Online Databases

Need to access research materials? Use these online databases free with your library card!

Below each database, you'll see links to "Library Use" and "Home Access:" 

  • Library Use (Access to databases within the library):
    If the link states that a reference librarian must log patrons into the database, you must be in the reference department on the second floor. Otherwise, you may be at any computer within the library.
  • Home Access (Access to databases from a remote location):
    Some databases are only available in the library. Those databases will not have a link for home access. Access to databases that have remote access will require an ID number. Enter the 13 digit number on the back of your library card from a Main Library Alliance library.

Alphabetical List of Databases

African-American History (InfoBase Learning)

Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.

AllData

Database on vehicle maintenance and repair.

American History (InfoBase Learning)

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

American Indian History (InfoBase Learning)

Offers fast access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.

American National Biography

Biographies of men and women from all eras and walks of life who have shaped America. Includes illustrations, descriptive bibliographies, and links for additional information.

Ancestry Plus

One of the most important genealogical collections available. Includes census, vital, church, court, and immigration records in the US and the UK, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia, and other areas of the world.

Ancient and Medieval History (InfoBase Learning)

Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)

Includes current and retrospective reference sources that cover 13 million individuals, both living and deceased. Includes biographical dictionaries and who’s whos, encyclopedias, literary criticism, and indexes.

Bloom’s Literature (InfoBase Learning)

Information about authors, works of literature, and literary characters.

Books in Print

Bibliographic database of over 7.5 million US book, audio book, and video titles, as well as over 12 million international titles.

Consumer Reports (EBSCO)

Product reviews and ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more.

Contemporary Authors (Gale)

Author biographies and criticism, specifically on contemporary authors.

Corfacts NJ Business Directory

NJ business to business directories website.

  • Library Use
  • Home Access (Please call the Reference Department at 973-285-6969 if you have difficulty logging in with your barcode)

Corporate Affiliations (Lexis-Nexis)

Search over 1 million company profiles, including corporate hierarchies.

Curriculum Resource Center (InfoBase Learning)

Printable teacher handouts for middle school through junior college.

EBSCOhost

MasterFile ELITE indexes over 2,000 magazines, of which 1,000 are full-text.  Other databases include:  Business Source Elite; Academic Search Premier; Literary Reference Center; Reader’s Guide Retrospective; Play Index; ERIC; and Teacher Reference Center.

EBSCOhost Español

Spanish language interface to EBSCOhost databases. Bases de datos en español que cubrir información general, negocios, información médica y todos los campos militares y del gobierno.

ERIC - Education Resource Information Center (EBSCO)

Provides access to educational literature and resources, including information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.

FamilySearch (LDS Church)

Since its launch in 1999, FamilySearch has added billions of historical records from around the world.  The Morris County Library is a library affiliate and digitized microfilm records can be viewed when using the database at the library.  Please note that this is not a paid library database and the library does not provide accounts.  Beginning December 13, 2017 all users must register for their own free FamilySearch account at familysearch.org.

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (InfoBase Learning)

Provides profiles on over 3,000 jobs and 90 industries, and includes invaluable advice on career skills.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)

Indexes over 25,000 records covering a variety of topics. Searchable by subject or keyword.

Gale Literary Index

The index combines and cross-references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles.

GreenFILE/Science Resources (EBSCO)

This database provides a collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles and covers content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 780,000 records and full-text for more than 11,000 records.

Health Reference Center (InfoBase Learning)

This database includes more than 550 educational videos on a wide range of health topics, more than 1,100 searchable and browsable color illustrations, and a “Health in the News” section.

Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)

Provides consumer health magazines; academic reports and full-text journals. Includes Fast Facts series on a range of medical conditions..

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)

Covers nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more. 250 full text journals; 930 indexed journals; many peer-reviewed.

HeritageQuest (ProQuest)

HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.

Historic New York Times (ProQuest)

New York Times articles starting in 1851.

Issues & Controversies (InfoBase Learning)

Timely, in-depth articles covering complex current events issues.

JSTOR

Full-text academic journals, primarily in the arts and sciences.

Legal Information Resource Center (EBSCO)

This database provides online full-text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, with more than 300 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)

Information about authors, works of literature and literary characters, as well as definitions of literary terms and movements, and images of authors. Also includes streaming full-length videos of nearly 100 famous productions of classic plays.

