Rutherford Public Library provides access to a wide variety of online resources with premium subscription-based content that includes scholarly articles, newspapers, and e-books. You may need your Rutherford Library card to access some from home. Click on your desired category to get started.
A to Z: Food America
The same idea as A to Z World Food, but with a special focus on foods and drinks from all 50 states!
A to Z: The USA
Bringing the diversity and history of the USA to life in a beautifully illustrated resource designed especially for libraries and schools. Key topics include: country profile, culture and society, famous people, historical timelines, live cycles, national symbols, and state information.
A to Z: World Culture
Curious about the world? Information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and much more is just a click away. Covers 175 countries.
A to Z: World Food
Explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world. It’s a movable feast in a digital cookbook.
Access World News
A large collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Search for articles about is sues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections.
American Book of Days
The American Book of Days highlights American holidays and pivotal moments, arranged in a day by day format, so readers can uncover fascinating and often overlooked accounts of American history. There is something about every day of the year. Note that in addition to being available online to those with a Rutherford Library card, the print version of this book is available in the library upon request.
Ancestry | In Library Only
Here you can search the US Census through 1950, Naturalization records, the US Immigration Collection, the Social Security Death Index, Military records. This database is only available in the Library.
Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide
“The Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide” combines educational information for consumers, patients, and their families, with official reports and releases about monitoring childhood growth and important milestones, community statistics, living with an ASD, and treatments and further resources for co-occurring conditions. A hard copy of the handbook is available for in-library use only, please ask for our reference librarian for assistance.
BCCLS
BCCLS offers a number of databases for a variety of subjects, including biography, business, literature, science, history, encyclopedias. Many of these are also student-oriented and targeted towards children and teens for school projects.
Bergen County JobCenter
The Bergen County Job Center is a great resource for job seekers. The Center is a full-service employment and training center that offers a variety of free services. During the pandemic, the Center has expanded its virtual services.
Biography in Context
Biography In Context offers authoritative reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers, it’s continuously updated to ensure researchers have access to the very latest information.
Black Life in America
From the early days of slavery to modern times, people of African descent have had a profound impact on American history. This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of African American history, culture and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant culture has been portrayed and perceived people of African descent. The content in this database is sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical black publications.
Brainfuse HelpNow
After more than two decades and millions of tutoring sessions, Brainfuse is one of the most experienced online tutoring companies in the nation. HelpNow is a unique tutoring, homework help, and studying suite designed to assist patrons of all ages succeed. This service is provided by the New Jersey State Library.
Brainfuse JobNow
JobNow offers live, anytime, anywhere job assistance, including up-to-date nationwide and local job search engines, professional resume critique, and proven interview techniques. Experience a personalized career center seamlessly integrated with advanced virtual technology to help job seekers of diverse backgrounds and needs.
Career Gateway
The Career Gateway is a new online career planning and jobseekers website developed by IAJVS in collaboration with nine local JVS affiliates. The FREE website is designed so that the navigation and content is accessible to a diverse group of users requiring career planning assistance.
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit member organization that uses rigorous research, consumer insights, journalism, and policy expertise to inform purchase decisions, improve the products and services that businesses deliver, and drive regulatory and fair competitive practices. Use the search box below to research an upcoming purchase. Consumer Reports Search Terms
Creativebug
Creatviebug offers online video arts and crafts workshops and techniques. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more.
Environmental Resource Handbook
The Environmental Resource Handbook is a research guide that offers a unique combination of more than 7,000 environmental resources and listings, as well as 350 tables, maps, and charts of environmental statistics and rankings.
Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks are the online version of high-quality reference books. This ‘Library’ includes nearly 400 books that are ideal for reference and research.
Gale PowerSearch
Gale’s product for all your general research needs.
Heritage Hub
Heritage Hub provides access to hundreds of years of obituaries and death notices from thousands of newspapers across the United States. Provides comprehensive coverage of obituaries and death notices from 1704 through today. Manually indexed obituaries enhance search accuracy for deeper family connections.
Heritage Quest
Heritage Quest online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical services–rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. It features the US Federal Census as well as other original material.
