Databases
The Research Library provides access to a wide variety of electronic databases on topics useful to state government. Remote access to subscription databases is limited to authorized users (state employees and, unless otherwise noted, Thomas Edison staff and students) with a NJ State Library card.
New Jersey residents should use JerseyClicks to access databases licensed for statewide use. We also recommend many federal and authoritative databases that are free to the public. Databases are also available to visitors onsite at the State Library.
Copyright notice: 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.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- Business,
- Education
Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest)
ProQuest Career & Technical Education is the definitive source for vocational information. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic.
Remote Access: state employees
On-site Access: yes
- Education
Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs
Produced by the U.S. Department of Educations Office of Postsecondary Education, this database contains programs that are, or were, “accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a ‘reliable authority as to the quality of postsecondary education.’
Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes
- Business,
- Education,
- Grants,
- Health,
- History,
- Humanities,
- Law,
- Multidisciplinary,
- Politics,
- Science,
- Social
EBSCO eBooks
The State Library offers a collection of over 15,000 eBooks on a range of mostly non-fiction and scholarly topics. All works are full-text searchable.
Remote Access: state employees and TESU staff and students
On-site Access: yes
- Education
Education Database (ProQuest)
Provides access to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database. Coverage: 1988-current.
Remote Access: state employees
On-site Access: yes
- Education
ERIC – Institute of Education Sciences
The free, public version of the ERIC database indexes citations of scholarly literature on education, with full-text links to government documents from the Department of Education. For full-text of other journal articles indexed in this database, try EBSCO’s ERIC database or ProQuest Education Database.
Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes
- Education
ERIC (EBSCO)
Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals, documents, and reports dating back to 1967. Use Advanced Search to limit results by audience and education level (adult, early childhood, secondary, etc.) Full text for many journals from 1996 to current via EBSCO. For other articles, try ProQuest Education Database. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
ERIC is also available to New Jersey residents via JerseyClicks.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- Education,
- Reference
LISTA – Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage from the mid-1960s.
This database is also available to New Jersey residents via JerseyClicks.
Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes
- Children,
- Education,
- Humanities,
- Reference
NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 covers fiction and nonfiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as classroom teachers.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- Business,
- Education,
- Humanities,
- Law,
- Multidisciplinary,
- Science,
- Social
OmniFile Full Text Select (EBSCO)
A multidisciplinary database providing full text articles. Coverage includes agriculture, applied sciences, art, biology, business, education, humanities, law, library and information science, social sciences and technology.Coverage begins in 1994.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes