The NJ State Research Library Test Book Collection consists of study guides for a wide range of civil service job titles.
One unique way that we help serve state employees and any patron interested in joining state government is by offering a robust Test Book collection. These test books provide guidance on taking civil service exams through testing strategies and practice test questions. We also support the educational needs of patrons by offering books on college entrance exams, high-school equivalency tests, and military and police exams.
- Test books are purchased to assist applicants seeking employment in government at the local, county, state and federal level.
- While the test books are not specific to New Jersey civil service job titles, those taking New Jersey civil service exams find them helpful.
- The collection also contains a small number of test preparation books for college, graduate school, career certification and military exams.
- The Research Library has approximately 1,200 books in this collection.
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A NJ State Library Card is required to borrow from the test books collection.
We have titles available in print and online so if you haven’t already signed up for your library card, it’s the key to unlocking this fantastic collection!
Get a card, then come back to borrow from the test books collection.
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Collection Policy
The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is responsible for posting civil service jobs and administering standardized tests for job titles as required. The Civil Service Commission does not make old copies of tests available.
To provide the best possible alternative, the Research Library purchases test preparation materials from a national publishing company, the National Learning Corporation. While these exams are not specific to New Jersey civil service titles, we do our best to source equivalent practice exams.
We have a wide variety of test books including popular titles such as Investigator, Administrative Assistant, or Social Worker.
We also have books specifically for the Supervisory Test Battery and Management Test Battery.
To Borrow from the Test Book Collection
- You must be a NJ State Library Card registered borrower to check out from the test books collection.
- Test books may be borrowed for two weeks, checking out up to five test books at a time.
- We do not circulate our test books to other libraries.
- The collection is available in print, mostly in English.
- A limited number of books are available electronically through eLibraryNJ.
- Popular titles are purchased in multiple copies.
Electronically Available Titles
Additionally, we have 75 titles available electronically for NJ Library Card registered borrowers, including state employees and TESU students, staff, and mentors.
- You can access the test books electronically via eLibraryNJ.
- On mobile devices, you will need to download the Libby app.
A
- Accountant
- Accountant/Audit Clerical Series
- Accountant 2
- Accountant 3
- Administrative Analyst
- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Assistant 1
- Administrative Assistant 2
- Administrator
- Associate Contract Specialist
- Associate Investigator
- Auditor
B
- Building Manager
C
- Chief Civil Engineer
- Civil Service Administration, Management and Supervision
- Civil Service Arithmetic
- Civil Service Grammar and Usage
- Civil Engineer I, II, III, IV, V
- Clerical and Administrative Support Positions
- Clerk
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Specialist
- Computer Specialist (Software)
- Computer Specialist (Systems Programming)
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Construction and Maintenance Supervisor
- Correction Officer
- Customer Service/Information Representative
E
- Electrician
- Engineer
- Engineering Technician
- Executive Assistant
F
- Family and Children Services Specialist
- Field Investigator
G
- General Supervisor
- Graphs, Charts and Tables (Tabular Material)
H
- Highway Construction Supervisor
- Human Resources Assistant
- Human Resources Manager
I
- In-Basket Examination
- Information Systems Analyst
- Information Technology Systems Technician
- Interpreter (Spanish)
L
- Legal Secretary
- Library Assistant
M
- Management Analyst
- Management Assistant
- Management Test Battery
- Manager/Administrator
- Motor Vehicle Representative
N
- Nutrition Services Supervisor
- Nutritionist 2
P
- Personnel Analyst
- Planner
- Principal Account-Audit Clerk
- Principal Administrative Analyst
- Principal Human Resources Specialist
- Principal Special Investigator
- Probation Officer
- Project Manager
- Public Health Representative 2
- Purchasing Agent
Q
- Quality Control Investigator
R
- Research Assistant
S
- Secretarial Assistant
- Secretary
- Senior Administrative Associate
- Senior Civil Engineer (Structures)
- Senior Clerk
- Senior Clerk-Typist
- Senior Social Services Program Specialist
- Social Services Supervisor
- Supervisor
- Supervising Clerk
- Supervising Highway Engineer
- Supervisory Test Battery
T
- Training Specialist
- Technical Assistant
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