Databases

Visitors to the library have access to a wide variety of electronic databases; however, remote access to subscription databases is restricted to State Library authorized users: state employees and, unless otherwise noted, Thomas Edison staff and students. Authorized users needing a State Library access card, should complete the appropriate online registration form.

New Jersey residents should use JerseyClicks to access databases licensed  for statewide use.

Transmission or reproduction of items beyond that permitted by fair use requires the permission of the copyright owners. It is the user's responsibility to determine and comply with all restrictions based upon the intended use of the materials.  All users are expected to respect the intellectual property rights of licensed material. Failure to do so will result in loss of access.

You can browse through our databases below, or use the following menus to narrow your search:


Database Search Results

HeinOnline

HeinOnline is a key legal research database. Includes full text of 1600 law reviews; 50 State session laws and statutes archives; the U.S. Federal Legislative History Library (comprehensive histories for major laws, including bills, reports, hearings and other full text documents). Also includes: the U.S. Code; U.S. Statutes at Large, Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Register; U.S. Congressional Serial Set; U.S. Congressional Documents; U.S. Reports. A collection of treatises considered legal classics; Water Rights and Resources Collection; LGBTQ Rights Collection. Also includes U.S. treaties, Canadian and English law, and international agreements.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

HeritageQuest

Find primary sources for genealogical and historical research. Besides federal census records, search Freedman’s Bank records (1865-1874), the U.S. Serials Set (1789-1969), and over 25,000 genealogy and local history books. Its content is similar, but unlike Ancestry can be accessed remotely.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

History Reference Center (EBSCO)

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring reference books, primary sources, full text biographies, eBooks, photographs, and maps.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

Homeland Security Digital Library

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.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: state employees

Hoovers Online

Find comprehensive, real-time company and industry information. Search fields include location, name, size, industry, type, corporate family, financials. Business signals search includes conceptual information such as growth, countries where business is conducted, spending/risk, technology usage, and features of the workforce and workplace. Use Contacts search to identify individuals by title, industry, and parent company. Find market and industry research, analyst reports published in trade journals, triggers to actionable business events, annual revenues, employee counts, stock data, and financials. Desktop computer access only. Alternate name: D & B Hoovers

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

Image Collection (EBSCO)

Access more than 1 million images from EBSCO, including photographs; images from Canadian Press, Getty Images and UPI; maps from Antenna Audio; and photographs from public domain sources.  Emphasis is on world news and events, and contemporary and historical photos of people, places and nature.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

Legal Information Source (EBSCO)

Provides consumer legal information. 13,000+ state-specific legal forms and 8,200 federal forms searchable by state. Includes full-text of all books published by NOLO Press, a trusted publisher of consumer, business, and legal guides, as well as New Jersey specific legal forms for adoption, bankruptcy, divorce, name changes, property and real estate, small business forms, and wills. Published by EBSCO.

LIS is also available statewide in New Jersey without a library card via Jerseyclicks.

Former name: Legal Information Reference Center

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

Lexis Plus

A nationwide database of state and federal statutes, court opinions, regulations, court rules and administrative decisions, plus law reviews and New Jersey-based legal practice guides on various topics. Access is only available onsite at the public computers in the Law Library.

On-site Access: only at the public computers in the Law Library
Remote Access: no

Library Science Database (ProQuest)

This collection provides full text coverage of 125+ leading library and information science journals included in Library and Information Science Abstracts. Coverage: 1970-current.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: state employees

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)

Biographies of thousands of authors and detailed overviews of their works, including plot summaries, and articles/essays of literary criticism. Also contains full-text ebooks of hundreds of literary classics, each including a critical essay and bibliography. Other resources include a literary glossary and Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)

Reference database covering 1600+ full-text periodicals, 450+ full-text reference books, and 73,000 primary sources. Coverage includes general reference, business, health, education, general science, and multicultural issues.

MasterFILE is also available to New Jersey residents via JerseyClicks.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

MEDLINE Complete (EBSCO)

Companion to the free MEDLINE index, providing full-text access to 2000+ biomedical journals and abstracts for 5000+ more. Broad coverage for all health care professionals. Effectively search and retrieve information with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) created by the United States National Library of Medicine. Coverage for some journals dates back to 1865.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: authorized users

MedlinePlus

Authoritative and current health information for the professional and the consumer. Includes information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on about 500 diseases and conditions, hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs and links to thousands of clinical trials.

On-site Access: yes
Remote Access: free