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Electronic Resources
 
 

Databases by Title

This page describes and links to electronic resources that can be accessed within the State Library, and in some cases, remotely. Some remote access resources are only available to State Library authorized users (state employees and Thomas Edison staff and students). The databases are arranged alphabetically by name. Use the links below to view specific sections of the list.

All users are expected to respect the intellectual property rights of licensed material. Failure to do so will result in loss of access.

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General Reference Center Gold   remote access for authorized users
Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the arts, science, and entertainment. Coverage 1980-date.
 
Geographic Names Information System - GNIS   
Contains almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the U.S. The federally recognized name of each feature is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by state, county, and geographic coordinates. It includes some popular names and offers a map viewer for graphical display.
 
GEOnet Names Server (GNS)   
Provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's database of foreign geographic feature names. Monthly updates to thousands of the almost 4 million features by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
 
Globus & NTDB   no remote access
Offers current and historic international trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS) and the Department of Agriculture.  Also provides international market research and country analysis and selected import/export statistics. Requires username and password for access. Please see U.S. Documents Librarian.
 
GovBenefits.gov   
An online screening tool that helps individuals find government benefits that they may be eligible to receive and provides information about how to apply for those programs.
 
Government Periodicals Universe   remote access for authorized users
U.S. government agencies publish approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value. Government Periodicals Universe provides detailed subject and author indexing to access this body of literature and is updated quarterly with approximately 2500 additional articles. It includes full text access to many articles.
 
GovLoans.gov   
A gateway to government loan information available from five Federal agencies. Housing, agriculture, education, veterans and small business loans are covered.
 
GovSearch for Libraries   remote access for authorized users 

A database of government people, places, positions and programs on the federal, state, county and municipal level. Current information. Updated daily.

 
Grants.gov   
A single access point that allows organizations to find and apply electronically to over 900 competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
 
GrayLit Network   
A science portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects.
 
GuideStar   
Provides access to  nonprofit organizations' form 990s and private foundations' form 990-PFs.
 
Haz-Map   
An occupational toxicology database that links jobs to hazardous job tasks that may be associated with occupational diseases and their symptoms.  Provides information on hazardous agents, occupational diseases and high risk jobs.
 
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)   

HSDB focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. All data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature. HSDB is peer-reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), a committee of experts in the major subject areas within the data bank's scope. HSDB is organized into over 5000 individual chemical records.

 
Health Source: Consumer   remote access for authorized users
Provides searchable full text for nearly 165 health periodicals, and abstracts for over 180.
 
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition   remote access for authorized users
Full text for over 520 scholarly journals focusing on medical disciplines, and abstracts for over 560 journals.
 
HeritageQuest   remote access for authorized users
A collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Includes indexes and original page images of U.S. Federal Census records form 1790-1930, and over 25,000 family and local histories.
 
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online   remote access for authorized users
Provides access to data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration and trade.
 
History Reference Center   remote access for authorized users

Includes full text from over 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, and full text coverage for more than 120 history periodicals, over 59,600 historical documents, 49,600 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

 
Homeland Security Digital Library   remote access for state employees only

The nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy documents, including presidential directives, theses and reports from universities, organizations and state and local agencies.  State employees with standard state email addresses can register for remote access to this database by clicking on the "Request an individual HSDL account" on the database home page.

 
Hoover's Online   no remote access
Provides in depth company information, business search tools, and real-time company information. Version accessed within the library has more features.
 
Humanities International Complete   remote access for authorized users
This database provides the full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. It includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content for more than 770 journals, much of which is not found in other databases. 
 
Information about Drugs and Alcohol (IDA)   
Indexes and abstracts scientific literature relating to alcohol and substance abuse prevention and sociological issues.
 
Informe (Spanish language)   remote access for authorized users
The Spanish language version of the popular Infotrac Database. Browse listings of subjects, people, products, locations and organizations that contain the words matching your search terms. Informe contains references to over 63,000 articles, many of which are available in full text.
 
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers   remote access for authorized users
A full text collection of over 150 U.S. and major English-language foreign newspapers. Includes The Record (1996-), The Star-Ledger (1996-) and The New York Times (1985).  Also includes the Knight-Ridder Tribune News Service and Business News Wire. To search specific papers, click on publication search. 
 
InfoTrac General OneFile   remote access for authorized users
A source for news and articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Includes millions of full-text articles, many with images, from over 5,000 periodicals.
 
ingenta   
A database of article information from over 17,000 journals covering all disciplines. Searchable by author, subject or journal. Allows you to browse the table of contents of specific journals. Access to this very popular database is free, however there is a charge for document delivery.
 
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)   
Provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international and scientific literature on dietary supplements.  Coverage: 1986 to the present.
 
Issues & Controversies   remote access for authorized users
Presents objective analysis of opposing points of view on hotly debated issues of the day.
 
Jersey Journal, The (1999-)   no remote access
Provides coverage of the Hudson County area.  Searchable, full textfrom 1999 on.
 
 
LegalTrac   remote access for authorized users
Use this database to research: case studies, government regulations, practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Access all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals. Coverage 1980-date.
 
LISTA - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts   
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage from the mid-1960s.
 
Literary Reference Center   remote access for authorized users
A completely fulltext database that includes information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. It contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.
 
Literature of the Nonprofit Sector   
A searchable bibliographic database of the literature of philanthropy.
 
Literature Resource Center   remote access for authorized users
Use this database to find information about authors and their works. Includes a literary historical timeline.
 
LitFinder   remote access for authorized users
A searchable database of poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches. Includes 126,500 full text poems and 850,000 poem citations and excerpts.
 
 
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