Mango

Learn a language as you read, listen and speak in real-world scenarios. Provides courses in 70 world languages from Arabic to Yiddish. Specialty courses include Mandarin for business, Spanish for medical topics, French slang and many more. ESL: over 20 English courses taught in the learner’s native language, such as Egyptian Arabic, Haitian Creole, Korean, Polish. Use on desktop; mobile app (Apple, Android, Kindle Fire). Provided by Main Library Alliance.

Marquis Who’s Who

Database of over 1.5 million biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment, and more.

Mergent Online

US and international public company data and reports. All SEC (EDGAR) filings are included.

Modern World History (InfoBase Learning)

Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.

Morningstar Investment Research Library

Includes financial reports, screening, analyst reports, and portfolio screening.

Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)

Newspapers, newswires and news magazines worldwide, many full-text. Citations from leading news sources. Includes radio & television transcripts.

Novelist (EBSCO)

Suggestions for fiction reading, including award-winning book lists, discussion guides, recommended reading lists, and more.

Oxford University Press

Access to several Oxford University encyclopedias online:

Black Women in America; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; Encyclopedia of Evolution; The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art; Encyclopedia of Human Rights; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages; The Oxford Companion to United States History; The Oxford Companion to World Exploration; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome; The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America; The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History; The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace.

Peterson's Test and Career Prep (GALE)

Careers: Test prep for NCLEX, CNA/HHA, Praxis, Civil Service, Law Enforcement, Real Estate, ASVAB, more. Online courses for selected topics. Academic: Practice for AP, ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT & more. GED, HiSET & TASC exam prep.. Diagnostic pre-testing. ESL & Citizenship: TOEFL and more English proficiency exams; U.S. Citizenship. Job Search Tools: resume builder; job search. Skills: Microsoft Office learning & practice..

Poetry and Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO)

This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques — including contemporary content from the finest publishers.

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)

All current event topics include an overview, point and counterpoint. Over 375 topics included.

Reference Solutions (Formerly ReferenceUSA)

Find information on over 15.5 million US and Canadian businesses and organizations; search and sort by business name, location, SIC code.

Referencia Latina (EBSCO)

A Spanish language database including encyclopedia entries, images, reports, a Spanish-English dictionary, reference books, and general interest magazines. Una base de datos completa de habla hispana, que ofrece contenido de una variedad de contenido incluyendo 49,000 entradas enciclopedicas, más de 100,000 imágenes, 2,500 informes sobre la salud, un diccionario español-inglés y texto completo para más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas.

S&P NetAdvantage

Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis. Industry and Markets tabs include key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, financial metrics, etc. by sub-industry or geography. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private companies and 97% of worldwide publicly traded market capitalization. Historical stock price charting and screening tools also provided.

Salem Press

Access to several Salem Press reference books (history, science and health) online.

Science Online (InfoBase Learning)

This database offers a broad range of scientific disciplines, organized by subject area and type of resource. Also includes over 1,150 science experiments and activities, arranged by grade range, subject, and time required.

Star-Ledger (NewsBank)

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Star-Ledger.

Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)

Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.

Uniworld

Information on foreign firms in the US and US firms overseas.

Value Line

Database provides information about investments for individual investors, portfolio managers, corporate finance professionals, and academic institutions. Includes Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks.

Wall Street Journal

Free access to the Wall Street Journal. Sign-in through the library catalog to create an account. Accounts expire after 3 days but you may go directly through the catalog or through the links provided for unlimited reactivation with your existing username and password you created the first time for the WSJ. Current and coverage for the past 4 years will be available. .

Weiss Financial Rating Series

This database includes the following: Financial Strength Ratings: Banks, Credit Unions, Insurance; Investment Ratings: Stocks, Mutual Funds, Exchange and Trade Funds; Customized Medicare Supplement Insurance Buyer's Guide, Consumer Guides; Financial Literacy Basics; Financial Literacy: Planning for the Future; Financial Literacy: How to Become an Investor.
***For Home Access sign in with your library card number

WestLaw

Legal research service for legal and law-related materials. Contains the full text of court opinions, statutes, and regulations from state and federal governments, as well as over 800 law reviews and journals. Reference librarian must log patron onto Westlaw-specific computer.

World Almanac for Kids Online (InfoBase Learning)

Resources for elementary- and middle school- level homework, reports and projects. Kids can explore age-appropriate topics while developing online research skills.

Winmo (Formerly Redbooks)

Description: Provides data on advertising agencies, advertisers, key contacts, ad spends, media types, and more. For remote access, please use your library card number

World Geography & Culture Online (InfoBase Learning)

Country data, with facts-at-a-glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, etc.

