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.

(Facts on File)
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."

An easy to use site which contains government, academic and private listings for job announcements as well as tips for résumé writing, interviewing and job searching in general.

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.

Contains publications grouped by topics. Choose any of the topics listed to narrow your search for a specific publication.

Site has links to 1200 consumer resources.

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

This site is becoming the top destination on the Net for savings both on-line and off-line. Includes retailers, restaurant chains, travel providers and online merchants. Serving currently 2.5 million shoppers.

Curriculum Resource Center gives teachers fast access to thousands of easily reproduced handouts to supplement text and lesson plans used in middle school, high school, and junior college classrooms. This expansive collection of maps, full-color diagrams, images, experiments, timelines, and other visual educational resources is conveniently arranged. Each handout can be saved, emailed, printed, or distributed for educational purposes. “How to Cite” guidance includes examples of full citations in MLA, 7th Edition; Chicago Manual of Style; and APA styles.

New Jersey genealogy sites on the Internet by category.

Learn how to exercise your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act — and how to recognize debt-related scams and frauds.

Popular search engine that claims it does not collect or share any of your personal information.

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

Offers quotes for most major health insurers as well as the ability to compare coverage, and find plans that include your current doctor.

This is a version of the Britannica specifically for children.

Regarded as one of the most scholarly of English language encyclopedias, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,400 contributors.

Order your credit profile here.

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.

Pdf from the New Jesey Department of Banking and Insurance

In-depth investigations of today's top issues.

Provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Ancestor search, other genealogy resources.

The FTC enforces a variety of federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. This site includes Consumer Line, the on-line service of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Contains wide range of labor demographics and statistics; includes online version of Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

Features a collection of popular magazines that are available as full issues, in full color on your computer or portable device. For more information on using Flipster, see the Getting Started With Flipster PDF, available from Ebsco, creators of Flipster.

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.

From Roots Web.

Provided by The Learning Company. Genealogy links, searchable name database, news, suggestions and how-to lists. Good site for beginners.

"When you have questions or need hands-on technical support for your Mac, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, or iPhone, you can get friendly, expert advice at the Genius Bar in any Apple Retail Store. The Genius Bar is home to resident 'Geniuses'. Trained by Apple, they have extensive knowledge of Apple products and can answer all your technical questions. In fact, Geniuses can take care of everything from troubleshooting problems to actual repairs. Want to speak to a Genius? Make an appointment ahead of time to guarantee your space."

Google is the world's most popular search engine. 

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.)

Look into health insurance options, get information about Medicare and Medicaid, and more.

Choose Login by Library Card and  use the first 5 digits of your Library Card number to access Omnigraphics Health Reference Series, an invaluable medical resource that will give you access to numerous health reference resources.

Designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research, this database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.

Life insurance quotes, car insurance quotes, health insurance quotes, and more.

Links to other websites on Italy and genealogy. Surname database. Links to family home pages. Instructions for obtaining declaration of intention and naturalization papers.

Get detailed information on occupations that suit your interests. Access current job listings from over 5 million job postings, which are collected from all major job boards. Create professional resumes and cover letters, master interviewing and networking techniques, and more. Job & Career Accelerator is your guide to getting hired!

The Juju job search engine aggregates millions of jobs from thousands of sources; the link above leads specifically to Mercer County jobs, but once on the site, users can broaden or restrict the geographical parameters.

Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.

Lexis® Research System provides the most expansive collection of online content available anywhere and the tools you need to extract the essentials from the overwhelming amount of information available. Spend less time searching, more time developing your strategies with LexisNexis.

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.

Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. It covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.

Founded in 1995

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.

This is an excellent tool for comparing Medicare Part D prescription drug policies. You can check out premiums and co-pays for Part D plans.

Find out who is conducting genealogy research on Mercer County and let others know what families you are interested in researching on this site. Great source for local Mercer County history.

Popular middle school database

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites

Locate, research and apply for jobs world-wide. Also has career advice and job fair information.

Investment Research Database

Find out what your car is worth or get insurance quotes on the NADA website. Additional information on lemon laws.

As the nation's largest financial counseling organization, the NFCC Member Agency Network includes more than 700 community-based offices located in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. NFCC Member Agencies provide financial counseling and education to millions of consumers each year in person, over the phone, or online.

