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Teen
Databases & Newspapers
Note
- if you are home or using library's wireless:
You will be required to enter your 14 digit
library card number
in order to access these databases.
Do not include spaces or letters, if any.
History
American
History Online Spans more than 500 years
of history, highlighting the important people and events
of the American experience.
American
Women's History Online The American Women's
History Database is an authoritative reference database
containing biographies, historical and topical subject
entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos,
and general and subject-specific timelines encompassing
more than 500 years of American women's history.
African-American
History Online In-depth information on the
people, events, and topics important to the study of
African-American history.
American
Indian History Online Offers thorough access
to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture,
history, and heritage.
Modern
World History Online Covers the people,
places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from
mid-15th century to the present.
Ancient
and Medieval History Online Explores the
pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia,
Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Biography
Collection Complete Features full-text biographies
from many different sources.
History
Reference Center Full
text reference books, articles, historical documents,
biographies, historical photos and maps.
Gale
Encyclopedia of World History: Governments
Provides a broad overview of national governments
throughout history, explaining their structures and histories,
key players and events, and how governments effect, and
are affected by, social change.
Great
Depression & New Deal Library
Covers the failure of the U.S. economy and
its gradual recovery, with special attention to the New
Deal, as well as the global situation, including the rise
of Hitler. The Almanac covers the era in 16 subject chapters.
Biographies profiles 29 major figures of the period. Primary
Sources features annotated excerpts from speeches, newspaper
and magazine articles, literature, and other documents
from the period. For middle school and general audiences.
Industrial
Revolution
Covers the ideas and social turmoil that
marked this transition as well as the machines, manufacturing
processes and energy sources that spurred it on.
Modern
World History Online Covers the people, places,
and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th
century to the present.
Pop
Culture Universe From flappers to Elvis
to Pac-Man to A-Rod -- whatever the fad, fashion, or
celebrity, you'll find it in Pop Culture Universe.
It's great for homework assignments or to satisfy your
curiosity about what your grandparents did in their
spare time back in the day. Search over 300 full-text
resources to find information such as news headlines,
fads, and even new words/phrases for each decade since
1920. Check out the skills center for assistance in
writing research papers and have some fun looking at
the top searches and the pages viewed most often.
Salem History Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets, free.
UXL
Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Entry topics include gods and goddesses;
heroes and other key characters; motifs and global themes;
major myths; and national or cultural mythologies. Coverage
spans a diversity of cultures, including standard Greek/Roman
entries as well as Native North and South American traditions,
Norse mythology, Asian Pacific mythology, Judeo-Christian
tradition, and Islamic and Hindu mythologies.
Reference
Funk & Wagnalls
New World Encyclopedia Provides encyclopedic
entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Global Road Warrior
Global Road Warrior is an international resource for social, cultural, travel, and business information. The database covers 175 countries and territories and includes information on demographics, economy, holidays, currencies, visas, climate, passports, immunization, entry and departure, emergencies, internal travel information, country and regional maps, airports, international dialing guides, and more.
Learning
Express Library
The Learning Express Library is an online collection of practice tests and study
aides on a variety of topics such as ASVAB, Civil Service, GED, GMAT, GRE, Real
Estate, SAT, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship. Immediate scoring, complete
answer explanations,
and an individualized analysis of test results are given.
Coverage spans elementary school skills through adult job skills
and citizenship test preparation.
MasterFILE
Premier Includes full text reference
books, biographies, primary source documents, and an
image collection.
MAS
Ultra-Teens Contains full text for popular
high school magazines.
Points
of View Reference Center Designed to provide
students with a series of essays that present multiple
sides of a current issue.
Pop
Culture Universe From flappers to Elvis
to Pac-Man to A-Rod -- whatever the fad, fashion, or
celebrity, you'll find it in Pop Culture Universe.
It's great for homework assignments or to satisfy your
curiosity about what your grandparents did in their
spare time back in the day. Search over 300 full-text
resources to find information such as news headlines,
fads, and even new words/phrases for each decade since
1920. Check out the skills center for assistance in
writing research papers and have some fun looking at
the top searches and the pages viewed most often.
