Matawan Aberdeen Library

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	Academic Search Premier The world's largest multi-discipline database with critical research designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains full-text coverage in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer sciences, medical sciences, social sciences, psychology, and humanities.
	Acces Video Watch thousands of full length, high quality videos on a variety of subjects including arts & architecture, communication, health & wellness, literature & language arts, music & dance, philosophy & religion, and world languages.
	Acces World News Search current and archived local, state, national and international full-text articles on issues, events, business, government, sports and more with over 4,000 newspapers, newswires, news videos, transcripts and other news sources including the Record (1985-Current), Star-Ledger (5/10/89-Current), and USA Today (7/1/87-Current).
	African-American History Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American History
	America's Genealogy Bank Quickly find your ancestors in over 300 years of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and government reports. Search over 1,000 newspapers; the American State Papers; US Congressional Serial Set and more. Find obituaries, birth & marriage notices; pension records etc. Read every article on every page of the newspaper.
	America's Obituaries and Death Notices The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Extensive editorial review of all newspaper sections ensures thorough selection of obituaries for easy access. An easy-to-use interface allows searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliations, geographic locations, philanthropic activities, etc.
	American History Online Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
	American Indian History Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage.
	American Women's History Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States.
	Ancient and Medieval History Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
	Asbury Park Press from ProQuest ProQuest offers this search tool to find articles from the Asbury Park Press' archives.
	Bloom's Literary Reference Bloom's Literary Reference examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
	Biography Collection Complete Biography Collection Complete offers a comprehensive collection of more than 177,000 full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas.
	Biography Resource Center from Gale Biography Resource Center is the premier biography database, containing narrative biographies and full-text articles from respected periodicals. It is a powerful one-stop solution for those conducting research on any person of note from all over the world and throughout history.
	Business Source Premier The world’s definitive scholarly business database, providing indexing and abstracts for active, peer-reviewed, business related journals encompassing the 350 most important scholarly journals back to 1965 or the first published issue. This database includes searchable cited references for 1,205 journals.
	Career Transitions Career Transitions is a self-paced resource that walks the job-seeker through the entire process of landing a job. No matter where you are in life, Career Transitions helps you take the next step.
	Contemporary Authors Contemporary Authors helps researchers discover biographical details on approximately 116,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. The most-studied literary figures of the early 20th century, and authors from around the world are featured in this award-winning reference resource.
	Curriculum Resource Center Curriculum Resource Center provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle school, high school, and junior college curriculum.
	Digital Literacy This is the destination for digital literacy resources and collaboration. Use it to share and enhance the tools necessary to learn computer and Internet skills needed in today’s global work environment. Digital Literacy.gov is brought to you by the Nation Telecommunications and Information Administration.
	EBSCO Mobile for iOS Devices EBSCO databases and research tools can now be accessed from your iOS(iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) mobile device. You can click the piture or the link above for a link to the iTunes store to get the app. Then visit any EBSCO database (like Biography Collection Complete) from your computer and click the link for the iOS app at the bottom of the page. EBSCO will email you instrusctions on how to activate your app.
	ERIC - Educational Resource Information Center ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added multiple times per week. If available, links to full-text are included. Within the ERIC Collection, you will find records for journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, and policy papers.
	Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Ferguson's Career Guidance Center provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, more than 55,000 resource entries and much more!
	Financial Rating Series Online Combines the strength of Weiss Ratings and TheStreet Ratings to offer the library community with a single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering Insurance, Banks, Mutual Funds and Stocks.
	Freegal Music Freegal is a downloadable music service which provides access to the catalog of artists in Sony Music Entertainment. There are roughly 500,000 songs, from 27,000 different artists, and 50,000 albums. Over 120 genres of music are covered. Our cardholders are able to download up to three songs per week. Freegal works with any MP3 device, including iPods. Downloads use the MP3 format and are not restricted by digital rights management (DRM) which means the patron retains access to the music which becomes part of their personal collection.
	Generations Online Generations Online offers first time computer users a place where they can become acquainted to the basic uses of the computer and the internet.