Writer’s Reference Center (InfoBase Learning)

Includes the mechanics of writing and grammar as well as style and research. Provides an in-depth grammatical section and presents a step-by-step guide for writing a good essay.

List of Databases by Subject

Automotive

AllData

Database on vehicle maintenance and repair.

Business & Investment

Corfacts NJ Business Directory

NJ business to business directories website.

  • Library Use
  • Home Access (Please call the Reference Department at 973-285-6969 if you have difficulty logging in with your barcode)

Corporate Affiliations (Lexis-Nexis)

Search over 1 million company profiles, including corporate hierarchies.

Mergent Online

US and international public company data and reports. All SEC (EDGAR) filings are included.

Morningstar Investment Research Library

Includes financial reports, screening, analyst reports, and portfolio screening.

Reference Solutions (Formerly ReferenceUSA)

Find information on over 15.5 million US and Canadian businesses and organizations; search and sort by business name, location, SIC code.

S&P NetAdvantage

Broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis. Industry and Markets tabs include key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, financial metrics, etc. by sub-industry or geography. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private companies and 97% of worldwide publicly traded market capitalization. Historical stock price charting and screening tools also provided.

Uniworld

Information on foreign firms in the US and US firms overseas.

Value Line

Database provides information about investments for individual investors, portfolio managers, corporate finance professionals, and academic institutions. Includes Value Line’s leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks.

Weiss Financial Rating Series

This database includes the following: Financial Strength Ratings: Banks, Credit Unions, Insurance; Investment Ratings: Stocks, Mutual Funds, Exchange and Trade Funds; Customized Medicare Supplement Insurance Buyer's Guide, Consumer Guides; Financial Literacy Basics; Financial Literacy: Planning for the Future; Financial Literacy: How to Become an Investor.
***For Home Access sign in with your library card number

Winmo (Formerly Redbooks)

Description: Provides data on advertising agencies, advertisers, key contacts, ad spends, media types, and more. For remote access, please use your library card number

Careers

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center (InfoBase Learning)

Provides profiles on over 3,000 jobs and 90 industries, and includes invaluable advice on career skills.

Peterson's Test and Career Prep (GALE)

Careers: Test prep for NCLEX, CNA/HHA, Praxis, Civil Service, Law Enforcement, Real Estate, ASVAB, more. Online courses for selected topics. Academic: Practice for AP, ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT & more. GED, HiSET & TASC exam prep.. Diagnostic pre-testing. ESL & Citizenship: TOEFL and more English proficiency exams; U.S. Citizenship. Job Search Tools: resume builder; job search. Skills: Microsoft Office learning & practice..

Current Events

Issues & Controversies (InfoBase Learning)

Timely, in-depth articles covering complex current events issues.

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)

All current event topics include an overview, point and counterpoint. Over 375 topics included.

Education & Encyclopedias

Curriculum Resource Center (InfoBase Learning)

Printable teacher handouts for middle school through junior college.

ERIC - Education Resource Information Center (EBSCO)

Provides access to educational literature and resources, including information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)

Indexes over 25,000 records covering a variety of topics. Searchable by subject or keyword.

Oxford University Press

Access to several Oxford University encyclopedias online:

Black Women in America; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; Encyclopedia of Evolution; The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art; Encyclopedia of Human Rights; The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages; The Oxford Companion to United States History; The Oxford Companion to World Exploration; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome; The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America; The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History; The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace.

Salem Press

Access to several Salem Press reference books (history, science and health) online.

Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)

Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals.

World Almanac for Kids Online (InfoBase Learning)

Resources for elementary- and middle school- level homework, reports and projects. Kids can explore age-appropriate topics while developing online research skills.

Genealogy & Biography

American National Biography

Biographies of men and women from all eras and walks of life who have shaped America. Includes illustrations, descriptive bibliographies, and links for additional information.

Ancestry Plus

One of the most important genealogical collections available. Includes census, vital, church, court, and immigration records in the US and the UK, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia, and other areas of the world.

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)

Includes current and retrospective reference sources that cover 13 million individuals, both living and deceased. Includes biographical dictionaries and who’s whos, encyclopedias, literary criticism, and indexes.

FamilySearch (LDS Church)

Since its launch in 1999, FamilySearch has added billions of historical records from around the world.  The Morris County Library is a library affiliate and digitized microfilm records can be viewed when using the database at the library.  Please note that this is not a paid library database and the library does not provide accounts.  Beginning December 13, 2017 all users must register for their own free FamilySearch account at familysearch.org.

HeritageQuest (ProQuest)

HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.