World
Geography and Culture Online covers
all aspects of a country-from its geography and physical
features to its government, people, and society-providing
both facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through
country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news
articles, a gazetteer, and more.
Rosetta
Stone. Learn English with this self-paced
program. Note - Can only be accessed at the library.
Health
& Wellness
Health
Source: Consumer Edition Provides access
to full text, consumer health magazines.
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides
scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical
disciplines. Covers generic drug patient education sheets
with brand names.
Health & Wellness
Resource Center Articles from general interest
publications, health and medical journals and pamphlets.
Health
Reference Center Provides clear and comprehensive
information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness,
mental health, and the human body.
Salud
en Español Health Information in Spanish.
Language
Learning

Mango Languages is an online language-learning
system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety
of languages.
Literature &Poetry
Bloom's
Literary Reference Online Examines great
writers, important works, memorable characters, and
influential movements and events in world literature.
Literary
Reference Center Contains detailed information
on the most studied authors and their works.
Literature
Resource Center Literary criticism,
author biographies, reviews and more.
NextReads E-mail
newsletter subscription service that provides reading
suggestions for all ages in interest categories.
Online
Book Clubs Monday through Friday, you
will receive in your email a five-minute selection
from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week,
you’ll
have read 2-3 chapters.
Novelist
Plus Comprehensive
book recommendations for fiction and non-fiction.
Novelist
K-8 Plus Comprehensive book recommendations
for younger readers.
Magazines
& Newspapers & Journals
Academic
Search Premier Multi-disciplinary database
provides full text for journals, including full text
for peer-reviewed titles.
Custom
Newspapers Full-text articles from more
than 1,000 newspapers from around the world.
General
Reference Center Gold Features a wide
variety of general interest and business magazines
and periodicals including Consumer Reports.
¡Informe!
Hispanic Magazines Indexing, images and
full text of popular Hispanic magazines.
MasterFILE
Premier Full text for general reference
publications, covering virtually every subject area
of general interest.
McClatchy-Tribune
Newspaper Collection 90-day archive of
approximately 290 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
Middle
Search Plus Full text for popular, middle
school magazines, reference books, biographies, primary
source documents, and images.
Newspaper
Source Full text for national & international
newspapers. The database also contains selective full
text for regional newspapers, television radio news
transcripts.
Proquest
- New York Times Online Full text and
full image articles from 1980 to present.
Student
Research Center Contains
full articles on a variety of disciplines. Also
includes an encyclopedia & dictionary.
TOPIC
Search
Full text and abstract articles on social, political
and economic issues, scientific
discoveries,
and other popular topics.
Science
& Technology
GreenFile Research
database focusing on the relationship between human beings
and the environment, with well-researched but accessible
information on topics ranging from global warming to
recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.
Science
Reference Center Full text for science
encyclopedias, reference books and periodicals.
Science
Online Presents
a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive
definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
UXL
Encyclopedia of Biomes
Offers detailed comparative essays on major
biomes and their component ecosystems. Includes entries
on land biomes and water biomes and covers climate, elevation,
soil, water bodies, vegetation, animal life, food web,
plant and animal adaptations, endangered species, human
effects on the biome and the effects of the environment
on humans' culture and economy.
Jobs
and Careers
Ferguson's
Career Guidance Center Provides
detailed profiles of jobs and industries, invaluable
advice on career skills, resource entries, and much
more!
Learning
Express Library
The Learning Express Library is an online collection of practice tests and study
aides on a variety of topics such as ASVAB, Civil Service, GED, GMAT, GRE, Real
Estate, SAT, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship. Immediate scoring, complete
answer explanations,
and an individualized analysis of test results are given.
Coverage spans elementary school skills through adult job skills
and citizenship test preparation.
Old
Bridge Public Library Career Center The
Old Bridge Public Library Career Center is designed
to help individuals find employment, or explore new
career opportunities.
Spanish
¡Informe!
Hispanic Magazines Indexing, images
and full text of popular Hispanic magazines.
Salud
en Español Consumer
Health Complete - Spanish Version.
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