General Reference

EBSCO Animals (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "EBSCO Animals" ). Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals

ERIC (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "ERIC" ).The Educational Resource Information Center contains digests along with citations and abstracts from educational and education-related journals

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia" ). Encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas

Health & Wellness Resource Center. Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers on topics in health and medicine, medications, wellness, and alternative/complementary therapies. Click on "Teen Health" (from the list under Multimedia Library) for info about teen health basics, acne, pregnancy, violence, sexual health and more.

Literary Reference Center (click on the link here, then on "Literary Reference Center"). Full text articles on thousands of authors and their works, from antiquity to the present. It contains plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, essays of literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, author interviews, classic texts and includes several literature and poetry encyclopedias and related reference works.

Literature Resource Center Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors, novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers.

Novelist (click on the link here, then on "NoveList"). Fiction reader's advisory, with articles, reviews, links to author pages and related sites, author read-alike suggestions, and theme and award lists.

Novelist K-8 (click on the link here, then on "NoveList K-8"). A guide to children's fiction with a student-focused interface. Includes picture books, children's "chapter" books and young adult titles.

ReferenceUSA Online phonebook of US and Canadian residents and businesses. You can also find news articles for research on businesses and perform searches for papers and class projects.

Student Research Center (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "Student Research Center"). Search through magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, film & video) by keyword or by topic. Also included is an online dictionary and encyclopedia.

Magazines & Newspapers

Custom Newspapers Search the Bergen Record, Newark Star-Ledger, New York Times and Times of London (Sunday edition not included)

MAS Online (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "MAS Ultra - School Edition") Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. Also contains full text reference books, biographies, photos, maps and flags.

Middle Search Plus (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "middle search plus"). Designed for middle and jr. high school research. Full text for 140 popular magazines, plus biographies, photos, maps and flags.

Newspaper Source (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "Newspaper Source") Full text for 25 national and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television and radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 260 regional newspapers.

Proquest - New York Times Online The New York Times, including its Sunday Book Review and Magazine.

Topic Search (click on the link here, then on "EBSCOhost" followed by "TOPICsearch") Full text and abstract articles on social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.