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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Code of Federal Regulations
Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes
- Law
Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the official source for federal legislative information and includes bills, laws, committee information, committee reports, the Congressional Record, roll call votes and profiles of members of Congress.
Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes
- Law,
- Politics
CQ Congress Collection
Provides historical analysis of members of Congress, their voting behavior, interest groups, and public policy. Includes information on institutional and organizational history, the legislative process, and public policy decision-making.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- Law,
- Politics
CQ Magazine
Non-partisan legislative news and analysis from the largest news organization on Capitol Hill, publishing comprehensive coverage of Congress. New issues published weekly.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- History,
- Law,
- Multidisciplinary,
- Politics,
- Reference,
- Statistics
CQ Press Electronic Library
Search across all four CQ Press subscriptions: Congress Collection, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Magazine, and Voting and Elections Collection.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- Law,
- Social
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
Indexes over 460 U.S. and international criminal justice journals and includes full text for over 185 titles. Coverage back to 1981.
Remote Access: state employees
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
- Law
Federal Register
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes
- Business,
- Health,
- History,
- Law,
- Multidisciplinary,
- Reference,
- Science,
- Social
Gale eBooks
A collection of about a hundred reference eBooks covering business, education, the environment, history, medicine, religion, science and social science. Full text search is available within individual eBooks or across the entire collection. Titles include: Business Plans Handbooks, Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education, Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Everyday Finance: Economics, Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, Personal Money Management and Entrepreneurship and Wests Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd edition. Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Remote Access: authorized users
On-site Access: yes
- Law,
- Politics
govinfo
Free access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Among the nearly 50 collections available are: Compilation of Presidential Documents (1992 to present), Congressional Bills (103rd Congress to present), Congressional Documents (94th Congress to present), Congressional Hearings (99th Congress to present), Congressional Record 1873 to present), Congressional Reports (104th Congress to present), Federal Register (1936 to present), Public and Private Laws (104th Congress to present) and Economic Indicators (1995 to present). Documents are added daily. Maintained by the Government Publishing Office (GPO).
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Remote Access: free
On-site Access: yes