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eSources

Find eLibrary - ebooks, eaudiobooks, streaming movies & more here

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Send an email to reference@tenafly.bccls.org or call 201-568-8680 for help using any of the following resources or if you have a specific reference question. 

Stack of newspapers Introducing U.S. Major Dailies from Proquest. Text includes names of nespapers indexed int U.S. Major Dailies. Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New  York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post

U.S. Major Dailies - Proquest

U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985. Click the link below to get started.  Have your Tenafly Library card number handy.  How-to search for nespaper articles video here

US Major Dailies

Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier provides access to over 3,000 scholarly journals and magazines for adult and student research needs. Subjects include , Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Psychology, Religion and philosophy, Science and technology, Veterinary science.

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Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card (patron ID) required to log in.

sponsored by the New Jersey State Library

Biography in Context

Biography In Context includes more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. 

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Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card required (patron ID) to log in.

sponsored by the New Jersey State Library

Business Resources

Local Business Mentoring for Bergen County small businesses contact the Northeast NJ chapter of SCORE, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping emerging and existing small businesses maximize their potential for success. 

  • Business Source Elite
    This database provides full text for over 1,000 business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.

     

  • ReferenceUSA
    Information on businesses and consumers

     

  • 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.

     

  • Small Business Reference Center
    From writing a business plan, to industry information to information on patents and copyrights, this is your source for small business information​

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Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card required (patron ID) to log in.

sponsored by the New Jersey State Library

Full text Consumer Reports articles are available in pdf and html formats.​

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  1. Click the search button under the CR logo on this page (do not enter a product name in the search box). 

  2. Enter the name of the product you are searching for on the NJ State Library page.

  3. Click the search icon (the magnifying glass)

  4. Sort by "Date newest"

  5. Find an article of interest.

  6. Click Access options.

  7. Choose pdf for printing or html for reading online.

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Digitallearn.org

digitallearn.org provides beginner computers in topics such as Windows 10, Internet Privacy and Online Scams and learning about applying for jobs online.

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Available to everyone. No registration or sign in required.

Elementary School Students

Explora is a visual research interface designed specifically for students and educators. To find information specifically for elementary school students filter by lexile level under 900.

 

Available to NJ Library card holders via geolocation.

No registration or sign in required.

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Use Novelist K-8 to get book recommendations based on reading level and age for young readers in grades K-8.  

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card (patron ID) required to log in.

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Use Primary Search for research geared to elementary school students.  

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Free MVC Practice Tests

Free MVC Practice Tests  These MVC practice tests feature questions just like those on the official written knowledge test or the test administered by the motorcycle training course. 

 

Available to everyone. No registration or sign in required.

Genealogy

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Jobs & Careers 

Occuptional Outlook Handbook

Presented by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) with information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations in the United States.

 

No login required.

Legal Reference Center

New Jersey Constitution

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New Jersey Statutes database 

(NJ Legislature)

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New Jersey Courts Self Help Center 

(NJ legal information)

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Legal Reference Center provides exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books and contains more than 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms, with more content being added on a regular basis. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card required (patron ID) to log in.

Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center is a reliable literature database that contains full-text critical and literary analysis of a broad range of authors and their works.

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card required (patron ID) to log in.

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Medline Plus

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

Available to everyone. No registration or sign in required.

Middle School Students  can use Explora to find historical essays, biographies, maps, images and more to help with school projects and research. Filter by lexile level 900 - 100.

 

Available to NJ Library card holders via geolocation.

No registration or sign in required.

Middle School Students

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Better than an internet search, Middle Search Plus from EbscohostWeb connects you to over 140 magazines, biographies and historical documents. Designed for middle school students (click here for instructional video)

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card (patron ID) required to log in.

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Use Novelist K-8 to get book recommendations based on reading level and age for young readers in grades K-8.  

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card (patron ID) required to log in.

sponsored by the New Jersey State Library

Novelist

Use Novelist to get book recommendations based on the books you have already enjoyed or according to your preferred genre.

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card (patron ID) required to log in.

sponsored by the New Jersey State Library

Points of View

Use Points of View to learn about an issue from multiple points of view.  

Available to all NJ library card holders. Library card (patron ID) required to log in.

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