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MULTI-SUBJECT
All Ebsco Databases - One Search
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EbscoHost
Full Text Magazine Articles. You can choose to search from one or a number of EBSCO databases, including General Reference, Biographies, Health, Business, and Current Events.
Academic Search Premier
Full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles, and indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study
JerseyClicks
New Jersey's statewide portal for searching the statewide full-text databases offered by the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Library Network, and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act. These high quality databases cover subjects such as health, history, business, education, science, current events, literature, and popular fiction. The suite also includes Informe, a Spanish language full-text database.
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MasterFile Elite
Full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
See also: Homework Help - All Ages
ARTICLES - MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS/JOURNALS
If you would like to see which newspapers, magazines and journals are in the library branches please search in our catalog: http://catalog.camdencountylibrary.org .
All EbscoHost Databases
Provides full text for over 1,900 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Check boxes next to the databases you wish to search simultaneously.
America's News
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more, featuring a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the United States.
Courier-Post
Full text from 1999 to the present. Click on the Publications link at the top, then enter Courier Post in the search box to limit to only Courier-Post articles.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Explore Philadelphia history through local news, events and people with Philadelphia Inquirer Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
New York Times
Discover original, quality journalism on nytimes.com, featuring fearless reporting, varied perspectives, and practical advice on nearly every topic. Includes The Learning Center and TimesMachine.
Click here if you are using a library computer.
See detailed instructions.
Global Newsstream
Includes international, national and regional papers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Washington Post, plus 85 Gannett papers including the Courier Post. From Proquest.
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US Northeast
This collection of digitized newspapers provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with cover-to-cover access to recent newspaper content. Every page image is full-text searchable. Coverage: 2008 - recent
Wall Street Journal
Read The Wall Street Journal online on wsj.com, with coverage of U.S. and world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, health, and more.
See detailed instructions.
Artistworks
ArtistWorks for Libraries provides world-class instruction through self-paced video lessons from Grammy Award-winning music and artistic professionals
Creativebug
Unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft video classes, plus patterns, templates, and recipes. Topics include art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and classes for kids.
ALLDATA Pro Automotive Repair
Access ALLDATA® Repair to view diagnostic and repair information, parts and labor and diagrams. In-library use only.
Contemporary Authors
Biographical information on 112,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.
BUSINESS
Business Source Elite
This database includes full text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 1,800 journals. Includes detailed company profiles by Datamonitor for the world's 10,000 largest companies.
Corfacts Online In library buildings only
New Jersey online business to business directory: reach nearly 65,000 New Jersey businesses, top officers, plant managers, HR contacts, buyers. Create mailing lists, prospect lists, or update your contact database. Ask at staff desk for login credentials.
MarketScope Advisor
MarketScope Advisor provides access to extensive market commentary, independent investment analysis, up-to-date news and data on a broad range of asset classes. It includes Stock and Fund Reports and Industry Surveys (formerly called S&P Capital IQ Industry Surveys).
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Offers real-time access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds. Click here if you are using a library computer.
Reference USA is now Reference Solutions from Data Axle.
(You do not need to enter your library card number to use Reference Solutions. Your browser will ask you to share your location. If you agree and are in New Jersey, you will automatically be given access. If you do not wish to share your location, or are currently out of state, you will still be able to enter your library card for access.)
Reference Solutions contains directory information on 11,000,000 U.S. companies. Search by name, location, and /or industry. Details include number of employees, sales, credit rating, contact person and yellow page/sic category. Reference Solutions now also contains residential listings, which can be searched by name, address or phone number.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Small Business Reference Center
Provides up to date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. Learn how to create a business plan, market your business and even learn how make your company more environmentally friendly.
Value Line
The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Library cards starting with a 1 cannot access Value Line. Please contact the library to get a new card number for access.
See also: Small Business Pathfinder.
CONSUMER INFORMATION
ALLDATA Pro Automotive Repair
Access ALLDATA® Repair to view diagnostic and repair information, parts and labor and diagrams. In-library use only.
Search just Consumer Reports in the search box below.
Points of View Reference Center
Provides students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
EDUCATION
ERIC
Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
Curriculum Resource Center - from Infobase
An electronic library of printable teacher handouts on history, science, and math for elementary, middle, high school and junior college.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - from Infobase
Provides profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in more than 94 industries.
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Learning Express Library
Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want -at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you. You will need to create an account in order to save your test results. For user name use your library card number. Create your own password. Then use your library card number and password each time you return to the site.
LISTA
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
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Rosetta Stone
Start your interactive language-learning journey today with Rosetta Stone. Choose from 30 different languages: Arabic; Chinese (Mandarin); Dari; Dutch; English (American); English (British); Filipino (Tagalog); French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Hindi; Indonesian; Irish; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Latin; Pashto; Persian (Farsi); Polish; Portuguese (Brazil); Russian; Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Spain); Swahili; SwedishTurkish; Urdu; Vietnamese. Learn more about Rosetta Stone.
Teacher Reference Center
Provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, designed for professional educators.
Universal Class
Free and unlimited access to over 500 online courses. Choose from a diverse range of subjects including computer training, resume writing, home and garden, health and medicine, hobbies, self-help and more. Take classes just for fun or earn continuing education units. Learn more about Universal Class.
See also: Home Schooling Pathfinder
EMPLOYMENT
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center - from Infobase
Provides profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in more than 94 industries.
Job and Career Accelerator - from Learning Express
Explore over 1,000 occupations and match those that fit your interest. Search available jobs from over 5 million job postings. Create professional resumes and cover letters. Master interviewing skills. Get tips and advice on how to improve your search each step of the way. Organize and track your job search progress.
Learning Express Library
Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want -at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you. You will need to create an account in order to save your test results. For user name use your library card number. Create your own password. Then use your library card number and password each time you return to the site.
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Tutor.com
Connect with a career expert for free job search assistance, help with online applications, and résumé and cover letter reviews on tutor.com.
See also: Employment Pathfinder
ENVIRONMENT
GreenFILE
Well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE/NEWSPAPERS
Referencia Latina
Spanish-language database offers content from a variety of sources including thousands of encyclopedia entries, an inclusive collection of images, an atlas, health reports, a Spanish-English dictionary and full text for reference books and general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas.
Rosetta Stone
Start your interactive language-learning journey today with Rosetta Stone. Choose from 30 different languages: Arabic; Chinese (Mandarin); Dari; Dutch; English (American); English (British); Filipino (Tagalog); French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Hindi; Indonesian; Irish; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Latin; Pashto; Persian (Farsi); Polish; Portuguese (Brazil); Russian; Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Spain); Swahili; SwedishTurkish; Urdu; Vietnamese. Learn to use Rosetta Stone.
GENEALOGY
Ancestry.com
Library edition of the popular ancestry resource, this database provides access to more than 3 billion names and over 7,000 databases, primary source documents and images. In-library use only.
Heritage Hub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members. Includes deep coverage from all 50 states, hard-to-find content from the mid 1900s, and original obituary images.
Heritage Quest
Includes more than 25,000 published genealogies and local histories digitized, every word searchable, and the entire US Census, 1790-1930.
See also: Genealogy Subject Guide
GENERAL REFERENCE TOOLS
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images and offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
GEOGRAPHY
World Almanac for Kids - from Infobase
Includes extensive, up-to-date articles in numerous subject areas, tablet/mobile-friendly videos, tons of interactives, science projects and diagrams, Fun Facts articles, biographies, maps, and flags.
World Geography and Culture Online - from Infobase
Every country of the world is profiled in depth, covering all aspects of its geography, history, society, and culture. At-a-glance information, maps and flags, videos, images, gazetteer entries, biographies of famous people, a timeline, and current news supplement each country profile
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Health Reference Center - from Infobase
Conditions and diseases, mental health, body systems, and health and wellness. Includes links to medical tests.
Medline Plus
Created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, to assist in locating authoritative health information.
Salem Health Database
Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. Now also includes genetics and inherited conditions.
See also: Health & Medicine Subject Guide
Black Freedom Struggle
Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom. Covers six time periods between 1790 and 2000.
Decades: Sixties and Seventies in America: 1960s; 1970s
Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy; Civil Disobedience and Social Justice
Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives; Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600; Ancient World, Prehistory-476 c.e.; Eighteenth Century; Middle Ages; Nineteenth Century; Twentieth Century
History Databases - from Infobase
American History, Modern World History, American Women's History, African American History and Culture, American Indian History and Culture, Ancient and Medieval History and Culture
HOMEWORK HELP
Homework Help for Elementary and Middle School
Explora from Ebsco (Opens in new window/tab)
Find information about animals, arts and music, biographies, geography, language arts, science math and social studies.
Middle Search Plus (Opens in new window/tab)
Contains full text for more than 150 middle school magazines and indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Also contains Essential Documents in American History; an image collection of photos, maps and flags; biographies; and primary source documents.
Primary Search (Opens in new window/tab)
Contains full text for more than 60 elementary school magazines. Also provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and an image collection of photos, maps and flags.
Tutor.com (Opens in new window/tab)
One-on-one live online tutoring for students through Tutor.com. Connect to a live tutor through any Internet connection from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m.
See also: In-Depth Homework Help for Kids
Homework Help for All Ages
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (Opens in new window/tab)
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images and offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
Tutor.com (Opens in new window/tab)
One-on-one live online tutoring for students, job seekers, and adult learners through Tutor.com. Connect to a live tutor through any Internet connection from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m.
See also: Homework Help for Teens
LANGUAGE LEARNING
Rosetta Stone
Start your interactive language-learning journey today with Rosetta Stone. Choose from 30 different languages: Arabic; Chinese (Mandarin); Dari; Dutch; English (American); English (British); Filipino (Tagalog); French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Hindi; Indonesian; Irish; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Latin; Pashto; Persian (Farsi); Polish; Portuguese (Brazil); Russian; Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Spain); Swahili; SwedishTurkish; Urdu; Vietnamese. Learn to use Rosetta Stone.
LAW
Legal Information Reference Center - from Ebscohost
This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes. Many 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.
Books
Bloom's Literary Reference Online - from Infobase
Examines the life and works of great writers throughout history.
Literary Reference Center - from Ebscohost
Features more than 10,000 plot summaries and synopses, 75,000 articles, 130,000 author biographies, 500,000 book reviews. Specific contents include Chelsea House's literary criticism series edited by Harold Bloom, the New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, all of Salem Press's MagillOnLiterature, and the Masterplots series.
MagillOnLiterature Plus
Magill on Literature is now included in the Ebscohost Literary Reference Center.
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NoveList
Trying to figure out what to read next? This database gives recommendations and reviews based on what you like now. It includes Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles. This database is provided by the New Jersey State Library.
Novelist K-8
Book recommendations, series, readalikes and book talks for kids.
Authors
Contemporary Authors
Biographical information on 112,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.
SCIENCE
Science - from Infobase
Contains extensive information on a broad range of scientific disciplines.
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What is Camden County Library saving you?
Camden County Library offers free access to Rosetta Stone, provided through the New Jersey State Library. All you need is your library card and internet access, and you can start learning a new language. 
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