials, and projects to learn languages like Scratch, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and SQL.
Fire Insurance Maps
Research the history of your house, your block or your neighborhood using historic maps from the mid-19th through mid-20th century. Search this collection of high-quality color scans of insurance atlases by address or map browse. Many of the historic atlases in the New Jersey Room collection are available online to library card holders.
Foundation Directory Online
An extensive database of philanthropic giving to help secure funding, accessible within the library system.
G
Gale: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Resource to assist in preparing for college and as well as careers with comprehensive test prep and career solutions.
Gateway to North America
An archive chronicling the people and organizations of New York City during the 19th century. It is a unique collection of historical directories, member lists, travel guides and other rich sources.
GreenFile
A database covering the environmental impact of human activities, offering access to scholarly and general-interest content.
H
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books on various health topics.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
A trusted database covering nursing and allied health topics with full-text resources.
Heritage Quest
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
Hoopla
Stream or download thousands of ebooks, comics, audiobooks, and music albums from major studios and publishers.
I
Image Collection
The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories, broken down as follows:
- Photographs
- Images from Canadian Press, Getty Images, and UPI
- Maps from Antenna Audio
- Photographs from public domain sources
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the sixteenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples of North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth.
J
Jersey Clicks – One Search
Find thousands of magazine and journal articles, primary sources, educational videos, encyclopedia articles, eBooks and more in just seconds. Need help? Check out this guide.
Jersey Journal and Star-Ledger Archives
Search or browse by date through the most recent five years of Jersey City’s longest-running newspaper, the Jersey Journal, as well as the Newark Star-Ledger from 1989-present. For a direct link to the historic Jersey Journal from 1867-2018, see the entry under Local History and Genealogy.
Jersey Journal Archives (1867 – 2018)
Search or browse by date through Jersey City’s longest-running newspaper. For the more recent years of the Jersey Journal and the Newark Star-Ledger from 1989-present, see the link under “Newspapers and Magazines.” For help with this or any local history resource contact the NJ Room at 201-547-4503 or njroom@jclibrary.org
JerseyClicks
New Jersey's portal for high-quality databases covering health, history, business, education, science, and more.
K
Kanopy
Provides access to a wide selection of feature films, educational videos, and the Great Courses series.
Khan Academy
Offers a library of over 2,600 videos and practice exercises covering subjects from arithmetic to physics and more.
L
LearningExpress Library Complete
An easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, learn basic computer skills, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.
Legal Information Reference Center
Contains over 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms for consumer legal reference.
LGBTQ eBooks from Gale
A comprehensive eBook collection promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, allowing patrons to explore LGBTQ stories and topics.
Libby/Overdrive
A user-friendly app to borrow and read e-books and audiobooks from your local library on mobile devices.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) is a free research database that provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, and research reports in the field of library and information science. It offers searchable cited references, high-quality subject indexing, and supports learning through various access points in over 30 languages. The resource covers a wide range of subjects within library and information science, making it valuable for researchers and professionals in the field.
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive full-text database that covers various literary genres and time periods. It offers classic and contemporary poems, short stories, novels, critical essays, and more, along with valuable features for students and educators such as Google integration, text-to-speech, citation tools, and lesson plans. Accessible via multiple platforms, this resource supports curriculum delivery and provides a wealth of content to enhance the study of literature.
M
Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers
Archives covering topics like free speech, civil rights, immigration, and more, supporting the study of American legal history.
MasterFILE Elite
MasterFILE Elite is a full-text database designed for public libraries, offering access to a wide range of magazines, reference books, and images. With over 900 full-text magazines and journals, it covers subjects like business, health, education, science, and multicultural issues, along with a collection of 2 million images. The user-friendly interface allows patrons to easily search and retrieve content, making it a valuable resource for general reference.
MedlinePlus
Offers information from the National Library of Medicine on diseases, conditions, and wellness in understandable language.
Middle Search Plus
An online resource for middle school students with access to magazines, books, primary source documents, and videos on various subjects.
Miss Humblebee’s Academy
An interactive online learning solution for children ages 3 to 6, focusing on kindergarten readiness.
