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- Price It! Antiques & Collectibles
- With a constantly updated and growing database, more than 10 million images to make identification easier, 125 searchable categories and intuitive search functionality, Price It! Antiques & Collectibles is the ultimate identification, research and pricing tool for collectors, dealers, appraisers and anyone in between.
- Audio Book Download Center
- Cape May County Library cardholders can download audiobooks at home. (Downloads can not be done in the library). This service is compatible with many WMA/MP3 audio devices, Pocket PCs, laptops and PCs. Many titles may also be burned to CD and used in car stereos and regular CD players.
This is a cooperative effort of the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (SJRLC), a state-funded regional library network. - Bloom's Literary Reference Online
- Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
- BookNews
- Newsletters that you can subscribe to or read on our website. BookNews has recommended books in a variety of genres and includes book covers, and reviews.
- Books in Print
- Search for in-print or forthcoming books, audios and videos by author, title, subject, ISBN, publisher or other searches.
- Books in Print for Patrons
- a user-friendly site with the ability to browse by fiction and non-fiction genre and such features as personalized reading lists & BIP Alert Service, "100 Years of Bestsellers," full-text reviews, and special interest rooms which allow a search for a favorite series or favorite recurring character.
- Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
- The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry contains 250,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations. Granger’s offers complete coverage of the works of several individual great poets, including the complete poems of Shelley, Blake, Burns, Keats, Marvell, Poe, Unamuno, Heine, Baudelaire, and other major poets. Each biography is followed by a short bibliography, consisting typically of the standard edition of the author's collected poems, the standard biography of the poet, and a standard critical work on the author.
- Contemporary Authors
- Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
- Fiction Connection
- Readers' advisory at its best. Use Fiction Connection to locate fiction suggestions based on a title that you already enjoy. Or, take advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.
- Literary Reference Center
- Literary Reference Center (LRC) is 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.
- LitFinder
- LitFinder is the largest, most comprehensive and most current literature database available. It is a one-stop resource that includes poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches.
- Novelist K-8
- NoveList® K-8, a fiction database, is aimed at helping younger readers find the books they want to read - whether in a school setting or in public library childrens' rooms. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. NoveList K-8 has all of the searching features contained in NoveList and allows users to search by author, title, series, theme or topic.
- Novelist Plus
- NoveList® Plus will help users find that next great read. With well over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more, NoveList Plus is a complete readers’ resource.
- Online Book Clubs
- Join any of our free Online Book Clubs and start reading new and exciting books in your email. Each day we'll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. If you'd like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week we feature new books. Sign up with your e-mail address today and start reading tomorrow.
- Business Source Elite
- This business database provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
- Corporate ResourceNet
- Corporate ResourceNet is designed to meet the diverse information needs of today’s companies. This database contains full text articles from nearly 1,200 quality magazines and journals.
- EBSCO Magazine Index
- Search thousands of periodicals, newspapers, journals and databases covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Full text provided for most newer periodicals.
- Personal & Business Forms
- Provides printable forms for a wide range of personal, business, and government categories, including individual income taxes.
- Regional Business News
- 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.
- Thomson Gale Legal Forms
- Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
- Britannica Online for Kids
- Use Encyclopedia Britannica online to search for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites
- Culture Grams
- CultureGrams Online links you to all CultureGrams editions, including World, Kids, and States. Exclusive online features include: photo gallery, maps, biographies, videos and slideshows, and a unique recipe collection that offers five authentic recipes for every country in the database.
- EBSCO Animals
- Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
- EBSCO Kids Search
- Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
- Kids Search
- Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
- Middle Search Plus
- Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
- Novelist K-8
- NoveList® K-8, a fiction database, is aimed at helping younger readers find the books they want to read - whether in a school setting or in public library childrens' rooms. Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. NoveList K-8 has all of the searching features contained in NoveList and allows users to search by author, title, series, theme or topic.