The department of the devolved Scottish Administration responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland.

Noted for its thoughtful, up-to-date, reliable and careful compilation, Nations of the World offers political, economic and business information on all the nations of the world in an easy-to-use, single source.

The first stop for most job seekers in New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

View all the current job vacancies in the Civil Service database.

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

Do you have a consumer question, issue or complaint? Assistance is available from the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs.

Forum for genealogists to post New Jersey genealogy information and queries. This forum is presented by Genealogy.com.

Browse thousands of help wanted ads in the Trenton Times, Star-Ledger and many other NJ papers; also job openings are arranged by area of NJ.

Links to genealogical resources the State Library has to offer.

Receive electronic newsletters notifying you of when library materials, in a range of categories including the latest book and movie releases, are available for requests.

This site allows New Jersey workers to file a new claim for Unemployment Insurance Benefits or reopen an existing Unemployment Insurance claim over the Internet.

NoveList K-8 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.

NoveList Plus 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.

The federal government’s website to help you be safe, secure and responsible online.

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. 

A complete guide to local community groups, organizations, foundations, and charities plus timely information about advocacy issues, workshops, and other items of interest in the non-profit sector. Sports for causes, family resources and support groups, athletic and business oriented clubs, drug and alcohol support groups, and groups offering help to the disabled, senior citizens, teens, and animals are all listed.

Pronunciator is the world's largest language-learning service. It has 75 languages, and 50 languages in which to learn them — for a total of 3,750 possible course combinations. [iT] offer[s] a way to learn a new language for over 95% of the world's population. Pronunciator [offers] the full range of language skills -- reading, writing, listening, and speaking -- in a structured, building-block approach. Within each language, Pronunciator offers up to 10,000 phrases; 354 hours of audio lessons; 8 types of interactive drills; and 6 types of scored quizzes.

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.

Provides a handy index of employment  resources including job postings, industry listings and job skill development sites; also has résumé and cover letter links.

Rosetta Stone Inc. is dedicated to changing people's lives through the power of language and literacy education. The company's innovative, personalized language and reading programs drive positive learning outcomes in thousands of schools, businesses, government organizations and for millions of individual learners around the world.

This part of a larger website helps to compare salaries of similar job titles located in the same region.

Comprised of:
Milestone Documents in American History;
Milestone Documents of American Leaders;
The Seventies in America;
The Eighties in America;
The Nineties in America; Great Lives from History:
The Renaissance & Early Modern Era;
The 17th Century;
The 18th Century;
Notorious Lives;
Inventors and Inventions;
Great Events from History: The Renaissance & Early Modern Era;
Encyclopedia of American Immigration.
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)

Interface including all of the Salem Literature, History, Science and Health databases that MCL offers.

Comprised of:
Earth Science: Earth Materials and Resources
Earth Science: Earth’s Weather, Water, and Atmosphere
Encyclopedia of Energy
Encyclopedia of Global Warming
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)

Offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats. Organized by subject area and type of resource, as well as by national and state science education standards. High-quality print, email, reduce-and-enlarge-text, and save-to-folder capabilities, plus a help page, are also available.

This database offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as the necessary tools and instructions to address a wide-range of small business topics. In addition, it provides business videos, a help and advice section, and information on how to create business plans.

Clear explanation of what archives are. Information on donating materials to archives. Primarily of interest to archivists.

Allows visitors to explore the extraordinary collection of immigrant arrival records stored in the Ellis Island Archives.

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.

Contains immigration forms, statistics, studies and reports.

Home page for USGenWeb Project. State pages. State Archive pages. Links to transcribed census materials. Cemetery transcriptions and volunteer look-ups for cemeteries.

Get in touch with nonprofits that need you.

"Computational Knowledge Engine"

World Geography and Culture Online enhances the study of countries, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills. This comprehensive reference site makes it easy to study all aspects of a country, with facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, and more. In addition, comprehensive entries about the U.S. states are also available. Ideal for history and geography classrooms and projects as well as for general country and U.S. state research, this online resource features an easy-to-navigate interface, search and browse tools, and tabbed search results.

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