MorningStar
Provides financial education resources for investors at all levels, from beginners to experts, from a trusted name in the investment world.
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National Review Archive
National Review Archive offers complete indexing, abstracting and full text for the magazine dating back to the first issue in 1955. National Review has been an important American journal of opinion and has consistently provided readers with well-reasoned editorial commentary on critical issues.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Niche Academy
Video tutorials covering a variety of information literacy topics essential for student success in conducting research and navigating the Library's electronic resources.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online
A ground-breaking resource for nineteenth-century studies, Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a multi-year global digitization and publishing program focused on primary source collections of the "long" nineteenth century.
Nineteenth Century Newspapers
Over twenty newspaper titles published in Hudson County from 1829-1889, totaling over 75,000 pages, have been newly digitized from microfilm and are freely browsable and searchable online. Combined with the digital Jersey [Evening] Journal available with a library card and the Jersey City News at the Library of Congress site, all known 19th-century Hudson County newspapers are now available digitally.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Gale's Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers -- a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database -- provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers.
NJ State Library
The State Library keeps an updated and comprehensive list of resources for residents looking for help finding employment, housing, medical care and more.
NoveList (All Ages)
Provides recommended reading lists to keep your reading pile filled with great books across various genres.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Helps younger readers find books that match their reading level and interests with trusted read-alike recommendations.
NYTimes
Our New York Times subscription includes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, with reporting from over 120 countries in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
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Points of View Reference Center
Helps researchers understand the full scope of controversial subjects with resources designed for public, academic, and high school libraries.
Political Extremism and Radicalism
Explore diverse content covering fringe political movements, including campaign materials, periodicals, propaganda, and more.
PressReader
Access today's newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in more than 60 languages.
Primary Search
Offers elementary students full-text access to children's magazines, e-books, and encyclopedia entries, with articles assigned reading level indicators.
ProQuest
An ebook database with over 48,000 titles for pleasure reading, professional development, and personal interests, featuring search, highlight, and annotation tools.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection
Essential primary source content and editorial perspectives of the most distinguished African American newspapers in the U.S. Each of the twelve Historical Black Newspapers provides researchers with unprecedented access to perspectives and information that was excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources.
PubMed Central
A free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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Reference USA
An online tool delivering real-time access to detailed information on millions of U.S. businesses and residents.
Referencia Latina
A comprehensive Spanish-language database offering content including encyclopedia entries and various sources.
Regional Business News
Features comprehensive, daily-updated full-text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Religions of America
Discover the history and unique character of religious movements that originated in the United States and Canada.
Revolutionary War Era Orderly Book from the New York Historical Society
A unique archive of Orderly Books from between 1748 and 1817. It includes thousands of pages of primary source material providing valuable information about soldiers' lives.
Rosetta Stone
Offers language learning through an immersion method for new languages, ESL learning, or skill enhancement via a downloadable app. Learn how to use Rosetta Stone via the downloadable app by visiting https://www.jclibrary.org/stone.
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Science.gov
Searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
Slavery and Anti-Slavery
The most ambitious project of its kind, the content of The most ambitious project of its kind, the content of Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is carefully reviewed by a renowned board of scholars and thematically arranged.
Small Business Reference Center
Provides small business owners with full-text books, videos, reports, and state-specific resources on various business topics.
Social Explorer
Social Explorer is a powerful tool to access and work with current and historic demographic data. Use Social Explorer to visually explore demographic information, from census and economic data to election and religion data, and more.
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the popular sports magazine dating from its very first issue in August 1954 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format
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Teacher Reference Center
A free database for educators providing abstracts and indexing for peer-reviewed journals on various educational topics.
The Palace Project
An e-reader app that allows access to more eBooks and audiobooks in one place, including thousands of free titles to keep indefinitely. Getting Started Guide: https://ww2.jclibrary.org/pguide
Time Magazine
The Time Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
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Udemy
Offers more than 6,000 on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors in business, technology, and design.
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Women’s Studies Archive
Provides historical resources focusing on the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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