- Primary Search
- Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
- Searchasaurus
- Three popular elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search®, Middle Search® Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction™) can be accessed via Searchasaurus®. Searchasaurus is EBSCO Publishing's user search experience for users in elementary or middle schools. Complete with erupting volcanoes, dinosaur guide and compass, Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
- TumbleBook Library
- An online collection of animated, talking picture books, reading comprehension quizzes, educational games, and teacher resources.
- Curriculum Resource Center
- Provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle school, high school, and junior college curriculum.
- Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition
- Provides a library of printable teacher-handout material and other content geared for elementary-level students.
- ERIC
- ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
- Ferguson's Career Guidance
- Offers comprehensive career guidance through extensive job and industry profiles, career forecasting, and a monthly newsletter.
- EBSCO Español
- EBSCO Magazine Index - search terms and instructions are in Spanish.
- Informe
- Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool provides indexing, images, and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. - Salud en Español
- Salud en Español provee reportes completos basados en evidencias y fichas de datos relacionados a todos los aspectos de la salud y el bienestar. Reportes específicos por tema que cubren todos los aspectos de la salud, dan información general importante en relación a enfermedades, afecciones y procedimientos de diversos tratamientos. Salud en Español provides comprehensive evidence-based reports and fact sheets in Spanish on all aspects of consumer health and wellness.
- America's Genealogy Bank
- Quickly find your ancestors in over four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 23 million obituaries.
- Ancestry® Library Edition
- With over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases, AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. Included in AncestryPlus are the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and much more.
- Heritage Quest Online
- HeritageQuest Online™ combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories.
- AskArt
- AskART is an online database containing over 100,000 artists. Information about the artists include dates, states, methods, biographies, subjects for which the artist is best known, literature in which they are referenced and the auction lots sold and unsold of their works.
- Associations Unlimited
- Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.
- Auto Repair Reference Center
- The Auto Repair Reference Center™ database includes automotive repair information supplied by Point 5 Technologies, Inc., under license from Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles.
- Biography Resource Center
- Biography Resource Center combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites. Search for current or historic figures based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
- Britannica Online Reference Center
- Search Encyclopedia Britannica, Compton’s Encyclopedia and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. Use Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
- Facts on File
- A variety of reference databases, including career guidance, forms, geography, history, multicultural and science subjects, as well as junior resources and a curriculum resource center.
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
- This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- JerseyClicks
- This is available to all New Jersey library patrons. It offers keyword and custom searching of 15 databases simultaneously. These databases cover subjects such as health, history, business, education, science, current events, literature, and popular fiction. It no longer includes REFERENCE USA, a business directory.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
- The Oxford English Dictionary Online provides access to the material contained in the 20 volume 2nd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and the 3 volumes of Additions.
- Personal & Business Forms
- Provides printable forms for a wide range of personal, business, and government categories, including individual income taxes.
- Price It! Antiques & Collectibles
- With a constantly updated and growing database, more than 10 million images to make identification easier, 125 searchable categories and intuitive search functionality, Price It! Antiques & Collectibles is the ultimate identification, research and pricing tool for collectors, dealers, appraisers and anyone in between.
- Small Engine Repair Reference Center
- Small Engine Repair Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains 407 reference books in full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job.
- The Birds of North America Online
- This online database is a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Information is updated frequently, with online-coordinated contributions from researchers, citizen scientists, and designated reviewers and editors. Birds of North America Online contains image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more. And each online species account contains recordings of that bird's songs and calls, selected from the extensive collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.
- Thomson Gale Legal Forms
- Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
- Westlaw
- Westlaw® is an online legal research service providing quick, easy access to West's vast collection of statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information.
- Biomedical Reference Collection: Expanded
- Designed for doctors, research scientists, students and clinical specialists, this database provides more than 200 full text journals. Covering virtually all areas of medical study, all full text journals included the Biomedical Reference Collection: Expanded Edition are also indexed in MEDLINE.
