Public Library Databases and Free Resources
This guide's focus to to keep you connected to resources available to you when you leave Rider.
NJ Statewide Databases
JerseyClicks is a collection of databases to which the New Jersey State Library subscribes. To access these resources, you must have a library card from a public library in New Jersey. Below is a list of resources available via JerseyClicks through June 2022.
- Academic Search Premier (via JerseyClicks)Academic Search Premier contains indexing for 8,025 publications, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles.
- Business Source EliteThis business database provides full text for over 1,000 business publications.
- ERICERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
- GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. - Heritage QuestHeritage Quest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical resources that will help New Jersey residents find their ancestors.
- Image CollectionThe Image Collection database consisting of more than 1 million total images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events, contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
- Job and Career AcceleratorCreate resumes and cover letters, learn interviewing techniques, and prepare for related exams. Access millions of job listings. This hyperlink directs to a spreadsheet where individual links to each NJ public library's access point.
- Legal Information Reference Center
Providing exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Reference Center contains more than 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms, with more content being added on a regular basis. - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)LISTA indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.
- Literary Reference CenterLiterary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
- MasterFILE Elite
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags. - MiddleSearch PlusMiddle Search Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines.
- Military & Government CollectionThe Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.
- NoveListNoveList is a comprehensive readers’ advisory solution for fiction lovers. With an intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList answers the question: What should I read next?
- NoveList K-8NoveList K-8 is your solution for integrating fiction across the curriculum. With a fun and intuitive interface, and extensive proprietary content, NoveList K-8 will be the resource you and your young readers turn to when looking for the next book to read.
- Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview, point, and counterpoint. - Primary SearchPrimary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines.
- Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA)Reference Solutions is a powerful online reference and research tool providing library cardholders instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on U.S. businesses (59 million) and U.S. residents (310 million).
- Referencia LatinaReferencia Latina, a comprehensive Spanish-language database, offers content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries.
- Regional Business NewsThis database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
- Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone Inc. is dedicated to changing people’s lives through the power of language and literacy education. - Small Business Reference CenterThe Small Business Reference Center is a comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books.
- Teacher Reference CenterTeacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for hundreds of periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed.