Databases and Other Online Resources

Scholarly Resource Providing Full-Text, Academic Journals Covering the Major Areas of Academic Research This resource was designed for the premier researcher, rich with the most valuable, comprehensive multidisciplinary content available. As a leading scholarly database, it provides access to acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources.

Links to Freedmen's bureaus, emigrants to Liberia, state archives, slave entries in wills, etc. Links to articles, many specialized postings.

A site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general.

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A comprehensive database covering the most important individuals, events, and topics in US history. The thousands of entries include biographies, maps, timelines, primary source documents, and images. Extensive overview essays provide detail on each time period.

Portraits of more than 17,400 men and women from all eras and walks of life whose lives have shaped the nation.

More than 1500 searchable databases. Guides to searching genealogical records. Message board for queries.

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Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of nine civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, ancient and medieval Asia, and Islamic Empire. Covering prehistory through the 1500s, this authoritative online database features a user-friendly interface. Users can research each civilization in depth or use the browse feature to conduct comparative studies of events and developments across civilizations.

Still a popular search engine

Links with cemetery pages, other  organizations with cemetery interests and preservation groups. Book reviews. Frequently asked questions page.

Pdf from the New Jesey Department of Banking and Insurance

One of the most comprehensive lemon law sites on the Internet. Links to state lemon laws, the Uniform Commercial Code and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act are on this site.

Independent, objective financial information. Manage your credit, watch market rates, check your financial institution, calculate your loan payments, do on-line banking and "Master The Basics" a collection of in-depth how-to information on financial issues.

This is a link to the Better Business Bureau Office in Mercer County. BBS services online include reports on businesses and charities, complaint forms for alternative dispute resolution and a resource library. Additional links to programs and services, advertising information, etc.

Microsoft's answer to Google

Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.

"Since 2006 Blueclone remains rated one of Central NJ's best Technology Companies by area Businesses, Government, Institution & Non-profit Organizations."

Principal fact finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Jobs with the BLS are listed under “USA Jobs” site above.

Business Source Elite provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management and economics journals. It includes publications covering topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, etc. Business Source Elite offers full text for nearly 1,000 business publications and contains expanded PDF backfiles for more than 150 titles (back to 1985 or the first issue published for that journal). More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.

Mission: "To facilitate the discovery of our roots and family histories as a basic part of our Canadian heritage. To encourage the use of genealogy and the resources available in libraries and archives as tools for life-long learning."

Prepare for a career exam, explore occupations, and improve your workplace skills here. Includes Civil Service exams

Site has searchable job board, salary information and employer ratings based on statistical data.

Directory of over 6,000 links to jobs, career services and related topics.

An "educational project of The Battery Conservancy. This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened."

Home page of the Central Jersey Genealogical Club. Includes meeting schedules, links to genealogy pages/information, and the ability to post a “local inquiry” (Central Jersey Genealogical Club does not conduct research).

Excellent site for tracking down long lost friends that you went to school with or relatives who may have registered with the site. Free registration required to use this service.

Tips to help you avoid scams and fraud.

Ratings and recommendations from Consumer Reports' product testing research center. An on-line subscription is required for some reports, but some free information is available.

Non-profit Credit counseling, debt consolidation and credit card help through financial education and debt management plans.

Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Database provided by the New Jersey State Library.

New Jersey’s Premier Online Business to Business Directory.

Over 42,000 links, categorized and cross-indexed in over 100 categories.

Learn about common debt problems, including filing for bankruptcy.

With comprehensive coverage of 101 industries, Business Information Resources provides ways for users to find new customers, increase customer loyalty, and improve the bottom line.

Locate magazine articles on a wide range of topics including general reference, business, financial and health related magazines.

Check out new and used car and truck prices, review, road tests, safety information and consumer advice.

A downloadable digital media collection provided by libraries in central New Jersey (formerly ListenNJ).

This is a version of the Britannica specifically geared toward the needs of Young Adults.

Rates and analyzes products including electronics, sports & leisure, office, house & home, kitchen, health, automotive, and lawn & garden.

The Education Resource Information Center provides access to educational literature and resources. This database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.

This site has employment links to jobs overseas for many countries; also contains housing and education opportunities.

An "information solutions" company. Whether that’s through pre-screen for credit offers, sophisticated fraud prevention systems, database development and  analysis, specialized lists, or customized mailings, it's here to provide decision support to you at every step of the way.

Links to over 70,000 websites organized by categories. Message boards for queries.

"Fast-teks offers a full range of IT solutions to meet your entire business and personal needs."

Provided by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. Fee charged for membership. Information on over 500 genealogical societies, conferences, etc.

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The critically acclaimed Ferguson's Career Guidance Center features exclusive, wide-ranging content that is accessible and intuitively organized. Known for its unprecedented depth of coverage and variety of user-friendly content formats, this comprehensive career research database is broken down into three main sections: Job and Industry Profiles, Job-Hunting and Workplace Skills, and Career and Industry Resources. The material is drawn from a range of authoritative sources and is extensively indexed.