- Health Reference Center
- Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.
- Health Source - Consumer Edition
- This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Expanded
- Designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers, this database provides full text for nearly 200 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. Nearly all full text titles included in Nursing & Allied Health: Expanded Edition are indexed in CINAHL.
- Salem Health
- Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ Magill’s Medical Guide. The Guide 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
- Accessible Archives
- Full-text searchable database of primary source material from 18th and 19th century periodicals.
- 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 four centuries of rare documents and records. Search thousands of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies. Plus, the complete American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set, Social Security Death Index and more than 23 million obituaries.
- American History
- 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
- Ancient and Medieval History
- Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
- Biography Collection Complete
- Biography Collection Complete offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas. This database features more than 177,000 full-text biographies from many different sources.
- Biography Resource Center
- Biography Resource Center combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites. Search for current or historic figures based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
- Culture Grams
- CultureGrams Online links you to all CultureGrams editions, including World, Kids, and States. Exclusive online features include: photo gallery, maps, biographies, videos and slideshows, and a unique recipe collection that offers five authentic recipes for every country in the database.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- History Reference Center
- History Reference Center offers full text from more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 120 history periodicals, more than 59,600 historical documents, 49,600 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
- Modern World History
- Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
- World Atlas
- Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and states with up-to-date statistical and local information.
- Mango Languages
- This is a database for learning foreign languages. Some of the languages offered by Mango are Spanish, Japanese, French, Greek, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
- EBSCO Magazine Index
- Search thousands of periodicals, newspapers, journals and databases covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Full text provided for most newer periodicals.
- Informe
- Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool provides indexing, images, and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. - JerseyClicks
- This is available to all New Jersey library patrons. It offers keyword and custom searching of 15 databases simultaneously. These databases cover subjects such as health, history, business, education, science, current events, literature, and popular fiction. It no longer includes REFERENCE USA, a business directory.
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
- MAS Ultra - School Edition
- Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. {Ebsco}
- MasterFILE Premier
- Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
- McClatchy-Tribune Collection
- The McClatchy-Tribune Collection includes a 90-day archive of approximately 290 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This database is updated daily.
- Newsbank
- Includes America's Newspapers: the electronic editions of record for valuble local, regional and national U.S. Newspapers, as well as the complete full-text content of The Philadelphia Inquirer (1981 to current) and The Press of Atlantic City (1988 to current), all in one easy-to-search database. {Press of Atlantic City and the Philadelphia Inquirer can not be searched from home}
- Newspaper Search
- Provided by the New Jersey State Library. Search for articles in The Bergen Record (January 1996 to current), The London Times (January 1997 to current; Sunday Times not included ), The Los Angeles Times (January 1996 to current), The Newark Star-Ledger (February 2001 to current), and The New York Times (January 1985 to current)
- Newspaper Source
- Newspaper Source provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
- 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). The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.
- Professional Development Collection
- Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- A general reference database that contains full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. The articles and Internet resources are from SIRS reference databases: SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS NetSelect and SIRS Interactive Citizenship.
- Student Research Center
- EBSCO's Student Research Center (SRC) makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
- The Serials Directory
- The Serials Directory provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This invaluable resource is made available via EBSCOhost®. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.Classifications for every entry.
- TOPICsearch
- This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from more than 4,800 diverse sources.
- 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. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
- GreenFILE
- GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
- 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). The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century.
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- A general reference database that contains full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. The articles and Internet resources are from SIRS reference databases: SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS NetSelect and SIRS Interactive Citizenship.
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DISCLAIMER: While documents and links have been carefully researched in line with normal collection development procedures, because the Cape May County Library has no control over remote sites and sources, no responsibility for their content or availability is accepted or implied.
DISCLAIMER:
While documents and links have been carefully researched in line with
normal collection development procedures, because the Cape May County
Library has no control over remote sites and sources, no responsibility
for their content or availability is accepted or implied.