	Green File 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.
	Health Reference Center Health Reference Center provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health and the human body.
	Health Source This database is the richest collection of consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines.
	History Reference Center History Reference Center is the world's most comprehensive full-text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
	Job and Career Accelerator Create resumes and cover letters, learn interviewing techniques, and prepare for related exams. Access millions of job listings.
	Kid's Edition from Proquest Get a kid's-eye view of daily life in countries around the world
	Learning Express Library Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want - at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to help you get the one that's right for you.
	LISTA Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts. LISTA indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.
	Listen NJ ListenNJ offers access to ebook and audio book downloads to your portable device with your Matawan Aberdeen Library Card. Select "Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium" as your library upon checkout.
	Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
	Mango Languages Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more. Also offers English lessons tailored to a selection of native languages.
	Marshall Cavendish A customizable, Web-based, digital collection of reference works featuring remote access and the same high-quality, well-illustrated, authoritative, accurate, and in-depth content for which Marshall Cavendish is known.
	MAS Ultra School Edition MAS Ultra School Edition is a comprehensive full-text general reference database designed for high school and junior college libraries. This database includes searchable full-text of articles, reports and special issues from nearly 200 of the most wanted K-12 magazines.
	Master FILE Premier MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full-text for more than 1,950 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.
	Matawan Journal The Matawan Journal offers online access to its back issues printed from 1870 through 1973
	Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus contains full-text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). full-text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets.
	Modern World History Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history from mid-15th century to the present.
	New York Times from ProQuest ProQuest offers this search tool to find articles from the New York Times' archives.
	Novelist Plus NoveList Plus is a comprehensive online readers' advisory tool used to search hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more.
	Novelist Plus K-8 Focuses on nonfiction reading materials that support the school curriculum, as well as the recreational reading interests of children and students from preschool through middle school.
	Points of View Reference Center Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
	Primary Search Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full-text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)
	Professional Development Collection This is the most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full-text education journals in the world. The Professional Development Collection includes full-text for nearly 520 high quality education and more than 200 educational reports.
	Provinces Edition from ProQuest Tour all the Canadian provinces and territories in 13 image-filled reports.
	RefDesk Since 1995, RefDesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible and current web-based resources.
	Reference USA Provides detailed, current directory information on more than 12 million U.S. Businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. healthcare providers, 1 million Canadian businesses and 11 million Canadian residents.
	Referencia Latina Referencia Latina, a comprehensive Spanish-language database, offers content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries.
	Regional Business News Regional Business News incorporates full-text 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.
	Salem Health Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works.
	Salem History Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets.
	Salem Literature Salem provides access to a growing number of reference works in its renowned literary content both in traditional, printed form and online.
	Salem Science Salem Science is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets including the Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Encyclopedia of Global Warming, Forensic Science, and The Solar System
	Salud en Espanol Salud en Español provides comprehensive evidence-based reports and fact sheets in Spanish on all aspects of consumer health and wellness. Topic specific reports covering all aspects of health offer valuable overviews on diseases, conditions, procedures and various treatments.
	Science Online Science Online presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
	Science Reference Center Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content.
	States Edition from ProQuest ProQuest States Edition provides fact sheets on all 50 states in the U.S.
	TOPIC Search TOPICsearch contains full-text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
	Tutor.com At Tutor.com, you get a professional online tutor whenever you need help. You work one-to-one with your tutor in our online classroom on your specific homework problem until it's done. Tutor.com also offers an iOS app here(iTunes Link)
	Universal Class Knowledge is power. Why not learn something new today? UniversalClass™ offers hundreds of online classes taught by dedicated instructors sharing their knowledge on almost any imaginable topic.
	Virtual Reference Library from Gale Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research including the Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations and Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures.
	World Almanac for Kids A natural complement to the curriculum, this online site provides resources for homework, reports, and projects in a fun format while encouraging online research skills from a trusted source.
	World Edition from ProQuest Experience the world through detailed cultural information on more than 200 countries.
	World Geography and Culture Online A global approach to facilitate the study of countries, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills.

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