Research Help, Databases, and E*Books
Our reference librarians are available to assist you in person, over the phone (201) 939-8600 ext. 7, or by email ruthref@bccls.org.
Check out these resources that are available in the library and from afar. Resources marked with an asterisk (*) may only be accessed remotely with a Rutherford Library card. Databases marked with a double asterisk (**) may be used remotely by anyone with a BCCLS library card.
LIBRARY CATALOG
DATABASES: BCCLS**
MORE DATABASES: JerseyClicks**
GENEALOGY Databases*
E BOOKS: Gale Virtual Reference Library*
Q and A NJ
BOOK SEARCH in NJ: JerseyCat
NJ DIGITAL HIGHWAY
NEW JERSEY KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE**
Other WEB RESOURCES
Library Catalog
Materials available in the catalog include books, videos, DVDs, CDs, audio books, software, and more. The online catalog will show availability and library locations. You may even request materials from other BCCLS libraries through the website using your library card.
DATABASES
Magazines : Full-text articles are available from over 1,000 magazines and
may be accessed and printed at the library or from home (with a library card).
Newspapers : Full-text articles are available from many
newspapers including The New YorkTimes, The Star-Ledger, the
Bergen Record, and The Wall Street Journal.
Note: The Historical New York Times archive (1851 – 2004)
features a digitized version of the newspaper which must be
searched separately from the other databases: Choose "ProQuest"
from the main menu, click on "Databases Selected", click on "clear all
databases" and then scroll down to the bottom to select ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851 - 2004).
More Databases: JERSEY CLICKS**
JerseyClicks is New Jersey's statewide portal where you may search full-text databases and other specialized resources such as the business database RefUSA. It is provided by the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Network, and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act.
GENEALOGY Databases
The Library now offers you access to both the Ancestry (in the library only) and Heritage Quest* databases. (sorry, HeritageQuest is currently unavailable).
E* BOOKS: Gale Virtual Reference Library*
NEW! Use your Rutherford Library card to have access
to almost 400 reference books from home. Search for information or browse through the books which interest you!
Q andA NJ.org Are questions keeping you up at night? Need emergency help with a homework question? Q and A NJ is designed to provide fast answers to your questions, 24 hours a day, using information found on the Internet and in proprietary databases funded by libraries. In most cases, Q and A NJ Librarians will provide an answer online in 15 minutes or less! If your question involves lengthy research, the librarians at Q and A NJ will get you started and/or provide a referral for you or your question.
BOOK SEARCH IN NEW JERSEY:
JerseyCat is New Jersey's statewide virtual catalog and interlibrary loan system. It is provided to all libraries within the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey State Library and the Regional Library Cooperatives. It includes a catalog of holdings for most New Jersey libraries as well as a list of holdings for periodical titles. It also provides New Jersey residents and library staff with an interlibrary loan system that they can use from their home, school, or office via the World Wide Web.
NJ DIGITAL HIGHWAY
The New Jersey Digital Highway is your "one stop shop" for New Jersey history and culture. It brings together the historical and cultural resources from the collections of NJ libraries, museums, archives and historical societies. This work in progress is an exciting new resource!
NEW JERSEY KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE: NJKI.org**
The Knowledge Initiative provides New Jersey’s entrepreneurs, small business owners, researchers and students with access to information resources for the 21st Century through statewide web access to high-end Science, Technology, Medical and Business Databases. It provides access to the popular database RefUSA for public library cardholders in New Jersey:
RefUSA : This resource is once again available statewide via the JerseyClicks site ( www.jerseyclicks.org). Ithas been expanded to include their New Business database, which offers information on companies that have just recently opened or are planning on opening, as well as the New Home Owner and New Mover database, providing information on people who have recently acquired a new home, and people or businesses that have recently moved. These database(s) are provided through the New Jersey State Library and, in this case, the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.
SELECTED WEB RESOURCES:
Internet Public Library
The IPL is a virtual library on your desktop created and managed by librarians dedicated to serving the public by "finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating quality information resources." A first-class site.
Refdesk.com
Exceedingly comprehensive and easy to use, this catalog of Web resources has it all.
Bartelby.com
Bartleby combines encyclopedias, thesauri, quotations, and
English usage guides for one-stop searching.
BIBLIOGRAPHY HELP:
Easybib.com
A free automatic bibliography composer (MLA Style).
Cyberbee.com
Provides more options for creating bibliographies and citing
electronic resources.
AND MORE…
TheBCCLS website provides a portal to a broad selection of information available on the Internet. Check it out!
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