This is a downloadable music service featuring 8 million songs in a wide variety of genres, ranging from classical to today’s hot hits

Details about your rights under the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act, which established the free annual credit report program.

Comprised of:
Novels for Students
Poetry for Students
Short Stories for Students
Drama for Students

Comprised of: Biography: Contemporary Black Biography; Contemporary Musicians; Newsmakers 2010 Cumulation, 2010; Business: Business Plans Handbook; Education: College Bluebook, 2011 & 2012; Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans: A Guide to Education-Related Financial Aid Programs for Students and Professionals, 2011 & 2012 eds.; Environment: American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America: Eastern region, 2011; General Reference: Digital Photography Essentials, 2011; Essential World Atlas, 2011; Literature: Novels for Students; Poetry for Students; Short Stories for Students; Drama for Students; Multicultural Studies: Contemporary Black Biography; Travel: Alaska, 2010; Boston, 2011; California, 2010; Chicago, 2010; Florida, 2010.

"Are you fed up with the hassle of disassembling your PC and hauling it to a repair shop every time it needs service-only to wait a week or more to get it back? Our trusted technicians will come directly to your home to solve your computer troubles right on-the-spot. Simply call us to select an appointment time to fit your schedule. We offer same-day and after-hours service."

Are you looking for a speaker? Planning your next conference, all-day seminar, or yearly lecture schedule? The Speakers Guild Directory was created for you.

Links to vital records, cemeteries, obituaries and more.

An online bulletin board where you can post questions or messages about your family and read replies from others interested in the name.

A free inside look at jobs and companies. Find jobs and see company salaries, reviews, and interviews – all posted anonymously by employees.

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. (Via JerseyClicks.)

[To connect from home: Click on PUBLIC LIBRARY barcode login link.] What did people eat, wear, use? What did they hope, invent, sing? We spend most of our lives preoccupied with mundane but essential things. Our activities rarely rise to the level of greatness, and that was true in the past as well. If we are to understand history, we must look at people's everyday lives. Greenwood Daily Life Online brings history up close by providing award-winning content in an authoritative and accessible database.

Includes more than 585 educational videos on a wide range of health topics, more than 1,100 searchable and browsable color illustrations, and a “Health in the News” section with regularly updated health news articles.

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide.

Download audiovisual material including music, comic books, and video productions.

Interdisciplinary, interactive databases on a wide range of  subjects, such as Science, History, Geography, Curriculum Resources, Health Reference Center, and Ferguson's Career Guidance Center.

"Irish Roots provides guidelines for finding your Irish Ancestry and information on the origins of Irish Surnames."

Links that concentrate on patterns and customs of Jewish heritage - including discussion groups, research links, organizations, etc.

JRD Tech provides New Jersey with Computer Repair NJ, Onsite Computer Repair NJ (In-home), laptop repair nj, and malware / virus removal. We service all computer / laptop makes and models including all Apple Mac, iMac, Macbook. Microsoft Windows (95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7) and OSX.

New and used car, truck and motorcycle prices. Search for financing and insurance. Do a "Clean Title History" check.

Legal Information Reference Center contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed "how-to" instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues.

Provides indexing and abstracting for key library and information science journals, books, research reports and more.

A comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

PARCC Test Rehearsal and Practice Resources: Innovative Supplemental Programs to Increase Student Achievement

Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.

Mango is a fun, easy to use online language-learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for 6 different languages including English as a second language for speakers of Spanish and for speakers of Mandarin Chinese. It's so easy to use, you'll see incredible results after just one lesson!

Provides full text for magazines, reference books, and primary source documents. Also provides an Image Collection containing photos, maps & flags.

You have the option to complete a general or personalized plan search. A personalized search may provide you with more accurate cost estimates and coverage information.

Courtesy of GasBuddy.com

Offers workforce readiness services and career resources that are accessible to all jobseekers, students and employers.

Popular middle school database

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Modern World History Online covers the full scope of world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of fully hyperlinked subject entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, primary sources, and timeline entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history. Unique Topic Centers pull forward interesting entries handpicked by our editors to help users find a starting point for their research. Users can search content by keyword or phrase or browse by topic, region, or era, corresponding to the National Standards for World History depending on their needs

Genealogists and family history buffs can find many sources of useful information by visiting Mercer County or via the Internet.

A unique feature of this site is the ability to calculate cost of living and salary ratios for U.S. cities. Includes data on local school districts for those moving to a given area.

National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is a coordinated campaign that encourages consumers nationwide to take full advantage of their consumer rights and make better-informed decisions in the marketplace. NCPW takes place each year during the first or second week of March.

Site map provides quick access to specific areas. Online catalog for NGS Library. Book and CD-ROM reviews. Listing of other genealogical home pages.

Search for jobs by industry, view the employer directory and sign up for email for potential matches with employers.

Informational pdf from the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.

Links to Cemetery sites on that are listed on the Internet. Browse by county.

