Online Databases
Library Use (Access to databases within the library):
If the link states that a reference librarian must log patrons into the database, you must be in the reference department on the second floor. Otherwise, you may be at any computer within the library.
Home Access (Access to databases from a remote location):
Some databases are only available in the library. Those databases will not have a link for home access. Access to databases that have remote access will require an ID number. Enter the 13 digit number on the back of your library card from a MAIN library.
All Databases
A-Z List
Lists by Subject
Advertising
Winmo (formerly Redbooks)
Includes Standard Directory of Advertisers with competitive intelligence on the top worldwide companies and advertising agencies.
Antiques & Collectibles
Automotive
Business & Investment
Corfacts NJ Business Directory
NJ business to business directories website.
- Library Use
- Home Access (Please call the Reference Department at 973-285-6969 if you have difficulty logging in with your barcode)
Corporate Affiliations (Lexis-Nexis)
Search over 1 million company profiles, including corporate hierarchies.
Gale Business: Plan Builder
Step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit. Funded in part by the Morris County Economic Development Corporation.
Mergent Online
US and international public company data and reports. All SEC (EDGAR) filings are included.
Morningstar Investment Research Library
Includes financial reports, screening, analyst reports, and portfolio screening.
ReferenceUSA
Find information on over 15.5 million US and Canadian businesses and organizations; search and sort by business name, location, SIC code.
S&P NetAdvantage
Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis. Industry and Markets tabs include key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, financial metrics, etc. by sub-industry or geography. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private companies and 97% of worldwide publicly traded market capitalization. Historical stock price charting and screening tools also provided.
Uniworld
Information on foreign firms in the US and US firms overseas.
Value Line
Database provides information about investments for individual investors, portfolio managers, corporate finance professionals, and academic institutions. Includes Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks. Reference librarian must log patron onto Value Line-specific computer.
Careers
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (InfoBase Learning)
Provides profiles on over 3,000 jobs and 90 industries, and includes invaluable advice on career skills.
Job & Career Accelerator
Create resumes and cover letters, learn interviewing techniques, and prepare for related exams. Of particular interest are their online tutorials of MS Office programs (Word, Excel, etc.).
Current Events
Issues & Controversies (InfoBase Learning)
Timely, in-depth articles covering complex current events issues.
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
All current event topics include an overview, point and counterpoint. Over 375 topics included.
Education & Encyclopedias
Curriculum Resource Center (InfoBase Learning)
Printable teacher handouts for middle school through junior college.
ERIC – Education Resource Information Center (EBSCO)
Provides access to educational literature and resources, including information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Indexes over 25,000 records covering a variety of topics. Searchable by subject or keyword.
Mometrix
Practice exams and curriculum review tools for academic, pre-professional and professional subjects. These include K-12 education; high school equivalency; English as a second language; college, graduate school and professional school admissions. Career exams include nursing, teaching, legal, law enforcement, business, trades, public service and more.
Oxford University Press
Access to several Oxford University encyclopedias online:
Black Women in America; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; Encyclopedia of Evolution; The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art; Encyclopedia of Human Rights; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages; The Oxford Companion to United States History; The Oxford Companion to World Exploration; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome; The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America; The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History; The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace.
Salem Press
Access to several Salem Press reference books (history, science and health) online.
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.
World Almanac for Kids Online (InfoBase Learning)
Resources for elementary- and middle school- level homework, reports and projects. Kids can explore age-appropriate topics while developing online research skills.
Genealogy & Biography
American National Biography
Biographies of men and women from all eras and walks of life who have shaped America. Includes illustrations, descriptive bibliographies, and links for additional information.
Ancestry Plus
One of the most important genealogical collections available. Includes census, vital, church, court, and immigration records in the US and the UK, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia, and other areas of the world.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Includes current and retrospective reference sources that cover 13 million individuals, both living and deceased. Includes biographical dictionaries and who’s whos, encyclopedias, literary criticism, and indexes.
