This list includes recordings of past NJSL Presents webinars and video tutorials created by Reference staff. For upcoming classes and webinars, please visit our Events Calendar or subscribe to our monthly newsletter.
Using the Library and Requesting Books and Articles
- Getting a Library Card Online
- Renewing a Book in the Catalog
- Requesting a Book in the Catalog
- Access Journal Articles and eBooks Using NJSL Discovery
- Deciphering Citations
- Using ILLiad
- Reference Solutions: An Overview
- DOT Staff Orientation Video
- How to Build a Booklist Using the State Library’s Catalog
Digital Collections
- The New Jersey State Publications Digital Library
- New Jersey Legislative Hearings
- New Jersey Session Laws
Research Methods: Genealogy & Local History
- Introduction to New Jersey Genealogy
- Genealogy 1: Finding Your Ancestors at the Library
- Useful Electronic Genealogy Resources
- Finding Your Women Ancestors in New Jersey Records
- Local History Information at the New Jersey State Library
- Genealogy Research Stories – Women of New Jersey
- Searching Your Irish Roots
- New Jersey Vital Records, Adoption, and Divorce
- Genealogy in Quarantine – What You Can Do From Home
- Researching New Jersey Revolutionary and Civil War Ancestors
- Roots and Branches – The Genealogy of Muslim Community Development in Greater Newark, NJ Part 2
- Virtual Genealogy Panel Discussion
- Researching Your Pre-May 1848 New Jersey Ancestors
- Virtual Historical Society Panel Discussion
- NJ State Archives vs. State Library
- Family Search Tutorial
- Ancestry Library Edition Tutorial
- City Directories: A Great Tool for Genealogy and History Research
- The Historical Society of Princeton
- Publishing Your Genealogy for Amateurs
- Using Digital Newspapers for Genealogical Research
- Genealogical Research Stories – Newspapers Save the Day
- Indirect Evidence to Establish Genealogical Proof
- Archival Resources and the New Jersey Catholic Experience
- Genealogy From Home
- How the Genealogy Librarian Can Assist You
- Proprietary and Colonial New Jersey Research
- Death Records: The Lynchpin of Genealogy Research
- Genealogy Research Stories: Stories from Family History Research
- New Jersey Public Libraries and Genealogy
- Introduction to Italian Citizenship via Jure Sanguinis
- Diving Deeper into Genetic Genealogy
- A Genealogical Odyssey in the Digital Age: In Search of a Ghost and a Missing Vowel
- Lineage Society Panel Discussion
- Genealogy Research Stories: Benjamin Flinn and Oliver Cromwell
- Electronic Resources for Genealogy
- Investigative Genetic Genealogy
- Garden State Genealogy: Records of the NJ State Archives
See our Genealogy guide for more on this topic.
Research Methods: Law
- Legal Resources Available at the NJ State Library
- Executive Orders
- New Jerseys Branches of Government Overview
See our Legal Resources guide for more on this topic.
Research Methods: Health and Medicine
- CINAHL Basic Search
- CINAHL Subject Headings
- CINAHL – Working with Results
- Using Psychology Databases
- Locating Nursing Literature – CINAHL Complete
- Nursing Resources at the New Jersey State Library
- Online Health Resources of the New Jersey State Library
- PubMed Essentials
See our Health and Medical Resources and Nursing Resources guides for more on this topic.
Thomas Edison State University (TESU)
See our Information Literacy for TESU Students guide for more on this topic.
Foundations and Non-Profits
- Better with a Crowd: The Basics of Crowdfunding
- Introduction to Corporate Giving
- Non-Profit “Dos and Don’ts”
- Creating Your Non-Profit’s Social Media Plan
- Re-Activate Your Life
- Winning the Grant: A Panel Discussion with Grant Recipients
- Finding Grant Funding with FDO
- Introduction to Proposal Writing
- Introduction to Finding Grants
See our Grant Information and Nonprofit Management guides for more information.
Virtual Author Talks
- Was A White Shark the Right Shark?
- Woodrow Wilson as Commander-in-Chief
- The Creation of American Law and the 1790s Supreme Court
- John Haslet: A Colonel in Washington’s Army
- Wallace House Women and Old Dutch Parsonage Suffrage Stories
- Little Known Truths regarding African Enslavement in the State of New Jersey: 1695-1866
- Simon Lake & John Holland: New Jersey’s Submarine Inventors
- A New Jersey State of Mind
- Dishing Up New Jersey
- The History of Craft Beer
- Why I Choose to Set my Mysteries at the Jersey Shore…and More!
- The Secret History of the Jersey Devil
- Inventing Film: The Clergyman, the Capitalist, and Democratizing the Image
- George Washington, New Jersey, and the American Revolution
- The Still Family: Its Significance and Relevance to the History of South Jersey
- Golden Beauty Boss: The Story of Madama Sara Spencer Washington and the Apex Empire
- The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
- The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey
- You Are Here! A New Jersey Travel Guide
- Walk the Trails of Mercer County
- The Unspoken Gift: How an Immigrant Cuban Child Fulfilled His American Dream
- New Jersey and the War of 1812
- The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis 1754-1836
- From Protest to President: A Social Justice Journey through the Emergence of Adult Education and the Birth of Distance Learning
- Women of the Seas and the Stars
- Garden State of Decay
- Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach
- Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson: Black Baseball in America in the Era of the Color Line
- Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike
- How to Hunt the Jersey Devil!