JerseyClicks
JerseyClicks is available from the NJ State Library with your Rutherford library card. It includes a variety of resources, such as Rosetta Stone to learn languages, NoveList to find book suggestions, legal resources from Nolo Books, and business listings from Reference Solutions.
Lingo Lite
This resource helps users learn basic words and phrases in 30 languages using interactive native speaker videos. LingoLite has glossaries for greetings, introductions, food, transportations, relations, numbers and more.
Literature Resource Center
When it comes to literature topics and literary research, finding the most diverse, evidence-based perspectives on any given author is important. Gale’s Literature Resource Center provides exactly that. In addition to critical analysis, primary sources, and detailed work overviews, this database brings together in-depth biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information.
Mango Languages
Rutherford Library cardholders will now have access to Mango Languages, on the library computers and remotely through our website! Mango Languages is a language learning software with an easy to navigate interface and many different languages to pick from.
Nations of the World
Nations of the World is a handbook of more than 230 nations and self-governing territories around the world. The list of countries presents current facts and figures as well as the changes each nation is experiencing and its history. Note that in addition to being available online to those with a Rutherford Library card, the print version of this book is available in the library upon request.
New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator
The New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN) is an online career guidance system that offers information about careers and employment as well as details on the education and training needed for a chosen occupation. Includes a resume builder. To access the site, click on the NJ Resident tab and choose your town and enter the zip code.
New Jersey Career Connections
Virtual one-stop place to bring people searching for work together with the businesses considered at the forefront of New Jersey’s economic development. This website guides jobseekers to some of New Jersey’s best online tools for finding work.
Newsreel
Newsreel is a brand new app designed to deliver news in a radically different way—interactive, multimodal, and built for today’s attention spans. Aimed at improving media literacy and decreasing doomscrolling, Newsreel presents the day’s top stories in an easily digestible, gamified format that cuts straight to the point. Content is designed to focus on the most important facts, citing primary sources, and without opinions for news you can trust. Rutherford Public Library offers a digital subscription exclusively to RPL cardholders. To get started, email reference@rutherford.bccls.org with your library card number to receive the activation code. Please note, you must download the free Newsreel app via the App Store or Google Play.
Older Americans Information Resource
Older Americans Information Resource is designed for one of America’s largest growing populations with resources to help aging Americans lead happy and productive lives.
Peterson’s Test Prep
Peterson’s Test Prep, formerly known as the Testing & Education Reference Center, is a valuable online tool that learners can use for standardized test preparation, researching undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance and exploring careers. Library patrons can even pursue new career paths with test prep assistance for career certification exams and gain advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking.
Profiles of New Jersey
Profiles of New Jersey—Facts, Figures & Statistics for 876 Populated Places in New Jersey provides data on all populated communities and counties in the State of New Jersey. It includes seven major sections that cover Education, Ethnic Backgrounds, Climate and more. Note that in addition to being available online to those with a Rutherford Library card, the print version of this book is available in the library upon request.
Reference Shelf
Each volume of The Reference Shelf focuses on a topic of the day and features comprehensive, balanced coverage. Note that the print edition of the book may be borrowed or the book may be accessed online with a Rutherford Library card.
Reference Solutions
Formerly RefUSA, Reference Solutions provides detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. Businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, and 683,000 U.S. healthcare providers.
The New York Times Online
The Rutherford Public Library offers a digital news-only subscription, both in the library and remotely, to Rutherford Library cardholders. To receive the link, click the button below to send an email including your library card number to gain access.
Value Line
Value Line provides financial information with detailed analysis of stocks and full industry reports, analytical summaries, ratings, and guided selection. This is the online version of The Value Line Investment Survey ranking 1,700 stocks. NEW! Access Fund Advisor Plus within Value Line to research approximately 20,000 no-load and low-load mutual funds.
Wall Street Journal Online
The Rutherford Public Library offers a digital subscription to Rutherford Library cardholders. To receive the link, click the button below to send an email including your library card number to gain access.
Washington Post Online
The Rutherford Public Library offers a digital subscription, both in the library and remotely, to Rutherford Library cardholders. To receive the link, click the button below to send an email including your library card number to gain access.
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