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The NSL 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 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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America: History and Life (EBSCO)

Use America: History and Life with Full Text to find journal articles on the history, society, and culture of the United States and Canada, selected from over 1,200 peer-reviewed national and international journals.

Remote Access: authorized users

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • History,
  • Images,
  • Multidisciplinary,
  • New Jersey,
  • Politics,
  • Statistics

New Jersey State Library Digital Collections

NJSL Digital Collections is the State Library’s repository of government documents and Jerseyana.

Remote Access: free

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • Multidisciplinary,
  • Reference

Open Dissertations (EBSCO)

Indexes content from Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955, as well as available records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.

Remote Access: free

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • Multidisciplinary,
  • Reference

Biography Reference Bank (EBSCO)

Provides in-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography, World Authors and Junior Authors & Illustrators series, plus biographical full text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals—providing the most current coverage of an individual’s life and work.

Remote Access: authorized users

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • Newspapers

New York Times – Historical (1851-2019) (ProQuest)

Find articles from the New York Times, 1851-2018. You can search the full text or read the newspaper as it appeared in print, including all photographs, advertisements, and obituaries.

Remote Access: state employees

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • History,
  • New Jersey

New Jersey State Archives Searchable Databases

The New Jersey State Archives provides access to thirteen databases containing over one million entries (indexing names and other information) in nearly 500,000 documents and photographs in the State Archives’ collections. Includes index entries for many marriage records, death records and military records.

Remote Access: free

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy

FamilySearch

FamilySearch provides access to millions of index entries and document images for genealogy records from around the world, including many New Jersey birth, marriage and death records. Create a free account to access.

Remote Access: free

On-site Access: yes

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  • Business,
  • Genealogy,
  • Health,
  • Multidisciplinary,
  • Reference

Reference Solutions

Use this popular database to search for commercial and residential addresses and phone numbers, company information, employment and business opportunities, and job listings. Available searches include U.S. Businesses, U.S. New Businesses, U.S. Historical Businesses, U.S. Jobs/Internships, U.S. New Movers/Homeowners, U.S. Healthcare, U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles, U.S. Standard White Pages, Canadian Businesses and Canadian White Pages. Learn more on our blog “Research Businesses with Reference Solutions”.

You can also use the Jerseyclicks link to login without a library card if you are within the State of New Jersey (authenticated by geolocation).

Former name: ReferenceUSA

Remote Access: authorized users

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • History,
  • Humanities,
  • New Jersey,
  • Newspapers

History Commons

Search or browse the full text of select histories, magazines, and newspapers. Works are in the public domain, but unlike free copies, all text is accurately transcribed and searchable.

American County Histories includes county histories of new Jersey and other states, useful for researching local history, genealogy, public officials, data, and roadworks. Also available: African American Newspapers (1827-1919), Abolitionist newspapers, Women’s Suffrage newspapers, World War I: American Military Camp Newspapers (1916-1923), Frank Leslie’s Weekly (1855-1922), American Inventor (1878-1887), Godey’s Lady’s Book (1830-1898), The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728–1800), The Virginia Gazette (1736-1780), South Carolina Newspapers (1732-1780). Topics: Anatomy of Protest in America (1701-1928), The Civil War Collection (1855-1869), and Quarantine and Disease Control in America (1736-1928).

Former name: Accessible Archives

Remote Access: authorized users

On-site Access: yes

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  • Genealogy,
  • History,
  • New Jersey

Sanborn Maps – New Jersey, pre-1923 in color

A collection of pre-1923 New Jersey Sanborn maps digitized in color by Princeton University. Opens to a spreadsheet arranged by county and then municipality. Access maps by clicking on the hyperlinked years available for the municipality.

See also the Library of Congress New Jersey Sanborn maps collection.

Remote Access: free

On-site Access: yes

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