
| AUTOMOTIVE | Automotive Repair Reference Center: 61,660 vehicles, 1945 to date; 205,000+ drawings/photos; 130,000+ wiring diagrams |
| BIOGRAPHY | American Natl Biography, deceased, from Oxford Univ. Press. (Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password.) Biography Collection Complete, from EBSCO |
| BUSINESS | ReferenceUSA* Needs firewall off. ( Online tutorial. ) (See also Regional Business News and Business Source Elite (8,800 magazines) in EBSCO for articles and company profiles from DataMonitor). |
| CURRENT EVENTS | Facts.com offers World News Digest, Issues and Controversies (good for debates!) and Today's Science. Please contact Reference (973-285-6969) for password. |
| EN ESPANOL | Informe!* Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. |
| GENEALOGY | ProQuest's HeritageQuest* (see under Genealogy) |
| GEOGRAPHY HISTORY | CountryWatch, geopolitics of 193 nations. Call (973) 285-6969 or e-mail Reference for password. FACTS ON FILE: includes History Center: also offers special collections in African American, Native American and Women's history. (Online tutorial) Geography (maps/flags) See also, History Reference Center |
| HEALTH | Health Reference Center. For articles, use EBSCO for Health Source, Academic/Nursing or Consumer editions, and Clinical Pharmacology. |
| LITERARY CRITICISM | Literary Reference Online-- authors, works, characters, definitions of literary terms, movements, groups NoveList* Literary Reference Center* --criticism, plot summaries, author biographies. (See screen shot.) |
| MAGAZINES | Articles can also be e-mailed from the databases. #1 EBSCOhost* 3,000 magazines indexed, 1,700 full text online; includes health, business and children's databases and in-depth records for selected businesses. (See screen snapshot.) #2 ProQuest: magazines, many full text, in business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. Some titles go back to 1971. Pick your town to log in |
| NEWSPAPERS* | Custom Newspapers: full text of the New York Times, (Newark) Star Ledger, The Bergen Record, Los Angeles Times and The Times (London) among others. For Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, LA and NY Times, etc. use ProQuest, above. Newspaper Source, in EBSCO offers 25 international/national newspapers. |
| SCIENCE |
GreenFILE,
enviromnental database Science Online, diagrams, timelines, essays, biographies, definitions. (Online tutorial) Science Reference Center |
| REFERENCE | Bookmark the online reference web or call (973) 285-6969 (RefDesk). Click on Ask! anywhere in the MCL web. |
Business: School/elementary School/middle HS/College There are a few databases in the library from which material can be mailed to you. Drop us a note if you can't find what you need in these 10 databases. Return to the online resources.
Try Reference USA to find services/businesses, develop client lists or find possible employers. See also BusinessSource database in EBSCO for articles from business magazines.
K-2 can use Searchasaurus in EBSCO: graphical interface, online encyclopedia and articles from Weekly Reader, Junior Scholastic, etc.
http://www.mclib.info/remote.html
Morris County Library, Whippany, NJ
11 October 2001, updated 1 July 2005