FamilySearch (LDS Church)
Since its launch in 1999, FamilySearch has added billions of historical records from around the world. The Morris County Library is a library affiliate and digitized microfilm records can be viewed when using the database at the library. Please note that this is not a paid library database and the library does not provide accounts. Beginning December 13, 2017 all users must register for their own free FamilySearch account at familysearch.org.
HeritageQuest (ProQuest)
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
Marquis Who’s Who
Database of over 1.5 million biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment, and more.
MyHeritage (EBSCO)
MyHeritage is the leading destination to discover, share and preserve your family history. Trusted by millions of families, its global user community enjoys access to a massive library of historical records, the most internationally diverse collection of family trees and ground-breaking search and matching technologies. MyHeritage is available in 40 languages.
Geography & History
African-American History (InfoBase Learning)
Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.
American History (InfoBase Learning)
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
American Indian History (InfoBase Learning)
Offers fast access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.
Ancient and Medieval History (InfoBase Learning)
Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
Modern World History (InfoBase Learning)
Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.
World Geography & Culture Online (InfoBase Learning)
Country data, with facts-at-a-glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, etc.
Health
Health Reference Center (InfoBase Learning)
This database includes more than 550 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.
Languages
Rosetta Stone
Learn any of 30 different languages. Provided by the NJ State Library.
Legal Information
Legal Information Resource Center (EBSCO)
This database provides online full-text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, with more than 300 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.
WestLaw
Legal research service for legal and law-related materials. Contains the full text of court opinions, statutes, and regulations from state and federal governments, as well as over 800 law reviews and journals. Reference librarian must log patron onto Westlaw-specific computer.
Literature & Writing
Bloom’s Literature (InfoBase Learning)
Information about authors, works of literature, and literary characters.
Books in Print
Bibliographic database of over 7.5 million US book, audio book, and video titles, as well as over 12 million international titles.
Contemporary Authors (Gale)
Author biographies and criticism, specifically on contemporary authors.
Gale Literary Index
The index combines and cross-references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles.
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
Information about authors, works of literature and literary characters, as well as definitions of literary terms and movements, and images of authors. Also includes streaming full-length videos of nearly 100 famous productions of classic plays.
Novelist (EBSCO)
Suggestions for fiction reading, including award-winning book lists, discussion guides, recommended reading lists, and more.
Poetry and Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO)
This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques — including contemporary content from the finest publishers.
Writer’s Reference Center (InfoBase Learning)
Includes the mechanics of writing and grammar as well as style and research. Provides an in-depth grammatical section and presents a step-by-step guide for writing a good essay.
Magazines & Newspapers
Consumer Reports (EBSCO)
Product reviews and ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more.
EBSCOhost
MasterFile ELITE indexes over 2,000 magazines, of which 1,000 are full-text. Other databases include: Business Source Elite; Academic Search Premier; Literary Reference Center; Reader’s Guide Retrospective; Play Index; ERIC; and Teacher Reference Center.
EBSCOhost Español
Spanish language interface to EBSCOhost databases. Bases de datos en español que cubrir información general, negocios, información médica y todos los campos militares y del gobierno.
Historic New York Times (ProQuest)
New York Times articles starting in 1851.
JSTOR
Full-text academic journals, primarily in the arts and sciences.
Referencia Latina (EBSCO)
A Spanish language database including encyclopedia entries, images, reports, a Spanish-English dictionary, reference books, and general interest magazines. Una base de datos completa de habla hispana, que ofrece contenido de una variedad de contenido incluyendo 49,000 entradas enciclopedicas, más de 100,000 imágenes, 2,500 informes sobre la salud, un diccionario español-inglés y texto completo para más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas.
Star-Ledger (NewsBank)
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Star-Ledger.
Science
GreenFILE/Science Resources (EBSCO)
This database provides a collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles and covers content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 780,000 records and full-text for more than 11,000 records.
Science Online (InfoBase Learning)
This database offers a broad range of scientific disciplines, organized by subject area and type of resource. Also includes over 1,150 science experiments and activities, arranged by grade range, subject, and time required.