Marquis Who’s Who

Database of over 1.5 million biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment, and more.

Geography & History

African-American History (InfoBase Learning)

Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.

American History (InfoBase Learning)

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

American Indian History (InfoBase Learning)

Offers fast access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.

Ancient and Medieval History (InfoBase Learning)

Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.

Modern World History (InfoBase Learning)

Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.

World Geography & Culture Online (InfoBase Learning)

Country data, with facts-at-a-glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, etc.

Grants

Health

Health Reference Center (InfoBase Learning)

This database includes more than 550 educational videos on a wide range of health topics, more than 1,100 searchable and browsable color illustrations, and a “Health in the News” section.

Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)

Provides consumer health magazines; academic reports and full-text journals. Includes Fast Facts series on a range of medical conditions..

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)

Covers nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more. 250 full text journals; 930 indexed journals; many peer-reviewed.

Languages

Mango

Learn a language as you read, listen and speak in real-world scenarios. Provides courses in 70 world languages from Arabic to Yiddish. Specialty courses include Mandarin for business, Spanish for medical topics, French slang and many more. ESL: over 20 English courses taught in the learner’s native language, such as Egyptian Arabic, Haitian Creole, Korean, Polish. Use on desktop; mobile app (Apple, Android, Kindle Fire). Provided by Main Library Alliance.

Legal Information

Legal Information Resource Center (EBSCO)

This database provides online full-text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, with more than 300 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.

WestLaw

Legal research service for legal and law-related materials. Contains the full text of court opinions, statutes, and regulations from state and federal governments, as well as over 800 law reviews and journals.

Reference librarian must log patron onto Westlaw-specific computer.

Literature & Writing

Bloom’s Literature (InfoBase Learning)

Information about authors, works of literature, and literary characters.

Books in Print

Bibliographic database of over 7.5 million US book, audio book, and video titles, as well as over 12 million international titles.

Contemporary Authors (Gale)

Author biographies and criticism, specifically on contemporary authors.

Gale Literary Index

The index combines and cross-references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles.

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)

Information about authors, works of literature and literary characters, as well as definitions of literary terms and movements, and images of authors. Also includes streaming full-length videos of nearly 100 famous productions of classic plays.

Novelist (EBSCO)

Suggestions for fiction reading, including award-winning book lists, discussion guides, recommended reading lists, and more.

Poetry and Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO)

This full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques — including contemporary content from the finest publishers.

Writer’s Reference Center (InfoBase Learning)

Includes the mechanics of writing and grammar as well as style and research. Provides an in-depth grammatical section and presents a step-by-step guide for writing a good essay.

Magazines & Newspapers

Consumer Reports (EBSCO)

Product reviews and ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more.

EBSCOhost

MasterFile ELITE indexes over 2,000 magazines, of which 1,000 are full-text.  Other databases include:  Business Source Elite; Academic Search Premier; Literary Reference Center; Reader’s Guide Retrospective; Play Index; ERIC; and Teacher Reference Center.

EBSCOhost Español

Spanish language interface to EBSCOhost databases. Bases de datos en español que cubrir información general, negocios, información médica y todos los campos militares y del gobierno.

Historic New York Times (ProQuest)

New York Times articles starting in 1851.

JSTOR

Full-text academic journals, primarily in the arts and sciences.

Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)

Newspapers, newswires and news magazines worldwide, many full-text. Citations from leading news sources. Includes radio & television transcripts.

Referencia Latina (EBSCO)

A Spanish language database including encyclopedia entries, images, reports, a Spanish-English dictionary, reference books, and general interest magazines. Una base de datos completa de habla hispana, que ofrece contenido de una variedad de contenido incluyendo 49,000 entradas enciclopedicas, más de 100,000 imágenes, 2,500 informes sobre la salud, un diccionario español-inglés y texto completo para más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas.

Star-Ledger (NewsBank)

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Star-Ledger.

Wall Street Journal

Free access to the Wall Street Journal. Sign-in through the library catalog to create an account. Accounts expire after 3 days but you may go directly through the catalog or through the links provided for unlimited reactivation with your existing username and password you created the first time for the WSJ. Current and coverage for the past 4 years will be available. .

Science

GreenFILE/Science Resources (EBSCO)

This database provides a collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles and covers content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 780,000 records and full-text for more than 11,000 records.

Science Online (InfoBase Learning)

This database offers a broad range of scientific disciplines, organized by subject area and type of resource. Also includes over 1,150 science experiments and activities, arranged by grade range, subject, and time required.