Research Databases
The New Brunswick Free Public Library offers a variety of databases for research. Library card holders can access a variety of materials using their card number. To access the databases click on its icon or link.
Databases available from home will bring you to a log in page. Enter in the numbers on the back of our library card for access.
New! 360 Search
To search EBSCO, Grolier, the library catalog and many health and science databases at once, try our new 360 Search!
(Use your library card number as your log-in number to access from home.)
Quick Links
Offers easy access to over 1.3 million Marquis Who’sWho biographies.
The database can be accessed in the library only.
access from inside the library or from home
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
This Business-to-Business Directory contains information on more than 27,000 New Jersey service and manufacturing companies with 11 or more employees.
Personal and Business Forms
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Provides printable forms for a wide range of personal, business, and government categories, including individual income taxes.
Curriculum
Resource Center
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle
school, high school, and junior college curriculum.
Curriculum
Resource Center: Junior Edition
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Provides a library of printable teacher-handout material and other content
geared for elementary-level students.
Ferguson's
Career Guidance Center
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable
advice on career skills, more than 48,000 resource entries, and much more!
By logging in with their library card number, patrons can access tutorials
and practice tests for the following: ASVAB, College Preparation Exams,
Firefighter, SAT, U.S. Citizenship, Civil Service, GED, Law Enforcement
and many more.
To use from home, you must first register in the
library with your library card number. Please see reference librarian for
help.
(Access limited to in library use)
Search for your ancestors through a variety of resources including U.S.
Census Reports, Social Security Death Index, Military Records, and more.
(Access limited to in library use, or accessed through JerseyClicks.com)
This database is a combination of Genealogy & Local History Online.
It can be used for searching census records, military records and the Periodical
Source Index.
(Access limited to in library use, or accessed through JerseyClicks.com)
This database provides full text articles from over 4,700 journals covering
almost every academic subject. This is also accessible from home through www.jerseyclicks.org
Click here to access this database from home.
To access this database from home, enter
your library card number as your log-in number.
Created for older students and adults, this database provides quick and
easy access to encyclopedia databases. Also included is a dictionary and
fun links such as This Day in History, world newspapers, and the Featured
Showcase.
This portal searches multiple databases at once to obtain optimal journal article results. Provided by the NJ State Library, patrons can log on with their library card number to access full text articles on Health, Business, Education, History and also magazine and newspaper articles.
Librarians are available 24 hours a day to assist New Jersey residents with questions on any subject. You do not need to have a library card to ask your question.
World
Atlas
Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and
states with up-to-date statistical and local information.
Health
Reference Center
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases,
health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.
African-American History Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics
important to the study of African-American history.
American
History Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
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 Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture,
history, and heritage.
American
Women's History Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to
the study of women's history in the United States.
Ancient
and Medieval History Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia,
Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Modern
World History Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from
mid-15th century to the present.
Kids Infobits
(To access this database from home,
enter your library card number for your log-in number.)
Search for info on subjects such as plants, people, and geography.
Junior Reference Collection
(To access this database from home,
enter your library card number for your log-in number.)
Find information on world history, literature, science, geography, and much more.
Click here to access this database from home.
(To access this database from home,
enter your library card number for your log-in number.)
Search for people, places, and things in this site made for kids.
EBSCO
Kid Search (grades 3-6)
(Access limited to in library use, or
accessed through JerseyClicks.com)
Search for current events and do research for your homework projects. Includes
subjects such as sports, social studies, math, and science.
Seachasaurus
(for ages 3 - 7)
(Access limited to in library use, or accessed
through JerseyClicks.com)
Ebsco's useful service will help both children and their parents by enabling
them to search thousands of articles, an online general encyclopedia and
a ton of information about animals from around the world.
EBSCO Student Search (grades
6 and up)
(Access limited to in library use, or
accessed through JerseyClicks.com)
With categories such as Animals, In the News, Science, Math, and Geography,
this database is useful for students who are having difficulty with their
homework. Students can browse through the Dictionary or Encyclopedia features
or search for an image that relates to their assignment.
Bloom's
Literary Reference Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential
movements and events in world literature.
Novelist
(Access limited to in library use, or accessed through
JerseyClicks.com)
Search for books by subject, author, title, or keyword. This database also
gives you an option to search for "read-a-like" titles.
Science
Online
(Use your library card number as your log-in number
to access from home.)
Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions,
essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.