- I Looked Up and There Was the Sky: The 2021 Mullica Hill Tornado
- Archeology and the Delaware Indians: A 12,000-year Odyssey
- Researching the History of a New Jersey House
- The Path to Freedom: Black Families in New Jersey
- Black Women’s Christian Activism: Seeking Social Justice in a Northern Suburb
- Garden State Gangland: The Rise of the Mob in New Jersey
- Japanese American Experience at Seabrook Farms, 1944-1947
- Betsey Stockton’s Neighbors: Princeton’s Black Community in the Era of the Civil War
- Vandalia: The Rise and Fall of Major William Trent’s Proposed Colony
- Puerto Rican Farmworkers in the Garden State, 1950s-1970s
- Legacy of Remembrance: A History of WWI Monuments in New Jersey
Webinars on Other Topics
- Cut Flower Gardening
- Library Research Tools and Tips
- Protecting Your Identity and Other Assets
- Psychology of Spending
- Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- Social Security 101
- Gentle Yoga
- Gentle Yoga for Stress Reduction
- Take the Mystery Out of Medicare
- Investment Concerns in a Fragile Market
- Financial Aid Information Session
- Make Savings with Medicare this September
- Interview Tips and Tricks
- 10 Steps to Financial Success
- Medicare Open Enrollment Information Session
- Diabetes Informational Session
- Are You Financially Healthy?
- Getting Fiscally Fit
- Home Buying
- 8 Great Websites for Health
- Hidden Figures Revealed: African American Notables in a Union County Town (Summit, NJ)
- Finding Benjamin James and the Mount Ely Hancock House
- Why Garden Off the Ground
- Diabetes: Medication, Nutrition, and Activity
- When Parents Separate or Divorce: Addressing Issues Concerning A Child with Autism
- The Great Outdoors: The Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
- Jews in American Agriculture
- Legal, Financial, and Care Planning for Alzheimer’s Part 1
- Legal, Financial, and Care Planning for Alzheimer’s Part 2
- Nature Program of the Mercer County Park Commission
- History of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Chair Yoga with Samantha Benson
- Introduction to Medicare
- Resume Tips and Tricks
- Small Business Administration Resources and Services
- Suffragists Speak: Race, Slavery, and the Right to Vote
- Platonic Parenting: An Emerging Social Concept
- Understanding Glucose Monitoring
- Financial Blunders: Lessons We Never Learn
- Gentle Yoga for Every Body
- The Many Types of Arthritis
- COVID-19 and Caregiving for Dementia
- Bundle Up: Winter Activities Throughout New Jersey’s State Parks, Forests, and Historic Sites
- Hardenbergh Hike Through History, Art & Nature
- A Rich Legacy: The History of My Enslaved Ancestors
- Dementia Conversations
- Financial First Aid
- Pinelands History
- Child and Adolescent Anxiety
- Cancer Screening Information Session
- Financial Side of College Graduation
- What Is A Stroke?
- Environmental Protection: What You Can Do…More or Less!
- The Social History of New Jersey Asylums
- Medicare Dental Coverage Options
- Strangely Contaminated: The Loyalists of New Jersey
- Keeping Your New Years Resolutions
- Identity Theft
- Chair Yoga with Marsha Rudolph
- Henry Beard: From Enslaved Man to Union Civil War Veteran
- TESU Degree Information Session
- Creating a Target Market for Your Job Search
- Pinelands Flora and Fauna
- Sustainable Income Strategies in Retirement
- Below the Belt: Preventing and Detecting Gynecologic Cancer
- When Newark Had a Chinatown
- Current Trends in Resume Writing
- The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project
- Gardening for Butterflies: Bring Nature to Your Home
- Understanding Cryptocurrency
- Van Wickle Slave Ring Digital Collection
- How to Manage Debt
- Simple Steps to Maximize Networking
- Men’s Health Information Session
- Stress Management
- Upskilling For My Next Job: Utilizing Government Funding To Pay The Way
- Scams and Frauds: Don’t Be a Victim!
- The Hessians are Coming? How a Discovery at the Red Bank Battlefield is Challenging Public History
- Language of Flowers
- Project Planning Your Work Search: A Practical Work Search Methodology
- Introduction to Brain Injury
- Distracted Driving
- Vehicles of Financial Planning
- Roth After-tax vs Traditional Pre-tax Contributions
- Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Embracing Your Innate Power Within the Workplace
- The Evolving Employment Model: Managing Your Career in the Rapidly Changing Economy
- Slavery and Emancipation Laws in 19th Century New Jersey
- Inside the Hive: Honey Bees and Beekeeping
- Grant Castner, Trenton Photographer: The Delaware River and Canals, 1890-1920
- Estate Planning Bootcamp Part 1
- Estate Planning Bootcamp Part 2
- Sports Safety
- Get the OFFER! A Killer Interview Technique that Works
- Strength Through Healing: The NJ Office of Resilience
