Databases and Other Online Resources

ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more.

AccuQuote.com allows you to search hundreds of top rated providers and provides half a dozen quotes for you to pick from.

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Exploring more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History Online offers many exciting features, including more than 85 historical videos that bring history to life. The extensively hyperlinked entries in this comprehensive database include subject entries, primary sources, images and videos, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and more. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase or browse by topic and by time period—from eight historical periods relevant specifically to African-American history. In addition, biographies can be browsed by occupation and primary sources by type.

LAWRENCE BRANCH ONLY. Online resource of diagnostic and repair information for foreign and domestic cars. You must use either Internet Explorer or Firefox to access this database. It is not supported in any other browser.

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American Indian History Online offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history through event and topic entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline entries. The "Tribes and Culture Areas" section is easy to browse with a helpful tabbed list of tribes, representing more than 600 Native American groups, and a browse-by-culture-area feature. This award-winning database allows for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

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American Women's History Online is an authoritative reference database containing biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specific timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women's history. More than 60 historical videos cover such topics as working women, women in politics, and changing women's fashions. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase, or they can browse by topic and by time period—from nine historical periods relevant specifically to women's history.

A subscription online genealogical research database

Located in Hamilton, Mercer county, New Jersey for Consumers and Small Businesses. Computer repairs and services.

Formerly known as Ask Jeeves

Provides access to professional genealogists in the United States and abroad.  Links with other professional genealogical associations. Web version of membership directory.

Use this site to find the best new-car deal out on the web. Additional information on financing options, car auctions, used car prices, insurance prices and car repairs.

Popular Chinese search engine

Contains consumer and business information on scam alerts, accuracy in advertising, charity monitoring and marketplace complaints and inquiries. Includes a directory of BBB offices in the U.S. and Canada.

Investment charting and research site

A commercial site featuring ratings of online stores based on direct customer feedback. Lets consumers comparison shop for price and quality.

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Bloom's Literature features content from Facts On File's extensive print literature collection, hundreds of Harold Bloom's essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and thousands of critical articles published by noted scholars under the Bloom's Literary Criticism imprint. This accessible database also contains an archive of more than 46,000 characters; extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, genres, and authors; almost 200 video segments; and more. Handy browse and search features include in-text links, record links, and numerous options for further research. Entries can be browsed by time period within American, British, and world literature; by author type; by literary genre; by nationality; by an A-to-Z list; and by subject for images and videos. Author biographies link to a list of major works, and works are linked to a list of principal characters.

Dedicated to assisting people with their British family history research.

Company Profiles; Country Reports; Industry Profiles; Market Research Reports

A popular business research database, featuring the full text for more than 2,200 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998.

Learn how to buy a car and avoid scams, extended warranty scams, tips, buying a warranty direct, a guide to discount car buying, car secrets, car buying books and magazines and a free spreadsheet download area.

Users can search for jobs by location and occupation and can register with a virtual placement agency; also has a link for employers to post jobs.

A career resource center which partners with other sites for job information. Testing and advice are also offered.

Lots of info to help you research cars.

Contains surnames in English and Spanish on the 1990 Census, age search services and access to information about individuals in Fact Finder For The Nation.

A snapshot of demographics, finances, economics and other quality-of-life factors so you can find a place where you'll feel at home.

Provides a comprehensive overview of 80 chronic illnesses and information on condition-specific support services and resources.

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