Lists general and specific information regarding New Jersey Supreme, County and Superior Courts. Judiciary and law related jobs are listed by county.

Health care related jobs with New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services are listed here.

NJGenWeb Project page, organized by county. Links to New Jersey genealogical resources - genealogical and historical societies, New Jersey newspapers on the Web. Lists of addresses for professional genealogists and LDS Family History Centers in New Jersey.

“Free New Jersey Genealogy Data and Links.”

"The State Archives is New Jersey's official research center for public records of enduring historical value. Considering that many vital records, land documents, probate records and military service papers were filed centrally by the Colony and State of New Jersey, the State Archives is a treasure trove for genealogists and historians. The State Archives is also the official repository for microfilm of county clerks’ and surrogates’ records produced by the LDS Church and of film of local newspapers produced by the New Jersey Newspaper Project. Current holdings amount to over 37,000 cubic feet of paper records and over 32,000 reels of microfilm. Our records date from the founding of New Jersey as a British colony in 1664 up to the present."

The Office of Vital Statistics and Registry registers vital events and maintains the following vital records:

• Birth, marriage and death records back to 1901
• Domestic partnership records back to 2004
• Civil union records back to 2007
• Adoptions – foreign and domestic
• Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth data back to 1969

Part of the teacher recruitment initiative, this site lists teaching positions by region, county, zip, or school district and by job type

NoveList is the premiere database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world. It is a comprehensive source of information about books that includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more.

NoveList K-8 Plus is a database about books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers. Includes nonfiction works.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook online from the U.S. Department of Labor.  This source provides alphabetical listings of job descriptions and forecasts their growth potential.

Surf safely by getting the lowdown from this FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection site.

Personal Finance articles from eHow.

A full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles.

Popular elementary school database.

General IT Services; Data Recovery; Virus & Spyware Removal; Networks; Computer Repair/Upgrades (Mac and PC); Web Development; Consulting. Housecalls in the following areas: Princeton, Princeton Junction, West Windsor, Plainsboro, Skillman, Hopewell, Pennington, Lawrenceville.

Professional Development Collection includes full text for more than 500 high-quality education journals.

The full-page images of this digitized newspaper provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with cover-to-cover access to recent newspaper content. Every page is full-text searchable.  Coverage: 2008 - recent (3-month embargo).

Find recruiters for your profession using this site.  Resumes can be posted by job seekers.

This comprehensive database offers content from a variety of sources, including an inclusive collection of images, health reports, and full text for reference books and general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Additionally, the resource covers a full spectrum of Spanish-language scholarships inside and outside academia.

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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. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Links to many sites and files, some with descriptions. Links to many USGenWeb sites. Surname and US county resources indexes.

This site, created by the American Bar Association, will help you order safely when shopping online

Comprised of: Magill's Medical Guide; Genetics and Inherited Conditions; Infectious Diseases & Conditions.
To access this database from home:
Click on the second tab for Remote Access Login
Enter the password: mercercols (the password is not case sensitive)

Comprised of: Critical Insights: James Baldwin; Critical Insights: Toni Morrison; Critical Insights: John Steinbeck; Critical Insights: Tennessee Williams; Masterplots.
To access this database from home: Click on the second tab for Remote Access Login Enter the password: mercercols (the password is not case sensitive)

Covers notable theories, people, social issues, life stages, the physiology and anatomy of the nervous system, and various mental illnesses or conditions, 
To access this database from home:
Click on the second tab for Remote Access Login
Enter the password: mercercols (the password is not case sensitive)

Site includes links to digital collections, exhibitions, history and "Selected Internet sources of information on Africa and the African Diaspora."

A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.

"The Death Master File (DMF) ... currently contains over 89 million records and is updated weekly. The file is created from internal SSA records of deceased persons possessing social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the SSA."

Describes three New Jersey programs: Individual Health Coverage Program (IHC), Small Employer Health Benefits Program (SEH), and NJ Protect (for uninsured New Jerseyans with pre-existing medical conditions).

A research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 200 peer-reviewed journals.

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICsearch™ contains full text for over 140,000 articles from nearly 260 diverse sources including international newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Regulatory agency that administers the Federal Securities Law. Using the EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval) search, you can find all filings made by public companies and mutual funds. The SEC also provides investor education and assistance, as well as on-line investing tips.

Site hosted by the United States Office of Personnel Management, has links to federal job vacancies throughout the United States, including Federal Civil Service Test Announcements. Every vacancy in the United States Government is on this site.

Promoting Service in Central New Jersey

Covers minimum wage, overtime, hours worked, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Child Labor regulations, etc.

"Computational Knowledge Engine"

The World Almanac® for Kids Online expands on the contents of The World Almanac® for Kids print edition, along with other award-winning reference books from World Almanac®, Chelsea House, and Facts On File. A natural complement to the curriculum, the online site provides resources for homework, reports, and projects. Kids can explore grade-appropriate topics in a fun format while developing online research skills with a trusted source

News-centric search engine